Hadley's First Thanksgiving

For thanksgiving my family went to my Aunt and Uncle's house. They have a little Maltese named Lexi and she has never been socialized so she is afraid of other dogs. The family really wanted me to bring Hads with me, so I did. I'll take any chance I get to bring her somewhere. 

I was a little nervous she would be too excited with Lexi there because she just loves other dogs and sometimes can't contain her excitement. She is only four months old after all. My aunt and I decided to have a few pre-thanksgiving puppy play dates to get Lexi used to Hadley. She never got used to her but I brought her anyways.

Thanksgiving started out as a pretty stressful day. About 20 minutes before Hads and I were supposed to leave for my Aunt's house, she got a huge burst of energy and had a little accident on my bed. We ended up getting to my Aunt's house over an hour late after two loads of laundry and a lot of scolding. I was not too pleased with Hadley but I can't stay mad at her for very long, even if she makes me wash all of my bedding two days after I had just washed it. Aside from her accident, she was very good for the whole day.

During dinner we decided to put the dogs in their individual crates so we wouldn't have to worry about Lexi getting aggressive with Hads. Hads didn't make a peep the whole time and just quietly took a nap. Lexi barked and freaked out the whole time so I felt pretty proud that my 4 month old puppy was better behaved than the 4 year old dog. Proud mama moment!

Throughout the whole day Hads was loving up my family and everyone kept saying what a good dog she is. I feel so lucky that I got such a sweet and cuddly puppy!

Here are a couple pictures of Hadley on her first Thanksgiving:

Hads and her Nana Carrie (my mom)

She had a lot of fun playing with the carpet fringe

Hads and her new bandana from my mom