30 days

June 29, 2014 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Nia visits Lake Michigan — true love!

As we were sitting in the sand watching the kids playing in the water, I couldn’t help but feel overly happy for Nia. These paws were confined on a cement floor just one month ago. We are truly thankful to have her with us and I’m pretty sure she’s having a good time too 🙂

Jun

25

A little less womanly…

June 25, 2014 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Nia got spayed today. Here’ s the kids loving on her. She slept for about 2 hours and had chills so the kids covered her with blankets and petted on her. She’s doing better but still hasn’t eaten anything.

Jun

24

Nia’s favorite part of the day!

June 24, 2014 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Nia LOVES bedtime. Last night with my son, tonight with my youngest daughter. It truly doesn’t get any better 🙂

Jun

18

New pics of my Nia :)

June 18, 2014 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

So…this is what happens when I try to do homework on the floor

It’s the Nia Madonna

Brand new harness for my three-legger!

Jun

15

hehe–I’ve never seen a dog sleep with her mouth open

June 15, 2014 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Jun

13

“Your request has been denied”

June 13, 2014 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

So, Nia has been taking on some overly attached behaviors and the consensus has been to work on teaching her that there is little to no difference between what home is like if people are there or she’s alone and that if we love on her all day when we’re home, we are teaching her to be dependent on us. The remedy? give her about 10 minutes of lovin’s per hour and basically ignore her the rest of the time–let her gain comfort in not having a hand on her or patting her head.

So, Nia and I had us a little sit down (see pic 1–she listened intently)

And the notion was outright denied (see pic 2)