Oh my gosh I have puppies!

Leslie, Your little girl sounds like a perfect candidate for a working home that does agility and obedience training. In the mean time you need to establish yourself as her alpha. Start by making her understand she needs to listen to you in order to get her food. This is a tremendous motivator to a puppy to get them to realize that the human is the one who you listen too. She will be a great pup with the right home. Let me know by PM if you have any questions.

Please give Graham and Kersey hugs for me too!

YIKES! & ACK! How far behind am I??????? Well, Les..you just went up another rung on my loveladder!!! Bless you for fostering and loving. I think that is awesome... (maybe some day) My heart melted at the photo w/Kersey and the pups, just precious! Extra hugs and kisses to my..oops..your Graham for his patience..what a trooper.... Cody squirmed and whined and fussed when I held him too, it nearly broke my heart. He was such an alpha dog, I thought all was lost. You have WAY more experince than me, so I know things will work out with Ellie. Candy, what a shocker to read your food advise, cause I did that with Cody without realizing what I was doing (:rolleyes: :confused: :eek: )Now the big galoot wants nothing more than hugs, cuddles, kisses, rubs and tries to sit on my lap (I kinda like my intestines where they are). Wonders never cease with me,,,,

Me too Karen!! :rolleyes: How did I miss this??? Leslie, you are one amazing woman!!:) How brave of you to go the foster route. But knowing of your big, loving heart I know how difficult it will be for you to part with your precious pupsters! They are all SO beautiful! That little Ellie really stole my heart! And what terrific siblings Kersey and Graham have been! You must be so proud of your furry family. And you should be very proud of yourself too!! Thank you for giving these babies the best start in life!

It is because of this constant closeness between Kersey and Ellie that has resluted in Kersey getting the Kennel Cough that Ellie had :( But check out these pics!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/fceb8d57.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/fceb8d72.jpg

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Candy, I have been working on Ellie's dominence stuff quite a bit. She is doing better, but she has to go to a very active family who is experienced in dog psychology and I am going to strongly recommend obedience, flyball and agility as options for her mind and her spunky energy. Hopefully she'll go to someone who plans on getting her into those fun sports, and someone who understands how very intelligent dogs need to keep their minds active in order to be well rounded adult dogs. I'll be sure and warn the potential adoptees about her spunk.

Absolutely adorable pics!!!!

AAAWW!!
Look at Kersey baby!!
She is too sweet to take her little foster sis under her wing. But that is too bad that she got the kennel cough :) Hope she is feeling better.

I don't know if the experts would agree, but I am of the opinion that this type of dog has the best chance of success as an only dog and with a guardian who is fairly knowledgable about what they are about to deal with. Even though we made it with Hannah, who had a much older sibling who tried her best to mother her, she really wanted to assert her little Alpha personality over Tizzie which just added another issue to the mix of raising her.

Oh my, those pictures are soooo adorable!

I know you have it under control Leslie! Those pictures are precious. I think Kersey is really going to miss her puppy when you do find the right home for her!

Those photos of Ellie and Kersey are so adorable, Leslie!

I hope they get better soon.

*hugs*

They are sooo cute together!!!!

I would love to have another dog to do agility and freestlye with, but I'm just not sure 3 dogs is a good idea for us. If only... :)

AMD- what is the current status on Ellie? While my heart is set on a rottie, I love AS...my brother has two of them, and I think they are wonderful. ....maybe, just maybe....

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AMD- what is the current status on Ellie? While my heart is set on a rottie, I love AS...my brother has two of them, and I think they are wonderful. ....maybe, just maybe....

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I replied to your PM...call me and we can talk about her and you can decide if she could be the right dog for you.

OMG!! We might turn a cataholic into a dogaholic too!!!!
awesome!!!!
Hopefully she will be cat safe!! :( :confused:

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Originally posted by shais_mom
OMG!! We might turn a cataholic into a dogaholic too!!!!
awesome!!!!
Hopefully she will be cat safe!! :( :confused:

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Well she's really good with Minion. Curious but not overly pushy in the slightest. Minion is an exceptionally tolerent guy, though. He never raised a paw to the pup, nor did he growl or hiss or anything. Ellie sees no threat whatsoever in kitties since Min is so easy going and he's so dog friendly. Ellie is on Petfinder now, as of last night, and someone is coming to see her tonight from Holland, Ohio.