Meet the Girls

 Last week I introduced you to the boys and told you a little about each one. Today we will talk about the girls!

 We currently have 4 girls. We started with the Original three girls – Stormie, Shimmer and Breezy – and you can find their stories further back in the blog. I will link them below.

We will begin with Scarlett Rose, who is 6 years old. She was our first new addition after the passing of Stormie and Breezy. At the time she joined our family we only had Shimmer and Cooper. Can you believe that??? Only TWO Chihuahuas!

 Scarlett was a sweetheart from day one. Her only nickname is Scarley Barley. She was a fun-loving puppy with lots of energy. Cooper was shocked beyond belief that we had brought a puppy in to his domain and would have nothing to do with her. Shimmer, although elderly and not the healthiest at the time, loved her but did not have the energy to play with her. Fortunately, we had a tiny human that was more than happy to play with her. Scarlett was our worst chewer. She shredded the cute toy basket, and most all the chewed corners of the kitchen cabinets are evidence of her handiwork.

Scarlett is very smart, so we began the Thursday’s Thoughts from Scarlett on Instagram to share her deep thoughts. Haha. They are a fan favorite. Scarlett is the most patient with the new puppies and loves to play and run zoomies with them. She loves the snow. Her first winter here was filled with lots of snowstorms. She would run zoomies through the snow, literally having to plow her way through the drifted snow, until she had so many snowballs stuck in her fur that she could no longer move. She is still the only one that gets excited about snow on the ground. She is the largest of our dogs, weighing in at 6.5 pounds. Don’t tell her that I shared that information though!

Next came Miss Charm, who will be turning 9 years old next month. We were able to adopt her from the same breeder that we got the Original Girls and Cooper from. The breeder was discontinuing her Chihuahua breeding and Charm was the last dog she had to place. She is our only smooth coated Chihuahua and came to us after having had a very successful career as a show dog and was already 4 years old. We do sometimes call her Charmy but have not been able to come up with a middle name that works with Charm. It has been fun to have a short haired Chihuahua and she is certainly the favorite child on grooming and bath days!

Charm is the barker of the girls, as well as a fence runner. It’s how she keeps her fine figure! She is the last one to stop barking at anyone who visits us, although she is never aggressive about and is usually wiggling her whole back end the entire time. She is the only one of our nine dogs that is not enamored of small children, especially if they are running around the house. To keep the peace, she gets to hang out in our bedroom when the little grandchildren visit. She very much loves older children and will sit on their lap and let them pet her for hours.

Only about a month after Charm joined our family, Tallie Ann arrived. She was the prized puppy princess from the moment she was handed over to me at the airport by the pet nanny. Tallie came from Iowa and is now 5 years old. As most everyone knows, she is a natural born model. She loves to dress up in clothes, she knows how to look straight into the camera and pose, and she is a great sport with any crazy idea I come up with. She also doesn’t have many nicknames, but does get called Tallie Bali, which comes from our Little Human calling her Bali instead of Tallie for a very long time.

 

Tallie has a stubborn streak. She is always the last dog to come inside from the yard, liking to lay at the edge of the patio, tail wagging and a mischievous grin on her face. When she finally decides to come in, she hops up, runs a tight circle around the yard and comes in at lightening speed. It’s very cute, except for when I am in a hurry and don’t have the patience for it. She has an incredible obsession for Lampchop stuffed dog toys. Like an unhealthy obsession. They are the only toys she will have anything to do with and the more she can gather around her, the better. She gets pretty upset if any of the other dogs take one of the Lambies.

One little interesting side note about Tallie is that she really does not like Scarlett. While they have never actually gotten into a scuffle, they do like to glare at each other from opposite sides of the room and growl when they walk by the other one. I am sure it goes back to one day when Scarlett ripped up a Lambie….

Our final girl is Ivy Claire. Her full name came because of it rhyming with “I do declare, Ivy Claire!” It was said a LOT when she was a puppy as she would find the most incredible ways to get stuck behind or under something, she would tease and torment Cooper relentlessly, or she would chew on something she shouldn’t. She has a total love for Cooper that unfortunately is not returned, no matter how many times she throws herself down in front of him and rolls belly up. She has the most glorious deep red silky coat. I think it is quite stunning.

Ivy is very loving, but very quiet. She is like the quiet kid in the class that you have to make a mental note to give attention to because she doesn’t do anything to demand it. She is my little buddy, loving to be with me when I am working out in the garden. She shares Leo’s hatred for the squirrels and has been chasing them much longer than he has but has not ever come close to catching one. Ivy rarely barks, but when she does it sounds deep and hoarse like someone who has smoked for years. It always makes me laugh when I hear it. She does not like having a crate pad or blanket in her crate. If you put one in there, she will immediately pee on it, then drag it out and across the room. I never have been able to figure that one out, but I respect her wishes and don’t put anything in her ‘condo’.

 

So, there you have a little insight to each of the girls. I love each of my pups’ individual personalities and the joy that they bring to our family.

Below are the blog posts about the Original Girls:

http://codyandcompany.blogspot.com/2010/01/meet-modelsstarring-stormie.html

http://codyandcompany.blogspot.com/2010/02/meet-modelsstarring-breezy.html

http://codyandcompany.blogspot.com/2016/07/meet-miss-shimmer.html