pupdate #1
Things have been… a lot. Work, parenting, puppies, estates, etc. Rather than saying nothing, here’s a list about our newest love, Maysie the Bernedoodle.
She’s so much bigger than we expected. She’s so “long” and has these huge paws. But, she’s all fluff! You can feel her poor ribs under all that hair. We are working to catch her up on weight now that she’s off the antibiotic, but it’s going to take a bit.
Maysie does a downward dog stretch on the top stair every time I take her out, which makes me think of Nicole.
Maysie just finished her vaccines so we can start walking her and taking her places to socialize, which is great. She’s a little shy around people indoors, but does much better with the space of outside (well, our backyard so far).
Maysie loves leaves. And eating things off the ground. And sticks.
Maysie does not love moths, however, as we’ve learned during a choppy battle by moonlight.
She’s almost 5 months old, so she still naps a few times a day. She sleeps in a crate at night and takes a nap in there each afternoon.
Lil Momma is coming around to puppy ownership. Maysie was so much bigger than we prepped her for and her arrival so chaotic that LM had to take a bit of space to process that she wasn’t the itty bitty puppy she’d pictured. Now LM is offering to walk Maysie and brush her hair and cuddle at night, which is wonderful.
She crosses her paws and it’s just so sweet.
Her favorite toys are a gigantic Lamby crinkly stuffed animal LM got her (which I wildly thought was so huge at the time but is just a little smaller than Maysie) and a tennis ball on a rope. She also enjoys chewing on our kitchen chairs and the gates if she’s not getting what she wants (we’re working on it), as well as stealing sweaters and shoes when they’re not put away.
She’s the cuddly muppet of a dog I’ve always wanted. She’ll sit next to me with her head on my shoulder or cuddle up on the floor. It’s just the best.
Thanks for letting me gush about our new little love!

I am here for puppy gushing! Doggo was about seven months when we got her, and whenever we were outside we really had to watch the ground in front of her because she was on a mission to eat the world.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it felt like the chewing phase was going to last forever! She did a number on the ottoman in our back room, and managed to sink her teeth into a desk and a dresser. It was 100% a way of getting our attention when she was bored. She used to sleep in my office during the work day, and in the afternoon when she woke up she would start chewing the furniture. I used to give her a frozen kong with canned pumpkin and kibble to distract her so that I could keep working. And then one day she became a grown up and stopped chewing everything in sight. Life is easier now but also...kind of boring.
The pride I feel when I give her the right toy in the right moment to distract her cannot be discounted!!
DeleteGush away friend!!! What a cutie you have!! Hope she brings you lots and lots of joy!!!
ReplyDeleteOooooh! Maysie is such a sweetie! I love the photo with crossed paws. You can't possibly gush about her enough here, or post too many pictures. That is the law of puppy ownership!
ReplyDeleteMore puppy gushing, please! Having a puppy can take over your life, so I totally understand. And she's such a cute lil fluff ball. I just want to squeeze her (nicely)!
ReplyDeleteI am HERE for the Maysie pictures. Fluff for days. <3
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