Rosie turns 1

Rosie turned 1 on Saturday! My little 6.1lb puppy now weighs 51.6lbs. I think she'll finish somewhere between 55-60lbs, since she has another 8-12 months of growing and filling out to do. She's very petite (especially compared to Jazzy), but also very muscular because we are very active! 

Throwbacks to tiny, baby Rosie!

During a normal week, we walk for 45-60 minutes every day, rain or shine - we really only postpone for extreme cold (she doesn't seem to mind, but I do LOL) and then go out during my lunch break instead of in the morning. On the days that I ride after work, I tend to walk her in the mornings and then take her again at lunch to play on the long line at the park for a little bit. We also average 2 obedience classes and 2 agility classes per month, and we did a 6 week scent workshop from November through December which was a ton of fun. And, she's SO good at it. Am I surprised? Not really. She is a scent hound, after all! The next workshop starts up next week. She's also really good at agility and LOVES it. We are working toward a CGC certification in our Obedience 2 classes and may even pursue a therapy dog certification eventually. I haven't decided yet. She's very sweet and goofy and I think she'd make a great therapy dog.

The birthday girl

Not impressed at being asked to pose for a photo before playing with her birthday toy

The sweetest, cuddliest girl

She likes to walk on the wall at the park and practice her agility skills

Sitting with me on a swing at the park - she's not scared of standing or sitting on moving objects since she's been doing agility!

Unfortunately, her birthday wasn't all celebrations. After our walk, we were playing in the backyard. When I called her back into the house, I noticed she was tracking blood, so I immediately called her back to me and started looking at her feet. It didn't take me long to find the problem - a laceration on the outer edge of the large pad on her left front paw. We ended up spending 3 hours at the emergency vet, where they cleaned it, put 2 interrupted stitches in, bandaged her up, and sent us home with a bunch of meds and strict instructions for no activity for the next 7-10 days. :(

Not how her 1st birthday was supposed to end :(

She's doing well and is being a good patient, thanks in part to the trazodone. The foot is healing already and while I was waiting for them to finish with her, I bought her some medical puppy socks on Amazon to help keep it clean/dry and germ-free, so those have been really helpful and a lot easier than trying to wrap it daily (because that wrapping job was really excessive to keep it from slipping 👀)!

I'm not positive what she cut her foot on, though I have been finding stray pieces of glass working their way up in the dirt in the yard with all the rain and extreme cold we've been having, so I'm guessing her foot found a piece before I did. Not cool that people that lived here before apparently used the yard as a dumping ground. I have a plan in the works to try to help remedy the issue and make it safer for her, but since I've made some big life changes recently and I'm currently renting, this is a temporary stop in our journey. So I don't want to spend an arm and a leg fixing a yard I don't own. I just want it to be safe enough for her and I to play in and not get injured! The struggle is real. 

Anyway, happy birthday to my best girl! It's been a whirlwind year, but I can't wait for all the adventures we are going to have this year!