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Having someone to take care of you when youre sick...


Hugs, and saying, "Im Sorry"...


Doing goofy things, just to make Mom laugh...


Sharing secrets with a best friend...


Giving Daddy LOTS of kisses...


Giving Mommy LOTS of kisses...


LOVE IS.....tiring. ...

wonderful! im so happy for you and your hubby! especially after all you went through with doctors any everything. by the sounds of it everything went well, and i hope it did! congrats! cant wait to see pics!

personally, i dont mean to offend. but i think rolling a dog (be it any breed) on their back to instill "authority" is going to prevoke behavioral problems. i can only see this prevoking more agression almost as if you would be "challenging" them. my pupperz growls a lot, but its nothing nasty, she just growls to be vocal. her bark actually scares herself though so she doesnt like to do it lol. but she will growl for attention, when cuddling, etc. i think you need to evaluate what the growl meant, was your dog trying to just be vocal, or did it simply want to be left alone. i think everyone needs to understand, with a dog, be whatever size, sometimes, they DONT want you up in their face. let me put it this way: if you were laying down relaxing, and someone came and grabbed your face and put theirs in it, how would you feel? i think dogs need a personal space as much as people do, and it needs to be respected just as much. if my pup wants me to get all kissy kissy with her, she lets me know, if not... i leave her alone, and i dont force that. i hope this might help you understand and work out your problem!

How often do you guys get your pupperz nails clipped? i do Chloes myself, shes awesome about it and gives me no fuss at all, so i guess im lucky (i have read some of your stories and i im so happy i dont have to go through that) Anyway, Chloes nails seem to grow like weeds, and i dont know how often i should be cutting them. is there such a thing as "too often"? and are they just growing like weeds because she is and once shes full grown they will slow down? i feel like a dope asking this, but oh well! thanks guys!

when it comes to food, thats a personal choice i think. and partly a pups choice. the only thing i want to say is check out the great dane lady's site for some info... and i STRONGLY support using probiotics when switching foods or even all the time. its a huge help when switching! makes it easier on their bellies for sure!

you know, in a way shes lucky to have us (not being cocky) because a lot of other people out there wouldnt have given her the chance we did with her disease, especially with what her initial prognosis was... and she wouldnt be here now. but mostly, we are soooo lucky to have her. shes showed us what its like to have unconditional love even when it seems life is at its worst, and feels like its never going to get better. shes tought me about hope, and to never give up. shes been such an inspiration to me, and other people who know her. shes my world, and everything i do i think about her. wherever i am, whatever im doing, its about her. im always thinking, when im away from her, "how is she" "what is she doing" "how is she feeling". and already at 6 months old, she knows my car and my boyfriends truck. as soon as we pull in, if shes outside, she runs right to the car wagging her tail and showers us with kisses when she gets to us. i love that feeling, that someone is waiting for me when i get home, who misses and cares about me. even if im only gone for 5 minutes, shes so happy to see me when i get back. its so amazing. i wouldnt trade her for the world!

Shes a lot more clearer it seems, and shes got a lot of spunk again...though she still sleeps in till 9! ill get some pics of her running around with her daddy and the horses later on!

Sitting pretty in the kitchen


OHHHH Grammie! I want some yogurt tooooo!


Oh thanks Hailey, this is good stuff!


She loves laying in the sun under "her" tree.


The sun  was in her eyes so she was squinting, but i just take it as her "tough" face...
Hey, its hard to look tough with pine needles hanging off your lip!


Yeah you buddy, you heard me!


Grrr Im gonne get this toy!!!


*these two are my favortie pics i got out of all of these. the way the sun hits her toy and makes a "glow" and the look on her face, well...she just looks like an angel!

NOTHING! if anything, shes gotten better! you can see her muscle is really starting to build up now, shes not walking so hunched up anymore, and her legs are spred apart more like they should be behind, rather than stuck together shuffling along. the other day she went down the stairs. my mom was taking care of her, and normally i dont let her do stairs, i carry her, because i dont want her to fall and get hurt. well my mother cant carry her, shes too heavy for her, so she had no choice. and my mom told me she went down the stairs wonderfully. shes running and playing fetch and jumping around like a pup. people have gone from saying
"whats wrong with her!?" to saying "shes so cute, but shes so skinny!" so now she looks like a normal dog, just skinny. lol. so shes off of her Tramadol, i wasnt going to take her off it to fast, but somehow (i blame my man) she ended up running out of 3 pills in one day (i think he dropped them down the sink and he wont tell me!). and the vet was closed when i found out late saturday night, and obviously they were closed sunday. so she had no choice but to be off of them. and she was fine! so im leaving her off and just getting a refill incase anything happens to her that i need them. shes still on the Rimodyl, and im going to keep her on that for a while more to make sure shes alright and then VERY slowly decrease that one. so far so good! its been 2 and a half days without the tramadol and everything is fine! her pyoderma is clearing up with her antibiotics as well. SOOOoooOOOO! yay!