Titan

The moment I decided I was going to move home after college I knew I wanted to get a puppy! I wanted a small dog that wasn't too high maintenance and I ended up running across a lady selling Maltese-ShihTzu mixed pups. I knew that would be the perfect dog for me, so on moving day I pulled into Lewisville with all of my stuff in tow and left shortly afterwards to go pick up my new puppy. Before I even saw him I decided that his name would be Titan. I'm not sure why I decided on it, but that's what I decided and I think it fits him perfectly! Here he is with me on our way home - he weighed 3 pounds!



His first day was fun-filled... we went to PetSmart to by some goodies! Of course he met Shooter on his first day. That was a little overwhelming for both Titan and I. I was afraid Shooter would eat him, try to pick him up like a toy, or even sit on him. Shooter was actually a great big brother and didn't do any of the above... just laid there and checked out the strange gerbil-looking thing!

Although the first couple of weeks were pretty rough with trying to train him, I eventually was able to settle into a good routine with him. At the time my dad worked out of the house and Titan enjoyed spending his days with Grandpa and Aunt Heather! Titan was a great traveling companion in our many trips back and forth to College Station to visit Andy (and Shooter). He loved being able to play with Shooter - it seemed like they could never get enough of each other. This was when they first met...



Once we all became a big happy family Titan was able to learn a few things from Shooter... like how to sit and get excited for walks. It's really funny when we feed the dogs because Titan will get excited about getting food but as soon as it is laid out he will walk over to Shooter and just watch him eat. He is convinced that Shooter's food is better (even though it is the same thing).

Titan is a great welcome committee when we come home. As soon as he hears the garage door open he will run over to the door to meet us! He is such a sweet little dog :) Here is Titan, 3 years after his "adoption" obviously really excited about Brynlee's box of diapers! Never mind the scraggly hair... he isn't much of a salon-type pup!