Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Newest Member of Our Clan

Meet Calypso (Caly for short), the newest addition to our little family. She's a tiny 3 month old Maltese, born on Valentine's day. Dave took her to the vet today, and she weighed in at just about 3 pounds.
Calypso is like most puppies her age - she likes to eat, sleep, play, and poop. We're obviously devoting a lot of time to housebreaking, but she seems to be catching on quickly and we managed to have an accident-free day yesterday. Of course there were one or two brilliant moments the day before when she decided to go on the carpet moments after coming in from a walk - twice.

We already thought she was perfect, but our vet reinforced this notion by telling us he was very impressed with her temperament (she was a perfect pooch during her shots). Gidget isn't so thrilled with Caly but has refrained from any outright declarations of war. As long as Calypso keeps her distance, Gidget seems happy to perch somewhere high and stare at the puppy in disgust. Then, her natural cat curiosity kicks in and she just has to get a closer look: Caly is eager to play with Gidget and has made several unwelcome overtures of friendship. She seems to grasp that she should keep her distance when Gidget starts to puff up and growl.

Gidget, meanwhile, is finding new and creative ways to hide from the puppy. I call this one "Cat Lamp."
If you're wondering where we got the name, be warned: our academic nerdiness is about to rear its ugly head. Calypso was the nymph who imprisoned Odysseus on her island Ogygia. Ogygia is believed to be modern day Gozo, a tiny island that is part of Malta. Our puppy is a Maltese...a breed that originated in Malta. Thus the name Calypso.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous hypothesized...

Very cute puppy, and perfect name! I love the shots of Gidget staring at her.

 
Anonymous Anonymous hypothesized...

By the way, I am not sure when I noticed that the text under the blog name changes, but for at least the past few months looking to see what it says each time has been a highlight of visiting your site. Maybe that's because you don't update enough!!! ;P

 
Anonymous Anonymous hypothesized...

LOL- I love cat lamp!! :) I had so much fun with you guys on Saturday...yeah for family time!!

Love, Susie

 

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