P-Day

P-Day is here, I get to take home my new vizsla puppy, 'Szikra' who I've been waiting for since February.  Her name is Hungarian to match her heritage, and translates to 'spark' (like a spark or scintilla from a fire).  It's fitting for her colour which is russet gold, but also because she has a little white blaze on her chest.  She also has a grandpa named Fire and a father who's official name is Piroska's Sunfire Spark (which I didn't know when I named her).

I am smitten with her already because she's such a doll.  Her butt (as opposed to tail) never stops wagging. She's pointed a bird already, thunders over when you call her, brings her toys back to you when you throw them and generally is quite good for a puppy of 8 weeks. She also happens to be Cato's grand-niece, which is lovely :)

Szikra rides out her first car/kennel experience like a pro.  Minor squawking for a girl who had never been shut in a kennel before, and total silence as we smuggle her across the mason-dixon line.  Let's hope the rest of puppyhood is this smooth!

Commencing Phase 3 of life: dogless for Phase 1, my man Cato for Phase 2, and now Szikra for Phase 3.
To the next 15 years of my life :)

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Prepare for many puppy related posts from here on! I'll try not to make it ALL about her - I do have other things going on after all ;)