Hello, Ludo here.

I was talking to Mummy about life and everything and she said it was three years this month since she brought Locksley and me home from the rescue place. And she said that at last I’d relaxed and settled in.

Well, I think I relaxed in spring. But I suppose that makes it two and half years for me to do so. Settled in, well maybe I did that a long time ago. I accepted that this was my new home, and this was my new Mummy, a long time ago. I maybe didn’t show it, though.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, I did a lot of things wrong at the start. In fact, the only thing I did right was to cuddle Mummy when she got me out and sat me on her lap in the morning, and gave me cucumber. That reminded me of life before, and I felt comfortable with it. I didn’t feel comfortable with being in a run instead of a hutch. It took me ages to get used to not having a roof over my head. The ceiling is much higher (and there’s a roof above that) but in the hutch you knew where you were with the space above you–not very much. It felt safe. In the run I felt exposed. Anything might happen. And as for running about on the grass outside, without a roof on that, well… Mummy gave me lots of things to hide in though, I think she understood, a little.

And now I’m used to it, I quite enjoy it. The ceiling stays where it is, so I can trust that. The sky outside hasn’t fallen down yet, although sometimes it tried to rain on me. And Mummy does the same things at the same time of day (mostly, sometimes we have to alert her to the time). So cuddles, cucumber and floor time in the morning. Then back into the clean run, and breakfast when Locksley and Victor are back, and Pippin is out for his floor time. Then if the weather’s nice we might go out for some grass time in the afternoon. And when we get back in, there’s cucumber time, then biscuit time an hour or so later, then hay time, and bed time.

And even if Mummy goes out all day, she usually manages to catch up with the routine. And when she does strange things like take us on holiday, she sticks to our routine then. She’s very good. I’m very fond of her, especially when she cuddles me. She rubs my ear sometimes, and that’s extra lovely. I didn’t know I liked that.

I think I’m glad she brought me home from the rescue. Even if I did have to bring Locksley with me. But he’s not so bad now he’s grown up.

I wonder what will happen in the next year?

Watch this space…

Ludo x