News about Payton

December 2, 2008: I have pics to send you of Payton but they are all on the kids computers. I will try and get Mac to send you some tonight. I keep thinking I will get a minute and sit down to catch you up but will take a moment now. We, and Grayson in particular, are as much in love with Payton as we were with Lis. Grayson did not want to leave her after being home with her this Thanksgiving break. She is such a sweet, sweet puppy. Still pestering Lis 24/7 but Lis loves it. Payton has joined Lis at Canine Social Club 2 days a week and seems just as active. The owners just crack up that neither of them ever crash and burn! Put Payton in her training collar for the invisible fence so we will see how that goes the next couple of weeks. Sept. 27: Payton with big sis Lis (Speaker x Hilfy, Litter #1)

September 3, 2008: Not unlike children, a puppy left alone for only moments can get in some rather odd predicaments! Mackenzie and I were around the corner in the kitchen looking at pictures from her birthday party on the computer when I heard one of the little stone figurines by the lamp fall over. When we came around the corner we found Payton on the table. How she made it past the coffee cup and candle holder without knocking anything off I will never know. Notice the empty treat jar with the purple lid - do we think she is that smart???? Probably.... She is the most precious thing - really looks like a gangly teenager at this point. Really is stretched on her body and legs are really long, paws gigantic. The hair on her tail is unwinding and looks like maybe a little wave coming up on her back. We nicknamed her Thumper for a while - she was really scratching a lot and her little belly looked dirty (even after her bath) so took her to the vet and he said she had a case of puppy pyroderma (skin allergies). On antibiotics and it has cleared up. I am wishing I remembered how long it took Lis to sleep through the night - Payton wakes up between 4 and 5 am regardless of what time she crashes. We took her on a long walk with Lis last nite and I was surprised she made it. Thought maybe she'd crash for longer but it was 4:13 when she needed to go out this morning. Sometimes she will go right back to sleep and sometimes she is ready to rally. Only problem I am having is that Lis destroys all of Payton's cute little chew toys - she is disinterested in her own which is ok because Payton loves them. Lis and Payton provide comic relief about 6 a.m. and again about 10 p.m. when we have the All Star Wrestling Match and Puppy Frenzy all rolled into one. Payton just pounces on Lis, bites her, steals a toy and then takes off running - she ducks under the kitchen table, behind her crate then runs around my island in a circle and retreats again under a chair so Lis can't get her. I'm not sure what she will do when she won't fit. Lis remains her sweet self altho I think she misses chillin' with me in the morning. She doesn't wake up with quite as much energy as Little Bit. Again, a wonderful choice of puppies for us. Everyone here just cracks up that we now have 2 dogs when we had none for so long. I can't imagine life without them. They are really such precious gifts. Thanks for sharing your canine family with us! Payton climbed onto the table all by herself -- oh great!

Baby Pictures

Payton with new owners Jill and Mackenzie Walker, 7/27/08. Other dogs in picture, left to right: the Walkers' Lis (our Penny's littermate), Penny, and mama Hilfy.

7-week portrait, 7/24/08	Pink's 6-week portrait, 7/18/08
Pink Looks Prim, 7/10/08	7/10/08
7/3/08 (Photo credit: McKenzie Pearce, FTW Photography)	7/1/08
6/24/08	6/17/08
6/12/08	Pink Girl, 6/6/08