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