Puppy Lulu maybe 6 month April 2010

I have been thinking about puppies.  My cuties have grown so fast.  Louise, aka Lulu Belle, was already about 5 months old when she came to us, so I never really got to see her in her littlest puppiness.  She was so cute and loved to sleep under the grapes (now she likes to eat  the stems – yes, I know grapes can be poison to dogs).  It took a while to teach her that people were Ok, but she loved being with us, and especially with the other animals. I decided that her birthday would be Halloween (31 Oct), so she is 2 1/2 years old now.

Puppy Sofie maybe 14 wks March 2011

When Lulu was little, Squash was already blind and an old man.  I never got to meet him as a puppy.  He found us when he was already about 7 or so years old.  I sometimes imagine how cute he must have been.  He was very good with Lil’ Lulu.

After Squash past on, we got Sofie. The rescue thought Sofie Bear was about 12 weeks old and a Shepard/Collie.  Since she really is more like a Sheltie/Corgi, she may have been 14 or 16 weeks:  Who knows?  I made her birthday Thanksgiving time, 25 November.  She is 1 1/2 years old now.  I have not told her that she is not going to be a 100 # dog yet, I figure I will wait until she is older.

The girls are still very much puppies.  Sometimes they remind me of the endless energy I had in my youth,  Sofie still gets these big bags under her eyes at bed time and needs to get ‘Beaver’ and go Nite-nite, almost like a human child.  Never had a puppy like that before.  Louise gets very “Mommy, Mommy” sometimes, and wants all the attention on her.

There is so much to enjoy in our animals.  Of course I wasn’t happy this morning when the cats knocked some laser pointer off the shelf and I found puppy Sofie chewing it with 3 little batteries on the floor next to her.  I freaked out and watch her for hours, hoping I was not to late. I also forgot how much work all these youngsters are (2 puppies, 2 kittens, and 3 old cranky cats – oh I almost forgot and the teenager).

Happy Mother’s Day! Whether human, animal, or even a plant, watching and participating in helping things grow has been my greatest reward.  Thank you for letting me be your mother.

Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤