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Granddaughter Jill, and her mother, Mary Lou,
bring mama Chihuahua
and three puppies from the vet where they had been delivered. One black female and two brown males. Someone said, "I"ll
take the black one!" I looked around to
see who said that, and it was me!
Aug 1, 2004
Little baby Onyx comes to her forever home with me. A tiny three pounds of black fur with attached
tail constantly in motion. Sloppy kisses and
sharp little teeth, cute barks and wet spots on the floor. She's a lap sitter!
Aug 1 Bedtime
Placed Onyx on the bed. She
flopped on my pillow and passed out sound asleep in less than a
minute. When I laid down, she was wide awake. Started giving me big ole wet kisses that
continued all night. Whoa!
What to do with an all night kissing dog? She
awakened me with more kisses and a voracious appetite. She chewed my hair, fingers and ears. Piddled on carpet as soon as she was on the
floor!
Aug 2
Filled tub for a bath. Onyx
jumps in the water attacking the faucets and the stream of water. She begins dog paddling up and down the tub,
stopping now and then to splash water with her little paws, grabbing
wash cloth and shaking water everywhere. I
remove her from tub, dry her off, turn my back, and she is back in
the tub for an encore. She puts her
whole face under water, grabbing at the bubbles made by the running
water. There is no end to the
time she will spend in the tub if allowed to stay. If she isn't on my lap, she is a
blur as she runs after our two old poodles, grabbing the fluffy hair
on the back legs and holding them so they can't run.
CeeCee, our big, yellow cat spends
most of his time on a table or somewhere out of her reach.
Aug 2 Bedtime
Placed Onyx on the bed. She
falls asleep and no more kissing. Hooray! I waken with her lying on my head, chewing hair.
Aug 3
First trip to vet for checkup. Onyx
walks well on a leash, but balks at walking inside the vet office. She sits in the middle of the floor and howls. Litterly
throws her head back
and lets it rip. Howling
continues every time she is touched by the vet or techs. It is loud and piercing. Three
people hold her to take temp. Two hold her
while she is examined. Seven
or eight people crowd in the room to see the "holy terror"
She never shut up the entire time. Ear plugs
were called for by the vet. When we leave I
make mental note to send cookies to vet office.
Fast forward with repeats of Aug
1 +2 only worse as she learns more.
Oct 23
We lose Crissy, our
oldest Poodle, who was 15 years. Onyx turns
her attention to Prince, the male, and entertains him for hours. She seemed to sense he was grieving for Crissy and played heartily with him, leaving him no
time for missing Crissy.
Nov 20
Onyx is growing like a weed, weighing ten pounds
now. Larger than either of her parents. Onyx loves her tail. Immediately
after her bath, she sits very still in front of the full length mirror and admires it. Slowly she sneaks up on it and then
pounces! Once she has it in her mouth she won't let it go, laying on the
floor and holding on for two or three minutes. She
repeats this several times. Sometimes she
spins until she becomes dizzy and falls down, still holding the tail.
Dec 16
Another trip to the vet. Onyx
is chewing her feet. I know it's allergies,
but need meds for it. She enters the door
howling. Dr Mathis has to put a muzzle on
her this time. She is determined to bite
somebody and tries hard to find a hand. Still
requires three persons to hold her.
Weighs twelve pounds.
Mental note to me. Buy cookies by the
case.
Jan 20, 2005
Prince was left sitting on the sofa when the phone
rang and I went to answer. He will not jump
down so he began to bark. Onyx ran to him
and started licking his face and then playing with him to keep him
quiet until I returned. She licked him once more and jumped down, as if to say,
"He's all yours."
Feb 20
All our many cats adore Onyx. They
surround her when she goes out. We still
keep her on a long leash. The kitties wrestle with her, rolling in the
grass and nipping each other. She guards the
cat's water bowl, and if one
comes up to drink she growls
and barks at it to go away. She
proclaims water rights to all containers of water.
March 12
We've had frequent rain showers.
Onyx is in heaven. She will stand in the rain for hours, licking
the drops off the plant leaves or the grass. What
is it with this dog and water?
April 13
Onyx gets her toe caught on something in the yard. It is bleeding badly, so guess what? Back to the vet. After
treatment she is fitted with a collar that prevents her from getting
to the toe to remove bandage. Now she thinks
she has been earmarked for execution, screaming and whining without
ceasing. Got her home and she runs under the
table and won't come out. Sits and howls until
I can no longer think. Taking an old sock
and more gauze I wrap the bandaged toe and remove the collar. She walked holding the back leg up and never
touched the bandage all night!
June 16
Her first birthday! We
bought her a kiddie pool.
What fun she has in it! Did I mention
that Onyx also loves the hair dryer? Next to
water, it's her favorite thing. As soon as I
make her get out of the pool, or water sprinkler or even rain, she
runs to my bathroom and barks until I get the hairdryer out of the
drawer for her. What an experience it has
been to have such a cute, smart, sweet little puppy.
She has grown into a well-behaved, sensitive adult dog.
İDec 2006
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