Our Daughter

Hubs and I became parents just a little over a week after we got married. We did not physically have a child, but we got a puppy. And let me tell you.....puppies are a lot like having a child. I don't care what you say about it...they are. We first got her the 2 days after we came back from our honeymoon. She is a German Shepherd...an all black German Shepherd with 1 white spot.

 

As you can see, we had to get a "thin blue line" collar for her! :)

She weighed about 10 pounds when we got her. She was a feisty little thing, but she LOVED us the minute we brought her home! She loved playing outside in the yard with us and sleeping on the couch right next to us! We carried her for her  first appointment at the vet a few weeks later and she weighed 19 pounds! She had 1 floppy ear that came up just a few days after we got her.

We have had quite the experience with her. From peeing all over the place, to only peeing when she is excited or scared, to peeing on my brother, jumping on us and scratching us up so bad, biting at our hands and arms, getting out of the fence, staying at the vet while we were gone on vacation, and getting spayed. 

But...she is getting better! She is more calm now, doesn't pee AS MUCH when she gets excited, only jumps on us when we first come home, only bites when she wants to play. She can sit when told, high five and shake, and she definitely knows what NO means. I love her so much and could not imagine our life without her! When we carried her to get spayed almost 2 weeks ago, she weighed 50 pounds. I love watching her grow and learn new things. 

One of the things that she has started doing is "burying" (or hiding) things around our house. I buy her chew sticks to give her when she comes inside to help her calm down and she will carry it around until she finds somewhere to hide it...usually in the couch. She will "dig" and then push it in between the cushions.  I found a chew stick in my suitcase from the beach too....and I will find them in blankets, pillows, etc. She is so funny to watch though! To watch those wheels turning in her head as she is trying to decide where to hide her chew stick....it is so funny. I love just watching her. 

 Our big girl now!

The difference in a 3 month old pup and a 6 month old pup! :)

We love our girl and she has been such a big help to me while Kip has been gone to the Academy! :)