![](ellie2021-0000.jpg) 3/9/21 - In the car leaving the foster home, wondering what's going on. Ellie, not me. |
![](ellie2021-0001.jpg) New home! Still confused. Me too. |
![](ellie2021-0004.jpg) Maybe I'll just lay here and chew things. |
![](ellie2021-0005.jpg) This seems like a warm place to lay down. |
![](ellie2021-0006.jpg) Awww. |
![](ellie2021-0002.jpg) Everybody's pooped. |
![](ellie2021-0003.jpg) Well, Mary finally has something to take her mind off not having a puppy. |
![](ellie2021-0007.jpg) Nose. |
![](ellie2021-0008.jpg) Keeping Mommy's foot warm while she's on the phone with Pam. |
![](ellie2021-0009.jpg) This is your bad ankle, it'd be a shame if somebody... |
![](ellie2021-0010.jpg) ...laid down on it! |
![](ellie2021-0011.jpg) Lap dog. |
![](ellie2021-0012.jpg) She'll grow into her crate. |
![](ellie2021-0013.jpg) Sure, she's cute when she's not being bratty. |
![](ellie2021-0014.jpg) Checking out her Facebook page with Mommy. |
![](ellie2021-0015.jpg) Nose!. |
![](ellie2021-0016.jpg) Learning to walk on a leash. |
![](ellie2021-0017.jpg) You have food! I also like food. |
![](ellie2021-0018.jpg) Folded pupper. |
![](ellie2021-0019.jpg) She slid down into the cracks, but she seems comfy. |
![](ellie2021-0020.jpg) Bleb. |
![](ellie2021-0021.jpg) Her warrior name shall be "Ellie the Boneless." |
![](ellie2021-0022.jpg) Well, Mary's happy. |
![](ellie2021-0023.jpg) Getting her used to riding in the car, because the 2 times time she rode in a car 2 weeks ago she ended up in a different home. |
![](ellie2021-0024.jpg) She's worried. |
![](ellie2021-0025.jpg) All settled down. |
![](ellie2021-0026.jpg) The vet took a picture on her first visit. |
![](ellie2021-0027.jpg) 3/25 - gotten her last puppy shots, and ready to receive worshippers. |
![](ellie2021-0028.jpg) Starting to train her to walk at heel. Everything's new and scary! |
![](ellie2021-0029.jpg) She likes to hang out on our laps on the porch. |
![](ellie2021-0030.jpg) ...also hanging out with Mommy watching sappy movies and doing puzzles. |
![](ellie2021-0031.jpg) Even autofocus can't handle the cuteness! |
![](ellie2021-0032.jpg) Lambchop... |
![](ellie2021-0033.jpg) ...must... |
![](ellie2021-0034.jpg) ...die! |
![](ellie2021-0035.jpg) She held still long enough to focus! |
![](ellie2021-0036.jpg) She looks innocent, but I know she wants to chew on my hand. |
![](ellie2021-0037.jpg) As long as she's comfortable. |
![](ellie2021-0038.jpg) And hanging out on the porch again. |
![](ellie2021-0039.jpg) Doing well learning to walk at heel. |
![](ellie2021-0040.jpg) Yes, in the most inconvenient place possible. |
![](ellie2021-0041.jpg) It's empty because you ate it all, in 15 seconds. |
![](ellie2021-0042.jpg) Getting big! 14 pounds when we got her, 21 pounds in April |
![](ellie2021-0043.jpg) SQUIRREL! |
![](ellie2021-0044.jpg) Mary made her a nook under her sewing machine. |
![](ellie2021-0045.jpg) Much better than under the chair. |
![](ellie2021-0046.jpg) We brought the porch cushions in out of the rain. She likes them. |
![](ellie2021-0047.jpg) Where's that snoring sound coming fro- |
![](ellie2021-0048.jpg) Oh. |
![](ellie2021-0049.jpg) Golden Slumbers... |
![](ellie2021-0050.jpg) Draw me like your French girls, Jack. |
![](ellie2021-0051.jpg) My fuzzy baby. |
![](ellie2021-0052.jpg) Covering even more tiles. 25 lbs. on 4/21. |
![](ellie2021-0053.jpg) Cheese... |
![](ellie2021-0054.jpg) ...cake! |
![](ellie2021-0061.jpg) Bleb. |
First bath 5/7! It wasn't fun for anyone involved. |
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![](ellie2021-0062.jpg) Chillin' with her squeeky ball. |
![](ellie2021-0063.jpg) Her tail is a perfect caligraphy brush!. |
![](ellie2021-0064.jpg) Trying to get the neighbor-dog's attention. |
![](ellie2021-0065.jpg) Family porch time. |
![](ellie2021-0066.jpg) Porch bleb.She's 31 pounds as of 5/19. |
![](ellie2021-0067.jpg) Long little doggie! Waiting for Mommy at the store again. |
![](ellie2021-0068.jpg) I sense food! Where's the food?? |
![](ellie2021-0069.jpg) I shall be very happy to help open this (nibble nibble). |
![](ellie2021-0070.jpg) Taking up even more of the couch. |
![](ellie2021-0071.jpg) Hi. |
![](ellie2021-0072.jpg) She has chosen this chair as her own (which is fine since we never use it). |
![](ellie2021-0073.jpg) Watching over the back yard for dangerous bluejays and squirrels. |
![](ellie2021-0074.jpg) See? No dangerous bluejays or squirrels. |
As of the end of June she's 35 pounds and 34" long!. |
![](ellie2021-0075.jpg) Ready to play fetch! |
![](ellie2021-0076.jpg) Of course her idea of fetch is to keep the ball herself. |
![](ellie2021-0077.jpg) Such a doggie face! |
![](ellie2021-0078.jpg) Ya gonna throw the ball or what?? |
![](ellie2021-0079.jpg) Nope, the ball is mine now. |
![](ellie2021-0080.jpg) Watching Wimbeldon! The score is "Puppy/Love." |
![](ellie2021-0081.jpg) Aww! Yeah, she just wants my snack. |
![](ellie2021-0082.jpg) Spiffy new harness, so maybe she'll behave on her walk. |
![](ellie2021-0083.jpg) Doggies in the window. |
![](ellie2021-0084.jpg) Yes, she's sleeping with her foot on her head. |
![](ellie2021-0085.jpg) Pretty posing. |
![](ellie2021-0086.jpg) Mary: "You're going to behave on this walk, right?"
Ellie: "Whatever, Mom." |
![](ellie2021-0087.jpg) Bob from across the street running over to say hi. |
As of Mid-August, she seems to have stabilized around 40 pounds. |
![](ellie2021-0088.jpg) I look cute. Give me treats. |
![](ellie2021-0089.jpg) Bleb. |
![](ellie2021-0090.jpg) I dunno, man, sometimes I think about life, and... ooh, squirrel! |
![](ellie2021-0091.jpg) LOOM! |
![](ellie2021-0093.jpg) Us hanging out on the back porch while Ellie... |
![](ellie2021-0092.jpg) ... watches out for deer and squirrels. |
![](ellie2021-0094.jpg) Treats? Please? |
![](ellie2021-0095.jpg) I'd just shouted a word she'd never heard before when I figured out a clue to a crossword, and Ellie came running over to see what was wrong. I guess "Skua!" means something urgent in dog. |
![](ellie2021-0096.jpg) Guarding the middle of the kitchen floor from falling food. |
![](ellie2021-0097.jpg) My dog has too many feet. |
![](ellie2021-0098.jpg) Mary got the rolling chair so could move freely around her work room. Then we got a dog. |
![](ellie2021-0099.jpg) Seems comfy. |
![](ellie2021-0100.jpg) RAHR! |
![](ellie2021-0101.jpg) 1 year old and still afraid of the garbage truck. |
![](ellie2021-0102.jpg) The princess on her throne. |
![](ellie2021-0103.jpg) Posing pretty for her 1st birthday. |
![](ellie2021-0104.jpg) Boop da snoot. |
On her first birthday, Dec 3, 2021, she weighed 44 pounds. Hoping she's done growing. |