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kalli007

(683 posts)
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:05 PM Jan 2013

New Puppy in less than 48 hours!

Going to have a puppy for the first time in 10 years! She will be doggy #3 in the house, my 2 boys are both 10!

Pics for your viewing pleasure

The boys, circa 2003

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New puppy, gets here Friday

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Will also be my first girl, I wanted another male originally but all the males in the litter were reserved and I REALLY wanted a pup from this particular litter. Now I am excited about a girl!

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New Puppy in less than 48 hours! (Original Post) kalli007 Jan 2013 OP
She is really cute! avebury Jan 2013 #1
I can't remember LoveMyCali Jan 2013 #2
Pretty big paws for such annabanana Jan 2013 #3
I think I have decided on kalli007 Jan 2013 #17
those are her "hooves" LOL! TorchTheWitch Feb 2013 #21
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New baby Girl!!!! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #4
What a sweet story and a sad ending. You must miss her terribly. Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #5
Yes I do. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #7
I love all of my dogs, but the girls are special. femmocrat Jan 2013 #6
My favorite breed! Adorable....... truegrit44 Jan 2013 #8
Congratulations! intheflow Jan 2013 #9
irresistible!!!!! robinlynne Jan 2013 #10
Congratulations! Have a cigar! She's a beauty! Girl doggies are great. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #11
Aw, what a cute girl! marzipanni Jan 2013 #12
she is a doll!! backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #13
I have heard that too..... kalli007 Jan 2013 #18
I grew up with a German shepherd in the house...love them. Friends recently Flaxbee Feb 2013 #22
That's one cute puppy. LisaL Jan 2013 #14
She is beautiful! I recently added a third one to my bunch and so far, everybody kas125 Jan 2013 #15
What a beautiful little baby! LeftofObama Jan 2013 #16
Today's the Day! kalli007 Feb 2013 #19
PUPPY! puppy, puppy, puppy, puppy......... Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #23
Congratulations union_maid Feb 2013 #20
beautiful family! ceile Feb 2013 #24

avebury

(10,952 posts)
1. She is really cute!
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:39 PM
Jan 2013

It probably won't take her long to get the boys (and you) wrapped around her paw!

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
21. those are her "hooves" LOL!
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 01:27 PM
Feb 2013

Big doggies have big paddle feet that seem to grow to full size looooong before the rest of their various parts catch up.

She's just cute as a button!


Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
4. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New baby Girl!!!!
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:01 PM
Jan 2013

Be careful. Little girls are so easy to spoil.

My little Dixie was. She was named that because it rhymed with her twin sisters, Trixie. My mother named her.

She was very thin haired so she had to have things to cover her going out. She could sun burn easy. So, being a proud mommy, I got her a little wardrobe. I even made her a little closet. She would wake me up every morning when it was my day off with the dress she wanted that day. On days that I worked, I'd come home with her waiting with what she wanted to were on her morning walk.

I miss her so

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
7. Yes I do.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:47 PM
Jan 2013

Last edited Thu Jan 31, 2013, 02:08 AM - Edit history (1)

The Joplin Tornado took her.

So when this sweet thing comes to you, giver her a hug for me.




Add: Her mother was a min pin and Dachshund mix. Dad was a full blood Lion Chow. She got her Moms size, long body and legs. She was a little over a foot high. But she got her Dad's odd gun metal gray color and gold eyes. Her dad was a prize winner. Then he trashed my mother's six foot oak privacy fence to get to my mother's sweet little dog. He had been whining and "singing" to her for a week! Love will not be blocked by Oak!!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
6. I love all of my dogs, but the girls are special.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:26 PM
Jan 2013

We always had males before. The girls don't always get along, but when they do, they are inseparable!

truegrit44

(332 posts)
8. My favorite breed! Adorable.......
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:01 AM
Jan 2013

I have always loved GSD's and have always had one. I have one now pic below and also have a Rat Terrier (i think that is your other one too?) Also, my second favorite is Welsh corgi which I also have one of and our newest is a Mini Schnauzer.

I think the female decision is a good one she will be the queen of the boys in no time. Sometimes 2 females are not a good idea especially with certain breeds. The corgi's are an example of 2 girls NOT getting along.

Keep us posted with pics and what you name her..........

intheflow

(28,462 posts)
9. Congratulations!
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:27 AM
Jan 2013

I just adopted a little shepherd girl this week, about a year old. My first female dog since I was a little girl. Best of luck with your new family member!

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
11. Congratulations! Have a cigar! She's a beauty! Girl doggies are great.
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:39 AM
Jan 2013

She already looks mature in her face, for some reason. Maybe she's wise.

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
12. Aw, what a cute girl!
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:36 AM
Jan 2013

I love her pretty eye color and those black toes and big feet!

I hope she doesn't drive your two boy dogs crazy by walking alongside them and nipping their necks. Years ago I had a flat-coated shepherd mix older male and got a female puppy. She wanted him to play and kept annoying him, maybe it was because she was part heeler and Australian shepherd, and had to 'herd' him, but he was such a polite old gentleman he didn't say, "NO!", emphatically enough.

 

backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts)
13. she is a doll!!
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 02:50 AM
Jan 2013

she's solid.You're gonna love her.

One warning from a former shep breeder since you haven't had a female.The males are lots of bark and pomp and shit...the females are much more serious.

The males bark and pomp and strut and usually it is blowhard shitstirring.If the female get's that hair raised low growl shit going...she isn't playing or primping...she means business.

LOVE the breed and she looks like a GREAT girl.

Good luck and grats on an adorable pup

kalli007

(683 posts)
18. I have heard that too.....
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:40 AM
Jan 2013

Very interesting. I have never wanted a female, but now that I am getting one I am really excited about it!

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
22. I grew up with a German shepherd in the house...love them. Friends recently
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:15 PM
Feb 2013

brought a female shepherd back from Switzerland (they'd been there for a year and adopted a GSD); they then adopted an enormous white male GSD once they settled down in NY. The female was, hands-down, the absolute boss and a truly fearsome guard dog. The big ol' male galumph was a sweetheart. Scared everyone because of his size and deep bark, but the female was the one who'd take you out if necessary.

kas125

(2,472 posts)
15. She is beautiful! I recently added a third one to my bunch and so far, everybody
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 04:23 AM
Jan 2013

is getting along well. I hope that yours all learn to love each other, too.

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