Oh dear! First- Melissa and young Mr. Rees are wonderfully responsive, but when I have contacted them, they have been pretty frantic with work. Still, they always come through in due time.
Second, strings and threads of any kind can be death to puppies and kittens, so I’m glad your lad is OK.
The string thing is maddening, and from experiences posted here, the only solution is to keep a set current at all times. I just had a string go on my Rees Aberdeen and I sent for a single of that string plus a set (hadn’t had