She is a 12-week-old Shih Tzu, and I think she was the cutest one of the bunch! She came right to me when I called her, and as soon as I held her I knew she was the one for me. She is sweet and loves to snuggle, and she follows me around all day and lays down in between, on, behind, or in front of my feet.
She kept me awake almost all night the first night, whimpering and crying and begging to get up on the bed with us. I was firm and patient (it was hard!) and kept putting her back in her little bed and saying "In your bed, Snicker." She slept from 3am-4am, finally, and then woke up and was sniffing and running around the room, so I took her outside and she did her business. Yay for (somewhat) house-trained dogs!
When we came back inside, I was so tired I was a bit desperate for sleep, so as a last measure, I dangled my foot off the bed next to where her nose was in her bed. She went right to sleep! Hallelujah! I had figured it out!
After a minute, I pulled my leg back up into bed (my hip felt like it was going to dislocate soon), and fell asleep. Five minutes later, she woke up crying and jumping at the side of the bed, so I put her back in her bed, said "In your bed, Snicker," and dangled my foot by her bed again. She fell asleep for about 10 minutes. And so on and so forth, until 5 nights later (last night) she slept through the night without waking up once! Yippee! She feels like part of the family now.
Just don't ask Gordon. He's not sure about her yet. Sooooo insanely jealous that she gets to go outside in the front yard (too many things to chew on in the backyard) and he has to stay inside and watch from the front door. He's growling in his sleep right now... probably at her.
It is nice having her almost house-trained. I just loved the lady we got her from. She sure loved her little puppies, and I could tell it was hard for her to sell them after raising them for almost 3 months, but I'm sure glad she did, because we just love her!
She loves Mike, and she knows that he is for playing with, and I am for snuggling with, and the boys... well, the boys are for carrying her around and dangling toys in front of her nose!
Boy, the angle of that photo makes my head spin! Sorry about that. I love watching Sammy love on Snicker, though. He sure loves the puppy... almost as much as I do. :-)
The second part of my Mother's Day happiness is that Mike finished painting the main floor. He took Thursday and Friday off of work and spackled, sanded, primed and painted all day both days and Saturday as well. I brought Snicker home in the midst of the painting, so she got to get used to the house being all torn up and moved around! I am getting it put back together, though. Here are several pictures of the main floor as it is tonight.
Had to sneak that last one in. Doesn't Miles just look so cozy all snuggled up with a couple of books and a fuzzy blanket? Hmmm... I think I'll go join him. With Snicker at my feet, of course.
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