What is this place??

Our dear sweet Lucy has been to the vet every three weeks since we got her. Shots seem to take forever. Every three weeks for nine weeks. Two weeks after the last set of shots Lucy will be going under the knife. Yes, the knife. We have decided to make sure that the population will not be expanding at our house. Five dogs is enough!

The last visit to the vet proved that we are being eaten out of house and home. When we first got Lucy she weighed seven pounds. At three weeks with us she weighed 14 pounds. We are about to make an appointment for our last set of shots and I can't wait to see how much she weighs. I can see that she has at least doubled physically in size since we got her back in Feb. My lap in not big enough for her anymore! Lucy is growing by leaps and bounds. She can't squeeze herself into this sweater anymore either... Our baby is growing up!

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I belong to a site where we talk about our smooshy faced dogs. Boxers are definitely smooshy faced dogs. It's our first dog with a stunted nose. The rest of the herd have extra long noses. Do you suppose that balances out things in the universe?

Anyway one of the thread topics was what kind of a kind would be a good companion for boxers? Do you need a submissive breed or one that will hold it's own when pounced upon by a very excited boxer. A vet suggested to someone that they check out Boston Terriers, but I think a Dachshund would be a wonderful breed for a boxer companion or at least it is at my house.

We brought our little Lucy into a herd of very spoiled aging Dachshunds. They range from 12 down to 8 years old. Everyone has their own little special personalities and while we do love them each for who they are, we were a bit nervous about one in particular-Sadie. Sadie is a mommy's girl and is very protective of me and her space in my chair. I was worried that she would be ugly to Lucy and see her as a threat. She does but it gets less ad less everyday.

Here is the oldest of the herd, Eddy and Lucy have an afternoon snooze. I really never thought that Eddy would be a problem but it sure is nice to see them being together. They were asleep in the chair just like that for an hour. The moment they heard me with the camera, it was over. Lucky for me there are lots more naps to be had...

Lucy and Sadie having a nap together until I moved to reach for the camera and Sadie hopped up. She hates having her picture taken. I don't blame her but she's a dog. How does she know it will make her look ten pounds heavier??

Who Needs Pet Toys?

Who Needs Pet Toys?

It's been a busy few weeks since Lucy came into our household. We miss sleep, quiet times sleeping in front of the TV and papertowels. I have to say though, she certainly has kept us on our toes. We are so committed to helping this dog stay healthy and fit that we have even been walking her. We try to do it everyday. This past weekend we took Lucy to the park and walked her for 45 mintues around a dirt path. I had thought we would be more exhausted than her but as it turned out, she slept off the fresh air and excercise most of the day. I really wish I had the time everyday to take her out like that. It would get me going and she would get the excercise they say her breed needs.

I know that having a puppy has very sharp teeth and a driving desire to use them on everything it can. Lucy is no exception. Everything has to be "mouthed" just like a human infant. We have spent a fortune at two different pet stores buying up different toys that we think would appeal to Lucy.

Lucy has other thoughts...

We only pick the best toys for our new love. Wanna guess what this expensive toy this is??

Sorry about the darkness of the picture. It's hard to chase a puppy to catch the perfect picture. Do you have a better idea of what the perfect toy is?? Lowes here I come!

The Lucy Brown Chronicles

Welcome to The Lucy Brown Chronicles. My family and I have always loved dogs and I have been accused of getting carried away, being nuts and just plain silly for having so many dogs. Our family (currently consisting of DH and son #2) take care of four doxies and one brand new baby boxer. After a very scary event outside one of living room windows a few weeks ago, we decided a much larger dog was needed in this household. We nearly adopted one of my co-workers bloodhound but he decided that he really wanted to hang on to him so we started looking for another large dog.

We have been watching this show and this show so that we would be more prepared for a larger

breed of dog. DH wanted a short haired dog so we checked out tons of breeds via the net and books from book stores. We talked about four or five breeds we thought we would be compatible with. The Boxer breed won. They are active dogs and we need to be more active so we got ourselves a boxer.

The doxies have been adjusting as well as they can. We have been adjusting but I think the dogs are doing much better than us. They have not lost sleep...as best we can tell. One doxie impaticularly, Moose has taken a shying to Lucy and it's been fun watching the relationship develop. Moose thinks Lucy is a chew toy and she loves his attention. So here is our the newest addition to our family...

Lucy Brown

Lucy is a fawn Boxer with a black muzzle. She has a tad of white on her nose just like her father. Her father weighs about 55 pounds and her mother about 65. So we are not sure what Lucy will weigh since she was the runt. Her feet are getting noticeably larger even in the last two weeks she has been here. I am almost afraid to know how large she is going to get or how much she will eat!

We are very excited to have Lucy join our family and hope that you will stay with us while we watch Lucy grow up. I know it will be like people babies-they just grow up way too fast!