Thanks Melanie - glad to hear you’ve come out the other side x

It has made such a difference, Linda. We’re very grateful that’s for sure.

That’s super sweet of you to say. And thank you for sticking with us! You’re a glutton for punishment - but we appreciate it, J x

Thank you!

Ha! We know what you mean Sue - we feel a bit duped by the positive skewed things we saw beforehand- but having said, even if we had seen more of the stress and chaos, we question whether we would have let that influence us and stopped us from getting Marshall. It’s ‘lovely’ to hear that this is ‘normal’ and that so many others have gone through it and come out the other side. Thanks for the reassurance xx

Oh I still would have gotten George too but with the honesty your video shows I would have been prepared and braced myself. I genuinely thought I’d been given an unloving aggressive pup ( first time pup mum🙋🏻‍♀️) and he almost broke me 🤦🏻‍♀️I had no idea he was just being a puppy. Your honest experience would have helped me SO much. Keep doing what you do xx

Bless you Lee - much appreciated. Xx

Thanks very much Kay - sorry that we’re behind with them. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Don’t worry. I love anytime they are out.

Cheers Errol x

Ha! Thanks Helen. Baby teeth are dropping like flies and adult teeth are less torturous! Now anticipating teen stops!

Thanks Julia. It’s definitely a double edged sword!

Puppy Blues have been real. Unexpected. But real. Would be easier if we didn’t love him for sure, Angharad!

He’s a beast, Lee! Like a toddler in a dog suit!

Hmmmm, now you say that Tracy (as does the Dog Father) however it doesn’t seem to work with Marshall. Unfortunately (VERY unfortunately 😭) x

@@MrDavidMrIan I’m sure he will grow out of it as he gets a little older, and probably when he is able to go for walks, good luck.x

@@tracyamey6434 Taking him out was a game changer!

@@MrDavidMrIan that’s fantastic news, relax, breathe and enjoy him now.x

Thanks Debbilicious It sometimes feels like he has an overnight growth spurt. He’s so big now - can’t pick him up 🤦🏼‍♂️ x

He does Richard... but it’s true what they say, you only hurt the ones you love 🥰

Oooh how lovely Andy! Nice bit of January heat (we hope!) He is growing quicker than we had imagined - he’s huuuuge!

Thank you. There will be another diary next Monday and a Florida blog this Saturday. Marshall was calm and lovely yesterday so there was time to do stuff!

We have John. We knew we wanted a bigger one than the Zoe and there was the chance to get one through work. It arrived around the same time as Marshall - and around the time Onto went into administration and started recalling their Renaults. So we lucked out with timing (and we love the new car).

Ah, but is he writing them down in a book?

If he is, l dunno whether to be worried or not

Way more challenging than we ever imagined, JMT 🤦🏼‍♂️ And how gorgeous is Bonny in your profile pic! Gorgeous! Thanks ever so much for watching x

We have, Victoria ( and boy does he now need it 🤦🏼‍♂️)

@@MrDavidMrIan that’s great! It will be a lot of help! He is a beautiful pup and will be a wonderful companion! Well, I am sure he is now, when he is not biting 😂.

We hope to God that Fred is a dog!😂 Need a steady hand! 😳 Poo diary continues to this day!

Thank you for taking the time out to send us that considered message. It’s very much appreciated - and there was no eye roll reading it! Honest. It’s a mix of two steps forward, one back and one step forward, two back. He’s now ‘forgotten’ his name so his recall is shot to sh1t, so trying to work on that ahead of becoming a teenager and he ‘forgets’ again 🤦🏼‍♂️ Thanks again Chief x

​@@MrDavidMrIan So on the good side, sounds like he's got some decent footwork on him - enough perhaps,, one day, to compete in the UK version of Dancing with the Forgetful Dogs. But big hugs to all as I'm getting prepared for another Winter Storm tomorrow and Wednesday. So remind Mr Marshall how fortunate he is to have his thawed-out bottom home! lol

@@chiefd3 Ha! We will! Stay safe in the storms! X

I have a golden retriever she is now 3 yrs old. When she was a puppy up to the age of I would say up to around one and a half. She drove me crazy no matter how many times she went out the zoomies were exhausting! it was worse at about 6.30-7.00pm she slept in a very large extended pen which we made a front leading off it so the pen was left open into another enclosed area. We covered the pen at night over with a sheet so she felt safe and cosy inside. The front part we extended by a child’s play pen frame she had the wee pads on the floor and some water and toys. She loved being in there. We went up to bed at night turned off the light she didn’t murmur. When she barked we told her no bark and the same with biting. She only barks now very occasionally. Now she is very calm and I couldn’t live without her I am so glad to have persevered and be patient . It feels like forever for the calming down to happen 😂😂. But they are such intelligent dogs and very easy to train once you have that bond.

We realise that there is a lot of poo chat 🤦🏼‍♂️ This is our life now Craig!

Oooooh Dave. That’s a tricky one. For me (I) taking out the emotional attachment I now have for Marshall it would be a non-brainer and I’d say no. At least no to a puppy. An older dog, maybe. Or I wish I’d seen vlogs and read accounts where the reality of having a puppy was more evident (or it could be that I had seen and read that but was seeing it through rose tinted glasses and my brain ignored it!) But from the moment we met him and his mum and siblings at the breeder’s home we adored him - and that makes it more tricky to be totally objective about it. His arrival coincided with some other life stuff that has probably made it more challenging- and certainly autumn/winter weather has added an element that we hadn’t considered. A spring /summer arrival of Marshall would have taken the pressure off! These past few weeks, aside from a couple of moments of craziness each day, have been totally different to how he was a month ago - but we know teenage time is coming, so it’s possibly the (relative) calm before the storm. Reading online, the 8 - 18 months time is when most dogs are handed over to rehoming services... so who knows what the next curve ball will be! 🤦🏼‍♂️

@MrDavidMrIan what an amazingly honest and open answer - thank you for sharing. I'm not a dog person but Marshall is (in my opinion) lovely but you can see nd hear the tiredness in your voice. Keep up the hard work :)

Thank you! Funny you should say that - we’ve now got his bowls on a step (as we couldn’t find a raised station that accommodated his ‘slower eating’ bowls - but on the look out for a better solution!

@@MrDavidMrIanAmazon, we have a multi height one(stainless water bowl, black slow feeder, brand PDTO £23.99), on a non slip mat (£5 @tesco)

@@brownsfamily24 Thank you! Much appreciated- we’ll take look! 🙏

Hey Kristen - puppies get two rounds of shots. First from about 8 weeks and then the second 4 weeks later. They have to be from the same batch/make. Our breeder used to get the first one done but as the buyers don’t have the same vets there is less chance their vet will have the same batch/make, is the process invariably starts again. And we need to give it 2 weeks after the second shot for full immunity. So there is a risk that after the first jab they could still pick something up.

@@MrDavidMrIan Thank you! That’s very interesting about the batch/make, etc. We definitely don’t have that here!

Haha! We call him a lot worse!

Thanks for watching! Spoiler alert: there’s a Walt Disney World vlog from September coming out this Saturday 🙊

That’s a shame but thanks for giving us try, it is much appreciated, and we thank you for your views and support thus far. Sorry for not living up to your expectations and we’ll amend the wording on the channel (when time allows) to reflect what is achievable. We’d hoped it was evident from the Marshall diaries how busy and tough life had got these past few months - and then add in Christmas and all the busy-ness that brings - and that putting out content had to fall down our list of priorities for a while. It wasn’t ideal, but something had to give. Have a great 2024.