My baby turns 1-year-old this month. I’m talking about my 4-legged fur-baby, Cocoa. She’ll officially be one on June 23. Being a puppy mommy has been quite an adventure.
Here are some things I’ve learned:
· She’s a “deer head” Chihuahua in that she resembles a deer, with a longer nose and face. (as opposed to an “apple head”, which has the classic round features seen in most commercials and dog shows. In fact, the deer-head is not recognized by the AKC.
· Cocoa is a bundle of energy, and she only stays still if she’s sleeping.
· She is VERY stubborn. Training is difficult. I’m pretty sure giving her a treat to get her to “stop” doing something has mostly taught her that doing the bad thing results in a treat.
· She has a BAD temper like a toddler who gets mad when she’s not allowed to do what she wants. (Her nickname is Cujo and she’s earned it.)
· Unlike many Chihuahuas, she seems to like most people and animals. She tries to greet most people we meet on our walks, but then gets skittish and runs away.
· She’ll bark at other dogs when they’re far away and then cower when they get close.
· Her new favorite activity is playing “chase” with my niece’s huge bunny (Bun-Bun).
· Cocoa adores my roommate and goes nuts when she comes home from work.
· She loves her Gammy (my mom).
· She will eat almost anything, including poop, dead lizards, wood chips from plants & grass.
· She LOVES to tear up anything of the paper variety and if you try to take it away from her, she will turn into Cujo.
Here’s to another year of adventures, Cocoa! Now, let’s see pics of your fur-babies!
The story revolves around Magnolia (Maggie) Lewis. She left Covington Falls over a family rift and the desire to follow her dream as an artist and sculptor. Now, she has to return for her cousin's Christmas wedding. She can't go back alone, however, because everyone thinks she has a boyfriend. (It was just a tiny lie.) A non-boyfriend who has no idea he's about to get dragged into her family drama.
Convincing Liam Sullivan to be her fake date to the wedding is only the first challenge. She needs to make sure she doesn't fall in love with him for real.
AMAZON / ITUNES / BARNES & NOBLE / KOBO
4 comments:
Awww, my fur baby will be 1 in july. She is already 90 pounds and as strong as an ox.
My fur babies are 10 mos. and about 7 yr., plus our 16-year-old kitty who is the boss of them both!!! We can't upload pictures into comments, but we CAN post them to the RTG Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/romancingthegenres
Kristin, your Cocoa has brought you so much joy! Thanks for sharing your fur-baby-parenting adventure!
Fur babies have always been a very important part of my life. Though there have occasionally been several years of not having one. I always end up at the shelter and adopting again. We currently have two shelter kitties. One was abandoned with six kittens less than a week old. They estimate her own age at that time to be only six months.
All her kittens were adopted soon after weaning, out but no one wanted the mother. At the same time, a kitten of about three weeks was found abandoned without a mother. They brought that cat to this mother missing her kittens and she nursed her. They became a bonded pair and we adopted both--now called Layla and Kali. The mother, Kali, is about 6-1/2 and her adopted baby, Layla, is six months younger.
Thanks for sharing pictures of your baby, Cocoa.
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