Ellie - Day 10

It's been a busy week since I updated last! Ellie had a bout of diarrhea, but she seems to have gotten over that. She also has found her inner puppy and has started chewing on everything in sight and eating every plant, twig, or bug she can find outside. She also has quite the mind of her own. Can we say puppy training? :)

This week she came to my company picnic, went to her first bon fire, met some new dog friends, and was able to actually make it clear around the block on a couple of occasions (that's about her limit for now, though - as soon as she sees the house she races for the door, plants her butt, and refuses to move until we open the door to let her in :)). I can't wait until she's able to make it clear around a lake (and my ankle heals enough for me to be able to make it clear around a lake with her!).

Today Ellie got her very first bath. You can see in the first picture she was a little leery of the whole situation. We have a great sink in our basement that worked perfectly for her bath!

About mid-way through the bath she was positive she had had enough, but she was a good sport, and she eventually just sat there. Once the bath was over Kristin dried her off, and she was thrilled! I think in the end she actually loved the bath! Yay to Kristin for giving the bath and yay to Ellie for tolerating it (and us!).

Ellie and the cats are tolerating each other. If Ellie is tired she will just lay there while the cats sniff her face, butt, and everything in between. If she isn't tired? Watch out. A chase ensues which usually ends with the cats under the bed....although occasionally they'll stand their ground, and Ellie is the one who turns and walks away. But so far there hasn't been any blood, so I consider that a success! :)

Even with her inner puppy coming out, she is still pretty mellow and loves to be held, to play with other dogs, and with kids. She loves her sock monkey and will carry it around with her and has taken over one of the cat beds. I don't think she realizes it has pictures of cats all over it yet ;). It's pretty cute. As is she. Oh, and we pretty much love her to pieces.