We recently acquired a new puppy, like 5 days ago. A stray that would have perished, in our own opinion, unless we rescued her.

I always told my husband that I would never again take in a puppy, but when you see their little face and vulnerablilties, well, that just cinches it. So here we are with another member of our family.

We immediately took her to the vet and found out she was about 2 months old and also confirmed the worm diagnosis, so we went on the deworming regime. Our 2 current dogs did not want anything to do with her so we spent a lot of time with them to negate the feelings of rejection. We thought about taking her to one of the Ajijic shelters, but they are so overloaded with dogs, we decided against that. I guess this is our contribution to the shelter.

We are so thankful we don’t have carpeting like we did in our home in the states. Where does all that pee come from? When will she learn to go outside? We were totally amazed at how quickly she learned to use the dog door to go outside to her designated area, but, even though she goes out, she also manages to use the floor an awful lot. Is that what bleach was intended for?

We borrowed a crate from a friend to train her and the first few days it sounded like we were pulling her toenails out when we put her in there. Five days later, it is much better, but I’m sure the neighbors are wondering if we have a torture chamber in our home around 2am every night.

This has been quite an experience but we know she will be a welcomed member of the family for all.

p.s., our two dogs started playing with her on day three. I guess they decided that they wouldn’t be able to escape to the couches and chairs much longer, so might as well start playing with her.