As my posts become a little bit longer in between, I've decided to give up on the number of days (Stevie, Day 2,476 anyone?) and just use years. This is the beginning of her second year with Megan. She is just as cute, just as funny, unpredictable, determined and completely oblivious to her blindness now as she was the day she came into IMPS care.

Today I went to pick up a new foster dog (currently going by the name of "Sweet Pea") out north of Austin in Round Rock. After I got paperwork signed and settled her in the dog crate in the back seat, I [quite naturally] headed south to see Stevie and Megan.

It is the first time I have ever seen anything of the canine persuasion that was actually SMALLER than Stevie. You will recall that Stevie weighs in at a whopping 4.75 lbs, and has about 475 lbs of attitude. Sweet Pea must be all of 3 lbs, half of that is her ears, I think. I mean, I thought Stevie had big ears! Well, okay, so she does. But proportionately, Sweet Pea's ears are much more large.

Sweet Pea wanted very much to play, but Stevie was far more interested in trying to sniff butt and keep from getting jumped on by Sweet Pea, who was also very determined. Stevie did try to accommodate Sweet Pea's sniffing overtures by raising her hind leg (looked for all the world like she was gonna pee like a boy). Try as we might, we couldn't capture that Kodak moment on digital file... Stevie growled and barked a little bit and after a couple of minutes Sweet Pea replied with her own bark.

It was funny to see. I never in a million years would describe Stevie as "big". But next to this one, she is, kinda. Go figure. Guess everything really is a matter of perspective.

Cheers!
G