Happy Birthday, Rosie!

Rosie celebrated her FIRST birthday earlier this week. To honor the occasion, I picked up a "pupcake" from the Lucky Dog Barkery.

I had to convince John not to eat it.  

For Me?!?!

Look at those hungry eyes. 

Going in for the kill. 

She devoured the fourth of the pupcake we gave to her.

Rosie has really been a delight for John and me since she entered our family last June. This is probably evident as many of our blog postings are about her. But she truly does make us laugh and we look forward to taking her on walks, to the dog park and even coming home to see her everyday.

Rosie is our forever dog and we love her very much. Happy Birthday, Rosie!

Identity Crisis

Rosie is going through a one year life crisis.

You see, she's growing in grey/silver hair and it's making her hair mat together like no other.

So, when I took her to the groomer last week I said, "Do what you need to do with her hair, I'm tired of combing mats."

Famous last words.

When I picked her up, the sweet lady said, "Rosie's going to look a little different."

Rosie today. 

Rosie last week. 

As you can gather, Rosie has shed about 5 pounds in hair and has gone from a black and tan to a silver and tan Yorkie. I can only imagine how hard it must be to lose all your hair and change hair colors in one day....

She was a little embarrassed the day or two following the big cut and would rub against the furniture and walls. Rosie actually stopped eating for a day and wouldn't follow me around the house like she normally does. I know, drama queen, right? I guess she's preparing me to deal with teenagers someday...

She's adjusting fine and so are we. I mean, who couldn't love this sweet face?

Rose Dog

Moving to Dallas has opened a whole new set of doors for Rosie.

Not only did she get a backyard, she's also been introduced to Wagging Tails Dog Park! We've taken her there the past two Saturdays!

Not going to lie, she was hazed at first. She didn't know what to think with so many other small dogs sniffing her out.

And if you know Rosie, you know that she's a little bit submissive and skiddish when you first meet.

But she'll totally be your best friend if you rub her belly. Yep, that's Rosie. With a total stranger...

And once she got the hang of it, she's seeming to really enjoy the opportunity to run sniff around with other dogs. We even took her over to our next door neighbor's house to play with their two shih tzus. And then the Browns joined us for dinner and brought their shih tzu, Charlotte, over to play with Rosie. It's safe to say, she loves making friends with all these new dogs!

But she still knows who's her best friend...

New Spot

Someone has a new favorite spot. She's always faithfully watching out of this window when we come and go.

Unfortunately, it's being replaced by our Christmas tree for the next few weeks.

No worries though, she's already trying out other locations.

Dog Days of Summer

Here in Waco, we had 24 consecutive days of 100+ temperatures. Yick, yack, yuck. I was just about to head to Vancouver when a cold front blew through and left us with temperatures in the low 90s. What a blessing?

My parents, the wise ones that they are, left last week for an Alaskan cruise and asked me and John to take care of our family's twelve-year-old Maltese, Biscuit. Which is great, because Rosie needs to socialize with dogs. But poor Biscuit does not have the same energy levels of a six month old puppy. It's really provided a lot of entertainment when we're home.

Salt and pepper. Ebony and ivory. The Great White Dog. The Black Bullet. Slowly, the girls are becoming best friends. In fact, if one eats or drinks, the other follows suit. If one is getting attention from me or John, the other comes up and tries to get in on the action.

John and I can't figure out how one person walks two dogs. It's nearly impossible.

There are several downsides though.

Rosie became a little spiteful the first few days and began to find, steal and shred the moss I keep on our coffee table. I know this can only be Rosie because Biscuit can't stand on her back legs that long. (The old girl has had two torn ACLs.)

And then, Biscuit taught Rosie how to turnover a trashcan and shred/eat anything that is in it. I know this has to be Biscuit's teaching because Rosie never did this before and Biscuit did this to me all the time when I was living at home.

Such a mess. Those girls have definately kept us on our toes around here.

I think we're ready to go back to being a one dog household again.

Rosie's firsts

As expected, becoming parents to little Rosie has really consumed our evenings lately, thus the reason for no posts. She's just too cute and playful making it harder to find time to blog.

Rosie's favorite bone.

But really, John and I have spent a considerable amount of time watching Rosie and laughing at all the "new" things she does. Rosie's first time to jump up on the couch, jump down from the couch, eat food by herself, take a bath, chase a bird, meet another dog, meet our family and friends, play chase and of course, throw up on our carpet. Delightful.

Sleeping very unlady-like. But funny.

Getting her hair dryed after the first bath.

Just being cute.

And, over the weekend we took her on her first overnight trip to Fort Worth. Rosie was able to meet my family's twelve-year-old Maltese, Biscuit.

Alpha and Omega. Ebony and Ivory. Biscuit was a bit territorial at first. Rosie followed Biscuit everywhere. We think they had fun.

 

My Mom and the pups! Neither dog liked it if the other one had someone's attention.

 

Family photo shoot.

Hopefully she'll learn her name soon and actually look at the camera. She's really progressed in the last two weeks--she's less timid and more confident. We can't wait to see more of her personality in the upcoming months!

Welcome Home, Rosie!

Meet Rosie, the precious puppy who joined our family Sunday afternoon.

We had been in the market for a puppy for a while now and we finally found the one we wanted from a breeder near Austin.

She's a 16 week old female Yorkshire Terrier. I actually grew up with a Yorkie so I was more than excited to have another one in my life. Rosie is John's first dog and she's really captured his heart.  

Rosie is still a little timid but we're starting to see more and more of her personality every day. Just today she started playing with us and is less afraid of loud noises. She's also teaching us that she likes to be cuddled and loved, responds well to praise and does not like to walk in wet grass.

More blog posts and pictures to come soon. And, if you're in Waco, come meet Rosie!