Getting Bigger

It has been awhile since Macy and I have had time to sit down and work on her blog.  So much has happened in both our lives, but through it all, we have stuck together like a good dog and dog owner should.  Macy is now five months old.  She weighs in at 30 pounds and is turning into and absolutely beautiful dog.  As she grows, she is leaving behind her small puppy antics and getting into her bigger puppy lifestyle. 

Macy was spayed when she was 4 ½ months.  Dr. Odom took care of that for her when she was boarding with him for about five days.  Tommy and I took a trip to New Orleans so it was the perfect time.  When we picked her up after only five days, she looked so big.  She weighed 25 pounds then and 30 now, so she is growing fairly well.

Macy’s chewing is not as ferocious as it was a month ago.  She can tell me when she needs to go outside and she follows me around and makes me feel loved and important.  Macy is learning things now also.  She is getting easier to train as her attention span is lengthening.  This is fun for both her and me.  I am looking forward to the warmer days ahead and lots of walks with her.  It takes a beautiful, little brown fur baby to make me love walking through my yard early in morning before the sun even rises.  It’s ridiculous how much I love that little dog. 

Couch Potato.

At 15 weeks, Macy has reached yet another milestone, this one to the dismay of her big brother Bear.  She can very easily jump on the couch and now Bear has no safe place to go.  Luckily, he is a wonderful big brother and doesn’t mind wrestling and playing with his little sister most of the day.  It’s funny to look over at the couch and see them both sitting there.  There isn’t much room for humans in our house, but the dogs have comfortable seating.  That’s all that really matters.

After another checkup this weekend, Macy weighs in at 13.8 pounds.  She is growing fast and Dr. Odom revised her grown up weight to about 45 to 50 pounds instead of 60.  She is on the petite side of her large dog breed.

We discovered that Macy is sensitive to corn and have switched her dog food to a no grain variety.  She is doing much better with this and it has helped tremendously with house breaking.  I did not have to clean anything up for the past three or four days.  Now, I’m not expecting perfection, but I can definitely see progress here.

Most of all, it is a joy to be met at the door by my fur baby, her tail wagging and knowing she is glad to see me.  I love her sweet cuddles and playing with her on the floor.  She comforts me and that’s what it is all about.

Girl Talk

Macy had another visit with Dr. Odom this past weekend.  She is getting bigger.  Macy weighs 9.5 pounds.  Her daddy said it was 9.7, but she’s a girl.  We always round down when it comes to our weight.  In addition to doctor visit number two, Macy is proving to me that she is starting to understand that she takes care of her business outside.  She is beginning to come and get me when she needs to go outside.  We are far from perfect yet, but she is getting there. 

Macy and I have a lot of fun playing and just hanging out together.  It’s nice to have another girl in the house.  Earlier this week, she got her first phone call.  Her Aunt Holly talked to her on the speaker phone and Macy was super excited.  She cocked her head this way and that while she listened to Aunt Holly talk to her.  Then she decided she would talk back.  The two of them had a good conversation.  What can I say….she’s a girl.  Girls like to talk on the phone.

All in all, she has had a pretty good week.  She is playful and happy and loves to terrorize her brother Bear.  I can’t remember life without her.

All In The Family

I have had Macy for 20 days now and I can’t imagine life without her.  Macy is as much a part of our family as Bear, Tommy and I.  The last 20 days have been amazing ones for me.  I have watched this little puppy grow and learn and evolve as she explores the world around her.  We began our longer walks through the woods and to the pond a couple of weeks ago.  At first I wasn’t sure she would be able to make it.  I was prepared to carry her some of the way if she got tired.  Macy has an abundant amount of energy and she has no trouble making it down to the pond and back to the house.  She could probably do it several times before she finally wore herself out.  These walks are good for both of us and I look forward to the day when she and I can do some serious exercise together.

As is her custom, Macy likes to find a treasure halfway through the walk and bring it home.  Usually it’s a leaf that catches her eye.  Occasionally she will find one of Tommy’s smaller targets and decide it needs to be relocated.  On one trip to the pond, Macy found a rock.  Our woods are full of large, natural rocks and I use the larger ones to line my flower beds and some of the trails that Tommy has cleared.  Well, Macy picked a rock up that I could not believe could even fit in that pups mouth.  She carried it back to the house and deposited it right next to my flower bed.  Now that’s pretty good when my puppy can help with the yard work. 

Macy continues to grow like a weed.  She is still very tiny, but she has definitely grown a lot in the last 20 days.  She loves to be rocked.  I had to leave her when I started back to work on January 5^th.  Her daddy was in charge.  When I came home after work, Macy ran to me faster than I have ever seen her move.  She wanted me to hold her and after a lot of licks, decided that she needed some rocking.  I love this and have decided that I will find a way to rock this dog even when she is 60 pounds.  It may be in the porch swing, but we will definitely find a way.