Stick a fork in it ~ I'm done! ;)

I THINK? (we think) that I am as big as I will get. Over 3 weeks ago, I weighed 7 lbs.5 oz. and when they just weighed me at da Vet, I'd only gained one half ounce & weighed 7 lbs 5.5 oz. I'm Nine & a half months old so you can prolly Stick a fork in it ~ I'm Done! BOL!

I already think I'm da biggest dog around here, even though I'm da middle weight, heh heh heh ;) I've become quite the bow bandit. Our groomer, Diane, can't even put a bow in our top knots, well, make that Molly & Gracie's top knots. They don't even make it home. Mommie got upset a few weeks ago when we got home and she took us out of our shared crate and two out of three bows were missing, even after she took us & all the blankies and toys out to search. She was not amused to be on the lookout for something purple, at a later time, if you get my drift. She is trying to correct this behavior, but I am quite sassy. As long as it's my idea, I'm agreeable, and if not, I will make a growling noise they call "the racoon". I sometimes do it when I don't want to be combed or just if I am moved from point A to point B, without my consent. It happens a lot if I'm sleepy. I'm keeping Gracie and Molly on their toes, that's fur sure. Grace is DEF. my partner in crime. I can still hop like a Bunny, espec. when I'm on a leash, going for a walk. I wake up before everyfur else and Mommie puts me down, off the bed, then I bark at her and when she reaches fur me,I back up and hop & bark. I want her to get up and chase me! She did get up to catch me, so now I try to play this game EVERY morning!!! It sure is FUN!

I'm a Big Girl, NOW!!!

It's official....... I'm almost 9 mo.s old, just another week. Molly and Gracie had blood work done at the vet, this past Monday; just the routine testing to ck. on both of their liver issues. (& mom took a specimen for a UA to ck. on Gracie's kidney stuff) They got blood drawn, examined and weighed.

Momma says (to the dogtor) that I haven't been weighed in awhile and let's ck. ME! OMD! Molly weighed 7.4 1/2 & I weighed 7lbs 5 oz., just 1/2 oz. heavier than Molly, BOL! I'm truly a BIG girl now ;) I am shorter than her, but you won't hear me admit that again :)) Grace weighed 9.2 so I'm less than 2 lbs lighter than her! We think I'm mostly grown. We didn't know how big I'd get, being the runt, it coulda gone either way! My fur-Dad is 11 lbs. or more and fur-mom is 12 ish lbs. I'm feeling big stuff, according to da Mom and am constantly inciting one of my sistah's to play.

We EACH had an appt. with the opthamologist this past Thursday. It was my furst time. He said, although I looked pretty good, I have that ectopic silia, like both the Girls had (eyelashes growing on the inside of the eyelid) but it was just beginning and we'd keep an eye on that and otherwise I LQQK good!!! Yaaaaaay, no eyedrops fur moi! After the appointment, we went to Paws around Town, our fav pet boutique, fur a new toy. It was early in the morning and they were just opening, so Molly and I got out of the stroller and ran free with a fewof the employee's doggies. They all know us, so it was okay! Momma didn't allow us 2 be free for as long as I would have liked, but WOW, it was F -U-N, FUN!!! Gracie got passed around all da peeps, she doesn't like to join in with other doggies, BOL! Mommie brought our lunch, which we ate in the Tahoe & then had a walk, before we ran another errand in OKC, to get me some of my frozen raw diet medallions at a special little dog food store that looks like a little red school house. We napped right next to one another, in our crate, all the way home. It's been a very busy week. My puppy energy has been challenged, but that's okay~ I'm a Big Girl NOW!!

xoxo, IsaBella

OMD ~ I've been TAGGED AgAiN!!!

This game of TAG doesn't leave much mystery to a girl, BOL! What a fun way to learn about my furiends and give them some insight to my pawsonality...... TAG it is!!!

(I Have Been Tagged By our pal, Wookie.)
***This is a game so others can get to know you. These are the directions...Your supposed to write 7 things about yourself and then go and tag 7 more friends and they will do the same.****

Here goes.... SEVEN SECRETS, outta da bag..... :)

1. I love to coax a play out of GRACIE

2. I have 2 shih tzu sistah's ~Molly, who is Miss Mature, all calm & sweet with a serious Fesity streak that appears when u least expect it, and Gracie, my partner in crime, who will always play with me, as long as it's HER idea, BOL!

3. I have been traveling back & forth from Oklahoma to Austin, Tx. EVERY week, (to help take care of Nanna)~ leaving little time fur Dogstah, hmmppff!

4. I LOVE any food I get~I'm a hoover, BOL~ let's just say they don't call me the lil piglet fur nothin'!

5. Mommie calls me IsaBella True ~I have her wrapped around my lil paw which is quite the feat since she's totally wrapped around Gracie's :) :) :) I've got Daddy right where I want him, even though he is wrapped around Molly's paw :) :) :)

6. I want to play in da stuff they call Snow~I can't wait!!!

7. My stalking abilities are pretty weak, heh heh heh~ Hey, I'm workin' on it!!!

Off to TAG 7 furiends....

My Furst TAG!

What a fun game~ TAG ~ listing 7 facts about yourself to get to know your furiends and let them get to know you! Trixie Mae and Angel Taz have tagged me, so here goes.........

Here's how you play: You are supposed to list 7 things about yourself and post it in your diary. Then pick 7 friends & send a gift or Pmail telling them that you have tagged them and they are IT! Have them refer to your diary for instructions!


****************7 things about MOI!***********************

1. I am not so much a morning pup ~ that's right, I like to sleep in :)

2. I am a nose kisser! (so watch out! bol!)

3. I still love/want to sleep in the crate at night, even now that the girls are ready to let me to sleep in the big bed wif all of'em.

4. I am such a little piggy ~ mealtimes are da bomb!

5. I WUF leaves, to run and put as many in my mouth as pawssible is my main objective when I get in da backyard~and run from mommie as she chases me, to remove them!

6. I am still wiggly fur my daily brushing and not fond of mommie fixing my topknot~though it doesn't stop her, hmmppfff!

7. I am ALL about going bye bye! Daily errands wif Momma are a FAV part of my day!

...off to TAG 7 furiends.........

My life so far......

Once upon a time there was a little tzu, (moi), who was so tiny she didn't know what to do. Unable to feed with littermates twice her size, adequate nutrition required human intervention.

My pawrents heard about me and fell in love! Initially, my coloring reminded them of my big sister Chloe', who is an angel, and was their first shih tzu & furever love. They were surprised to find out my birfday for two reasons! #1 My furless sis was born on May 22 &... #2 I was much smaller than they thought. Being the runt doesn't guarantee you stay small~you never know~so we'll find out... my FUR dad was 11 lb.s and mom around 12. I flew to Oklahoma, on 8-14-08, the day I turned 12 wks. old, and I weighed around two and a half pounds. I was already somedoggie, very loved!! I was so excited to meet my two shih tzu sisters! Molly was happy to see me and Grace was only curious. Mommie said "all in good time" and smothered me with love and attention and so did my Dad!

Then things changed, BOL! Turns out Gracie accepted and played wif me first and Molly took much longer, which is strange coz she loves other doggies and Grace~not so much! It's still that way to this day; mama says we can't force anything and I must be patient! I was separated from them, in my xpen, thank dog, coz it turns out that I had parasites~yuk! Mama didn't see anything, but worried about some other sort of symptoms, & took my (ahem) poop to da vet for testing and I got medicine~which I LOVED! She can barely get the dropper to my mouth coz I'm so excited and wiggly :) The breeder reimbursed Mommie. After I had the go ahead with a clear test, I came out for exercise and supervised playtime with the sistah's and I could tell I was growing on them :) Boy, are they lazy! Mommie says I'm just a rambunctious pup!

After my puppy shots at 16 wks, I went on vacay wif da 'rents, on my first Motorhome journey, to Colorado. We also drove to Aspen and I enjoyed my first Hotel stay. All of us went shopping with Momma and Daddy and got to eat wif them in outdoor cafe's for lunch. Actually we ate in da hotel room, then went with them to eat. We even had a picnic in the park one day. Mommie took my puppy park wif us in the stroller's basket. I use wee pads or one of those trays wif a wee pad and the faux grass on top, called a puppy park. I learned the potty training thing super fast. I hear them talk about how smart I am and I know they are proud of me!

No chewing up anything I shouldn't, when my teeth were coming in, they seem relieved about that. They still love to watch me hop around the backyard, like a bunny. In the beginning, I hopped more than I walked or ran, so they nicknamed me IsaBunny, BOL! I have a billion nicknames and I know them all. Mommie tells me how beautiful I am, though I hear her tell Gracie and Molly the same thing, I really love it. She says how happy they are that I'm a good eater... they call me a lil piggy. My best trick is "sit" and I do well with "get back", not so much wif da "drop it" command~I'll have to get back to ya wif dat one! :)

I am a little over 22 wk.s old. I can't believe I've been here two and half months wif my family. I will get spayed real soon. I was 'pposed to last week, but the pre-op blood work showed a slighty elevated white blood cell count, so I got sent home wif an anitbiotic and low iron, so I got a supplement. Now I'm gettin' more blood work this week. I like to see the dogs and cats at the vet! I'll be in school soon :) whatever that is!

Life is GOOD!