When I had to have my dog, Frenchie’ put down some weeks ago I was heartbroken. Having nursed him for two years of dterioration because of problems with his central nervous system, I had become closer to him than I had with any other dog.
This is my latest picture of him. He looks OK in it, but his back legs had gone. When someone advised me to get a pup to replace him, my first reaction was to reject the idea. On reflection though, I changed my mind. Frenchie was a cross Beauceron, so we set out to find a pure race Beaceron pup. The result is shown below.
He too is called Frenchie, except when he is naughty, often, and my wife calls him ‘Your dog’. He is twelve weeks old.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Hi, Brandwood. Realised it was you when I saw your avatar.
Frenchie le deuxieme looks a fine beast and I trust that he will prove a worthy successor to the original.
Hi Tom,
Great to see you here. Welcome.
A dog is such a wonderful thing to have in your life, except when it comes to saying goodbye. Good luck with Frenchie II, he looks like a mischevious little scamp. 🙂
Sad to lose a friend, but your new pup looks as if he will become a very good companion too!
Hey, hello Tom, where have you been all my life?
So sorry to hear about Frenchie, I know how close you were to him. Frenchie number two looks a super little chap, I’ve just stroked both of them on the screen.
Good to see you here again, stay around a while now, we’ll need regular updates on that little scamp above, also what you’ve been up too.
Val.
Hi, Tom, glad you could make it.
Welcome Tom.
That dog has a mischievous glint in his eye… 🙂
Hi Tom, glad you had a look and came over.
Sorry about Frenchie but all things come to an end as we all know.
Know you have a new one better watch out for the half eaten slippers, you know it’ll happen.
Thanks everybody. Rick, he doesn’t do slippers, or anything else, by halves. He has totally destroyed a pair of Rita’s slippers, and has his evil eye on mine. Val, what I have been up to would not keep you awake. Just writing , sleeping and drinking decent wine. Nice to be with you again though. This little chap is going to be big, bigger than Frenchie one.
Hiya Brandwood and welcome. That’s a good-looking mutt you have there. Get him trained and enjoy.
OZ
Nice to see Frenchie II and look forward to hearing more canine adventures.
Good to see you and your new dog.
I’m afraid I have many relatives I’d far rather see to perdition than any of my dogs. I find it so dreadfully harrowing to lose them.
Give him some nice cut hazel sticks sections they like stripping the bark off and it gives the slippers a rest!
Thank you. I shall post other pics as he develops, if he’ll let me.
Lovely looking pup, Brandwood.
I hope he does become another close friend. A bit of a challenge at the moment, I’m sure.
I’m not sure how I feel about taking on another puppy at the moment. My last dog, now sadly deceased was a rescue dog, about a year old. Having gone through the experience of having three largish dogs, two from puppies and one adopted from a broken home, all expiring at age fifteen, I’m not in a hurry to repeat the experience.
It is really distressing to lose a dog but in triplicate it is not something I care to repeat.
How sad Ara. What was the problem that killed him at a year old?
Hi Nym.
I obviously didn’t explain that well. The rescue dog was a year old when we adopted her, and she overlapped the last of the three by about a year.
She also lived with us until she was fifteen, and I haven’t so far thought about another dog. We are dashing about a bit and it wouldn’t be fair.
When life is a little more settled, I think we will have another dog, it feel very strange without one.
Hello, Tom.
Very sorry to hear about Frenchie 1. I have held quite a few paws at the end and it’s always heart-breaking, especially with a favourite dog.
Frenchie 2 is a splendid looking pup. It would be lovely to see some more photos as he grows, or when he is fully grown. No pressure of course. 🙂
Good to see you on the Chariot.