Meet Daisy

This is Daisy. She is a brindle boxer female that was born on Feb 10, 2009. I had been talking about wanting a puppy for several months leading up to graduation. I knew that I would have a house by myself and that I could handle taking on the responsibility of a puppy starting in June. Well at the end of May, my sister found a guy who had some boxer puppies left and she got him down to a reasonable price. She said she hadn't gotten anything for graduation or my birthday and wanted to know if this would be adequate. Well, I was in Alaska and wasn't going to be able to do anything with a dog for a couple weeks. She said she would keep her until I was ready. Well, starting the first weekend in June Daisy became a part of the family. She is extremely smart (sometimes too much for her own good), and has already began training well. It does make a person assume a higher level of responsibility as she has enourmous amounts of energy. She thoroughly reminds me of this on days when she doesn't get to exercise adequately. In this picture, she is sporting her hiking pack. On July 3, she broke it in at Grayson Highlands on a 7.5 mile day hike. She does extremely well on the trails and I look forward to many hikes with her. I believe she will be a good first dog experience for Maggi as well. Since she has good stamina (which is continuously increasing) she will make a good running partner for Maggi, as I make a poor running partner. I am relearning above all else: PATIENCE.