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Well I am always scouring the news on TV, in newspapers and on the net for stories relating to dogs. I’ve come up with a mixed bag this week and unfortunately 3 out of the 4 are not overly cheerful.

My favorite without a doubt is the story of the little girl in Arizona who was missing for 15 hours from her family home when she was rescued she said that she had been kept warm by the family dog.

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Another great dog related quote this week is attributed to the singer Cheryl Cole who has allegedly now left her allegedly very cheating husband Ashley Cole. She has apparently stated that all that she wants to take with her from the marriage are the two dogs. She has previously been quoted as saying that the dogs are her only trusted companions. Apologies for all the “alegedlys” but to be honest who knows what is what.

Next week I am going to start writing a little more about how the family unit has got on integrating Fig into the family over the past year. Looking back the journey has been quite bumpy with lots of help needed on the way from various sources, friends, blogs, dog training manuals and from acquaintances that I have made on Twitter.