Biscuit

I hope all of my American readers had a fantastic Thanksgiving. I realized today that I hadn't made introductions of the newest member of the Everyday family. If you're following me on twitter or instagram, it won't be much of a surprise, but I have a puppy.

Biscuit, only five weeks. With her tiny polka dot ears.

I had been considering getting a puppy for a long time. We always had dogs growing up and now that my life has calmed down a little bit it just seemed like a good time. When I started looking, I knew that I wanted a larger dog, but also nothing too hairy. My sister and her little kid both have bad allergies, so I wanted to be considerate of that.

I decided that getting a boxer was a good idea. They have shorter thin hair so it's easier to manage shedding and they're great family dogs.

On the ride home from the breeder. She was so cold.

Meet Biscuit. I keep trying to film an introduction video with her, but she's still in the bite-y stage and won't sit still for long enough to wrangle. Maybe when she's a little older. We start obedience school in the next couple of weeks and then she'll be a little bit better.

She's white, obviously, and that's not a favorable thing. They aren't able to be show dogs, can't be bred ever, and are born blind or deaf with a much higher frequency than usual. I got Biscuit from a breeder that does exclusively show dogs so she was completely useless to them and they were really just looking to offload her. But that's okay because we love her.

The cinnamon roll is really made of rawhide.

So far, everyone loves Biscuit. She's got my dad just wrapped around her paw. She has these cute little black polka dots on her ears and two different colored eyes. She's also growing like a champ. She's going to be huge soon. Right now her favorite toys are a plastic coat hanger and a pair of tights that had a run in them. She's big on chewing and biting, but we're working on it. She also prefers to sleep on people other than alone, so she's been camping out in my bed most nights. She's just a little sweetie.

Sleepy couch cuddles.

If you're looking for more updates on little Biscuit, she's taken over my Instagram lately and you can see her there.

Biscuit's first snow experience.