Shiba Scream

Nobody believes us when we say Maggie screams... This is what I got out of the shower to the other day. Notice how she calms down when she realizes I've been watching the whole time? Brat. Hahaha.

Doughnuts, Tennis, Family, Cat, & Petco

Not much happened on Wednesday, but Maggie did try to eat my phone when David was on speaker and then went back to her Simpson roots and wanted doughnuts.

Thursday (Yesterday)
We took Maggie to see my old teacher and mentor, Tsugawa after school got out. He busted out the tennis balls and Maggie had a great time romping around the room. :) We were picking up Michael too, so he got to meet Mags for the first time. She had so much fun and was already snoozing before Michael got his seatbelt on to go home!

After we left the school, we came home so Maggie can meet my mom, my dad & our kitty, Tigger. It was a blast! My dad actually got down on the floor and was playing with her toys with her - I totally didn't expect him to do that! It was so cute! Michael's friend Devin came over, so after Maggie got done terrorizing Tigger, she curled up and passed out on his lap before dinner. Tigger put up with Maggie very well - I was really impressed! He would stand still a bit and let Maggie sniff him, and then take off running with Maggie hot on his heels. She wasn't aggressive at all, and neither was Tig. Maggie was just excited, curious, and wanted to play, but after awhile, Tigger just went to hide behind the tv to get a break. Hahaha. We had alot of fun last night. :)

Today
After her afternoon potty break, we decided to take Maggie to Petco! She hasn't been eating the treats we got her, but she'll eat generic doggie biscuits that other people have been giving her (or the Pupcorn the Apartment office gave her, but we don't want her getting stuck on those). So we wanted to find some crunchy little treats that we could use with training. The associate said that we can totally sample anything from the Doggie Bar and we found the perfect ones that she loves! Hooray!

Vet, Playdates, Memorial Day, & Stairs!

What a week!!! It's been great! It is definitely proving more difficult than I thought to update as often as I wanted, so I think I'm just gonna keep it to 2-3 times a week. :) Here's a recap of Saturday - Tuesday

Saturday:
Maggie was such a good girl at the vet! The office was nice enough to let us in before the holiday weekend, thank goodness. The vet tech explained so much to us - and at first it was kind of hard to process. I felt bad for having her repeat it so much, but being my first time ever dealing with animal health, I was completely blown away. But we got it all down. Maggie got her second set of DHLPP and her Bordetella vaccine. We also started her on Frontline Plus & Heartgard Plus. She wouldn't eat the Heartgard Plus "treat" for anything though... We had to mash it up and put it in with some peanut butter and kibble for her to eat it. Ugh. Hope next month's easier!

After the vet trip, we took Maggie to Chesterton to visit my best friend Megan & her 3 dogs - Kairi (Siberian Husky, 2 yrs), Buffy (Australian Shepherd, 6 mo.), & Roxi (Yorkshire Terrier, 7 yrs). Maggie had a blast! Buffy was being kind of dopey, but since it was only the 2nd time I've seen her, I gave her plenty of loving too, haha. Maggie kept getting mad that Roxi wouldn't play with her! At first, Kairi wasn't used to Maggie's small size & Maggie didn't really know how to play back with her. But they warmed up to each other and Maggie attached real quick to Kai and Kai protected her when Buffy was getting dopey. :) It was super cute, and they're gonna be best friends too.

Monday:

David's family came over for the holiday! I got them a cheap room at the hotel I work at and after I got off work, we came home to meet the puppy! Allex (David's nephew) was super super excited, but he really didn't know how to play with such a small dog - it was really cute. David's Mom is really rooting for grandchildren, but I think that once she saw Maggie, she kind of understood that hubabies won't come for awhile. We had alot of fun though. Maggie was very well behaved and everyone had a great time! I think Maggie was exhausted by all the attention!

And even though I'm jumping the gun, I'm too excited to wait to say:
MAGGIE IS CLIMBING THE STAIRS!!!We're so happy! I sat with her on the stairs for about 20 minutes on Wednesday and she whined and cried and was being really stubborn, but finally, she bounded all the way up! She didn't even look at or sniff any of the treats I had set down along the way. Now she's going up all the stairs on her own! It's slow, but she's been making really good progress! She still won't go down the stairs, but I think at this point, it may be physically impossible for her since she's so little. She's just now getting up enough courage to jump off the couch, so I'm sure soon enough she'll be jumping and climbing everything!! Hooray!!!