~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

Hobbes

Wob's teaser #1: Pets Play, Too.

WhatYouTaughtMe

Hobbes said:

Wob's teaser #1: Pets Play, Too.

Outstanding.

hedonist

Followed up with Pets Play, Too:  Two.

Wob, get on it, please!

Wobbie

I am soooooo tempted to post the puppy pics I was texted.

But I won't.

Who Princess

I thought an old person like Rob would be understanding after 2 other old people drove to Houston and back (10 hours!  10 hours!) in one day.

Who Princess

I'm sensing a space theme as we've acquired our last 2 puppies.  First, Scout came from Venus (Texas).  Now we've gotten a puppy right down the road from this place.

PJ_ROCKS

Who Princess said:

I thought an old person like Rob would be understanding after 2 other old people drove to Houston and back (10 hours!  10 hours!) in one day.

being so old, he tends to forget easily! but now we all know! woohoo

Who Princess

We said goodbye to our sweet little Penny on June 2.


I know everyone's different but when we lose a dog, we tend to wait about 6 months before we get another dog.  But we always get another dog.  After Django died, I started looking for another sheltie several months later.  I was surprised at how hard it was to find one.  Shelties aren't nearly as popular as they used to be.  By the time we got Scout, it had been about 10 months. 

It's a long boring story but earlier this summer a breeder who was a friend of a friend told me about yet another breeder in the Houston area who had a brand new litter of puppies, all 7 of them girls.  She put me in touch with her and we started emailing.  She sent me pictures and videos as they puppies grew.  They were 5 tricolors and 2 blue merles.  We've had 3 tri girls and they all were Daddy's girls, so that got Glenn's attention.  I pointed out that the breeder was on the other side of Houston but he didn't care. And even though it hasn't been that long since we lost Penny, 2017 has really sucked for us!  We wanted something to be happy about and a drive to Houston would be worth it.

Who Princess

A week ago the breeder told us that she had one puppy from the litter for a pet home and also had a 7 month old tri girl available.  We told her we'd come there and make a choice.

These were our choices.



This was pretty hard to resist.



But in the end, this was who stole our hearts. 

Who Princess

So say hello to Stella, who was a trouper for the drive back and who has been quick to make herself at home.  Also working on becoming a Daddy's girl.

Wobbie

WhatYouTaughtMe said:

While we wait for pics of the mystery puppy, here's another of Roxie with her favorite ball. Took this one this morning. 18 weeks in 2 days. About 28 lbs already.

I checked a "puppy journal" we kept with Piper.....she was 24 pounds at 19.5 weeks and about 28 pounds at 6 months. Her adult weight has always been 40-41 pounds. It looks like Roxie will be bigger.

Wobbie

Hello, Stella.....again!

WhatYouTaughtMe

Who Princess said:

So say hello to Stella, who was a trouper for the drive back and who has been quick to make herself at home.  Also working on becoming a Daddy's girl.

Hi Stella!

WhatYouTaughtMe

Roxie got to meet a new friend today. Roughly the same age. She absolutely loves every dog she has met so far.

hedonist

Who P, this makes me so happy for you and for Stella!  She is in for quite the nice life.

For the Nth time, I so love this thread.

norm

Stella!!

Enkidu

Hi Stella!  So pretty.  

We just got back the results of the doggie DNA test we did on Winston.  

WhatYouTaughtMe

Making friends.

Fifthelement

*in best Stanley Kowalski bellow* STELLL-LAAA!

welcome, bienvenue 

Fifthelement

Roxie is looking as adorable as ever.

hedonist

Fifthelement said:

*in best Stanley Kowalski bellow* STELLL-LAAA!

welcome, bienvenue 

Hahaha...I thought the same, but the Elaine Benes version.

There are few more beautiful things in life than seeing truly happy dogs.

Poncier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_yEIE2I2o

Bentleyspop

Eclipsing. .....

Wobbie

Bentleyspop said:

Eclipsing. .....

I had forgotten all about Bentley! forgive me.

Is Bentley another Aussue?

Bentleyspop

Wobbie said:

Bentleyspop said:

Eclipsing. .....

I had forgotten all about Bentley! forgive me.

Is Bentley another Aussue?

Yup

Fifthelement

So cute!  Bentley looks like he's throwing a little shade in those shades lol

wasa1971

Bruin says hello! It's been a few months since we have posted here. It makes me so very happy to see all of these lovely doggies!

PS.....Bruin is getting a brother. We will post photos soon.

Wobbie

'sup, Bru? can't wait for puppy pics!

wasa....maybe I should know, but who's the puppy in your avatar?

GivenToLukinKP

Hello to Stella!  What a gorgeous girl! I would have chosen her too....or ended up taking both! 

Heres an update on our boys....
16 week vet appointment was last Saturday.  McCready (long haired dapple) weighed in at exactly 5lbs, and Coco (smooth chocolate) was a whopping 6.3lbs! The gap just keeps widening between them.  Based on what i know about the other 2 from the litter, we got the biggest and smallest of the bunch.  
They are definitely taking on more of that dachshund shape and attitude!  We started puppy school a couple weeks ago, and they are doing great.  Truth is, they have learned more commands and "tricks" at home, but the socialization is really important to us.  McCready continues to be super shy and barks constantly at other dogs, noises in the distance, our cats.....He recently started acting more shy towards people too, which we are surprised about but at least he warms up quickly.  He can't always be persuaded by treats either, so he is going to be more work I think.  Coco is the exact opposite.  He is most social, loving pup!  He seems to favor people over animals for sure (honestly its probably because people can give him treats) but he is getting more interested in the other dogs at school now.  Last weekend, he even ran through the sprinkler with other dogs at school totally unprompted!  I was so proud of him! We are looking forward to Sunday's class!

Here they are after class last weekend!

GivenToLukinKP