Bronte's main activity for May was to grow! And grow and grow and grow. This was characterised mainly by her constantly changing ears and her weekly change in muzzle shape. One thing I never did with Bronte was weight her ears to promote the typical Collie fall over tip, consequently she now has erect ears like a Kelpie - a no no in the Collie world. Well I would have gooped her ears, but I was never advised to and never having a Collie before, I didn't know I should. Her ears changed direction anywhere up to three or four times a day, it was quite exciting to watch them develop. Now her muzzle changing shape was something I never expected. About weekly her face shape would change from quite short and wedge like to long and Collie like. Every time I looked at my little girl she was slightly different.
As much as I could I took her out and about and socialised her, getting her used to new sounds, sights and smells. She met my Dad, my best friend and other friends. It was a bit tricky socialising her as she got so very ill in the car. We only ever went five minute drives but invariably it still resulted in pukey puppy.
One thing that Bronte did do during May was to solidify her friendship with Lara. Now Lara is a tiny cat. She is barely 3kgs and only stands about 23cm high, but when Bronte first came home she was the big one of the two. Very quickly Bronte caught up and then over took Lara. In the meantime they developed a very close bond which included a lot of play. They wrestled and played chasey. When I called Bronte off thinking she was being too rough Lara would use this as an opportunity to launch herself at Bronte's neck and get her in a kitty stranglehold. And who would think a cat would deliberately goad a puppy to chase them, trust me Lara has the game all figured out, Bronte was merely a willing participant.
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