Day 20 of Thanks! Maddi

I am thankful for our dog Maddi!  She is such a smart pup, and is definately part of our family.  I was a bit hesitant at first to get a dog, and wasnt sure that I wanted a full time indoor dog.  I told myself that if we were going to have an indoor dog she was going to have to be fully house trained, and smart as well.  After we brought her home from my parents house (they had the parents)  I got online to find out everything I could on Shih-Tzu dogs, and what it took to train them.  I spent a lot of time training her, and teaching her lots of tricks.
 Here is a list of her tricks. 
1. She can sit
2. She can speak
3. She can high five
4. She can shake
5. She can lay down
6. She can stay
7. She dances
8. She comes
9. She boxes
10. She goes to bed on command

 Some of the things she really hates are to be stared at (she starts to wine if you stare at her for too long). And if you blow on her face she will cover her face with her paws and cry.  It is both funny and a bit heart breaking.  Some of the funny things she does are when she knows Ray should be walking in the door from work she will start to pace back and forth, and then when you say where is daddy she will start running in circles and then belines for the back door.  I guess I am glad we have her in our family, and that she is such a joy to have.  I don't know what we would do without her!