Our "lil man" Buddy

In October we adopted our son, Buddy. Kodi needed a playmate when my parents left with Zoe so we went on a search to find a friend for her... after deciding to save our money and keep looking we went to a bridal show and on the way home stopped at the pet store in the local mall. Little did we know we would leave with our son... Buddy was then a 5 month old Yorkie trapped in a little cage all by himself while all the other puppies were being looked at because they were between 8-10 weeks old... Here are some of our first few days with our growing family...

Introducing Buddy to Kodi... She wasn't too sure of him and vice versa!

Sisterly love... Kodi giving Buddy some puppy kisses to show that she loved her new brother!

His toy was almost as big as him!

Sleepy time... our dogs love to snuggle up together!!! Even the first night we brought him home!

He even likes to snuggle with momma... although at the point of this picture he was almost sitting on my head!

Our little Mini-Benji!!!

Kodi Bear Stiller

Welcome to the family Lil' Miss Kodi Stiller! This week Ian and I "rescued" a little puppy that we have officially named Kodi. She is adorable and so far pretty laid back and easy going. We have found that she is VERY smart and is very curious about the world.

We got her from a guy in front of the grocery store on Monday, Oct 5, 2009. She looked sooo precious that we couldn't say no! The next day Ian took her to the local pet store to get her some goodies. Apparently one of her siblings had been in the store and was not in as good of condition as our precious angel.

We took her to the park the other day during my lunch hour. She is sooo tiny!!! We were told that she is a chow-shepherd mix... however... we are starting to question that label. Her tail curls like a chow (or like an akita or any dog in the spitz family), she doesn't have the purple on her tongue like a chow, nor the really long hair... her paws are tiny as well... she is fuzzy and cute and has a little white spot on her chest. She looks like a little bear, hence the name...

Last night Kodi let us sleep through the night. This was a first time experience for Ian and me. To say the least, we were beyond estatic that we only had to wake up at 5 am and then again at 9 am to take her out! I guess the meds from the vet are helping her. The vet said she didn't think that her label was accurate either for her breed. The vet also doesn't think that she is 9 weeks old as we were told... she is thinking that we are closer to 8 weeks old than 9. She was tested for parasites and bugs at the vet, only to find out that our lil' girl had a host of parasites living in her intestines as well as some sort of bacteria growing there. She is now on 2 different medicines and a bland diet and she is doing great!!!!

Ian has some other pictures on his camera that haven't been uploaded yet... so be prepared for more adorable pictures of our baby girl to come!!!!