Craziness with Emi

Say "Hi" to Emi! I feel so guilty not writing about her sooner! Somewhere in the evolution of this blog, I've forgotten to post about the just-plain-fun things that we are up to.  In an effort to revert back to this being our FAMILY blog, meet Emi.  We got her on June 30th, in a half-planned, half-whimsical decision.  

When we first got Chase, who, believe it or not, is now 7.5 years old, we had planned on breeding him. Ha. Welp, life happened, and we are never going to breed him.  But, we've always thought that he deserves a friend.  He has been put through a lot in his 7 years.  He has dealt with 3 moves, long distance, a baby (who rightfully took up a LOT of our attention), and very long work days from us.  He has grown into a very loyal, somewhat curmudgeony middle-aged man.  He doesn't do a great job with kids, and definitely doesn't do well with other male dogs.  I got some nasty looks from a mom in the park the other day when Chase bared teeth at her retriever who wanted to play.  Sorry, guys.  I so badly want him to be nice, sweet, and cuddly, but that isn't him. I love him anyway.

Long story long, we really felt like Chase deserved a playmate.  We found a woman in our town who is a dog broker of sorts- she takes a few puppies from a few breeders' litters, and sells them from her home.  We saw Emi the morning of the 30th, and thought she was beautiful, but pretty timid.  We couldn't decide if we should get another Shiba Inu, or get a teddy bear (fluffy, no shedding, lots of yapping, lots of cuddling).  Obviously, you know our choice.  She was unnamed for a few days- but we finally decided on Emi, because it Japanese for "blessing." (Shibas are a Japanese breed).

Chase pretty much hates us right now :) Emi is energetic (though nothing like Chase when he was a puppy), and her most favorite thing ever is pestering him.  His only hope is high spaces that she can't jump to yet.

We love her, and despite the pain it is to train a dog, she is worth our effort.