I am thankful for my loving and amazing husband, my two precious pup pups, and my family…both new and old.

Derek & I have friends down the street, Betsy & Jonathan, that have a female GSD too. There dog’s name is Raja and she has the same sable coloration as Wrigley. Raja is a bit bigger, but when the girls get together and play they look almost identical.  So when Raja comes over to play it’s really hard to tell them apart.

These two are alike not only in looks, but also in their chaotic personalities.  These feisty females do nothing but wrestle.  Wait, I take that back…..Raja seems to enjoy exploring Wrigley’s belly.  I think she is jealous of Wrigley & Cohen’s relationship (Cohen & Raja are long time BF & GF) On the other hand it could be lust.  You tell me…..

This is about our dog Wrigley. She was found under a house in West Memphis, AR…with seven puppies, and was thought to have been caring for her puppies for two weeks. This poor girl was thought to only be 12-18 months at the time.

Puppies having puppies…

She & her puppies were taken in by a local GSD Rescue group in September 2007. Once her puppies were weened and she was spayed, Wrigley came to live with us and our other GSD Cohen (4yrs). This poor baby came to us drastically underweight and with a bad right hip. The vet tested out her hip and said she seems to experience no pain from her bum hip. We believe she most likely was hit by a car when young and never had medical treatment. The vet believes her hip healed on its own, but not in the socket. Scar tissue & muscle hold her hip in place. This little girl is determined to make it. I think this dog has experienced more in her 1st year of life than I have in my 27yrs.

Wrigley is wonderful. I couldn’t love her more. She is all lap dog and nothing short of ecstatic when she sees us walk in the door each afternoon.

Oh, yeah…..did I mention she is absolutely CRAZY!!!!! When we leave the house she goes bananas!

Here are some pictures from our snowy weekend.

Well Memphis finally got its big snow of the year!  We were surprised with around 4-5 inches in our part of town.  The part of town Derek’s parents live in received around 8.5 inches.  Now I know many people are thinking 4-8 inches is nothing, but you must understand for a city that generally has snow on the ground a maximum of 2-3 days per year…4-8 inches is like a blizzard.

Since the snow fell over the weekend we were able to go outside with the dogs and let them play in snow.  By the way, our dogs….l-o-v-e…snow!  Cohen generally only sees going outside as simply going to the bathroom.  Not often does he stay out there on by his own free will…especially to play.  Well when it snows, that’s a whole different story.  Cohen will stay out there until his toes freeze.  This kid loves eating snow & playing chase with Wrigley.  For a dog that spends most of his day napping he sure has some speed when it comes to playing chase.  Derek and I went out today & got some pictures & video of these two.

I took off work yesterday and brought the puppies to the vet.  Cohen went in for his annual check up and Wrigley had her annual blood work done.  Cohen (a.k.a. – fat kid) weighs a gnarly 66.5 lbs, and little Mrs. Wrigley come in at a trim 62 lbs.  (Wrigs is all muscle…btw)

Once we made it home for the day both puppies were worn out…

Oh yeah….Cohen barfed in my car!

Wrigley was upset that Cohen was playing with her toy.  So she decided to drag him on the dog bed he was on.

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