It is always nice to hear from our ex-puppies, and to know they are well and happy, so what a joy to hear from Diva's tricolour sister Tilly, now resident in France with owners Rosie and Steve and their other Beardie , the dark slate bitch Shannon (Talraz Paddy's Pride for Lykath)

Those with long memories will remember Shannon in her younger days, as she was a great all-round Beardie gaining her Bearded Collie Club Senior Working Test certificate as well as tackling showing and sheep herding with equal gusto. As the picture below shows, at age fourteen and a half she can still give her three-year-old pal Tilly the runaround!