winnie update, sad news :(

when we first brought winnie home, we kept her on a lead to meet the cat, there was lots of sniffing and mad tail wagging, but that was all. but yesterday morning she chased poor psyche out of the house when she went out for her morning widdle, and then later she chased her so hard that the poor cat was scared out of her wits, bigger than we've ever seen her before, a huge bottle brush tail, and she wouldn't come back in. psyche wouldn't come downstairs all of yesterday, and when clare went to get her, and had her on her lap and i had winnie on a very short lead, she went for her, not in an 'i want to play' way, but in a 'give me the fun moving toy, i want to get it' way. poor psyche is terrified, and winnie has picked up on the fact that we are worried and cross with her, but as far as she's concerned, small furies are for chasing, nothing more. we rang the kennels yesterday, and told them, they suggested muzzling winnie, or caging her, or the cat, or restricting psyche to one room, so she doesn't run away. we don't think any of this is fair, on either the cat or the dog, winnie needs a family that can love her unconditionally, with no cats :) so after the 'atack' last night we decided we shouldn't put either of them through anymore of it, so we rang them again this morning, and they were very understanding, and said, of course psyche comes first, and she mustn't be left in any danger, so we're taking winnie back in a few hours. we'll take all of her things with her, the bed i made her, the toys she's been playing with, and the food and grooming brush we bought her. also, although they say if a dog has to go back after 7 days you can have your money back, we'd rather they keep it, they do such a wonderful job, and never have enough money, so if our adoption fee can help someone else we'll be very happy.
all this is so sad, we'd been looking forward to getting another dog for so long, but we've come to the conclusion that psyche cannot be introduced to a grown dog, (unless it's much smaller than her! and clare hates chihuahuas!!) so we will have to get a puppy, someone she can whack, or at least someone she knows she's bigger than! and i love puppies so there is a silver lining :)

a tiring day :(

well, we took winnie back this morning, and they were so understanding about it all, and very pleased we were able to tell them how good she was with the little boy next door. we stayed out and got some shopping done, giving clare some much needed fresh air, and when we got back i made a lovely carrot and parsnip soup for lunch, to try and boost clare's immune system. then i finalised my mockups and cut out all of the main pieces for the bathing dress :) so hopefully there will be lots of progress tomorrow! i'm trying to decide what to do with the seams on the inside? i'm not lining it, and it's a fairly closely woven wool, so maybe just overcasting the edges might work, but i wondered about binding the seams with tape, to be more hard wearing? i think i have enough tape to do the bodice, and the bloomers could be done later, there isn't really going to be any rubbing on those seams.
this coming week should be very empty work wise, since i've had such full weeks recently, so i'm hoping i'll be able to make a new dress as well for friday - the sheer white striped summer dress i've been planning for months :) wish me luck!!