All in the Family

Molly is now about 20 months old! She is a wonderful dog and I swear I will never have any other kind of dog besides a doodle. She is SO smart,calm,sweet,and a little naughty too. About 6 months ago we brought home a 9 month old kitten from the Humane Society. The transition was great and they are slowly becoming friends.
Here they are trying to get cuddle time with me:

Molly and Maggie

Molly and her sister,Maggie!

Molly at 9 months,in the car

Molly when we first got her

Molly Mae is 9 months old!

So much for my blogging about Molly and her puppyhood! Long story short,she is great. I would highly recommend this breed of dog to anyone. (Although technically not recognized as a breed.) She is a wonderful dog. She is very loyal and calm.We just love her so much. She loves to travel in the car and many times will go jump in the car even if we are not going anywhere. She has a bad habit of jumping on the counter and getting food,dishes,paper,etc. whatever she can find. She loves socks and she loves to chew on pencils. Those are really her only bad habits.that and not telling us when she has to go potty. ALthough,we do think that when she barks at us that is her telling us she has to go. But sometimes we let her out and she doesn't. So we can't figure out if that is her signal she has to go or that she just wants to go outside. She sleeps in bed with us and I don't mind. I actually like it. As long as she doesn't get too much bigger we will be fine with that. I never liked our Black lab to sleep with us because he was so big. I'm pretty sure she will not be as big as he was. I am hoping she doesn't grow much more,but we'll see. We just love her!

So Sweet!

Molly is almost 13 weeks old. She has been in our family for a month now,although it seems like forever! It is so nice to have a dog again. We only went for 3 months without one but I have to say those 3 months were very lonely. It is amazing the joy a dog brings to a family. She is already a family member,one that I am treating like the daughter I never had. She loves being outside and she loves the water. We have a kiddie pool in the backyard for her and she loves to splash around in the pool. I also can see the little bit of Labrador Retriever in her,she loves to chase birds. The other day she actually stopped and pointed,just like a retriever! She is very smart and learns quickly. She already can sit and stay,go to house,and we are working on come and leave it. The potty training is going well as long as we remember to take her outside often. We are going to start teaching her how to ring her bells to let us know she has to go out. She is so cute and I wish she would stay like this forever. But,she is growing so quickly and pretty soon she will be a big dog. I'm sure she will still be a cute big dog but I just love the size of her and her cute puppy face.

Busy,Busy week!

There is a reason I don't blog,because I don't. A true blogger writes everyday. Obviously,it has been over a week since we brought Molly home. Molly is very comfortable now. Her true personality is beginning to come out. Most of the time she is pretty laid back. She sleeps much of the day. She has been staying in her cage at night from 11:00-6 in the morning. She only went potty in her cage on the first night here and has not gone it it since. After I let her out in the morning she wants to PLAY! She is pretty wound up and rambunctious. So I spend some time playing with her until it is time to eat. She eats at 6:30 and then we go outside for a while. For the first hour or so she is very playful. Eventually she finds a place to lay down and nap. Molly LOVES being outside. We have a pretty big backyard and at first she did not go very far. She has become super comfortable and will venture to the very back and sometimes work her way around the house to the front. If you go after her sometimes she thinks it's a game and will run away from you. SHe likes to find a shady spot and just lay in the grass. She also loves her little pool we got for her. At first she was not so sure but now she will go in it on her own and splash around. The problem with that is that she doesn't know the difference between her pool and her water bowl. I caught her playing in her water bowl more than once. This is why I am not a blogger,I'm done writing now. This has exhausted me. More to come later,I suppose.