The Lowdown on Minnie!

I feel like a very neglectful blogger...Minnie has been here for almost 2 weeks and I didn't post any updates about her! So I better get to it...here's what's been happening with Minnie!


The day we got her she was SOOOO adorable. I mean a tiny, fuzzy, furball that was so precious and awesome. The breeder mentioned she was a lot smaller than her brothers, but we didn't care - we loved her already!


The first night with her was NOT fun. She cried, whined, and barked the ENTIRE night. She was in her kennel, which she HATED. However now she goes in there with just a little crying here and there. We call it "Minnie's Condo." She's got it decked out with her bed crammed inside, a bunch of towels, a baby blanket, and her BFF Lambchop. 


We took her to the vet the next morning, where she was such a good girl! She went and laid on my purse next to the wall and took a snooze while we waited for the vet to come in. No shots that time...but she's got that to look forward to this weekend! :)


I'll sum up the first week we had her by saying this: she was very tiny (only 6 lbs), very fuzzy, did very good with housetraining, started sleeping through the night in her kennel on about day 4, hardly ate her food, slid all around our house because her tiny paws weren't worn in enough yet, ran laps around the yard, went to her first Thanksgiving (where she threw up in the car ride all over me), busted down her baby gates a couple times, found her favorite spot in the kitchen (next to the wall and my rainboots), had about 20 people over to see her, got a bunch of new toys from people, loves her blue Nylabone, liked to lay under the coffee table (she can't find there anymore!), and was overall a very cute and adventurous pup!


The second week she gained more of an appetite (she still gets a combo of wet and dry food), she figured out how to tell us when she has to go out (by scratching on the door), goes out by herself, is still afraid of the chocolate lab next door, has started biting us (playfully), loves playing with all of her toys, has gotten a little more rambunctious, likes to put her paws up on the dishwasher when we're loading it, climbs up on the hearth, jumps off the back steps onto the table sitting next to it (she kind of acts like a cat!), gets VERY excited when we open the refrigerator or her bag of beef training treats from Target, still takes a lot of naps, accidentally sat down in her water bowl, comes barreling at us in the morning.


Here are some pictures of Minn from the day we got her up until this week. Enjoy!

Shopaholic

Most people who know me are aware of my major shopping problem. I don't know what it is, but when I am in a 2-mile radius of a mall, I feel like I have to go in.  And all of those emails that stores send out (aka junk email)? Yeah, I read all of those, because there's usually a discount in there somewhere!  90% of the time I don't need anything new, but when I get an email with a great deal, I feel like it would be a crime to pass it up!


Now that a new pup is on the way, my shopping addiction has transferred over to buying dog stuff.  In the 3 days since we picked her out, I've already bought a collar, leash, bowl, kennel, 2 kinds of treats, and dog shampoo.  Do I know if any of this stuff is any good? Not really. But I just keep telling myself, well we don't have it so we're going to need it! I got so excited about the dog stuff that I haven't really taken the time to figure out what is best for her.  I may be seeing some visits to the UPS store in the near future (to return all of my Amazon purchases!)


Here are some of the things that I've bought so far.  Today, I plan on making one of my thrice-weekly visits to Target to look at some toys and beds. Hopefully when I realize how expensive a dog is (the food, the vet bills, all of the other stuff), my shopping will simmer down!

Red Dingo Reflective Collar from Amazon

Petmate Kennel XL from Amazon

Kakadu Pet Bowl from Amazon