Lucy and the Snow

My dog, who does not like to be wet, LOVES the snow! It was too funny to watch her this afternoon.

eating snow

chasing the ever-elusive snowball

She did it!

Lucy graduated from her beginner education class at PetSmart!

Before getting her cap and certificate she had to sit and stay for 30 seconds, return on command, and do 30 seconds worth of doggy push-ups. Lucy then had the chance to show off in front of her classmates. She showed them how to rollover, shake, and army crawl.

We're so proud of our little graduate!

Shots

I know several of you have dogs, so I'm hoping you'll be able to help me out. . . . I got a postcard in the mail the other day from Lucy's vet telling us it is time to get the following shots:

Corona
D.H.L.P.

Parvo

Rabies

Are all of these shots necessary? I tried looking them up online, but didn't really have much luck. Which shots does your dog get annually?

Lucy the Guard Dog

My story of the day:

I was sitting at our dining room table working on the laptop when all of a sudden I heard what sounded like someone yelling angrily as they ran by our house. It startled me, so I peeked out the blinds, but didn't see anyone. As soon as she heard the commotion, Lucy started barking and ran to the front door. I tried unsuccessfully to calm her down before she ran into the backyard and started barking again.

Lucy has a tendency to bark in the backyard because both of our neighbors have dogs, so we didn't think too much of it. Eric was calling her back inside, but she refused to come. He went outside to see what she might be barking at and noticed that on one side of the fence two slats had been knocked out. Eric got a hammer and went back out to fix the fence since not only is Lucy a guard dog, but also an escape artist.

When Eric got back outside he heard a voice from behind the adjacent fence. It was a cop! He asked if we had seen anyone run through our backyard. "Uhh...no." Apparently the cop had been chasing a man, hence the yelling. The man ran into one of our neighbor's backyards, jumped the fence, and ended up in our backyard. The cop heard Lucy barking at the guy, which apparently deterred the man from staying in our yard too long. The guy knocked out the slats on the fence that we share with our next door neighbor and climbed into his yard. Escaping into our neighbor's yard was probably even more scary for the guy because they have a couple of large pit bulls. Haha! I would have loved to have seen his face when he met them!

I don't know why the cop was chasing the man and I don't know if he was ever caught, but I sure am proud of my little guard dog. :)

Unwrapping Fun

Last year Lucy was too sick to care much about the Christmas festivities. However this Christmas is different. . . . Turns out that Lucy likes to help us unwrap our presents. :) Here she is in action:



Have a Merry Christmas!

Talking Dog

Lucy likes to talk on the phone. . . and run up our cell phone minutes. Enjoy! :)