The other morning, I took Mindy outside, so I could snap a few photos of the rain drops in the yard. We started out calm and relaxing. She loves when I bring her outside with my camera.

Then, she caught a burst of energy. I love how she gets like this, running non stop like the wind. All four paws are airborne!

She would race, then run over to the side, and dig like crazy in the dirt.

Then take off again running! She even got a little leaf on her paw!

It was so funny to watch, and I can’t even say how exciting it is to see her happy, healthy and active like this. I know her legs hurt sometimes, but when I see her run, it’s amazing. She is trim, fit and full of life!

So, when we got back into the house, her feet were filthy from the mud, I had to throw her in the sink for a quick foot bath!

Our little Lexi is going to be one year old later this month and she is getting more and more settled and mature. Yes, it’s fun to have a puppy, but she is a wild one with a mind of her own! ha! Aren’t all terriers like that?

After breakfast, I usually put her in her crate for her nap, but yesterday morning, she was content to be chomping on her bone lying next to me on the sofa downstairs.

Eventually, I moved both Lexi and Mindy upstairs to the bedroom, and we all napped together in bed! It was a nice relaxing Sunday! She was snuggled on my arm under the covers, happy to be next to me! I was happy she was happy!

Wow, this is incredible. Lexi is resting next to me on the sofa. She usually is always on the go, I never can get her to settle. This is wonderful! Shhhh.

Okay, this is sort of strange and funny, but Lexi seems calmer and more mature after her spay. She is certainly still a puppy, but she just seems more laid back and almost “responsible” if that is possible for a dog. LOL

She’s for sure still a mama’s girl, and she loves to be with me. She’s not as mean to Mindy, which is nice. And her housebreak training is going very well.

I don’t know what happened, but I am very happy.

Don’t know if it was the spay, waiting until almost 7 months to spay, or maybe it was that she spent so much time crated, she just calmed down.

I think it was a combo of the first two. But whatever it is, I am loving it. She’s wonderful! I think we made the right choice when we found Lexi!

Unfortunately, I didn’t blog too much about Lexi’s spay operation. Not sure why. I guess I was just too busy (?)

Anyway, the operation went well. I dropped her off in the morning and got a phone call mid morning that she was out of surgery and in recovery. Phew. Everything went well.

We picked her up at around 5:30 that evening, and I held her in my arms for the drive home. She was in good shape, not at all how I expected. If I remember correctly, Mindy had that “skinny” dog look and smelled sort of like a hospital. Lexi looked very well!

They said that she should be acting normal by tomorrow, along with eating, peeing and pooing normally. I was to give her a light meal tonight.

They gave us a “cone” to use just in case she wanted to lick the incision. It was a new type of cone that I had never seen before. Tabs hold it together on the side, while there’s loops on top that her normal collar goes through; the collar and cone go over her head, and then the collar is fastened. It worked very well, she got used to it fairly quickly. But unfortunately, by the following week, she figured out a way to chew on the tabs that run along the vertical side of the collar. I tried fixing it, and moving it toward the top of her head, but it was impossible to get her to not stop chewing on the plastic tabs. So, I took it off, and she was fine. No problems with the stitches.

Keeping her quiet for the past two weeks was a challenge, but truthfully not as difficult as I thought. I kept her in her crate most of the time, giving her a chew bone or allowing her to sleep. I did allow her to occasionally walk up and down the stairs, and she did try to run around herself a few times. But for the most part, I carried her on the stairs and around the house to make sure she wasn’t too active.

I didn’t bring her to training class last week, I decided to go by myself so we wouldn’t miss anything. I think she would have been fine if I brought her, since it’s such a low impact class, but it’s probably for the best that I didn’t. We took her to class last night, and she did okay, but she was a little off, and skiddish. She wasn’t herself, she was acting scared. I ended up holding her for the last few minutes. I think she was a bit tired from all the sudden activity.

But when we got home, I allowed her to roam free with us, while we watched TV downstairs. She played a little with Mindy, chewed on old bones, and tore apart a fluffy toy.

I can’t wait for her stitches to be out today. I am hoping everything will be okay and she’ll get the ‘go ahead’ to go back to normal again!

Mindy just loves relaxing in the grassy yard. It’s a good way for us to have some quiet time away from puppy Lexi and bond together.