Merry Christmas

Trash Day

This is how Tessa spends most of Trash Day. To you and me, we recognize that clanging, crunching, vrooming as the waste management truck. But to those who might not be aware, I could understand how it sounds like the world is coming to an end or that a monstrous mechanical coyote is after them.

What a cute little puppy!

I just started my pediatrics residency a few weeks ago and my first rotation was in the newborn nursery. Imagine you're a new mother, brimming with excitement yet anxious about every movement or noise that the baby makes. The pediatric intern comes in for the first official exam of this bundle of joy, picks the baby up and says "What a cute little puppy!". Can you blame me? Tessa IS a cute little puppy, which flows so easily off your lips, and I say it often hence "cute" is always followed by "puppy" in my brain. And Tessa loves to be held like a baby:


Another time I told a new mom I'd put her baby back in her crate. Oops...

Smile!

Tessa is currently in the process of losing her teeth, which is something we've actually been looking forward to. Those pearly white can be deceptively sharp. Although Tessa's teeth aren't as sharp as other puppies I've met (I still have a scar on my arm from another puppy's tooth). Here's Tessa's original puppy smile:


Then her favorite chew toy came along, Kiley. After one tumultuous afternoon, here's what we saw:


And here's what's coming in. She's the teenager who hasn't yet grown into her teeth. We'll keep you updated as to whether she'll need braces.

Lets get started!

Well, this is my first attempt at blogging. I was inspired by a friend's blog as well as the fact that I have more couch time as schedules within our house are beginning to change! You may ask, how can you have free time when you have two crazy Vizslas but I assure you that they are quite the couch potatoes come dusk!

Makin is 6 and Tessa is almost 18 weeks. We are having a great time learning how a household with two dogs works. Always a learning process and being consistent and very patient is extremeley helpful. Lael was able to spend almost three weeks with Tessa when she first came to us and therefore we had quite a head start. Lael did an amazing job with house training as well as with a variety of different commands.

The girls started out very different in size and Makin was, at first, very apprehensive of Tessa. They are now best friends!

Stay tuned for more on our girls, it should be fun, as Tessa just completed Puppy Kindergarten and Makin is about to complete Beginner Agility!