Today is Snowy’s first anniversary – exactly a year since she came to live in my little family at the age of 8 months. Timid and shy when she first arrived home, and very wary of everyone and everything, she slowly came out of her shell, growing in confidence and learning that the humans she met while we were out and about were friends, not enemies.
For the first few months she had the amusing, if sometimes exasperating, habit of collecting things and in spite of having several toys she would ‘find’ various things to take into her bed. Cardboard toilet roll tubes, Michael’s socks, my trainers and slippers, the tv remote, anything she thought was interesting would end up in there, but fortunately for my sanity that habit has gradually lessened and she rarely collects things now.
In late June/early July Snowy experienced her first camping holiday with me and Poppie. Although during the first couple of days she did bark a few times at the alpacas in the next field she soon settled down into camping life and was no trouble at all on the site or in the tent, with her favourite place being up on top of the picnic table where she could see everything going on around us. We have just recently returned from our second camp at the same site and again she was really good, with not even a single bark at the alpacas this time.
Life In The Mouse House 
She’s such a sweetheart.
Here’s to many more anniversaries. Xx
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She can sometimes be a complete pain in the you-know-what but she’s still adorably cute 🙂
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Aww she is very cute. She certainly landed on her paws when she found a home with you and Poppie and Michael of course. I can’t believe it’s been a year already. Here’s to many more anniversaries and happy holidays. Tilly says hello to Snowy xx
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And Snowy says hello back 🙂 It hardly seems like a year since I brought her home, I don’t know where the time goes.
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Aww, happy “You’re Safe Now” day, sweet dog.
Having met Snowy I can confirm what a lovely little girl she is and I still reckon any problems you are working on are due to the (probable) psychological ones she endured for the first few months of her life.
Looking again at her head – did you ever give any more thought to having a DNA test done?
I love that last photo 🙂
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The last photo is my favourite of all the ones I took of her on the most recent holiday – she looked so cute stretching up to sniff the other ‘dog’ 🙂 I did look at a couple of websites, the first one obviously American, the second one looked to be British but when I explored it more it was another American one. Both were expensive and to be honest I have my doubts as to how accurate they would be. Something which needs more thought at a later date maybe.
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That sounds just the same as when I had Daisy’s test done. And whilst at the time I thought the results were a bit odd, years later I could look back and see that they were pretty accurate and although “idiosyncratic” – so was she, definitely a one off!
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Bless her, she looks a real joy.
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Poppie is 13 now and just takes everything at her own pace but in contrast Snowy is such a happy, lively little dog – she has certainly helped to heal the hole left when I lost Sophie early last year.
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What a lovely post. I am so glad Snowy has settled into your family. I am sure there will be lots more camping adventures to come too. 🙂
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Snowy has certainly settled into my family very well, in fact it now seems as if she’s always been here though of course little Sophie hasn’t been forgotten. I doubt we’ll be camping again this year but I’m looking forward to taking both dogs on more camping adventures next year 🙂
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Snowy is so cute! Happy Anniversary!! I like Snowy’s sweater🙂. The camping trips look like fun. I haven’t been camping in years!
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She has a pale pink sweater of the same pattern but she suits the black one best. The camping holidays were great, I’m still sorting out my photos from the most recent trip but there’ll be lots on this blog eventually 🙂
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Older and wiser. None of it is instant. She certainly looks happy enough. Have a good week, Eunice!
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You too Jo, and from what I understand your weather has been much better and drier than ours today – want to swap? 🙂 🙂
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Happy anniversary, Snowy! It’s lovely to see her so settled and happy.
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She has certainly settled settled in and found her feet in my little family, and she’s most definitely a very happy little thing 🙂
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