EXHAUSTED,

And, to be honest, slightly in shock, I think.

Today has been a complete nightmare. My mother, all my family and five dogs, three of which are puppies, has just been too much for me AND most definitely for our girls. I think Lily has been traumatised by Zion the Samoyed pup. She tried so hard to defend her territory, and it just proved too much for her in the end.

I know that everyone has had a fab time, they've enjoyed the food and have been really appreciative. But I've spent my entire day either in the kitchen or cleaning up dog wee from the carpets and furniture and Charles has even had to clean up poop from our girls' crate (not from the girls though!). I'm not going to do it again. Someone else can have a go. I don't want to watch my dogs being thrown unceremoniously out of their comfort zone. I want to enjoy someone else's food. And I don't want to spend all my time cleaning up. Do you know, the washer has been on non-stop since everyone arrived with a constant load of wee-ed on dog bedding and throws.

Aaaaaaargh. Sorry, but I'm annoyed. If you take your dogs to someone's house, for goodness sake clean up after them yourself.