Musings: WOW! 11 Weeks with My Forever Family!

Hi! Shelby here!

It has now been 11 weeks in my forever home. Every morning I wake up excited to see my Mom and Dad and wagging my tail so much that I nearly fall over! Mom always comments how I wake up a happy puppy – and I do!

I have spent a lot of time with my big brothers this week and I really love them. We are all missing our big sister. But with her gone, the boys are spending more time with me and they are helping me continue to learn about being a member of the family, the things my sister had started teaching me. I think they are really starting to love me and even when I am pretty rambunctious (such a big word for me, but my Mom uses it often in describing me), they are tolerant of my still being a little girl.

I could never have imaged the life I have now when I was in the puppy mill and that one day I would have two loving human parents and wonderful puppy, and even a cat, siblings. Not me for sure! I don’t know a lot about my past life and as I settle into my new family, I find the memories, especially the scary parts are fading or maybe I am blocking them out because they are too painful.

Now I don’t have to think about the past and what might have been. Now I am able to think about my future. Now I wake up every morning snuggled between my Mom and Dad. My eyes are barely open when I hear those wonderful words – “Good morning Sweet Shelby” and then Mom picks me up, while Dad is still sleeping. I nuzzle my head close to her neck and take in how good she smells, I want to be sure I remember this all day while she is at work. This is why I love weekends, because Mom will be home and with me all day! But I am also learning how much I love my Dad. He lets me sit with him all day if I want and when we are not sitting, I follow him everywhere. I think it is because I don’t want him to leave me behind. I am still waiting to ride with him when he does his errands, like Porsche did, and hopefully this will be soon. I know I will be good company for him while Mom is at work!

I am also learning all kinds of new things. In the morning, Mom is teaching me how to give “Morning Kisses” like Lincoln gives and this morning, I must have done great, because she was so happy for all the kisses and kept telling me I was a good girl! I really do love being a good girl and she says I am a very smart little girl, too. I am also learning to give kisses to Dad. But he has this funny fur on his chin and it tickles my little tongue, so I am still figuring out how to kiss Dad without the tickles! There is still much to learn and soon I will be going to school, but in the meantime, I am practicing all the things Mom and Dad, Telsa, Lincoln and Miss Bentley are teaching me.

Time to go – I have some “homework” to do before I go to bed. But I love homework – because doing homework means treats – and I really love treats!!