Jazzy's Growing Up-Some Cute Stuff

Jazzy has the look of a grown-up Boston Terrier now. She weighs about 13 pounds, 14 when she has been eating a lot!

Speaking of food-she makes a big deal when she is hungry. If her bowl is empty, she puts her foot in the bowl and moves it around. If she doesn't get our attention, she pushes it with her muzzle across the kitchen floor. She is hilarious! But, when we do fill her food dish it makes a tinkling sound against the metal bowl, and Jazzy always backs up when she sees and hears it.

Jazzy LOVES ice. She begs for it with lots of pitiful whimpering and nosing up to glasses filled with crushed ice.

She is doing much better about going outside to use the restroom. Only she doesn't think of it on her own very often. She will run to the landing of our split-level home, and that is our clue to take her out. She is only averaging about 1 accident a day now, and that is usually when we aren't paying attention. You know how it is, housetraining is more about training the owner than the pet!

When Jazzy is a good girl, I say "good girl." Duh-no surprise there, right? But every time I say "good girl" she runs to the kitchen island where here treats are, puts her front paws on the cabinet, and points her eyes and nose towards the treat canister. She figures she deserves a treat if she has been a good girl!

Jazzy still loves to sleep. She is sleeping through the night now-well, by that I mean she doesn't wake up to go to the bathroom. She does wake up if something startles her or she needs comforting and she wants in bed with us. Sometimes, not always, we let her in bed. She has forgotten that she learned how to jump on the bed, so at least for now she doesn't just jump up there! She loves to sleep so much that she often sleeps until 10:30 in the morning! And after being up for a while, she will go back to sleep until lunchtime. She takes an afternoon nap in the sun spot, and is active in the evening, when we are both at home.

She takes her pills with no prompting. When I go to get her pill bottle she actually begs for the pills. Most pets I've had, need me to wrap the pill in a bread ball or some peanut butter. Not this one. She will swallow it right down. She takes antihistamines to help with her itching. She still has two bald spots in front of her ears, and the backs of her ears have thinning hair. Her ears smell like infection too. ICK. I tried cleaning out the ears, but the "ick" is too deep and I don't want to hurt her. She goes to the vet Friday for her final shots, so I'll have them clean out her ears then.