It’s just a little under two weeks before I can bring Hodi home.
I saw him when he was a day shy of three weeks old and I thought I’d like to see him before he comes home, so I arranged to pop up to see him yesterday.
He was two days over six weeks and has grown quite a lot between visits; he is still very cute though.
Part of the reason to go back was to let him get my scent again, so that when he comes home, he will, hopefully, recognise my scent. To that end I asked the breeder if I could leave an old T-shirt with him, which I had worn for a few days and used as a pillow case. This will allow him to have my scent for the next two weeks until he comes home with me and I am hoping this will help him settle into his new home.
The breeder was happy to accept, so he has the T-shirt with him (it is an old one which I regard as disposable; after all it is with Hodi and his six siblings, so will get well-chewed by them all.
We’ll see how well he settles once he is here, but the wait can’t end soon enough.