Introducing Madi!

We have a new addition our family! Yesterday we brought home a new cocker spaniel named Madi. She is 3 years old and comes from Sh-Bar Cockers in Brookhaven, MS. Madi is a championship dog and has had 2 litters of puppies. She is just the sweetest dog ever - she is just so loving and loves to have her tummy rubbed. Ellie seems to be adjusting about as good as you would expect; she doesn't really know what to think of this "visitor". Overall though, I think Ellie is doing great. A funny thing - Madi is a little heavier than Ellie, but what do you expect, she has had 2 litters of puppies! To help her get her girlish figure back we have added some low calorie food to her diet, got her running around in the backyard, and have taken her on a few walks. Brad took her on her first walk Saturday afternoon. This turned out to be a long stroll around the block, definitely not what we are used to with sled-dog Ellie. Madi just took her time and was in no hurry to go anywhere, in fact she stopped a few times wanting her tummy rubbed (which is the cutest thing - she will just come up to and kind of roll over on her back ready to be rubbed). Today we took both girls at the same time. Ellie was her normal, squeaky, sled-dog self. Madi was her typical laid-back self but picked up her pace a little bit in an effort to keep up with Ellie. I have thoroughly enjoyed the past two days and can't wait to see what the future holds for our 2 babies.

Here's a picture of Madi riding in my lap on our way back from Hattiesburg.

Both of my girls - Ellie is on the left and Madi on the right.

Here we are with Shelia, the breeder.

Ellie is on the left with Brad and Madi is on the right with me.