Nym is One!

I meant to post this ON her birthday but the whole house thing got in the way. Oh well, she is a puppy, but a puppy we absolutely love.

She was such a cutie and oh so tiny!!

Our puppy turned 1 February 2nd. We think. We adopted her around April 16th and she was 10 weeks old, so we made her birthday up :) She was born in a saw mill in Louisiana with 10 other puppies. Her mom and siblings were taken to "kill" shelter in Louisiana and then sent to Minnesota to a "no-kill" shelter. We went to an adoption event and found her! We actually went for a different puppy we found online (the story of my life... I seem to get/find all the wonderful things in my life online), but when we watched the puppies interact, Nym was chill in the corner while the others tackled each other. I'm pretty sure she was just tuckered out from a full day of people and puppies playing with her, but that was the reason we picked her. And, we are so glad we did. She is such a wonderful puppy and has brought so much joy, frustration, love, you name it, to our lives.  The first night we had her, my hubby slept with his fingers in her kennel because she was wimpering. It was so sweet. He was also determined that she would be HIS dog. And... she is HIS dog. If I can't get her to come in, I yell for him and immediately she responds to him. She'll walk off leash at his side. With mom... it's a different story. It's a work in progress for us :)

We *think* she's a german shorthair pointer mixed with doberman pinscher. She definitely has the personality of a german shorthair pointer, but the coloring of a pinscher. But really, who knows. She was born in a saw mill and I refuse to spend $100 on a "DNA" test. I highly doubt the accuracy of those tests.

Over the past year we've spent A LOT of time training her. A LOT. She's with us constantly, outside, inside, everywhere. She knows all the "normal" commands: sit, stay, come. Our favorite commands are unusual: back-up, place, nose (she hits her nose against our nose) and "do your business." Do your business = pee/poop on command, I grew up with this command for our dogs and it's SO helpful.

This is her "place" command. When we want her to lay on her mat (ie when we eat or she needs to calm down) we tell her to place and this is what she does. She also will give you a high-five, play dead, heel, and peek through your legs. 

Here's a video of us at the park yesterday. It was adorable, she bounced to get her frisbee because the snow was so deep. She loves this game!

Happy birthday puppy!