It's All About Roxy

So in looking at recent blog posts, I realized that I hadn't posted too much about our cute little pup lately. That said, this blog is dedicated entirely to Roxy!

She's just about six months old and the latest weigh-in says she's 16.2 lbs. She supposed to get to 24 lbs so we still have a little ways to go. She loves her little pink squeak toy the best - it's the first toy we ever gave her. We put it in her crate with her every night and it's often the first toy she runs back in for in the morning. She LOVES being outside walking around, but mostly loves sniffing and eating anything she can get her paws on outdoors. It usually takes us 10-15 minutes to go around the large block around our condo. She also loves cuddling and sleeping on our laps - I worked from home on Thursday of last week and I think she slept on my lap (while snoring of course) for at least 4 hours.

She's currently paper trained during the day but we're trying to get away from that and only have her going outside. We recently got her a bell to ring with her paw anytime she needs to go - she hasn't fully gotten the hang of it yet. She likes to ring it anytime she's bored and just wants to get outside. If she rings it, we take her out and give her a few minutes to do her 'business' - if she doesn't within that time frame, back in she goes. I think I took her out 10 times yesterday - only 4 of which resulted in any 'business'. Oh well, some day it'll work (I hope!). If nothing else - it's pretty cute when she rings the bell (loudly) and then sits and looks at us as if to say 'Okay, I'm ready to go outside to play now, folks!' If only we had a house with a backyard that we could just let her out to play in anytime she wants.

Here's a video doing one of her tricks --- 'Sit' and 'Stay' (even after we put a treat on the ground). Notice her stare the treat down right after I set it down.



And here are some cute pics of her that we've taken this past week.


Roxy and Corey watched the Seahawks game today.


First shot of Roxy in her Seahawks jersey (one of Corey's birthday presents from yours truly).


Just another view of her in the jersey. When we first put it on her over two months ago, she was so small, she was able to crawl out of the neck hole. Not anymore...


And a back view - so cute, I couldn't get enough pics of her in it. She didn't even mind it being on - it was on most of the day. We even took her out for walks in, which made everyone we passed smile and compliment her.


Playing with Pink Bear earlier this week. This bear used to be huge compared to Roxy but now she's about the same size.

Next up is Thanksgiving - we have nine people coming over. Roxy will be in heaven - so many people to play with and to give her attention! I'm sure we'll have lots of stories and photos to share after our turkey feast.