Laney is 6!

No one believes me, because that sounds too old, but our sweet little crumb of puppy goodness turned 6 this January! 

She loves her traditional pup cake and duck face! Look at those big brown eyes!

And we love her!  Laney has five modes- sleep, eat, watchdog, play and zoomies.  

She spends 80% of her day sleeping, 10% eating, 8% acting as the world's fiercest watchdog (got to look out for those leaves tumbling across the front lawn!), and the other 2% evenly split between playing with her squeaky toys and zooming around the room/doing "the ritual" on whatever pillow or blanket or article of clothing she wants to rub her scent on. 

She is the master of the stiff arm- don't get too close- but she also always wants to be within sight and sound of me, or whatever lesser family member happens to be around if I'm unavailable. 

The ritual!

She is the perfect snuggly pup, and while she isn't invited to sleep on everyone's beds (the girls and Dad say no, the boys and I say yes), she will never stop trying to sleep anywhere other than her crate (which we only do occasionally so that she remembers how to sleep there when she's at the pup sitters). 

Her favorite place is right where I put my feet on my bed, in the evening- 

and in the morning- 

She resists going up the basement stairs (they are ridiculously steep steps), so she waits at the bottom and whimpers until she gets a lift. Jason hates carrying her up those stairs since she has no problem with any other stairs in our house, and jumps on and off beds and couches with no problems, but I don't want to encourage any back injury, so she knows that she can turn and hop into my arms when we're going up the stairs together. 

Just look at this beautiful twilight pup- 

She is always so happy to see any of us when we walk in the door, and snuggle up- she is the softest pup in the world- and Adam likes to tease her with one singular piece of kibble when she's asking for dinner. 

She also likes to stick her face in the dirt holes that occasionally pop up in the yard (darn moles), she barks wildly at the Amazon and UPS and mail trucks that go by every day, and she has zero interest in men in general. She is my sweet companion on the rare-ish times that I am in the house by myself. You're never really alone when you've got a pup by your side!

Laney is definitely the worst and the best pup we've ever had, and we tell her that often. But not as often as we tell her that we love her!