Betty has passed the 5 pound mark! Huzzah! We visited the vet yesterday and Betty got her first shots (while she's been with us.) I think it hurt me more than it hurt her. She was so good though! No noise, no crying, no nothing. After the shot and the nose drops, she was stuck to me like glue, with her head burrowed into my neck. Hopefully I made her feel secure somehow.
After visiting the vet, we made a quick trip to Petco to find a collar for Betty. We had already bought a harness for her, but it's still too small for her at this point! We also got her a small id tag. I've heard mixed things about putting the pet's name vs. the owner's name on the id tag. I thought about it and decided to put "Betty White" on her tag. That way, if a person saw her and read her tag, they might think she was the real Betty White's dog and would definitely want to return her since they would probably get a reward. Good logic, ehh?
We went over to visit my aunt and uncle last night and Betty was so well behaved. She made her first canine friend, Honey, the maltese/bichon mix that lives next door to my aunt. While Betty and Honey just sniffed at each other at first, eventually Honey (who is about 6 months old), barked at Betty to play with her, and that was too much for Betty. She tried to hide behind me until Honey stopped barking. I'm sure when Betty is a little bit bigger, they will be great friends.
So in my previous post I lied. Not on purpose, of course, but I did. The gift from Auntie Lindsay was not the Betty's first gift. It was actually a special gift from Texas from Auntie Amy. However, because Betty is still a little too small for the gift, I had put it upstairs and forgot to take her picture with it. So this week I got it out to show Betty and it was a big hit. It says, "Woof y'all!" Here she is looking at it (and trying to get a hold of it) while my mom holds onto it.
So Auntie Amy, Betty says thank you and is excited to eat her Texas-sized treat as soon as she can!
Overall, Betty has still been a very good little girl. One thing she did try to do, though, is dig through our small little garden. My mom and I knew we couldn't keep her out of the garden ourselves too much longer, so I decided to build a small fence. Yes, you heard me right. We went to home depot, bought the supplies, and spent one evening building the fence. Here is a picture of it.
I think it's very nice, if I do say so myself.
In other news, for my birthday, my aunt gave me a small stuffed animal that looked like Betty. Here is a comparison shot:
They look very similar, don't they? Of course, in her puppy chewing stage, Betty wanted to eat her Betty, Jr.
To close this entry, I wanted to include some especially cute pictures of Betty. I'm thinking about putting one in the dog picture contest the OC Register is running.
