Yesterday we made a quick trip up to my mom’s place, a couple hours from here for a visit.  Mom has had a couple of poodles for quite a few years, and a few months ago poor Christopher reached the end of his run.  His littermate Jonathan is also entering into the homestretch, so my sister decided that it would be good for Mom to have a new companion, a decision that I think awesome.

So upon arrival at Mom’s, we were surprised to find her new little buddy, Max.  Now, ‘little buddy’ really doesn’t quite cover it.  He is a 9 week old Chihuahua puppy, so he is tiny.  Harley, who is tiny compared to his sister Eve, towered over Max.  Max actually walked under Harley with little difficulty.  He is cute as can be, and has an attitude that is just great.  He chased Harley around, and just basically indulged himself in all the behaviours that puppies do.  It was funny to see Harley on the receiving end of what he dishes out to Eve all the time.

Harley had a pretty good sense of humour about it, even though he was feeling less than stellar due to the trip.  So far he is still like a fine bottle of wine – he doesn’t travel very well.  He will get better with travel as he gets older and more used to it, but in the mean time we have to deal with a pukey puppy.  Due to Jonathan’s advancing years and frailty, Eve spent the day at the doggy spa instead of making the trip.  We were just too worried that in her exuberance, Eve would damage poor old Jonathan.  She will get a chance to meet Max before too long, and I will make sure to have a video camera handy for that one!

We welcome Max to the family, and thanks to Heather and Ed for setting up Mom with her new little friend!