Happy Birthday, Reina!

Reina is a very sweet dog who loves to cuddle with us on the couch. She has never bit and has hardly ever growled. Last June, we bought her from a family who lives close by. They bred their black labradoodle with a ginger-colored poodle. Their website is here. You can see more pictures of Reina and all of the other puppies at their website. Reina's name used to be Bonnie. (P.S. They thought that we were going to name her Maisie, but we were only considering that name). There were only three black dogs and one girl. Since us kids wanted a black dog and my parents wanted a girl, Reina was the one for us:) There were many debates over her name, but we finally decided on Reina from a character in a favorite book - The Winged Watchmen. She is extremely smart and yes, often naughty - she loves to steal food off of the tables and from the little kids (she ate all of my Easter candy) and she tries hard to escape from the house. She adores playing with her brother, Casey (previously Mickey if you watched the video on the other website), who lives kitty-corner to us.

I got this cute picture a couple of weeks ago (admittedly with an iPhone). Reina was born one year ago today!

I took this picture with a canon point-and-shoot nearly a year ago while she was sleeping. 

This picture is blurry, badly-composed, and taken with an iPhone, but I included it to show you how small she was when she was just born! Happy birthday, Reina!!!