Michael & Liz are Bloggable

So yesterday we went to see Daisy. We couldn't possibly want her any more (that's two words, not one =P ), so we are hoping that the process of adopting her isn't stopped by something stupid at this point. After this visit the only 2 things that need to happen before we can adopt her is a home visit to see our house by someone in their organization and then she is getting spayed on September 6th. We hope to have the visit done this week and then we'll go pick her up next weekend.

But she is just as small as advertised. She is just about 4 pounds and they don't think she will get very much bigger so it'll be like we have a puppy forever. When we walked in she came right up to us tail wagging and was very playful. She immediately gave us tiny kisses and was very into playing. She had this little pink stuffed animal she loved to wrestle around with and it was funny to watch her struggle to get any grip on the hardwood floors of the house. As you can see from the pictures below, she looks like a 4 lb. version of a golden retriever, she must have gotten the looks of one breed but the size of a chihuahua. She doesn't shed at all but we are told that her "baby coat" will be shed and once she gets her adult hairs she wont shed much after that. Either way it won't bother us because she is so small and any shedding she does won't be seen because it's so light colored. She was definitely all about being held and carried around. She seemed so content. And when we were sitting on the couch she enjoyed sitting there on our laps with us. After a while she became fidgety but that's expected with all the excitement. I think we got the biggest kick out of her tackling normal dog tasks but because of her size she struggles. Like getting up on her padded bed, she had to hop and bounce in order to get into it. When she jumped off the couch she was as clumsy as possible, just 4 paws out like she was trying to fly and then she would just bounce right onto the ground.

Being just under 6 months old, she doesnt listen very well. We will be uploading videos soon and it's obvious in the videos that when we say her name over and over and she just looks at us. We'll have to work on that. She does seem potty-trained which is nice but I think the crate we get her will help as well.

Well here are all the pictures of her that we took while we were there: