Hanner's babies are seven weeks old today and making the most of the summer weather......

Hanner and Mouse keep an eye on six of them....................

........while Biddy chats with the seventh.

Mouse is also developing her puppy-care skills.........

......... but Blossom is unrivalled in her devotion to the little ones. It is easy to forget that Biddy, Mouse and Blossom were babies themselves this time last year! Learning to care for their baby relations is an important part of their own development as well as being very beneficial to the babies - and a great help to Hanner and to me.