Tico wants to meet his namesake

Tico the dog - fits in the suitcase, for now.

This is Tico the car and Tico dog´s namesake. This is the most common taxi car in Peru. Clearly, my husband jives on irony.

Sasha in his favorite hillside spot with the desert flowers

He's going to be really sad when he's too big to fit under the bushes like he does now to get there.

... or he'll just tear them up so he fits I guess. He just started digging plants up.

I've been bad

about taking pictures of Tico. I'm totally obsessed with him but i've forgotten to take pics. i only remember to take pics when we're socializing him. why don't i realize he won't be this small for long??? greg took him to the vet on friday and she said he was a "size 6". in laymans terms that means he's going to be a 65-70 lb dog. ho damn!

"Socializing Puppy in an Urban Environment"

noodle is tico's bff at chandler bike path

this was wonderful socialization! this gentleman walks the path regularly. and crutches could be scary for a puppy. but Teeks is a big strong boy and it didn't faze him.

We started Puppy Head Start with Tico and Oscar at 7 weeks. THANK GOD! tico is already better trained than his mother. one of the things we're supposed to do is socializing him in our urban environment so he gets used to the sounds of cars/trucks/bikes/skateboards/people/dogs. and he wins prizes if we take pictures of the socialization.
he is such a little social butterfly. he loooooooooves to meet people and dogs. he whimpers when a passerby doesn't pet him. HOW COULD YOU NOT PET MY DOG - HE'S FLIPPING ADORABLE. sadly, no dogs have the same amount of energy as tico.

This is what Pichu does

when she doesn't have her usual excercise. ate 4 cds. actually swallowed shards of sharp hard plastic. dont understand how her gums weren't bleeding. i did find cd case in her poop days later. we're getting her a treadmill stat.