Saturday, April 21, 2012

How It All Came To Be...

Mona the day we got her (2 months).
This past January, my boyfriend, Peter, and I got ourselves a Malinoodle. Her name is Mona and she was born on Thanksgiving Day. She is a Belgian Malinois and Standard Poodle mix. When we first got her she was tiny, only 8 lbs. Now she's a little over 30 lbs and the vet says she'll probably reach close to 50.

As far as behavior goes, she inherited an equal mix of Poodle and Malinois traits. She learns very quickly like a Malinois but gets bored of doing the same trick over and over, like a Poodle. She's eager to please like a Malinois, but stubborn like a Poodle.

I must say, my favorite thing about Mona is her appearance. Even through her awkward lanky (her back legs are longer than her body) stage she manages to look adorable. Her coat is wavy, but not too thick. She doesn't shed too much. But the best thing is that she has curls at the end of her tail:

How adorable!

This is Mona now at 5 months:

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