Phil the dog

We have had Maya (Blue Tick Coonhound mix) for about 10 months now. We got her when she was less than 8 weeks old from a foster home. She has grown up to be a very loving puppy, and sometimes a bit too loving. She's great with the kids as well. But being that we are away from the house so much during the week with school and work, we decided to get her a companion to keep her company.
Tammy has always wanted a small dog that she could just have sit in her lap and not be a bothersome creature. With some luck, she found Phil on the Humane Society website and on chance decided to check him out. He's a 6 year old miniature poodle, and is very patient with Maya and her crazyness.

You can tell that Phil was a lap dog that was able to sit on every single piece of furniture in the house. This is something that is going to be tough to break him from, but we are making steady progress. He's a great dog, and definitely is a lap dog. One thing that I didn't expect was his digging. He needs to be around somebody to lay with and just in general keep him company. I guess Maya isn't good enough for that because on the second day we had Phil, he already dug a hole underneath the side gate of the house and got out. He then proceeded to do it again the next day. This of course has forced me to put down concrete blocks underneath the gate so Phil can't get out.

We are glad we got Phil, and it looks like Maya is too.