Hello. My name is Rupert Leighbridge Hatfield. I'm a Standard Poodle. I was born in England eight years ago. I knew, even as a young pup, that my destiny in life was to bring happiness to one lucky family. After some gruelling interviews and checks, Linda and David Hatfield were chosen as being suitable to live with me. I have heard tell that when she was told the good news, Linda gave a little yelp of happiness. David, as men do on such occasions, simply produced his cheque book.
I was sorry to say goodbye to my brothers and sisters, but I have made some lovely friends over the years — you’ll meet lots of them here too. But let me introduce you to a few now. There’s Victoria; her mother Olivia has the same pedigree as my human, Linda, so I suppose that makes us cousins. Victoria sends me lots of presents and I love her loads. There’s Ferney; he’s great fun and we have lovely romps together. Then there’s Bess. I like Bess and I think she likes me. I heard Linda talking to Bess’s human, Susan, one day. They didn’t think I could hear when they described Bess as “a bit of a trollop”. Unfortunately, I don’t know what that means, except that I don’t get to see Bess very often.
Linda appears very clever, but she does make mistakes. She told Susan that it was OK for Bess to come round as I didn’t have my “bits”. That’s not true — I know exactly where all my toys are, but Linda probably didn’t want me to have to share them with Bess.
Linda and David chose my name. David had suggested Louis or Charlie — I think he must have had too much champagne at the time. Do I look like a Louis or a Charlie? It seems when I rushed to greet Linda and David for the first time, I was mistaken for a little brown ball of fur and someone remarked that I looked just like Rupert Bear, even though he is yellow and I’m chocolate brown. But Linda seemed to understand and so I became Rupert. Here's my picture —do I look like a Louis or a Charlie?
I' will always be your best friend Rupert, see you soon. Love Victoria xxx
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