The Creek

Today we took Mulan down to the creek to play.
She loved it! The water went to her chest so it was just
the right height. We played for a good two hours.
She would run so fast in the water that it look like
she was running on top of her. As soon as she got her bath
when we got home she went right to sleep and is still sleeping.

Yeah!

We finally found a new house. It is so nice I never expected to find
such a nice house. It does not have a fenced yard so that would be
a problem with Mulan. My parents said they might be able to work
something out with the landlord so that they might build a fence.
I am so pleased with it! Here is a picture. . .

Packing

Sorry it has been so long these next two months are going to be kind
of hectic so bear with me if I can't post as often.
Right now our parents are in Ohio searching for a house while we had a
couple from church come stay with us.
Yesterday I got "carded" for the first time in the mall. A police officer asked
if I had any proof that Mulan could be there. I showed him the card and
he waved us on. We didn't stay very long because the mall is to busy on Sundays
for Mulan. She is still growing. Hopefully she does not outgrow her kennel:)

Mulan's First Swim

Isn't it amazing that dogs are born knowing how to swim?
Mulan tested her water legs for the first time yesterday. She had been interested
in our pool for a while so she must have gotten warm because she jumped
right in all by herself! We had a blast playing with her and swam for over
three hours. My sister and I are a little sunburned today.

Spring Pictures!

We took Mulan with us to Tulsa last weekend. She did wonderful.
She is a very good traveler and sleeps most of the time.
In Tulsa they had some very beautiful azalias. We thought it would
be nice to get some pictures in front of them. I am only posting two
but I think you can get the idea.
The bear in the this picture is Mulans "baby" which she sleeps
with all the time.

Six Months!

Mulan was six months old yesterday! Her half-birthday is
on my birthday. We took some cute pictures of her for her
six month picture in some Texas Bluebonnets.
We also introduced her to our gerbils. She loves them and is
very gentle with them. The picture of her with the grey gerbil
is my sisters gerbil and the brown gerbil is mine. Their names
are Dip and Dot:)

A New Collar

Since we are leaving Texas we decided to get Mulan a collar with some sort
of Texas star thing on it. We found a very nice leather one for only fifteen
dollars. It is a little loose on her but I think she will grow into it very fast.
We are training her "place" right now. We have a little mat that she goes
to when we eat or watch TV.



Mulans new collar

Cute Pictures

While we were away Mulan had a chance to visit the CCI puppy class with a puppy raiser.
She was the belle of the ball. They all really enjoy her. They took these
very cute pictures of all of them together. I don't think they got much training done:)

It's Official!

We are officially moving to Columbous, OH at the beginning of June.
This city would not have been my first choice to move to but
we will be only 8 hours from our family instead of over two days.
I am going to miss the Texas climate and atmosphere so much.
I was born in Ohio but since my dad is a minister we were transfered
to Pennysylvania to be closer to his congregations. I was not even one year-old
so I don't remember it much. We were then asked to move to Oklahoma and
finally down to Texas. We have been living in the south for about seven years.
I have done a lot of growing up here and I barely remember our time up north
so it is going to be very different. For all you fans of Mulan I did not forget her
she is probably going to be shipped up ahead of us and stay at a official puppy raisers
until we get there. These next two months are going to be so hectic.

Last Puppy Class!

Mulan at the computer desk with me.

Next week is Mulans last puppy class! I am really glad she was able
to do these because she enjoys playing with the other "pupils" so much.
Another puppy raiser showed us how to file her nails instead of clipping them. This works a lot
better and sometimes Mulan even
falls asleep while I file them!

P.S. If my grandparents read this they should call us we have awesome news:)

Big Bend

We had a relaxing time camping down in Big Bend National Park and Del Rio.
We got to see some neat cave paintings at the Seminole Canyon.
We were so surprised to come back and see how much Mulan has grown.
She is getting very leggy, which I think is a golden retriever trait?
She was not very happy to leave her new doggy friend at the puppy raisers house.
Can you beleive in about two weeks she will be six months old! Her half birthday is actually
the same day as my birthday. So we will be celebrating both of them:)

Here is a picture of the cave paintings. I will post more pictures soon but they are not uploading for some reason today:(

Just A Update

I didn't mean for everyone to get so upset. It is encouraging to know that there are
people out there that care so much about these dogs. I am glad to have all sorts of advice from different people. Mulan has had her parvo shots even though they are not required by the CCI.
We are going down to camp for a week in Del Rio and Big Bend. Mulan is staying at a retired CCI puppy raisers house. She is going to enjoy playing with their CCI dog a lot.
I am really looking forward to this trip and I will post as soon as we get back:)

Our First Official Outing

We took Mulan to a little Irish Festival Sunday.
She did so well I was really proud of her. Dogs were allowed.
and we saw two other assistance dogs.
Mulan usually draws almost as much attention as the singers.
Here is a cute picture of her.

Buster Cube

Mulan now has new favorite toy it is called a Buster Cube and you put
the dogs food in it and they roll it around and the cube releases some food
ever so often. I guess it appeals to her doggy instinct to forage for food. I highly
reccomend it to anyone who has a dog.
We took her to her fourth puppy class last night. She is now half way through with them.
She is so smart. Sometimes I think it would be easier if she were not quite so brilliant:)

Thanks

I just wanted to let everyone that reads my blog know that I appreciate your comments and the interest you are takeing in my blog. The comments are what keep me blogging. I always enjoy
reading them. Even if I don't respond directley to them I wanted to let you know they
are still appreciated:) Mulan says "Thanks" to all of her fans.
She just told me she is looking forward to watching the girls perform on American Idol tonight.

Coming up this Monday Mulan is officially legal to go anywhere!
This is because she is almost five monthes old and has almost completed her puppy classes
I received a little laminated card with my name on it and everything from the CCI.
I am very proud of her:)

A Welcome Break

Hurrah! I was relieved of my puppy duties Sunday while Mulan
stayed at a friends house. My mom and I spent a nice day together.
We went to the mall and looked at the puppies inside the pet store.
They were so cute but I now know how much work and commitment a
puppy takes and I did not beg for one like I used to.
I think Mulan got into our friends dog food while she was there because
I have been on pooper scooper duty all morning(sigh). I think it is the lab in
her:)
I know my grandparents will appreciate this because they are Northreners
but I made my first Philly Cheesesteaks for dinner the other night.
They were very good and I am kind of proud of them.



Enjoying our first bite of our cheesesteaks(delicious)

New Pictures

It is funny how many comments I receive when I post pictures but when I just type something there are rarely any:) Mulan is doing great! She is loving the wet weather we have been having.
I am glad she is enjoying it but I wish she would not dig all sorts of holes in the yard because she always comes in soaking wet and muddy(She is such a lab!)
Tommorrow we are going to visit another puppy raiser so Mulan can have a play session with another Lab.

Me and Mulan watching American Idol:) She wants Paris Bennet to win.

Four Month Old Pictures

Ok, so I am a little overdue in posting Mulan's four month pictures but we
had to retake them all because they got deleted from the digital camera:)
I am really looking forward to seeing Mulan's new classmates tonight at lessons.
There is something about someone else's puppy that make them especially appealing.
Maybe because you only see them on their best behavior.

We finally get a pool

Mulan is a water dog she loves the new plastic kiddie pool we got for her!
She goes wild.
I was going to wait to post until I had our Monday night puppy class
to talk about but we were switched to Thursday nights instead.
The trainer thought Mulan would enjoy a class with bigger dogs in it instead
of little froofroo dogs. I am excited to see how it will go:)

Piano Day Again

I never enjoyed piano. Now we often have
to bring Mulan which turns it into one big operation
of a long car ride to Dallas and back with a loud
puppy in the backseat.
Monday we attended our first puppy class with Mulan.
She was so advance that she was bored!
The teacher was using her as a example for the other
puppies. I knew what a proud mother must feel like
when her child gets a "A" on a test.