Five Months Old

Ellie Stats: 5 months old

• She's still chasing her tail.
• Spent the night outside her crate for the first time. She did great and didn’t tear up anything!

Home Alone

Ellie Stats: 19 weeks old, 12 weeks with us

Travis and I went out of town on vacation to Washington D.C. Virgil and Janice (my parents) are babysitting the dogs and cat. Ellie got under the deck and wouldn’t come out. She growled at Virgil when he tried to reach her to pull her out. They dug out a little area hoping she would come out on her own, but still no luck. After a while they decide to get Travis’ bath robe and use it to coax her out thinking the familiar smell will make her feel better. It worked! She sniffed it a lot and soon came out from under the deck very easily on her own. For the rest of our vacation, Virgil keeps Travis’ robe next to Ellie’s crate.

Oscar Decides She's Okay

Ellie Stats: 18 weeks old, 11 weeks with us, 50 lbs.

• Ellie hasn’t peed on the carpet in weeks. :D
• She barked and snapped at Samson last night when he got too close to a bone that she had snatched from him earlier after he left it alone.
• Oscar has decided he likes Ellie. They play all the time now.

Ugh.

Ellie keeps peeing on the carpet today…

Easter 2009

Ellie Stats: 14 weeks old, 7 weeks with us, 37 lbs.

• Ellie plays great with Maggie (a Boston terrier) and the kids (our nephews are visiting).
• We took Ellie and Sam to the Grove yesterday for an Easter egg hunt. She did really well with all the kids wanting to pet and play with her.
• Oscar is finally really playing with Ellie.

Ellie Loves Her Crate

Ellie Stats: 13 weeks old, 6 weeks with us

• Ellie runs to her crate now, particularly when food is involved.

Shake

Ellie knows “Shake”!