Update on Xena...

Xena has now been spayed, but she was not been feeling too well for a few days - it took her longer than usual to feel decent after the operation, but I noticed yesterday that she's begun to play again with the other guys...

Xena really was too young to be a mom and wasn't that great of one either... The shelter paperwork might list her as being three years old, but I'd almost bet the house payment that she's not half that in age... She's SO much puppy in so many ways - like she's never been able to truly be a puppy and is now making up for lost time? She's begun playing with toys and she's intensely affectionate with you - at first she was pretty standoffish and because of those gorgeous eyes, you just couldn't seem to connect like you do with most dogs...

She listens well now and quite the lady when eating, sleeping, interacting - very delicate and not rowdy-howdy at all... Even when she plays, she plays like a lady and a puppy combined - does that make any sense? She doesn't care to be wet, nor walk on wet grass, concrete, etc. Very quiet and reserved most of the time, I don't think I've ever heard her bark in fact! But then she gets this wild hair and frolics around in the grass like a newborn colt! She's FAST too... cuts those corners like a well oiled Jag when you least expect it, losing the others in the dust in the daily 'catch me if you can' game they always engage in...

She truly would blossom in a 'pampered pet' environment... She tolerates sweaters and dresses well, but doesn't care to get dirty... What a lady she is!

More pictures of Xena!

I finally did it!

As much as I have been raving about Xena's eyes to everyone, I finally was able to get a good photograph of her without the red eye... I did nothing more to this photo than shrink it down to size... There's been no retouching or Photoshop done... Isn't she got the most amazing eyes???!!!! As does her son, Thor, too!

She crawled up into the Chi penthouse by my desk and was sitting there so I grabbed the camera and snapped a close up photo of her... I also got "Xena kisses" today as she's been out and about with everyone else... She's a great momma and very sweet with him as well as us... How did this dog ever end up in the shelter with her baby????