Goodbye to a dear friend

Maja has grown quite a bit recently and she has totally outgrown her bed. When she sleeps in it, her head sticks out on one side and her hind legs on the other. Weird.. When she came here just a little less than three months ago, she could curl up in one corner of the bed.. But that bed was a trusted friend. The day we got Maja we also had tickets for a theater play. We picked her up in a neighbor town, drove for two hours, had exactly time enough to drop by a pet store to buy her some toys and a bed, and then we left her in the car - a new, strange car - for three hours. Shame on us.

But - she "adopted" her bed from the first second. That was where she curled up to feel safe, where she collected all her toys and goodies and where she - of course - slept at night. She love to come in to our bed in the morning, but she much prefers to sleep in her own bed at night :)

But, today it was packed down. We were almost a bit nervous to do it.. We went to a dogs exhibition to get a new one - thought it would be a fast deal, but we spent two hours searching, pondering and choosing. In the end we ended up with a black, furry, flat "mattress" bed.

And again - she took it as an of course that it was her property, fell in love with it at once, and is sleeping so softly on it now - fully stretched out, and both head and toes rest on the bed :)

Besides: a white dog on a black bed looks really nice :)

Today's favorite toys

1 - Maja in playing mood :) With flash on the camera, she looks like a small devil :)

2) An air cleaner for cameras. She has other chewing toys also, but this is by far her favorite one - she can chew on that  ferociously for ages. I wonder why exactly that one..

3) A rake. Seen as a wild, dangerous animal that should be hunted down and killed at once. Almost as funny as the the mop for cleaning the floor :)

4) "The bad chair".. I discovered this one by accident.. I grab the chair by its feet and push the seat towards Maja - she runs around me in circles, barks as h*** and tries to get to me while avoiding the chair..

Maja getting well :)

One and a half week or so since last health status..

On the good side, Maja's stomach seems to be ok, healthy and happy. That is a great relief to us, as the period with antibiotics shots was quite tough. Poo is a bit weird topic for a blog, but whatever: suffice to say that it is quite normal, but she poos much less now than before; two or three times a day compared to five or six. So, rice is doing it's magic.

On the bad side: she'd rather stay hungry than go back to dry food:) We went for the best and bought Tast of the Wild.. She gets BISON, for pete's sake.. But njeh... She sniffs, takes one or two, walks around in the house a bit and comes back for one and two more. Well, compared to fresh turkey breast, maybe dry food is not the very best:)

Being a dog owner is a blessing, but sometimes also frustrating, at least for me. It's really about time that we take her to courses! Maja is behaving really nicely, she sits for her food and in front of doors, doesn't beg by the table. Miracledog :) But going for a walk with her in the neighbourhood is still a test for my patience sometimes. Four steps and stop. Four steps and stop. Sometimes I really have to concentrate not to let my frustration shine through - she is still quite new to the neighbourhood and there are so many things around, so I really should be patient with her. Now I try to concentrate on that: we go for a walk not to go fast somewhere and come back, but it's her time to look around. The last walk we had we came to some sort of compromise: I decided where to go and we do NOT go back. Maja got full time to sniff and get more familiar with all the smells around.

Besides from that, I have been working quite a bit on the house outdoors lately, and she likes to stay outside with me. I am working on isolation - she is just goofing around, sniffing, digging a bit, running a bit, now and then running to the neighbours lawn - which she perfectly knows that she is not allowed to :)

She is getting more furry and is starting to look like a miniature "real" grown up doggie - I love her as a small puppy, but can't wait to see what she will look like when she grows up and becomes a full size dog :)

A Study in Sleep

Maja and Barack Obama

I had the weirdest dream last night: I was somehow working as assistent for Barack Obama, and of course Maja was with me all the time :) She was a bit younger, smaller and "puppy-ish" than what she already is.. At some point, Barack Obama held a huge press conference at a lawn somewhere. I was late for it, so I came running with Maja. She was not on a leash (bummer at a presidential press conference, I know!), so she ran away from me, in front of the audience and almost up to the Presiden (elect). I really had to shout to make her come back - again not the smartest thing at a press conference.The security guys of course went nuts and yelled at the poor dog - I had a long and serious talk with one of them afterwards, telling them to yell at her idiotic owner - me! - and not at the dog..

Now, WHERE ON EARTH do dreams like that come from :)