Charlie

A few weeks ago (on 12/23/2011 to be exact) I got a dog!  I’m so excited because this is my first ever pet.  My friends were very surprised that this was my first pet ever, but my mom always said that she didn’t want a dog and/or that she doesn’t like them, even though everyone else in my family wanted one.  But, recently I’ve really been feeling upset because of a lot of things going on in my life and I’ve been having a hard time getting up in the morning because things have been really bad.  So, I spoke with my parents, and because the dog with will be with me in my apartment while I’m away at school, they said YES!!!

My dog’s name is Charlie.  He is a white, 7 pound Maltese.  Right now he actually has almost no fur because right before we adopted him he was taken to the groomer and they shaved off way too much of his fur.  So now he looks like a little Chihuahua and he keeps shivering when we take him outside.  So I had to buy him a little sweater, which makes him look even more adorable.

The only real issue we’ve had with him is the fact that he wasn’t trained very well by his previous owner so we have to work on very basic commands like ‘sit,’ and work on house-breaking and things like that.  But, overall, he is such a sweetie and is pretty well-behaved so it’s really not a huge issue, especially since we knew beforehand and we’re expecting it.