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5 months!



Our little Nellie girl is 5 months old today! The most recent pictures I have of her were from Christmas, so I will have to upload some new ones soon.

At 5 months Nellie has
  • Lost all of her baby teeth. (We think.) Her new chompers are huge! They are so funny to look at because her first set of teeth were sooo tiny!
  • She can easily jump places like the chair, couch, and now our bed. We will let her snuggle with us at night while we watch movies, but she still sleeps in her kennel at night. We don't want her to break this good habit!
  • She weighs 16 lbs. Still our little tub-a-lub! She still has lots of loose skin, so I'm assuming that she's gonna get at least a little bigger.
  • She lays down all the time we tell her to now! She is so very good at it and is highly motivated by treats. We are working on "Stay" next. It's not as easy as it sounds!
  • For her first Christmas she was quite spoiled! Suzanne made her a personalized food bowl, Mama got her a pink coat, we got her Pork Chomps and her Christmas dress, and Mama Joyce got her a squeaky toy that she loves, loves, loves! It is so funny to hear her squeak on it. Sometimes it takes her a little bit to locate the squeaker inside the toy and she will just keep biting it until she finds it! She is quite a determined little girl.
  • She has also almost outgrown her first collar! Too bad she hates collars in general, she looks so cute in them!
  • Zach has been taking Nellie rabbit hunting, but is not having much luck with her actually chasing/trailing the rabbits. Puppies are best trained by learning from older, experienced dogs, (and we have no other beagles to use) so Zach has been trying to research other ways to train her online. I hope he finds something, because I don't want him to get frustrated with her. I can definitely say she loves running around in the fields with him, even if she doesn't know what a rabbit is! : )
I think that is all the new stuff for Nellie! I can't believe we've had her for almost three months already. It seems like she has always been here. At first I know I said I didn't know what on earth would happen with a dog in the house, but we've figured it out, and I wouldn't change one thing of what we've done. It seems so natural to have her in the house with us and I just love it!
This was the only way we could get her to wear her Christmas hat without trying to chew it up!
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