Beach puppy

Have I mentioned how much Nyxa loves the beach? She loves to dig...

...to lick (and chase) the water...

...to run...

...and to make goofy faces. :)

Little Miss

Look how big Little Miss Nyxa is getting!

A rose by any other name...

So we're starting to suspect that Nyxa isn't a pure labrador. Contrary to popular belief, pure labs can have patches of white, like Nyxa has on her chest, but there are other things making us wonder. Mainly:

1. She's starting to develop this very pretty brown brindle coloring on her back/butt area.
2. Most labs have ears that flop down and look like upside-down triangles. (See Exhibit A below.) Nyxa's ears, though, have started to do this thing the past couple weeks where they fold in and look more rectangular. (See Exhibits B and C below.)
3. In addition to the star on her chest, she's starting to develop white in her tail and on her legs. It's really pretty! I can't wait to see what she'll look like when she's fully grown.

Exhibit A. Nyxa's ears a month and a half ago. Perfect little lab ears.

Exhibit B. Nyxa's ears now. See how they fold in?

Exhibit C. Nyxa's ears now. See how they're rectangular?

Of course it doesn't matter to us either way, and we probably won't ever know what her genetic makeup is. But it's still interesting to try to figure it out!

"Food! My favorite!"

A hungry puppy for your weekend enjoyment:

Cutest. Video. EVER.

Disclaimer: The glasses in your home may shatter from your squeals of happy. You may "aww" so loudly, your neighbors might complain.

You have been warned.

Excited puppy

I'm working on uploading a dozen more videos, but it's taking forever -- sorry about the wait. In the meantime, please enjoy this video of Nyxa being excited to see me!

We take her for three walks a day (at least a mile per walk), and this was one of our early-morning walks at around 8 am. I was running late, so Mike started without me and I met up with them. So what you're seeing is Nyxa being excited to see me after only about ten or so minutes since she'd seen me in the house before they left. (Imagine what she was like when we came back after being out of town for a week!)

Queen Nyxa of the Puppylands

I like to do this thing where I act out what Nyxa might be thinking at a given time, as if I’m her. If that makes sense. And usually for some reason she calls us peasants.

So, for instance:

“I already know how to sit, peasants!”

“GIVE ME TREATS, PEASANT.”

“I see that you have a toy of mine, peasant, and I demand it back.”

“You shall play with me immediately, peasant! Play with me! Bark! Bark! Play with me!”

(shrug)

Reunited

Back home with our baby! More posts coming soon -- pictures, videos, and a description of Nyxa's reaction when we got home from the airport. :)