Running neck and neck are Kipling (AKA Pumpkin) and Dottie (snappy dresser). But Trog will take a lot to beat I'd say. Uh! and I forgot about Jazzy in Edmonton.

I do hope Jade has not entered the silly season. Newspapers in Britain, at one time years ago, would lead with photographs of people in deck chairs on Brighten beach with headlines like Phew! What a Scorcher!. It was called the silly season and generally lasted as long as Parliament was on holiday. Jade can have silly season any time of the year.

Anyway, it is great to see Dottie in her new coat made by Adrienne - who couldn't resist the fashion moment.

Daughter asked me to dog sit today as she was working late. I took the opportunity to use this gorgeous creature as a model for that dog coat I just had to make. She is six months old and, as she is named, completely Dottie!