My husband has wanted a German Short Haired pointer for about year. When we got to Hawaii I was looking online and found a lady selling some GSP puppies. So in February we went to the North Shore and brought home Roxy. We were waiting patiently for our other dog Remi to get to the island so I figured I could get Roxy used to the house and us before Remi got here.
First of all it has been AWHILE since I have had a larger dog. I had somehow managed to forget that the bigger the dog the smaller they believe they are. Roxy is almost 40 pounds at 7 months. She thinks she is 7 pounds. She doesn't realize that her little wiggle she does when excited if that butt hits one of the kids they are flying across the room. When that happens she looks at me like WTH mom why did they do that? What happened? She is not allowed on the couch (yeah right I am not as strict with it as the husband is) however the minute I sit on the couch she comes bounding through the house and lays on my chest. She doesn't realize she is too big to lay around my shoulder like a fur stole. She likes to stick her nose in your ear and huff repeatedly. The dog is insane.
Roxy loves to eat. Constantly she is begging for food she is not always hungry but she thinks she has to eat. Last night I went to give the kids a bath, and forgot to clear the island off. But I figured hey its a huge bowl of salad dogs won't eat salad. WAS I EVER WRONG!!!!!!! I heard a HORRIBLE crash so I quickly yank the boy out of the tub and wrap a towel around him and told him to wait and ran downstairs thinking Oh my God they drug the skillet off the oven and there is oil all on my floor or something equally as horrible. I come around the corner of the kitchen expecting to see the dog engorging herself on chicken breasts or something just as meaty and more likely for a dog to eat. No my dog was eating salad. Straight lettuce and dressing, no bacon, no meat at all. I yelled ROXY, she looked up wagging her tail with a piece of Romaine stuck between her eyes. Remi was no fool, she at least had grabbed the chicken breast looking at Roxy like seriously Salad? I think Roxy is destined to be a Vegetarian this is the same dog that begs for pineapple and carrots and will sometimes turn her nose up to her lamb treats.
I sometimes wonder if the good Lord above will bless me with a normal animal one time. THen I realized what's the fun in that. She is a character but she is my character and I wouldn't have it any other way......ok well maybe I would like her to be a character with out laying on my chest. Yeah stop the chest laying and she is pretty perfect for this house.
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