Dear Devona,

     Destiny is doing great! I wanted to get some good pictures of her to send to you. We took some at Christmas and then on New Years Day before we took the tree down. The pictures will be marked on the back when she was nine weeks and when she was ten weeks. I will include the signed contract with the pictures. We took your advice and wet the dog food and she started eating more and usually doesn’t have a problem with bowel movements now. She is about 8 inches tall and weighs exactly 3 pounds at ll weeks. She eats about ½ to ¾ cups of dog food a day on a regular basis.  She hates the crate so we have confined her to a portion of the kitchen with gates that is her own area, and so far she hasn’t chewed anything. She has her own dog bed there.  She doesn’t like to sleep alone at night, so we have a red portable dog carrier that she sleeps in our bedroom.  When we first brought her home, the top of her head didn’t even touch the top of that red carrier and now her head and neck are above the top opening. I have a picture of her resting her head on the top of that carrier. She has been a big hit wherever we have taken her. We even took her to church with us that first weekend that we got her, and all the kids had to take turns holding her after service. Even some of the adults did too. Our grandkids loved her, especially my 11 year old grandson. She was completely litter crate trained in less than a week.  The only problem that we are encountering now is she has not associated the fact that is the only place she is allowed to go. She understands the word “go potty” and will go if she has to, when we ask her.  Twice when I’ve been in our office upstairs on the computer, she has urinated, but never when I could catch her in the act and take her to the litter box and give her the command “go potty” there. Do you have any suggestions? When we are at work, she uses the litter box all the time, and never has an accident in the kitchen.  At night, in her dog carrier, because the top is zippered, she will whine for us to take to the litter box. So how do we teach her that the litter box is the only place she is allowed to go?  We took her privileges away, so now when she is in the office with us, she has to stay in her dog carrier.
     She has so many expressions with her ears! It’s a hoot. When you sweet talk her, she will often times tilt her head, which you will see in two of the pictures I am sending you. If there is a loud noise her ears go straight up. Twice when it has been warm here we have taken her outside. When she runs, she pulls her ears back like a rabbit and takes off running. On Christmas Day, after everyone went home, since she was allowed in the living room, (only when someone was holding her), she got loose and pulled her ears back and  tucked her bottom under, and she ran and even hopped around the coffee table several times.  Charlie has it on the video camera.
     Her favorite game she likes to play is with your fingers. When you tap your fingers before her, she will either prance or try to get them, or hunch over like a cat and wait until she thinks she can get them and then pounce. When she really gets excited at times, she pulls those ears back, and then hops over to you. You never know what she’ll do next! 
     I was teasing Charlie when she urinated twice in the office that I was going to send her back to you. He told me, how dare I bring her home and he fall in love with her and then break his heart! The first week when I worked, he came home on his lunch hour to feed her and spend time with her. She was definitely daddy’s girl. I’ve been off the last 2 weeks so she could get adjusted and not be afraid in her new surroundings.  I will go back to work Monday. We take her everywhere we can. If Charlie is driving and I have her in the carrier in my lap, she doesn’t mind it. If I take her with me and have to have the carrier on the passenger side, then she starts shaking, until I start sweet talking her and then she usually settles down. She has been a great joy in our lives and we love her so much!  She captured both our hearts that Friday at the airport and it been great having her here. Thanks once again for everything and also for being involved in our lives since she has been here. It means a lot to us that you care about Destiny and us and any problems that we may be having and all the good times too!
     I keep checking your web site and see that you now have 3 different litters!  I like how you have included the pictures of the moms with their litters, and that you have included a picture of your home also. I think it all helps people to connect with you and the pups. The pups are all so cute!  I hope that some of the Tricolor pups have blue eyes for you.  Have a Happy New Year. I will send the contract and pictures out tomorrow.      Georgia