Yes, she's a Tibbie.. =)
She's a hair over 8.5" at the shoulder.. (males are around 10", females are slightly smaller)
She's 10 months, and the infamous 1 year shed is coming up, I'm not looking forward to that LOL! Alllll the puppy fur comes out and the adult fur grows in, and not necessarily all at once.. Tibbies have been known to have some bald spots during the shed.. She was on the very low end of the weight scale, they should weigh between 9 and 15 lbs, she was 9.6, you could see her ribs and count the discs in her spine, put your fist in her hip joint.. .. she has packed some ounces on.. I'll be getting her weighed shortly..
She absolutely HAS to bark at everything once... She's very aloof with strangers and won't really go up to them until she sees me them in a non-threatening manner, like place my hand on their arm.. I'll tell them 'I'm just going to touch your arm so she can see you're not a threat.. then you can pet her.. ' They think it's quite amazing =)
Affectionate is putting it bluntly.. Multiple times a day I get nose and ear cleanings =)
She has some food allergies and tibs are not to be fed anything with corn or a derivative like corn meal, corn starch, etc. etc.
My girl has excellent hips.. I just need to try to stop her jumping off of my furniture because they get displaced kneecaps.
She had no microchip before me, she isn't registered with the CKC, and she was 'abandoned' at the Welland County Humane Society... My parents and I have a couple possible scenarios as to how she ended up there, but we're clueless...
She has the sweet curly Q tail that is blooming out nicely, and her mane is getting long.. Oh, and she doesn't walk, she bounces =) She's sable and black, but the black is growing in more.. she even has the white markings on her feet =) Her toetufts are so long I have to trim them because I pride myself on my extensively waxed flooring, and she skids and slips alot on them.. Her muzzle isn't quite as long as it should be, but she's growing.. also, I'm not planning to show her, so if she's 'pet quality', I don't give a hoot, she's still my Tibbie =)
She gets Rollover "Lamb and Rice" (as it has 100% digestion and is for dogs with allergies, and my girl is a VERY PICKY EATER.. she is SO stubborn, she would rather starve than eat something she doesn't like..), 1/4" twice a day, and she grazes at 1/2 cup Eukanuba Puppy dry mixed with 1/2 cup of Nature's Recipe Easy-to-Digest Lamb, Rice and Barley...
This is what she's going to end up like after the puppy shed:
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Her name is Milli, and is on the website I frequent, Tibetan Spaniels Network
You can email or PM me if you want to know more or anything else.. =)
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