I totally don’t want this to turn into The Dog Blog (although that is a really cute name!) but I have learned a few things from the short time we have had our new family member!



10. Did you know that dogs should not eat rib bones? You did?! Why didn’t you tell us! She didn’t come with a manual and well we had good intentions, so we gave her one from dinner that we saved. Half way thru the bone, I got worried and looked up on-line if she should have them. NOPE! I called an emergency vet and was told to give her Hydrogen peroxide and wait for her to bring it back up. I was so scared that we had killed our new doggie. Luckily, and 4 tsp. later, she brought it back up and we begged forgiveness! She is fine now. And we promise never to give her: chocolate, any kind of bones that don’t come from the pet aisle at Wal-Mart, onions, grapes, any thing salty, and raisins.



9. We haven’t quite figured out her clues that she needs to potty. I found a “present” on the play room floor. I guess when she went in there and was real quiet, she must have needed to go. Just like a kid, if you don’t hear anything for a few min. assume they are doing something they shouldn’t!



8. She does bark. We heard it. It’s definitely a beagle arrrooo and she tried to sound all scary, but was really just a chicken. Jon went to get the hose to clean up the barf on the patio and it must have scared her to hear him coming with the hose, because she started to bark at him. When she saw it was him and spraying the hose, she ran behind me! Chicken.



7. Those dogs toys at PetSmart can be ripped apart in 3.5 seconds. I had to totally tear the stuffing out of one arm of a toy we bought her before she ate it! It stuck to her muzzle like a white beard.



6. She likes to cuddle right before bed. She is such a girl!



5. When she meets new people she pees! Good thing we were outside when our neighbors walked by and met her. She got so excited she started to howl and arroo.



4. She loves the kids and they want to be around her more than I think she would like them to be! She doesn’t get mad tho, but I have been making sure they don’t over stimulate her. They can’t wait until she gets her stitches out so they can really play with her!



3. Jon is a big old softy. He said from the beginning that this is my dog, my responsibility, etc. and he told me yesterday that he wanted to get up with her in the morning and take her out on a walk!



2. She doesn’t like cheap dog biscuits from the dollar store! Now, that is my kind of dog..discriminating taste. Hopefully she won’t start eating her own poo....



And the number 1 thing I learned in the last 24 hours....  to quote Dan, “ Man! she’s better than TV!”

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