Three Month Update

Roxie

Life with Roxie has settled into a rhythmic pattern only occasionally upset by visitors to the house. She did extremely well this past fourth of July weekend, regardless of the fact that our home neighborhood sounds similar to Beirut in the midst of world-war three. Of course, Eli has a lot to do with that. This was his 2nd 4th of July weekend and he still enjoys taking walks around the neighborhood in the midst of the mayhem.

It never ceases to amaze me how much he loves chaos.

We have not yet been able to get a collar or leash on her, but we are beginning to save up to that by introducing her to the possibility. She goes through these moody periods, we call them, when she is sometimes flighty and sometimes not. So regardless of moodiness or not, we pet her with the leash in our hands so that she can see it won’t harm her. I even have her tugging on the leash in a form of tug game.

She has learned both the words “sit” and “lay down” as well as the hand-sign for both. She is able to catch her treats, and she is much better about not chewing on things she shouldn’t. Roxie is a silly thing who likes taking toys to a single corner in the yard. She hoards them, but doesn’t play with them. Oh, and she loves making the squeaker toys squeak. She obsesses over it. It is absolutely hilarious.

She and Katie (my cat) are getting along famously, and her and Eli are absolutely inseparable. Unfortunately, Roxie likes tugging and nibbling on our new dining rug, so while we’re at work we leave Eli in the house and put Roxie outside to play with or ignore the toys she has gathered. This makes her SO EXCITED when we come home and let Eli outside to play with her.

Roxie will trot up to one of us several times throughout the day looking for some lovins, but she hasn’t quite figured out how to play with us humans yet. Sometimes when I try and play with her outside she gets to barking and her tail is wagging…but then her hackles raise and even though her tail is still goin, I’m not certain if she really is enjoying herself or what! So we just try and be outgoing with Eli and allow Roxie the opportunity to join in or not.

She is still as adorable as ever, and we enjoy having her around. She’s a groaner when she’s napping, which is so cute!