Trixie Belle – Annie DeMoranville

Scout: I Am Not A Pillow

Not sure what is going on here. Poor Scout.

Trixie Belle At 15 Weeks

I may have more formal photos later this week, but for now, going with crazy, sleeping puppy.

It takes a lot of energy to grow a puppy to Great Dane size, so there is a lot of sleeping going on…and poor Scout is her favorite pillow.

Every time I come into the living room, she’s found a different way to sleep on her sister.

Occasionally she uses a real pillow, but still needs Scout close by. She’s very attached to Scout and I’m actually working on giving her some more confidence separate from Scout. Starting with her vet visit and shopping excursions, where she can ride in the basket and get lots of attention from strangers.

She does enjoy her walks around the block with just me. Scout enjoys her much longer walk alone with me, too. Gives her a chance to have one-on-one attention.

Trixie Belle At 14 Weeks

Trixie at 14 weeks

Our vet visit was a bit delayed by holidays and then the snow last week. But we finally got there on Monday.
Trixie – skinny butt that she is, weighed in at 39.6 lbs

Scout at 14 weeks was 26 lbs
Bixby at 14 weeks was 36 lbs and he was a chunk.
Her feet are almost the size of Scout’s.

I’m pretty sure this is how Clifford the Big Red Puppy started out. 😲 This keeps up, I’m going to need a bigger car.

She just keeps growing…

Scout and Trixie feet! She’s going to have bigger feet than Scout in about a week, for sure

We had company the other night and the pups decided to be extra cute:

Scout decided to join Trixie in her crate…I suppose it’s only fair it used to be hers and Bixby’s before that. But really…

Emma would like everyone to know it is really her crate and she just lets the dogs borrow it. Here she is explaining that to Trixie, as she has explained it to each dog before.

Bonus Scout, wondering when the new kid is going to go home.

Trixie Diaries: 12 Weeks And Full Of Sweetness

Official 12 week portrait

I’m not sure what I did to get such a good puppy. She’s sweet as can be and with exception of a few puppy issues – face nipping, duck chasing and potty training – she’s been a dream. And so smart – the face nipping stopped after letting her know it was unacceptable – and the other two she makes great progress each time I intervene. She’s really been potty trained since the first week, but in the evenings, we are getting a few accidents. It could be overtired, I’m missing cues, or just not wanting to go out in the dark.

I think once I get her to understand ringing the bell on the doors, that issue will resolve pretty quickly.

She always looks so serious in photos – I think it’s the black-rimmed eyes. She’s really not that serious. Mostly she’s bouncing around like Tigger, looking for someone to play with her.

She has decided that she must go to bed when Scout goes to bed*, which works out great for me. Some peace and quiet while I wind down my evening.

I’ll try and get a photo of her in her little sweater that she wears on the super cold mornings. We thought when we bought it earlier in the month she wouldn’t be wearing it until January-ish – but she outgrew her (and Scout’s) cute hoodie over the holiday and now in her new one. No worries, $2 at the thrift store. Toddler size 3, LOL

*Scout has a strict 10 pm bedtime that she slowly adapted to my schedule after Bixby died – staying up with me until very late, giving me the eye and heavy sighs as the night dragged on. Now that Trixie is here, she feels comfortable going to bed at her regular time.

Trixie Belle At 9 Weeks

The level of cuteness in my house is off the charts:

Trixie’s 9.5 week photo

Making great progress in their relationship

8-week sweater (Scout hand-me-down)

She outgrew the other sweater in the first week – this one was Scout’s at 12-14 weeks, and was roomy on her. I think Trixie will be out of this one in a week to 10 days. Since she only wears it on extremely cold days outside, I usually go to the thrift store and shop in the toddler section for puppy needs.