New Clothes

Maya really needed a haircut, so she went to the groomer yesterday.  One of my pet peeves is dogs with bows and clothes, especially on my dog.  The clothes can't be comfortable, and I'm pretty sure she would eat the bows.  So yesterday, I asked them not to put any bows on Maya, and they didn't.  However, they did put a little bandana on her, and she looked so cute!!  Here's a pic:

 

I decided to keep the bandana on her until her next bath next week.  Well, Maya had other ideas.  This was the last picture of her I got with the bandana on.  By 11:00 am the following morning (today), this is what she looked like:

Apparently, the bandana is now one of Maya's new chew toys.  I tried to get it back on her, but she wanted no part of that.  Oh well.

Scary Box

I finally tired of having Maya's toys all over the living room and constantly tripping on them, so I made her a toy box.  Nothing exciting, just a cardboard box that I put her toys into like this:

 

Now here's the funny part -- Maya is scared of the box!  I first had the box lying flat, but realized that she couldn't get her toys out.  So I decided to lean it against the wall.  The only problem with this is that it moves when she tries to grab a toy, and that's what scares her.  I'm not sure, but I think she thinks it's trying to attack her.  

So what does she do if she wants one of the toys?  She slowly sneaks up on the box, the quickly tries to snatch it out of the box before it attacks her.  She usually doesn't get it, but manages to move it closer to the edge.  She repeats this until the toy is free from the clutches of the evil box.  If she can't get the toy, like if it's at the bottom or the box keeps moving, she'll finally give up and bark at it until I come help her. 

It's cute, but this whole toy box thing isn't working like I imagined.  At least she no longer feels like she has to rescue all her toys from the box as soon as I put them in there.  I think once she's not scared of it anymore I'll try to teach her to put her toys in there on her own.....

Attack of the Killer Leash

One of Maya's favorite toys is actually her leash.  She loves to roll around on the ground with it, chew on it, drag it around.  No matter what she's doing, she will eventually get all tangled up in it and it ends up looking like they were wrestling.  Sometimes she wins, sometimes the leash wins.  Here's sample of a wrestling match from a few weeks ago:

Security Blanket

Just thought this was really cute.  Yes, she's asleep.  And yes, that is a towel.

Picky Eater

For some reason, Maya has decided that she will no longer eat out of her bowl.  I have no idea why, but about 2 weeks ago, she decided that food tastes better when eaten off the floor. 

If I put her food in her bowl, she won't eat it until she's absolutely starving.  And even then, it's only after tipping it over.  If she can't knock if over, she'll bark or whine until I come to the rescue.  If I put some of it on the grounds, she'll gobble it up immediately.  I've tried washing the bowl, using a different bowl, etc, but she just decided that she's rather eat off the floor. 

Strangely enough, she'll eat out of other dog's bowls.  I find this especially strange because she won't drink after other dogs.  I have a weird dog.

Not My Shoes!

One of Maya's favorite places to hang out is my closet.  For some reason, she loves laying on my shoes.  I always let her because she never chewed on them; she just liked laying on them.  And for the same reason, I never worried about leaving shoes lying around the living room.  Unless there were three or four of them together, she ignored them.

That has changed.  Two days ago, she discovered that shoes were fun to chew on.  She started with the shoe laces.  When I moved shoes with laces out of the way, she decided that chewing on a shoe was fun too, even if it didn't have laces.  So now all my shoes have moved into the closet, and the closet door stays closed. 

Right now Maya is teething, so I'm hoping that she'll outgrow the chewing stage.  In the meantime, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and my closet door closed.  Until she figures out how to turn the knob, my shoes should be safe. 

Bees, Butterflies, and Baby Teeth

I haven't written in a while, but that does not mean that we haven't been having adventures.  :)

Maya has recently discovered bees and butterflies, and by discovered, I mean she chases them now.  She can't catch the butterflies, so it's cute to watch her chase them.  The bees, on the other hand.... Well, I'm just scared she's going to get stung.  Part of me wants to protect her from that, but the other part of me know that she won't learn not to chase them until she gets stung.  I'm not looking forward to that day.

I've also recently learned another puppy lesson -- they have baby teeth!  I don't know why this was such a shock to me, but I never thought about puppies having baby teeth.  I've been finding teeth in the carpet for about a week now.  The latest was this morning when I stepped on one.  It's kind of gross, but kind of cute at the same time.