3 Months Old Today

Today, Piper offically turned three months old. Unfortunately for her, we celebrated with a trip to the vet for deworming and a rabies vacccine - wooohooo. She's doing great though and becoming a nice, well-mannered but not-so-little puppy (she weighed in at 22 lbs today). The biting is under control and accidents in the house are thankfully very rare. Here's a few recent photos (she's quite the model - loves posing for the camera)...

Piper goes to the beach

The weather's been a little warmer in the last two days, so we took advantage and brought Piper to the beach. She was a little nervous about the water at first, but after enticing her with a ball and a frisbee, she dove right in (well, more like ran in - she doesn't like to actually "swim" yet). Here's some photos from our trip. Too bad we don't have a photo of Beth chasing her across the beach when she tried to run away. We really need to work on that "come" command.

Piper the Puppy!

Well, we've had Piper now for a little over two weeks and things are going great. We realize now that our lives will never be the same, but that's a good thing. Sometimes when you're out in the backyard at 3:00 in the morning with a razor-toothed maniac ripping holes in your pajamas, it's hard to remember why it's a good thing, but naughty or nice, she does add excitement (and entertainment) to our lives! Hopefully we're getting a little taste of what it will be like to have kids. Although we've been told by many people that babies are a breeze after raising a puppy. Let's just hope that babies don't bite as hard or as often as Piper does.