Here is the newest member of our family! Yes, yes she looks cute, but beneath all that cutest lies the biggest rogue I've ever met!
Dear Husband arrived home with her one night to a very startled, somewhat excited family. You see, it had only been about 7 months prior that we'd lost our beloved 10 year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Were we ready for another pet? Would this dog fill the heart-breaking void that our 'Will' had left?
Well, it has been a couple of months now and I'm pleased to say that it is lovely to have a little dog around the place. But she (we named her 'Ruby') is a whole different personality. For a start, she jumps like a gazelle. She spots something, we put it up and next thing she is jumping up to retrieve it. I've never seen a dog leap like she does.
Secondly, she chews and chews and chews. They tell me to buy doggie toys for her to chew. Well, we did and she does, but she also chews anything else that is within mouth range. That is what the peg is doing in the pic. She had dragged it up to the back yard to chew. In fact, everytime I turn around there are more chewables lying around the house. It's no longer the kids that make the biggest mess!
Thirdly she is a fussy eater. No tinned doggy food and dry dog bikkies for this madam! No sireeee! It has to be fresh. Chicken necks are a personal fave.
For those of you who haven't already figured it out, she is half Silky Terrier and half something! We were told that the 'something' was Maltese, and she does have fine hair around her face, but the body is purely fur. So who knows exactly what the 'something' is. She is slowly coming through the toilet training stage (although she does still have accidents). She loves nipping when she's excited! And she follows me around wherever I go.
Slowly, slowly I can feel the pain of losing our beloved pet starting to ease. All because of a little tiny dog with a big personality who simply arrived one warm February night!
