Fern was one of our first Shih Tzu puppies.
Fern becomes Coco and moves to Alaska.
Mei and Mia in Alaska with their new Shih-Tzu puppy.
Spring, 2006
"She is such a cute little teddy bear and my kids fell in love with her as soon as they saw her at the airport." (5/25/06)
"By the way, Coco knows a few tricks and knows how to follow commands like sit, stay, down, and bark. We just started with sit and stay a few days ago. I taught her how to stay this afternoon and she did it after a few attempts. It was so funny because Paul was training our rotty how to bark and all of a sudden Coco started barking. She kept getting all the treats instead of Roman because every time Paul asked Roman to bark, she barked. She is so adorable we are all glad that we have her with us. Well, take care and I will keep you posted with what is going on with Coco." (6/11/06)
Tessa is happy in VA.
Just thought I'd mail you about how little Tessa is doing; What a precious little girl!! Your pictures of her on the website are darling, but she is so beautiful, live and in person! Yesterday we took her to Colonial Williamsburg to get some fresh air and play on campus (which was fun, no piece of wood or leaf was unharmed) and she got more compliments than I could list - everyone on the way to campus commented on how adorable she is or had to come up to pet her. She seemed to love the attention and gave out lots of free kisses and tail wagging. . . .
Thank you so much for all you did shipping her and making sure she was alright, I was a little worried she would be upset after the plane, but she was only fussy on the car ride back to Williamsburg and settled in to the apartment just fine (and slept most of the afternoon Friday). She's a gorgeous girl and I'm so happy to have her! I will send those pictures soon. Hope you're having a great week and are recovered from all the travelling to airports!
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> Thank you so much again,
> Leslie
Hi Mary Ann,
Someone cute is curled up on my lap napping as I write this. I have never been a morning person but I find myself looking forward to the crack of dawn walks and big breakfasts! She's such a sweetie. Please feel free to post my letter, and shorten it as needed if you like (I know I wrote a lot!). I figured the chewing is just a stage - she's great about it with me if I do the 'mama grunt' and she's learning what 'Gentle!' means. She really picks up fast! I'd picked up chew bones, soft chew toys, edible bones, kong toys with teething geared stuffing, etc before she got here, just seems that me and my boyfriend are more fun to taste lately :) Kevin has a great time with her when he visits, and she LOVES chasing his feet.
The lady in pink holding her with the toy is my mom; she came to visit yesterday as she just had to see her new grandchild. She has two dogs at home and fell in love with Tessa immediately, but that's not a surprise as everyone around my apartment already has :)
Have a great day, and thank you so much again, Tessa is such a fantastic addition to the family! - Leslie
This is one of Posey and Thaddaeus' babies. :0) - a very happy little girl.
Hi Mary Ann,
I'm so glad you got the pictures, I was a little worried, and you are very welcome! Tessa is such a joy, it's fun to take pictures of her being adorable. Tonight she barked at us for the first time as apparently she does not like going down the 'steps' I made up for her to the couch, haha! Have a wonderful week. Thank you so much for sending our darling little girl, I knew I would love her, but she's even sweeter and cuter than I expected :) - Leslie
Out of the same family as Jasmine, came little Jovita. Her new name became Ruby. She lives in Kansas with Kristin.
Jovita is a real Ruby.
"Mary Ann,
Hi. Ruby is doing really well! She is so smart!! She's already starting to sit on command! She really is a great dog!
Kristen"
"Hi Mary Ann. I took some pics of Ruby tonight w/ the gift she got from my grandparents for Christmas. :) I thought you might want to see how she's grown. I can't believe how big she's gotten!! Hope you all had a great day!
Kristen"