Here she is sitting for the teacher. Teacher Inna likes to give out bits of hot dog. Look how cute she looks....
It's hard to see, but on the floor is a piece of turkey. Trixie was instructed to "leave it" and if she didn't POUNCE on it puppy style, she would get a treat!
This is Trixie's BFF, Teddy. He's a Maltese Yorkie mix. 
Trixie is waiting for a treat! What a good little monster!
And once again, she's sitting. Pretty hilarious that she and Teddy are sitting for treats while Rudy and Gamma are wrestling!
We took Trix to the beach today! She loved it. She wasn't running around, but we could tell that she really enjoyed the sand and the smells. We used our 30 feet leash and she was able to feel a little free.
30 Feet really isn't that long when you look at this photo. The doberman in the middle of us is Aaron's mom's boyfriend's (wow) dog named Rusty. Rusty is SUPER old and doesn't play, although he did enjoy Trixie at times. We started calling him "creepy Uncle Rusty" if you catch my drift. We think that he started to feel like Trix was his replacement so maybe it's for the best that we're leaving...
Trixie dips her paws in the beautiful briny sea! She actually was NOT expecting the wave and later on, when Aaron tried to get her to go in again, she scattered...."no way, dad!"
We took Trixie over to my grandparents' house for Turkey day this year. Boy did she love it!? There's a whole enclosed courtyard with a pool there. Also, my grandma loves to feed Trixie things like turkey necks and hearts....what's not to love about that?! She even loved chilling out in grandma's flower bed. I saw grandma giving a little bit of a side eye when this happened and we'll work on it, but it's hard to catch her sometimes.
My cousin Lauren brought over her 1 year old Italian Greyhound, Luna Bon Qui Qui....(that's pronounced Bon Quee Quee if you didn't know) Yes, that's her real name. Sometimes, we just call her Bon Qui Qui. I guess the dog's name used to be Luna but my cousin thought that her name needed something ghetto to follow it up....Trixie and Luna BQQ got along famously. They were chasing each other through the house, through the landscaping, near the turkey, on the pool cover....EVERYWHERE! They were best buds. They even had the same cute pink collars!
Here we all are, trying to take a photo. I guess the girls were more interested in each other than actually posing. Oh well...
They were constantly wrestling! And chasing, and wrestling some more. Trixie has been getting her fair share of play dates! Keep it up, Trix!
A friend of my mom's, Suzanne, loves westies and has one named Brooke. Trixie loves playing with other westies, so we made a playdate. And boy, did they play?
Brooke chased Trixie under a hutch. However, Brooke couldn't fit under there. We were told that Trixie was dusting the floor too. Oh, joy!
Trixie liked that she was able to jump on the furniture at this house. The couch and bed at our house are too high for her....nope, not these couches! And Suzanne loved to meet my mom's "grand puppy" as she likes to call Trixie.
Brooke liked to look down on Trixie. They tired each other out! It was only about half an hour of playtime and she took at least a 2 hour nap afterwards! Looks like we'll be calling up Brooke again! You can see them chase each other here!
Since we drove all the way from LA to Paso Robles where my family lives, we wanted to make pit stops for Trixie. It's a 3 hour drive and she has to stay in her crate while in the car. We stopped in Solvang, a little Danish village right off the 101. Parts of the movie Sideways were filmed here. We always stop to get Danish pastries.
Trixie had a great time and everyone on the sidewalks wanted to pet her, was saying how adorable she was....Solvang is good for any cute pup's self esteem.
We were very happy to see this. The airplane part was cake too. In fact, Trixie was probably the quietest passenger on our plane. Our neighbor was a snore-a-holic and the kids behind us had trouble with the pressure in the cabin. We were so proud! So proud in fact, that we took her to...
They had a blast running around. Montgomery was pretty preoccupied with a tennis ball though. Trixie kept 'play bowing' in hopes that he would drop it and come pounce. Alas, Trixie will have to change up her game plan for next time.
I was pretty stoked that they took pictures together. Aren't they adorable??!! Me and his owner were going nuts over our doggies. I think we drove all the non westies out of the park. But that's what happens when you come uninvited to a westie party, or as I like to say "westie festie!"
Hopefully, we'll see them soon. There's only one other westie I've seen in the neighborhood and his name is Rambo, so maybe we can get more popular.
Enter the tunnel! Our breeder told us that we could buy her a kiddie tunnel from Ikea. It was only $20 and in the children's section. When Trixie first met her tunnel, this is what happened. 
What do you think? Do you think she could buy Park Place?
It is a tree stump with 3 holes in it. Inside the stump are 3 squeaky squirrels. The object is to hunt out all the delicious squirrels and annihilate them all! Clean em' out!
RIDICULOUS! We didn't want that long coat on the bottom. The wood chips at the dog park get all matted in there and it's yucky. We also didn't want the crazy bubble head! Unfortunately, when you tell the groomer these things, this is what happens:
She looks like a boy in my opinion. Aaron figured it out about an hour ago that she has a scottie dog cut. It'll all grow back, but it's a little upsetting to drop your dog off somewhere and you show up 2 hours later and your dog is now a cat! Yes, she looks like a cat!
Trixie went to a bar tonight! Why, you ask? Because we're trying to prep her up for the airport in less than 2 weeks. That, and we want a social life again. The bar, Levee in Williamsburg is doggie friendly! What's really nice about Trixie is that tons of people now approach us and want to talk about their dogs. I guess Trixie makes us less scary!
In our efforts to get ready for Thanksgiving, we decided that it might help Trixie is she has a little herbal help to make the long flight. It did calm her down and she was super chill for a couple of hours. No bad side effects, except for maybe spazzing out the NEXT day! I guess we'll have to try it out again and see it if happens again.
We bought Trixie a nylabone a couple of days ago because of our puppy kindergarten teacher's suggestion. Trixie has been nibbling away on her crate, the wall molding, and even the kitchen cabinets....."dang it, Trixie! Who is their right mind wants to buy a house with all your teeth marks on it!?"
Trixie loves to lay on my stomach and sleep before coming downstairs for the rest of the day to start. It's a little mommy pup time! I think we were like this for 30 minutes this morning before there was any wiggling!
When Trixie spent the afternoon with Moon Shadow the Whippet, she loved his toy! So much in fact, that she carried it around in her mouth and wouldn't let him have it. Yep, she's not the best sharer just yet, but we're working on it.
Trixie voted today....did YOU? She had to choose between Repuplicans or Demuttcrats! (I know, really bad!) I was really pleased that the people in charge didn't make me leave. Granted, Trixie was in her carrying case....still, there's a rule (supposedly) that dogs aren't allowed there. But everyone had a smile on their face knowing that Trixie was there.
Today was Aaron's birthday! It is also his friend Ben's birthday! Ben lives in Philly, a 2 hour drive away. It's nice to spend your birthday with your best friend so for the second year in a row, we drove down to spend our dinner with Ben, his wife Rachel, their newborn baby Lilly, and their crazy Whippet, Moon Shadow!
