Diana....How's Jazzi?

[Janet]

Unless I've missed a post, I haven't read any more about Jazzi. How is she doing? Has Rueger gotten used to her yet? How about Glenn, is he happy with her?

Oh....and don't forget some pictures...lol.

[judy]

Yes!!! Pictures of the new baby girl!

[DianaB]

I'll get ya' some pictures later. She's got some new dresses so I'll get picts of them.

Jazzi has been quite an addition to our family! She's definitely higher strung than Reuger ever was and I'm hoping that she settles down a lot as she gets older. She's got quite an attitude at times and I often tell her that I should have named her Sassy!!! LOL We're working on it. I've watched the Dog Whisperer and sometimes I prevent her from getting to her food which makes me lead dog. Since I've started doing that she's not as sassy to me. She does do the cutest things though and she keeps us laughing alot! Like yesterday she saw her reflection in the stove door and barked and barked at herself!! Too funny!

Poor Reuger! He's kinda' settled in to her being here and it's not quite as big a deal to him as it was. I keep Jazzi tied out in the kitchen when I'm not watching her so she can't potty on the carpet and that helps Reuger relax. I've seen her jump right in the middle of Reuger when he's not expecting it so many times. She also bites a hold of Reuger's fur and holds on while he's trying to get away from her. She has a really mean growl when she does it too. I'm working on getting her to stop. LOL!!! Reuger is so laid back that I know Jazzi is going to be the lead dog over him someday. Sometimes I tell him to just go ahead and put her in her place and she'll quit picking on him but he's way to nice to do that!

It has been so much fun getting little dresses for her! At first she would roll and wiggle and eventually she'd have them off but she's gotten used to them being on. I bought some clothes from e-bay and some others from Wal-mart. I've been finding them between $5 to $8 and they're really cute!!! I've had her hair in a pony tail once and just like the dresses she rolled and wiggled but it didn't come out and soon she forgot about it. The next day I added a little bow.........it didn't last long!!

Glen's actually been doing really well with having her here, especially since she was a gift from him. He's put a smile on his face about having her. Once she settles down she really is quite snuggly on your lap and he really likes to hold her when she's like that. The hard part is there are some things that we can't do because I don't want to leave her home in the house all day long. With Reuger we can leave him and he won't have any accidents but Jazzi's just too young. It will be better once the kids are out of school because I can leave her with them or have them come and let her out once in a while. I know that Glen doesn't like that. It's like choosing the dogs over him and that doesn't go over too well.

[judy]

She sounds like a spunky little puppy! I can't wait to see pictures of little Miss Sassy Jazzi in her new dresses.

Annie has annoyed Max to the point where he just goes into another room or upstairs to relax. Her puppy energy does get to him. They do enjoy playing together though. Once Jazzi is a bit older, hopefully Reuger will like playing with her too.

I'm guessing that you don't want to put her in an ex-pen so you can go out.

[DianaB]

She is tied out in the kitchen. She can move around but she can't get on the carpet. She's very limited on where she can be. I can leave her for several hours but I just don't like to leave her all day. I don't have anything outside that will hold her and if I tie her out she gets all tangled up in something. We're planning on getting a nice fence to go around the front yard. It's just getting Glen to actually DO it. For us to go somewhere, sometimes it's actually ALL day. Leave early come home late.

[judy]

I'm still not comfortable leaving Max and Annie for a whole day! I worry about them and don't want them to miss me all day.

I know I could because they're both as trained as they're going to be, but I pamper them so much! My SIL makes so much fun of me, and my daughter thinks I'm a little nuts.

[Janet]

Sounds like little Sassy Jazzie is fitting in with the onryness at your house....LOL... Even though mine are older, I still don't like leaving them for all day. I wish there was a way to take them with me most of the time, but it's just one of those things that won't work out I don't think.

Can't wait to see the pictures of her in her dresses.

[Marilyn]

Sounds like you have one spunky girl!!!! You must be having so much fun with her. Sounds a bit like my Zoe. You might consider getting an X-pen to put her in with a pee pad when you need to go for the day. Since we work, we had to leave Zoe when she was a puppy, so put the xpen on a shower curtain with a pee pad and her crate and she was fine. Her crate is like her own little den or something. When we visit our girls, we take the crate with us, and when we leave the apartment, she knows to get in her crate.

We have a very secure nice sized dog run we could leave them in outside on days that it's not too hot, but there are too many hawks and owls around here. Little dogs are attacked by them. The birds don't naturally prey on dogs, but because they are small, they think they are rabbits or something. You might be careful about leaving them outside. Our vet cautioned us because he's seen several dogs injured by birds. They come in with talon punctures or worse.

Enjoy her and we know that you are!!!

[Mandy]

Well Diana, we need to admire this little doll of yours, so get the camera and post some pics, i had no idea who Jazzi was, and now that i know.... i'm ging to bug you for those sassy pics!!