Saturday, January 2, 2010

Queen Tica and Princess Izzie

This adorable toy poodle is Tica:



And this little imp is her sibling Izzie, a miniature Yorkshire terrier:



We have been well entertained while we've been in Albuquerque by these two delightful young ladies! We had met Tica last year when we camped with Juni and Tom in Casa Grande, Arizona. Izzie is a more recent addition to the family. Izzie only weighs about 3 1/2 pounds. She's nine months old and probably won't get much bigger.
Tica delights in curling up in your lap and having her back and belly rubbed. Izzie is more of a live-wire who only occasionally will get tired enough to be held. She will spend hours chasing her ball -- as long as someone will keep throwing it for her.
She had a favorite squeaky toy shaped like a flower that she would pounce on and worry to death. Just before Christmas she finally worked the squeaker out. We were worried she might swallow it, so Tom glued it in with super glue. Izzie took one whiff of it and would have nothing more to do with it. Even after a few days when we couldn't smell anything anymore, she still totally ignores it.
We've gone from playing with the huge mastiffs at Sister Sherry's to these two miniatures. What a contrast! And each one of them has had their own interesting personalities. But, we're still going to just travel with the stuffed one in Auntie Violet's window!

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