It's another rainy day. But rain is not a bad thing, aye? After several dry years, it's a wonderful thng to have that wet stuff comin' down. It is kinda tough tho, when your husband has been wishing for work and then when he finally gets work, it rains...!

I have to take my dog to the vet this morning. She has a problem with her eye. I declare that dog is gonna break us yet! I had no clue to the upkeep of these little creatures...

She came to us as an 8 weeek old doll, and I mean doll. You never saw such a cutie in all your life! We imediately fell in love with her, and she began to take over the house. lol I crate trained her and it took forever. A lady kindly informed me that Shihtzue puppies are hard to train. O boy, this little rascal is a Shi Poo. But we kept on and I think got the job done. Notice I said "I think."

One thing, I have not yet figured this out...how come this dog has to go out so often? People inform me they only have to go out twice a day. Well this little thing goes out a lot more than that! And yet we can be gone all day and she waits till we get home. But I have tried to be stubborn and not take her out so often and then guess what, accident time! Any suggestions would be helpful...

My husband has taught her several tricks. She stands on her hind legs and twirls, rolls over, speaks, and plays dead(kinda). Oh yes and she shakes your hand and licks your ear when you tell her to give you a kiss! I have tried to teach her to pray. Well I'm not such a good teacher or se doesn't want to pray, I haven't figured out yet. But I ask her if she's a Christian and she always says yes! lol

Oh yes I must mention she hates her bath. All I have to do is start running the water n the utility room sink and she hides under the table etc. We laugh at her, cause it's so funny.

She has this thing about flip flops, dirty socks and gum...Yesterday I found a pack of cinnamon gum on the floor again. Each piece was very carefuly chewed. I suppose she is just really concerned about her breath....lol ! And along with that is tissues. They seem to be a favorite.

I'm kinda looking forward to the day when she grows up . Or do dogs grow up? Well maybe mature a little? Whatever happened to that vision I had of a calm lap dog? Somehow Sophie has yet to fit into that "calm lap dog" catagory. Instead , she's a wild little thing...!

But all in all , she has stolen our hearts. My husband especially. She goes crazy when he comes home from work...