New Toy For Christmas

I bought Molly a new toy. She deserves a little spoiling for being such a good doggy this year. It's a Kong rubber bone that has two little treat holding spots at the ends.

Little Beggars!

This morning I had a biscuit with grape jelly on it. Molly was riveted... but surprisingly, so was Ana! Shameless little beggars, how we love you. Too bad for you both that it was people-food.

New Trick

Here are some photos of Molly doing her new trick. She looks a lot more graceful in a still photo. Excuse the messy carpet. Apparently it's time to vacuum again.

Poised for the trick:


Up we go!


On her toes:

Doggy Coat

We picked up a coat for Molly. It's a thinly padded windbreaker, reflective stripes, with a velcro strap around her neck and another around the barrel of her body. She is tolerant of it but refuses to break out in a full run in it. She periodically peers over her shoulders and glares at it. After we take it off, she shakes her whole body and proceeds to straighten her fur. Prissy girl. ;-)

As for new tricks...she's slowly learning to sit up on her hind legs for treats via command and hand gesture. Her front legs pinwheel in the air and it's usually less than graceful but it's always adorable. She's also got a much better grasp of the stairs now and follows Jason up and down them wherever he goes. I can't wait to get her out on an agility track but am letting her get comfy here before pushing her to a new realm.

Small Update on Molly

Molly did very well at Thanksgiving. She was a little confused when her people slept in much later than usual. She likes telling us to get up by standing two inches from our sleeping face and pelting us with kisses. And then another roadtrip! We went up to my family's home and everyone cooed over her. She did tricks for my mom in exchange for nibbles of white meat turkey. Mmm human food is a wonderful thing!

We had our first snow with her this morning. She doesn't mind it really..periodically shaking the crystals off her fur. I can't wait to have a deep enough pile for her to run through it. It looks like she's developing a good winter coat. I'm still tempted to get her a doggy coat but she likely wouldn't be thrilled with it.