NEW FURRY KID

Well we did it, We finally broke down and got our dog Lilly a new sister to play with. After months of talking about it, searching shelters and rescue groups and everything else, we finally found our new, sweet, little puppy.

OK, so she is an almost 70 lb 10 month old Rottweiler puppy, but she is still a puppy none the less:)

Her name is Dixie. She and Lilly are very sweet with each other; are completely

inseparable and LOVE to play, running around the house, and into walls and sliding around on our hardwoods. Every once in a while we will hear a "kathunk" and one of them has managed to crash through our bedroom door that has never closed properly. Doggie bowling any one?

Dixie still has a lot of growing up to do and Lilly lets her know when she has had enough of the boundless energy a puppy, or in this case miniature pony of a dog, has!

Dixie is learning what is and is not hers to chew on.

Most recently I caught her lumbering down the hall with one of my Steve Madden shoes in her mouth. Hoping to rescue it from the attention only a puppy can give to a shoe, I called her and she brought it straight to me when she saw me, she was so proud, tail wagging. I however, was not. The back of the heel was completely chewed off. So long to my animal print flats.

She also likes to take items out of our dirty clothes basket and hide them in various places all over the house. I woke up a couple days ago and discovered she had carried a pair of Ryan's Boxers out and proudly displayed them in the middle of the living room, along with one of his shirts and a pair of socks. Seems all she was missing was the pants- oh wait she carried those into the office.

Even though she is a mess, we love her and she is here to stay. Welcome Dixie, our bear of a dog, to the McDow family!