Recently the Boss and Máire were kind enough to bring me on the long journey west for a family reunion. I enjoyed meeting them all again: my mum Twinkle, my sister Daisy (pictured above) and my dad Dash. Dad and Daisy were very welcoming towards me, but Dad wasn’t very co-operative in joining in the family photo. He nodded off while we were all trying to arrange ourselves for the photographer. I fussed around so much that the photographer (yes, it was Máire) suggested that I calm down a little. So with that I jumped down from my family’s favourite seat, and let her get on with taking this picture of Twinkle and Daisy. I heard Máire saying that Twinkle seemed to be something of an alpha-female, whatever that might mean. All I know is that she was somewhat snappy with me, and kept yipping at me to mind my manners! Daisy is petite and dainty: her name suits her admirably. I am a more traditionally built dog, with a good covering of flesh on my bones. In fact sitting beside Daisy, I felt huge and enormous. But not as big as my mum: she has a very matronly figure, though she’d probably yip at me again if she heard me saying that :)