Dogs!

Here is a little video I threw together so everyone can see our babies!

Eventful Evening!

So, it seems that with every puppy I get something must go wrong at an early age. With Nala, it was a broken leg at ten weeks old that resulted in three surgeries at Michigan State, and now with Miley we had to make an emergency trip to the vet last night. I have been trying to make Nala feel like she isn't being replaced, so I got her a special treat at the store last night. I gave Miley a little treat and gave Nala hers as well. Miley finished hers right away and Nala was still working away on hers since it was quite a big treat. Miley went up to Nala and tried to steal hers and Nala gave her a little growl as she normally does telling her to stay away. Miley then tried to do it again and Nala snapped at her.
Miley is a big baby and if the cat hisses at her she cries, so I thought she was overreacting. I yelled at Nala then went to pick up Miley and comfort her when I figured out that she was bleeding uncontrollably from her head. I immediately rushed her up to the bathtub hoping to figure out where the wound was, but the blood was just pouring out. I was panicking not knowing what to do since Nick was at work and it was almost 6pm and the vet was closed, so I called Nick. He told me to just drive to the vet which is only about three miles away and somebody would most likely be there.
I wrapped Miley in a towel and drove about 80 mph down the road with her in my lap. Luckily there were a few people there, so as I rushed into the office both of us covered in blood they took her into the back to examine her. I cleaned myself up in there bathroom and waited until they came out to tell me her condition. They had to sedate her so she would calm down and they could find the wound, injected her with some pain medicine, and shaved a little spot by her ear and finally found the puncture. They sent us home with a loopy puppy, and a weeks worth of pain medicine and antibiotics. She is going to be fine, she will jut have a sore head for a few days. She's back to biting and tearing up the house already today! I've always heard that head wounds bleed a lot, and after last night I can definitely vouch for that now!
All in all it was an expensive and eventful night for the whole family! We just have to watch Nala a little more with her treats until she get more aquatinted with the puppy, and everything will be fine. Yesterday Miley was trying all day to play with Nala and being ignored, now today Nala is trying to play with Miley and Miley just isn't ready to give her a second chance yet!
Until Next Time...

New Puppy!

We were going to wait until after the move to adopt another puppy for Nala. Up here she has friends that she plays with all the time, but when we move she isn't going to have anybody to play with. On Saturday we took a trip to the breeder where we got Nala from to put a deposit down on a litter to be born in late summer, and instead we came home with Miley.
She is such a sweet girl. The same breed as Nala (old english sheepdog) with one blue and one brown eye. Miley was born on Christmas day, so she is just shy of 8 weeks old right now. It didn't take her long to get settled in, she has been romping around our house for a couple of days terrorizing Nala and Jasmine! Nick and I don't know what to do with ourselves waking up so early with her though. She wakes up around 7am which is just crazy for the two of us!
Here are a few pictures of Nala and Miley from the last couple of weeks. Trying to get Miley to sit still for a picture isn't easy, but I did my best. (She mostly just wants to chew the camera when I get it out!) I will keep trying to get some good pictures of her to post!
Until next time...

Christmas 2008!

This is a video that Nick put together of his family Christmas in Fort Wayne. We are posting it for the out of town family to see until we get the hard copies sent in the mail. For those of you in my family, I don't expect you to have any clue what is going on!! However, if you scroll to the end of the video(around 9.5 minutes)there is a nice picture slide show!!! It's not the greatest quality on here, but we wanted everyone to see it!

Thanks Aunt Peg!!