The Young Master

Tom the puppy (seen on the left of the image)

keeps company in his new home with a cat (‘pon her owner’s knee)

and a dog, his great-grandsire (seen at far right).

Our friends, his family, write of Tom that

We both love him to bits and he appears to love country life. Has been feeding calves … and planting trees …

and that he

Makes friends with other dogs well and is dying to play with our cat

but that she is

still a bit cautious with him

For your author, who feared she would ever be too sentimental and disorganised to place with a family a puppy of her breeding, this is all news of the best kind.