This has been a fun couple of days with Olivia Jane. We’ve learned a lot about her and have had so much fun playing with her, watching her sleep, and even training her. Surprisingly, Olivia has only had a couple of accidents in the house. She’s doing great about going potty outside. She’s learning how to sit and lay down, I just have to make sure I’ve got something really yummy in my hand and there are no other distractions (like toys and Buddy!).

Buddy is (finally) starting to acknowledge her presence. He’ll look at her and occasionally sniff in her direction. Olivia has the strangest sounding bark and cry, and that will make him look her way. Today she barked at him, and he was about to play with her, but Meredith stopped him. Buddy is 90 pounds, Olivia is only 6.5! We were afraid he’d get too rough. I think he’ll warm up to her soon, probably when she’s a little bit bigger.

I tried to get a few shots of the little Miss on the white paper today. She was having none of it! She kept running to go find her toys and hopping up to get the camera strap. However, I managed to get a couple of good ones. I’ll share those and the outtakes. :)

First, the good ones:

And now the outtakes. Her tail is all crooked, just like Sparky’s was (only his was bald!).

ATTACK!

Meet Oliva Jane!

We’re all in love with the new addition! Well, all of us except my Buddy. He’s shunning her. I do hope he warms up to her soon. Olivia wants to be near him, but he just walks away.

I’ll share some photos from picking her up for now, but expect a good, long post all about Miss Olivia asap!

She was a little wary about the camera at first, but when she heard the shutter click, those ears popped right up!

(L) Olivia’s brother, who was going to his new home the same day. (R) Olivia and Meredith :)

I almost can’t look at this one! Olivia and her brother are saying goodbye. We wanted to take them both home after we saw this.

And this is how she looked at me when we put her in the travel crate. Then she let out the strangest crying sound I’ve ever heard. I almost couldn’t handle it!