The Sleeping Chihuahuas

When I first got my dog, Zia, I was very excited.  Oh Boy!  We are going to get up every morning and go for a walk.  I'll have a happy little buddy who will say, "Come on Mom!  Let's go!"  Err, not so much.

The Princess Zia asleep on her pillow.

No, instead I have a dog that really wants to sleep until at least noon.  Since she is so little, I have to take her on and off the bed so when I leave for work she is grumpily 'drug' out of bed and she will follow me around half-heartedly and I swear I can see her little head nod with satisfaction when I close the door.  Like, "Whew, glad SHE'S gone.  I can finally get back to my work...sleeping."

Noses tucked in and asleep on the couch.

Now Pepper has joined the family and above are the two Congenial Chihuahuas sleeping.  You can barely make out Pepper because she blends into to the fake fur throw.  She is almost all black except for the little white tip of her tail, a chest blaze and some salt'n'pepper toes.  You can barely see the white tip o' the tail if you look hard enough at the picture.

I had high hopes for Pepper too, since she is such an agile little dog. But that doesn't mean she wants to get up and go for a walk.  No, she is just able to get up and off the bed at her own will and spends most of it there all day.  At least Zia wants to be beside me as I write all day.  Asleep, but touching if at all possible.

Pepper and Zia, while only together for just over two months now, have bonded in their own way.  Zia, who has NEVER been interested in playing with toys or even playing with other dogs, is taking a real interest.  She will follow Pepper as she fetches her toys.  And Pepper lately has been trying to get Zia to play by dropping the knotted string toy at her feet and nudging it with her nose towards the half-blind Lady Zee.  Er, Zia don't play THAT game homie.  At least not yet.

More togetherness.

Above, the girls hang out in the Vera Bradley bag with the cardboard bottom separating them like two file folders. Zia will watch me all the time, while Pepper settles down to sleep after a while.