Hi , I live in England, and my nine month old puppy is a springer spaniel , hes black and white in colour, we lost our old dog charlie 2 yrs ago now, he was a collie x dog, he was 14 and a half when he went over the rainbow bridge, your dogs and cats sound wonderfull , lovely colours too, we have been to new york several times and we love it, not been there for 5 yrs though, we went on a cruise last time we were there, did the new england and canada cruise for a week, but we do love new york, we have been to missouri the last 2 yrs to visit colleen, she is on here, we could not go this year as i had blood clots in my leg and we had lots of problems with our car, and that cost a lot of money to put right, stewart my partner needs the car for work, he works at our local airport in the whiskey duty free shop, he works shifts, 4 days on and 2 days off, he works 2 days 4am untill 1pm 2 days 1pm untill 10pm then gets 2 days off, its hes first early shift tomorrow, so he has to be up early, i get up at 2.10am on hes early shifts, get patch out in the garden, thats our dogs name, we call him patch as hes got black patches on hes coat! i dont work due to ill health, i have back problems, ashtma, only one kidney, i have a stomache ulcer too and other ailments too, i do what i can, i love to do gardening, make cards, take patch out for walks, i keep busy here, i love to bake too and cook, stewart always cooks on hes 2 days off, hes cooking tonight in fact, sausages tonight!, i am on facebook christine brailsford if you want to be my friend on there, i love quacker clothes, i love dream jeans, but ive got to buy more of them as when patch was younger he kept chewing at my jeans and put holes in most pairs i have, i tend to buy tops when they are on clearance prices, we dont have the choice you have though, i was married before i met stewart but the marraige was abusive and after 21 yrs of abuse i managed to pluck up the courage and leave him, but its cost me though, ive lost most of my family over it and my children, dont see my grand children at all, but thats the price i paid for leaving my ex husband, but ive carried on the best that i can, made a new life for myself, ive stayed true to myself, anyway you take care quack, quack christine