Buddies

Cody can’t get enough of Lexus. He wakes us up at 6 in the morning some days just to tell us “that’s Lexus!”

We have been VERY lucky to have such a mellow mannered dog. It amazes me how much like Scooter and Xena she is. She has traits from both of them – right down to licking her paws like a cat.

There is only one person that Lexus ever licks. Can you guess who?

 

A little background on these two-

Lexus is not the puppy that we intended on buying when we went to the breeder. I had already put claims on a black mini schnauzer girl puppy the day before when I went there with just DJ. When we went to see the puppy the next day, Cody came along and wanted nothing to do with the black puppy (Cody does NOT like small dogs).

He kept going up to one particular puppy and even pet her. He had never pet a small dog before or even willingly acknowledged one so this was a huge step for him.

Throughout the visit he kept going back to her.

We had no choice but to choose this little puppy as our “Lexus” and not the black puppy. Apparently, Cody knew something we didn’t because she is such a well-mannered puppy and she is patient with the boys and puts up with their antics.

Cody and Lexus have a special bond (though DJ claims the puppy is his). I constantly find the two of them cuddling up together and he even lays in her bed with her sometimes.

He is saying “that’s Lexus” in this picture. :) 

A lot of times, I find them sitting together just like this.

This was supposed to be a picture of just her, but someone managed to get his face in the picture, too. He has been doing a lot of picture bombing lately.

 

This is the face she gives when she is ready for Cody to stop “playing’ with her. Doesn’t she just look sad???

New Member of the Family

Last September, we were sad to say goodbye to our oldest “son” Scooter. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of him.

Up until last month, my desktop on my laptop was Scooter’s picture and every time Cody would see it he would yell at Scooter to come out of the screen. Even he misses Scooter.

Doyle kept saying that the best way to heal from Scooter was to get a new puppy. I didn’t want a new puppy. I wanted Scooter!!!

The boys started looking for miniature schnauzers. We were worried about Cody because he is not too fond of small dogs. We went to visit a family with 4 week old mini schnauzer puppies and although I had already picked out an all black one, Cody kept going back to a salt and pepper one and petting it. The other puppies he would just tap their head with one finger while this one puppy he would whole-handedly pet. We decided to get her instead of the black puppy.

We visited her weekly at her breeder’s to feed her and get her used to our sent. The boys looked forward to the visits (though I think Doyle looked forward to them even more than the kids!).

This is the first day we met her. She was so tiny!

DJ loved (and still loves) to cuddle with her. If you lay her on her back and cradle her she wraps her two front paws around your hand. 

The proud “dad” (he wanted to be her daddy, which made us the grandparents – NOT COOL!) of his 5 week old puppy.

 

Even Cody held her (at 6 weeks) and that amazed us that he really liked her.

On Dec 3rd, she was finally old enough to come home with us! She was wrapped with a bow and everything.

The proud daddy was so excited to come home from school to find her waiting for him.

 

We are excited to have Lexus part of our family. The boys love her and I find them cuddling with her constantly. She is a great puppy that we know Scooter would have loved!

She enjoyed her first Christmas with us and received quite a few gifts. Most of them have already been torn apart and have been thrown away. :)

This was taken last week. Isn’t she a sweetheart?