Caitey is 27 lbs!

My jaw hit the floor when I saw the scale -- she is a whopping 27 lbs puppy and she is only 3 1/2 months old!

She was barely 10 when she came into our family at the end of Aug! No wonder the vet predicated that she could hit 90 when she is a full grown dog!

WOW! I was wondering when I found it harder and harder to carry her down the stairs.

And speaking of downstairs, we have finally made her do it yesterday. It had always been a one way street -- she could go up on her own but the little Golden Chicken refused to go down on her own and we always had to carry her. Claire used a treat and threw it down the stairs, and Caitey slowly but surely made her careful moves one stair at a time and finally moved herself to the bottom. After that, she never no problem doing it again.

Thanks for Claire's mischievousness, we have finally made it. Yeeaaah!

Her darker longer adult hair is also coming out and replacing her softer shorter baby fur, and it is wavy just the way I like it.

She is going to be one big beautiful Golden!