Blaze the wonder pup

So I’ve been a greedy little bugger. I have news that I have been sitting on since January 6th, and have kept it to myself. I withheld it from you…my blogger friends and readers. Please don’t be sad, as I hadn’t done so intentionally. It’s just that between the hectic work pace in the office, and the holidays, and post holiday season, I haven’t had time to sit and type it out. So now I am FORCING myself to do so.

I got a puppy! I got a puppy! I got a puppy! *Does little dance of* joy? exhaustion? A bit of both? Instead of buying a pure breed, which we were about to do, I looked at the Bide-A-Wee shelter and fell in love with a little puppy by the name of “Faith”. She was 8 weeks old, and listed as a German Shepard/Rotti mix. After showing her photo to mom and Ida, called the shelter and asked if she was available, then filled out the application over the phone. We got the call stating she was spayed, healthy and ready to be looked at on January 6th, so after I got out of work, we took a ride out to Westhampton. On the way there, mom kept saying ‘don’t get over excited, we’re just going to look at her.’

Well! They brought the little pupster in to the get-to-know-you room, and we all gushed over how cute she was. Then she ran to each of us to give us kiss, and then snuggle. Actually snuggle. Mom proclaimed ‘This is our puppy! This is our Blaze!” And from that second on, we knew we had found our pup and took her home with us.

Blaze is now 3 months old, (her birthday is October 15th) and she is truly a force to reckon with. She can sit on command, and I am trying to teach her to stay. She gets along ok with Pooka and Cro`i…but she wants them to play with her, and they think she’s too wild. The three do share water, although I keep the cat’s food higher so she can’t get to it. If Blaze had her way she’d eat both her food and the mckittens. To make it fair, I don’t chase the cats away from her food…although they really don’t care for pup food.

On January 27th we start going to puppy school…and I hope she will not be too scared of the other dogs. I had brought her over to Nelson’s one night and she had a hoot playing with his five dogs. Blaze still likes me to pick her up to snuggle under my chin, and I’m getting scared. Because she can grow to be 65 pounds, and there is NO way I could lift her at that weight. Everyone thinks she is beautiful and I happen to agree. So without further ado….meet our new puppy Blaze: