MACY'S JOURNAL

SHE IS VERY LAID BACK AND TAKING HER ANYWHERE IS NEVER A PROBLEM. SHE BEHAVES PERFECTLY WHEREEVER SHE IS. SHE IS VERY ADVENTUROUS AND HAS NO FEAR OF THE WATER AT THE BEACH. SHE RUNS RIGHT IN IT. SHE DOESN’T GO DEEP ENOUGH THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO SWIM AND WE DON’T WANT HER TO. WITH THE SHORT NOSE, THEY ARE NOT REALLY A BREED THAT IS A GOOD SWIMMER. BATHING HER IS A JOY, SHE STANDS PERFECTLY TO BE BATHED AND LOVES THE BLOW DRYER AND BRUSHING. SHE DID HAVE ONE VERY BAD HABIT WHEN WE FIRST GOT HER, SHE LIKED TO EAT POOP. LOTS OF DOGS DO, AND APPARENTLY MANY, NOT ALL,TIBBIES ARE PARTICULARY FOND OF IT. THANKFULLY WITH SOME LITTLE PILLS FOR A MONTH, SHE DID OUTGROW IT. WE TRIED TO TELL HER THAT WE WOULD CLEAN IT UP, IT WAS NOT NECESSARY FOR HER TO EAT IT AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TIBBIE KISSES UNTIL SHE STOPPED. SHE FINALLY LISTENED.

DO NOT EAT THIS

8 MONTHS OLD NAPPING ON THE BED

SHE IS EXTREMELY AFFECTIONATE AND LIKES TO LICK YOU… A LOT!! DEFINITELY A LICKER. SHE IS A VERY SELF ASSURED , CONFIDENT GIRL. SHE SLEEPS IN THE BED AND HAS HER OWN PILLOW. SHE SLEEPS BY BITSY AND USUALLY ENDS UP WITH HER HEAD ON MY SHOULDER. HER SNORING DOESN’T EVEN WAKE ME UP ANYMORE. SHE IS VERY PROTECTIVE OF HER HOME BUT NOT A BARKER. IF SOMETHING STRANGE IS AROUND, SHE BARKS. SHE IS WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE GARBAGE MEN COME 3 TIMES EVERY WEEK AND THERE IS NO REASON TO BARK AT THEM. SHE NOTICES EVERYTHING. IF THERE IS ONE SINGLE THING OUT OF PLACE IN THE YARD, SHE HAS TO INVESTIGATE IT. IF WE MOVE A CHAIR , SHE WONDERS WHY IT IS MOVED AND LOOKS AT IT, THEN AT US AS IF TO SAY”WHY IS THIS HERE? IT BELONGS OVER THERE”.

SHE IS QUIET PLAYER. NO BARKING OR GROWLING. VERY QUIET. MACY AND RICCIE BARK, GROWL AND CARRY ON WHEN THEY PLAY. MACY IS SILENT WHEN PLAYING BUT SHE HAS A LANGUAGE ALL HER OWN. I’VE NEVER HEARD SO MANY DIFFERENT SOUNDS FROM A DOG. I THINK THEY REFER TO THIS AS TIBBIE TALK AND SHE DOES SOUND LIKE SHE IS TRYING TO TALK. SHE IS A VERY GOOD EATER AND NOT FUSSY ABOUT WHICH FOOD YOU FEED HER. SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD A VERY GOOD APPETITE AND SHE LOVES HER TREATS. SHE DOESN’T GET MUCH TABLE FOOD AS TREATS BECAUSE WE MADE THAT MISTAKE WITH BITSY AND SHE IS A VERY FUSSY EATER, ALWAYS HOLDING OUT FOR WHAT WE ARE EATING.

I LOVE TO SIT IN HIGH PLACES

MACY IS A BEAUTIFUL RUNNER, ALMOST DEERLIKE. VERY GRACEFUL AND SURE FOOTED. THERE ISN'T AND NEVER WAS ANYTHING CLUMSY ABOUT THIS LITLE GIRL. SHE IS ALSO QUITE THE JUMPER AND CLIMBER TOO. SHE COULD EASILY JUMP ON THE COUCH AND BED WHEN SHE WAS BARELY 4 MONTHS OLD. YOU WILL OFTEN FIND HER PERCHED ON THE BACK OF A CHAIR OR COUCH.

July 11, 2007: 2 WEEKS OF COMPANY ARE GONE AND MACY WAS FRIENDLY WITH ALL OF THEM. SO MUCH FOR TIBBIES BEING STANDOFFISH WITH STRANGERS, NOT HER. HER COAT IS REALLY COMING IN AND SHE IS LOSING HER PUPPY LOOK. SHE IS A VERY ME ME ME DOG. EVERY TOY IS HERS, EVERY SNACK IS HERS, WE ARE HERS...BUT SHE IS NEVER AGGRESSIVE OR MEAN, JUST ACTS A LITTLE BRATTY. SHE AND RICCIE PLAY, NEVER ANY PROBLEMS OR FIGHTING. SHE AND BITSY ARE STILL THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND MACY MAKES SURE THAT RICCIE DOESN'T ANNOY BITSY. SHE IS THE MEDIATOR. SHE MAKES LOTS OF NOSIES THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD COME FROM ANY OTHER DOG. SHE RARELY GROWLS WHEN SHE PLAYS AND NEVER WHINES. RICCIE IS A WHINER AND A GROWLER.

MACY PLAYS GAMES WITH HER FOOD. SHE HAS TO WATCH THE OTHER 2 EAT SOME OF THEIRS THEN SHE EATS SOME OF HERS AND GUARDS THE REST OF IT. IT'S A GAME WITH HER. I HAVE STARTED TAKING IT UP TO AVOID HER GAME TURNING INTO AN ARGUMENT IF THE OTHER 2 TRY TO GET HERS THAT SHE IS GUARDING. SHE IS DEFINATELY PLAYING AN "I DARE YOU TO TRY TO COME GET MY FOOD" GAME AND THEY KNOW IT AND DON'T EVEN PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO HER ANYMORE. SHE AND RICCIE STEAL EACH OTHERS BISCUITS SO NOW THEY BOTH HEAD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO EAT THEIR TREATS. SHE IS A VERY LOVABLE, OUTGOING GIRL WITH LOADS OF PERSONALITY AND STILL A JOY TO TAKE ANYWHERE, ALWAYS PERFECTLY BEHAVED, NOT AT ALL HYPER OR NERVOUS. SHE STILL GIVES BITSY HER DAILY SHOW OF AFFECTON WITH AN EAR LICKING SESSION.

Getting some loving from Coco's Mom

Cleaning Bitsy's ear

8/10/07 MACY’S COAT IS FILLING OUT AND HER HAIR FROM BEING SPAYED IS FINALLY GROWING BACK. SHE’S BEEN NAUGHTY THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND CHEWED THE CORNER OFF OF MY CHINA CABINET AND A NIGHTSTAND. BITTER APPLE DID NOTHING BUT I PUT POTENT HOT SAUCE ON IT AND SHE GOT ONE TASTE OF THAT AND HASN’T GONE BACK….YET. SHE’S A VERY SASSY DOG, NOTHING LAZY ABOUT HER. SHE HAS LOTS OF ENERGY AND LOVES TO GO ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY THE BEACH. SHE HAS NO FEAR OF THE WATER, LOVES HER BATHS AND LOVES WADING IN THE WATER AND ALWAYS WANTS TO GO OUTSIDE WHEN IT RAINS. IF THERE IS NO LIGHTNING SOMETIMES WE LET HER GO PLAY IN THE RAIN.

SHE AND BITSY ARE STILL THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND THEY SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE AT NIGHT. MACY PLAYS WITH RICCIE BUT SHE OFTEN GOES AND LAYS BESIDE BITSY AS IF TO SAY “HAHA RICCIE”. BITSY ADORES MACY AND SHE IS THE ONLY OTHER DOG SHE HAS EVER BEEN THIS CLOSE TO. MAYBE THERE IS SOME JEALOUSY ON BITSY’S PART THAT HER BELOVED MACY PLAYS WITH RICCIE. MACY IS A REAL CHOW HOUND. SHE’S ALWAYS FIRST IN LINE AND VERY VOCAL WHEN COOKIE OR BISCUIT IS MENTIONED. ALL OF THEM WILL FIGHT FOR TREATS IF ONE TRIES TO TAKE IT FROM THE OTHER, SO TREATS ARE GIVEN IN SEPARATE PLACES AND IF THEY TRY TO TAKE THE OTHER DOGS TREAT, THEY HAVE THEIRS TAKEN AWAY AND SCOLDED. THEY ARE STARTING TO LEARN THIS BUT MACY IS THE MAIN OFFENDER OFTEN EATING HERS, THEN TRYING TO GET THE REST OF RICCIE’S SINCE SHE IS A SLOWER EATER. RICCIE USUALLY TAKES HERS TO A CORNER,OR UNDER A CHAIR OR ARMOIRE WHERE MACY CAN’T REACH HER, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING SMALLER. MACY NEVER TRIES TO TAKE BITSY’S. SHE ISN’T THAT BRAVE. SHE DID IT ONCE AND BITSY LET HER KNOW THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING. SHE LIKES TO PLEASE BITSY SO SHE DOESN’T TRY TO GET BITSY’S ANYMORE, BUT SINCE RICCIE IS SMALLER, SHE STILL TRIES TO STEAL HERS ON OCCAISION.

MACY IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT DOG AND IS GREAT AT PROBLEM SOLVING. SHE ISN’T A BARKER BUT WHEN SHE DOES BARK, SHE GETS NOTICED BECAUSE THERE IS USALLY A GOOD REASON. SHE LOVES COMPANY AND IS FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE. SHE LIKES TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. SHE IS ALSO A VEWRY SENSITIVE LITTLE GIRL. SHE’S SPUNKY BUT DOESN’T LIKE TO GET IN TROUBLE. SHE GETS VERY UPSET WHEN REPRIMANDED AND SEEMS VERY SAD THAT SHE HAS DISPLEASED US. THE OTHER 2 COULDN’T CARE LESS IF THEY GET SCOLDED BUT MACY DOESN’T LIKE TO GET IN TROUBLE AND SHE MAKES SURE THAT YOU AREN’T STILL MAD AT HER WITH LOTS OF KISSES AND AFFECTION. SHE HAS TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS OK. THAT IS HOW SHE WON BITSY OVER WHEN SHE WAS A PUP. SHE IS VERY GOOD AT FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET HER WAY.

SHE IS THE MOST VOCAL ALWAYS MAKING NOISES THAT I’VE NEVER HEARD FROM ANY DOG. I THINK SHE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK. THE ODD THING IS, BITSY UNDERSTANDS ALL OF HER QUIRKY LITTLE TIBBIE TALK SOUNDS AND RESPONDS DIFFERENTLY TO THEM. WE HAVE BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND A FEW OF THEM TOO. SHE MAKES CERTAIN NOISES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. LIKE WHEN SHE WANTS RICCIES TREAT IT’S A VERY DISTINCT WARBLING NOISE AND BITSY WILL BEGIN TO BARK BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING AND KNOWS MACY IS GETTING READY TO GET SCOLDED. SHE WATCHES EVERYTHING YOU DO AND ALWAYS IS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. MOVE A CHAIR TO A DIFFERENT PLACE, SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHY, SHE WILL COCK HER HEAD AND LOOK AT YOU AS IF TO SAY” THIS DOESN’T BELONG HERE, MOVE IT BACK”.

MACY IS A JOY TO TAKE ANYWHERE. WHEN SHE GOES WITH US SHE’S ISN’T THE LEAST BIT HYPER OR EXCITABLE. SHE RELAXES AND HAS A GREAT IME WHEREVER WE TAKE HER. THE VETS ALWAYS SAY HOW GOOD SHE IS. SHE LETS THEM TRIM HER NAILS WITH NO COMPLAINTS, THE OTHER 2 MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. THE ONLY THING SHE DOESN’T LIKE, THAT DOESN’T BOTHER THE OTHER 2 IN THE LEAST, IS HAVING HER TEMPERATURE TAKEN. SHE DOESN’T REALLY DO ANYTHING BUT IT’S QUITE OBVIOUS SHE WONDERS WHAT THEY ARE DOING BACK THERE AND WANTS THEM TO STOP IT AS SHE TRIES TO SIT DOWN ON THE THERMOMETER. SHE LOVES TO PLAY WITH HER SISTER COCO WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT, BUT THEY NO LONGER PLAY TOGETHER LIKE THEY DID A FEW MONTHS AGO. THEY HAVE SETTLED DOWN A LOT SINCE MACY HAS RICCIE TO PLAY WITH AND COCO HAS JAZZ. HOWEVER, ALL 4 ARE THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND EVEN BITSY LOVES IT WHEN COCO AND JAZZ COME OVER. WILL BE GLAD WHEN FALL COMES AND IT COOLS DOWN A LITTLE BECAUSE OUTINGS ARE SHORT HERE IN THE KEYS IN AUGUST, THEY GET HOT UNLESS IT’S AT THE BEACH WHERE THEY CAN ROMP AND WADE IN THE SHALLOW WATER.

Bath day- 9 months old