Oh shih tzu! The Treat Man is home

John is off today and tomorrow, so the girl shih tzus have to get used to having him home all day. Of course, Nigel is happy about it. He spent quite a bit of the morning chewing on a bone contentedly in his dog bed, with the toys he confiscated from the girls around him. He also spent some time with John outside.

Flower, Candy and Nigel spent some time chasing each other after breakfast. Actually, Nigel chased them and they ran. If he learns how to play right they might enjoy a little male shih tzu companionship. Dottie was in the middle of one of the rough play sessions earlier and later she was squinting one eye. My guess is that it might have gotten scratched. I have been cleaning it and it seems to be better.

shih tzu togetherness on the couch

shih tzu running” width=”300″ height=”225″ />Flower has been very friendly today. She jumped up on the couch a few times. She even got comfortable enough to lay down, instead of just sitting there while I pet her and then jumping down as soon as I was done. She was a little confused this afternoon because the Man has a slight headache and is lying down on her couch. That’s probably one reason she keeps visiting me.

It was actually pretty crowded on my couch this afternoon. At one point, Nigel came up to the couch with his bone thing in his tiny mouth and I helped him up. He lay down on the John side to chew on it. Flower and Dottie were already sitting on the other side, and he moved over later to join them. As usual, Candy was off being a loner, but I went and picked her up and sat her on the couch with us. She actually lay down with her sisters for a while before getting off.

Flower got off at one point, and when she jumped back up, she landed right on Nigel and just stayed there for a while. He didn’t seem concerned. He just started nuzzling her. I went to pet him and he started trying to bite me, which he loves to do. He can bite kind of hard and I don’t want to teach him that it’s okay to bite, so even though it’s cute, I stopped him.