I left Ralph at home alone for the first time last night. On my return, he was in his bed and the house wasn’t wrecked, which is a bonus!

He is also starting to get used to our cat Ebony – he isn’t sure what a cat is, but Ebony knows very well what a dog is and insists on hissing when he gets too close. But it’s early days; it took over a year for Barney and Ebony to be ‘friends’.