Puppy Love

Little Maja will be 22 months old in 2 weeks.  WOW!  Time does fly...  It seems it was just yesterday we took her to the pet store for the first time to get supplier and a lady asked me how many nicknames I had for Maja.  Nicknames?  We call her Maja, that's her name.  And she warned me that with time I'd have lots of nicknames...  and oh boy was she right!

1. Maja

2. Maja Bear

3. Maja Papaya

4. Majita

5. Majita Papita

6. Bubu

7. Bubu Bear

8. Bubusita

There's lots of other random names we call her.  She answers mainly to Maja and Bubu.

5 things I didn't know about puppies:
1. They lose their puppy teeth!
2. They bark (muffled bark) in their sleep.
3. They snore.
4. They sleep so much!
5. They need their teeth brushed, ideally every day (I try to brush every other day, at least she doesn't mind it and likes the toothpaste).

5 features I love about Maja:

1. Her fluffy ears and antennas

2. The lightning bolt pattern on her tail

3. Two Swirls on her butt

4. Her puppy prance

5. She looks like a cute fluffy teddy bear

6. She loves to cuddle in the morning
7. When she gets REALLY excited about seeing someone (especially her Poppy), she gets crazy wiggle butt and bounces all over the place.  And then she'll make this low growl to let you know she wants attention (in case you're saying hi to someone else).

Maja goes most everywhere with me, Philipp, or us.  Unfortunately she is not allowed everywhere with us, and she patiently waits for us in the car...  usually curled up on the drivers seat napping.  We're lucky she doesn't bark her head off in the car at anything that goes by.

On work days, she comes to the office with us, where she is spoiled by everybody.  Lots of laps to lay on and hands to pet her.  Or sometimes she will snooze on my chair (or Philipp's)...  at which point I sit on the edge of the chair so as not to disturb her.  Ha ha.

And it's great Maja loves her little brother.  She'd lick him all over if we'd let her...  one time she did manage to get to his face, but then his face got all red.  We found online that some people get an allergic reaction to some dogs licking their face.  Nothing major, fortunately.  Maja is very good about distinguishing between her toys and Basti's toys.  Sometimes she'll be curious about a new toy Basti gets, but we let her know it is not for her and she'll leave it alone.  The tough one now is keeping her away from the mess Basti makes during his play meal times.  If I'm really watchful and remind her, Maja will respect Basti's eating area.  But sometimes my attention is fully on Basti and I may miss something.  Work in progress.