Hi Judy,

I have been meaning for so long to send you an update and some pictures of Dixie and how she's doing. She is doing wonderful!! She goes to the groomer about once per month and gets her hair cut, nails trimmed, etc. The first time she went there, she was the model student for the other dogs and behaved perfectly. The second time she went there I guess she felt a little more comfortable and decided to yelp loudly the whole time they clipped her. They said the more she comes, the more she'll get to know everyone there and she'll be much more calm there. She looks so cute when she comes home and her face and been clipped and you can see it and she always has a bandanna or hairbow. I sent a picture of her after she cam back from the groomers so you can see. She needs to go again soon. I can hear her nails clicking on the tile around here. She does well with all my kids and has never bitten any of them!! My 3 1/2-year-old is relentless and sometimes will not leave her alone so she growls at her sometimes. I always tell Suzette that it is Dixie's warning that she's had enough and wants to be left alone. She's a really smart girls and knows sit and stay already. Fetch coming right upon her knowledge also. She has these fleece balls that she loves so I have been throwing them for her and she brings them back. She is all up to date on her shots and is going to be getting spayed here in a few weeks. At the end of July, she went to Oregon and Washington with us and met our families. She's a great traveler and a joy to have along on the road. She's pretty well housetrained, but I take her outside a lot!! She sleeps in a kennel in our closet at night and can keep it clean through the night so pretty soon she's going to graduate to her bed in our room. The last time she was weighed at the vet she weighed 2.4 lbs. that was early last month sometime.

Enjoy the pictures!! I'll send some more sometime soon!!

Spring