"Munchkin Nut"

Don't ask me why, but somehow our dog deemed the nickname Munchkin Nut. I absolutely had to write about her as she is our first "child". Annie Duke is a mix between a min pin and chihuahua. (Despite what you might think, she is actually an intelligent dog!) She was 2.5 lbs when we got her and is now 13 lbs full grown at 2 1/2 years old. We used to call her munchkin dog referring to her size, but also used to call her a nut when she acted goofy. Somehow those ended up combined. Back in college when AJ and I were just dating, we thought it would be fun to get a dog. We would spend many date nights researching dogs that would best suit us. Well, finally we came to our senses that it just wasn't the right time. I was working and going to school and he was working full time. Low and behold I received a phone call from my cousin a week or so later telling me that she came across a 9 week old puppy that needed a home...for free! This puppy was not taken care of and had been neglected in a house full of other large dogs. Of course I couldn't let that go on so I said I would take her. (I'm such a sucker for rescue animals--besides, she really is that cute all the time and loves to sleep like a human!)


Annie has been with us through lots of life changes: our engagement (she was a witness!), college graduation, our wedding, our first house, and now a new baby. She has always been there to comfort us when we are sick and to cuddle us when we are cold. She definitely has a personality of her own. For those of you who don't know her, she is very protective of us at first, and also very jealous. She does like to bark but really keeps that at a minimum nowadays. (It helps now that we actually have blinds up on our windows.) Her favorite past time is sitting up in her room and watching out the window. (Yes, she does have her own room and she knows it.) She also has her own water cups that sit on the end table in the living room as well as one next to our bed for when she gets thirsty at night. So some people might think that is ridiculous but I figure if she is going to be spoiled, it might as well be on something harmless rather than feeding her table food.

Well enough rambling for now (cause I could go on and on)...here are some pics!


These two pics of us holding her are when she was really little with floppy ears!


Annie was being chased by AJ so she is in her "ready to move" stance. These last two are from last night.


Here she is trying to reach her ball that rolled under the couch. I'm pretty sure she would sit there and stare at the ball until someone got it out for her. She was like a little kid at Christmas when we got it out from under there.