Mitzee the Superdog

This is Mitzee. Born November 2, 2008 weighing in at 2 oz to a Yorkie dad and a Llasa Alpso mom.


When first discovered at 2 months of age, she was in a glassed-in container called "home" with her sister and two white bichons, all of whom she was playfully jumping all over.

We brought this little bundle home on January 18, 2009 and little did we know what she was going to do to our lives.

She spent the first hour snooping and investigating the family room while Martin and I tried different names on her. While doing this, I also picked up piddle and pooh. It was clear after a short amount of time that this little puppy had wieseled her way into our hearts.

We both wanted to hold her, coo her, have her close to us as if she were the miracle cure. At one point, I found myself becoming angry because I wanted my time with her too!! But it didn't take long for me to realize what it did for Martin and that's all I needed to see.


Eventually the cuteness lead way to training because after all, you can't have a disorderly dog now, can we? So no matter how cute she was and how small she was (4.5lbs) I had to pull out the tough love. So training started with the sit, come, stay.

Soon I started teaching her about the noise from the garage door. What's that Mitzee? Is that Daddy? She'd look at me with that quizical look on her face and go for the garage door. She'd position herself directly in front of the door with her nose to the floor listening for the car door to close and ultimately her master to walk through the door.

As the handle started to turn, she'd back away, tail wagging at the speed of light and then it came. He walked through the door and life was good again. She'd jump up waiting to be noticed. Martin of course saw her excitement and just loved it and responded accordingly by picking her up, craddling her and asking how her day was and how she was doing? (Do we really expect them to answer us?) Immediately, you could see the tension, stress and worries of the day melt away. What an amazing gift.

We started traveling with Mitzee when she was two months old. Yes, she captured the hearts of the security people and all around us. She was an amazing traveler.

This is Mitzee after having a dip in the pool. One of her favorite ways to travel is riding mostly outside the car with the wind blowing through her hair and pinning her ears back!









Here she's being tended to by her private nurse, Michelle after surgery on her eyes. Thank you Michelle.










Martin has indicated so many times that she's a good puppy, that he can't imagine our home without her, that she brings our home so much joy. But she brings so many other people joy also. Here she is with some of her friends.


This amazing little puppy has shown to be acrobatic, quizical, a tease, psycho at times, and has given us comfort, laughter, distress when she was ill, heavy hearts when she was absent from the home, and most of all unconditional love. Who wants more than to be accepted 100% of the time?

When we bought Mitzee, we really didn't have any expectations of what life would be like. We can only say that she has exceeded everything we thought owning a dog would be like and the experience has definitely been an exciting journey. Thank you Mitzee.






She's not one to flaunt what she has but you have to admit, she is pretty dog gone cute!! WE love you Mitzee, Merry Christmas and thank you for the blessing that you are. Sleep tight.



Love,

Mom and Dad