06/09/03
She's been doing fantastic here! My roommate is in love with her - I'm going to have to talk to him about letting her get her way with everything. We went for a few walks yesterday and just got back from one this morning. No off-leash, of course, but this is a pretty dog friendly area, so a lot of people have their dogs off-leash and she's been great so far. Oh yes, and she met Quentin yesterday - she did great with him. She had to put him in his place just a little, but a short growl took care of that and now they're good buddies.
Ok... here's my one complaint about Stella... she's an early riser!!! No one warned me about the nose in my face at 6am! Just kidding... well, not about the nose, but about it being a complaint.
Stella is doing GREAT! As you can imagine, she's already the darling of the neighborhood. I took her in to work the other day and my roomate took her in to his office today. She did great in both situations, but I think she's just as happy to stay at home and hang out in the house or the yard. Especially with this heat we're getting here (pushing 100 today). I'm going to fill up the kiddie pool this evening and see how she likes that - considering her love for mud and mud puddles, I'm guessing it'll be a hit.
later....
It's SO funny... she gets in and wades around and then does this kind of dip like she's going to lay down, but as soon as the water gets to her tummy, she pops back up. So, it works something like: wade, dip, pop, repeat.
I live just a few blocks from one of Portland's largest parks - it has a ton of trails both in the trees and in the open, grassy areas - that's where we take our morning and evening walks. This is where I first noticed Stella's "interest" in small dogs. She seems to size them up and I can almost hear her say, "Hmm... that one would be one bite... the other might take two." Oops. But as long as she's on the extend-a-leash, she does great!
I wish you could see the doghouse in person. My mom and her husband built it and I think it's better built than my house! Stella likes it, but her favorite location is still in the kitchen, with the back door
open - it lets her see everything that's going on in the house as well as everything going on in the yard. And, of course, it's close to food!