This lovely lady is Miss Maia. Maia is my princess. The word that would best describe her would be "aloof". Unless of course, you have food. Then she loves you. She adores you. She can't get enough of you. Miss Maia was quite the little witch when she was a puppy. She was nasty, tempermental and really wanted nothing to do with people. She was happy enough with the other canines in the house, but went out of her way to avoid people. As she aged, (she's 4 now) she mellowed out. She's a happy girl now, the princess of the castle, and is quite well mannered, despite her efforts as a puppy to not be taught manners. She sleeps at the foot of my bed every night, on top of my legs or between my feet so that I can't move, and virtually guarantees that I have a restless, interrupted night of sleep every night. She goes to the groomer every 4-5 weeks, and comes home looking like the princess that she is, and then immediately plants her head on the carpet and runs through the house like a maniac until she dislodges whatever bow, ribbon or feminine thing that the groomer has dared attach to her head. This picture was taken at Christmas time in my house, and the son thought that Maia would look cute with antlers. She looked very cute, but as you can tell by the look on her face in the picture, she was not amused.