Our club is growing

      The Mitchell family has a new, slightly furrier member. Yesterday, we drove towards the East coast of England to a town called Ipswich, to look at some Shiba Inu/Whippet cross puppies. We like both breeds so we were extremely curious as to how a mix would look and behave. Shiba Inus are a Japanese breed, known for being cat-like, independant, playful, and curious. Whippets are known for being able to run at 35 mph outside, while being gentle and lazy couch potatoes inside. The result of the cross was an adorable 7 girl and one boy litter, with 5 girls still available to rehome. We picked the girl with the curliest tail and the tiny stripe on her nose. After an entire day of mulling over names that didn't fit her, we finally found it.
      Tesla will be 8 weeks on May 18th. She still sleeps every hour on the hour, but after two days has yet to have an accident in the house. I have never heard of a housebroken 8 week old puppy before. We bought her toys to play with, but her favorite ones are the hot pink house shoes Christa got me for Christmas. Whenever I put them on, she runs and takes a flying Superman leap into them and wont let go, until I take them off. Then, once she has them defeated, she passes out on them for a good 30 minutes. It must be nice to know that she is the alpha dog of the house, and that the evil shaggy pink cats of death are her subordinates.
    I have a dental appointment at 7:30 tomorrow morning (Joy of all joys), so I had better start fearing for my life/sleeping now. I will let you know how it went and/ or if my dentist is still alive in the next post. Oh yeah... and I have internet again, which you have probably worked out for yourself because you are reading this. :) I love you all!!