There's a new addition to the k9tales family... 9-week-old Mist the sheepdog.

Here are a few pictures of her getting up to mischief in the garden.

Unsurprisingly, life has changed dramatically in the last week and all my spare time has been taken up with the puppy. I've been left wondering if I'd ever get time to write again. Even now, writing this, she is chewing our rather nice sofa and constantly needs distracting.

In the coming weeks and months we'll be keeping you up-to-date with Mist's progress - so long as I can find 10 minutes to sit at the laptop.