Olive is such a good girl. She's all grown into herself now and still adorable. We're experiencing major shedding, as I'm sure you all are this time of year. I've brushed most of it out by now but my bedroom carpet is dark blue and her hair clings to it like no other. So we're trying to train her to sleep in a doggy bed I found. We couldn't get her to stay in it... so unbeknownst to me, my mom took a tiny drop of my shampoo last night and rubbed it into the blanket just to give it a tiny smell… Continue

My poor baby had to get spayed today. I dropped her off at the vet at 8am this morning, and can't pick her up until tomorrow after work. :( She was so scared when we got there, too. She wanted to escape. But she was still a good girl. She sat when I told her to and just waited patiently while I filled out our paperwork. What a good girl. I miss her already. I get to call soon and see how the procedure went. I'm a bit nervous. Things CAN go wrong, after all. I'm very worrysome. I hope I'm just… Continue

Howdy again. Well, I'm happy to report that all the strange feelings of guilt I had over buying Olive are long gone. She's officially a member of the family and we all love her dearly. She's going in to be spayed this Thursday, poor girl, but we'll take good care of her while she's healing. She's the coolest dog and I'm so happy to have her. She learns so quickly, I'm amazed by her. Well, happy new year, everyone!

Well, already after just one day Olive has shown great progress. There was no chewing while I was at work yesterday, no chewing while I was asleep and nothing had been destroyed when I went home to walk her this afternoon. She was being a very good girl. We picked up a whole bag full of different types of chewy bones for her, and a tennis ball. She's got things to occupy her now, plus I think she and the cat have finally become friends. I see them touch noses a lot lately. It's so… Continue