Hi all!! Been such a long time. I think I have only popped in a couple times since my Duke passed away. I can't believe he has been gone for 14 months :( My heart still aches for him.
I guess I should do a quick intro for all the newbies since I have been gone :D
Champ is our boxer, she will be 9 this July. She struggled for several months on how to function w/o her beloved Duke after he passed. He was the alpha and she just could not understand why he was not there to eat his dinner first. She waited for him to go to bed and looked for him for weeks out the livingroom window, it was heartbreaking that she did not understand that he was not coming back. I thought she would take over the roll of alpha but she did not...no one did. They still seem to be in the same mode they were before his passing, except for Daisy, she did not know Duke. She has truly aged recently, she looks great, very solid and muscular but she is getting unable to tolerate the activity level she used to. She loves to run, now most days after running she sounds as if she is going to have a stroke :( I hate seeing her age. This is Champ (I know she has a boys name, blame hubby lol) I need to get some new pics, this is from January, she hates her picture taken so really hard to get good ones. Sorry, I resized this but it won't do it on here for some reason =(
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...ecember072.jpg
Chopper is my little stink. He just knows he is cute and doesn't hesitate to let everyone know that. He is 4.5 pounds. He has been my little miracle baby. He was born at 1.5 ounces prematurely and his breeder had to tube feed him for two weeks before he was strong enough to nurse on his own. She brought him back from the brinks of death several times. He was truly a fighter. Right after Christmas 2010 he was to have knee surgery for a luxating patella. All his testing came back negative. They prepped him for surgery, sedated him, shaved him, placed him on the operating table, hooked him up to the anesthesia and he went into cardiac arrest. It took the vets/techs 3-4 minutes of CPR and two injections directly into his heart to get him back. I told you he is a fighter. He has absolutely NO residual side effects from his experience thank God. Here is my little man.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/..._8213352_n.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...January036.jpg
Ryleigh is my little lover. She thinks she has to have her cheek pressed to your lips ALL the time. If you are sitting where she can reach your face watch out. She will kiss you all over and then turn her face for you to kiss her. She actually leans into your lips and closes her eyes. She is just the sweetest dog ever. She is about 5.25 lbs. I had another puppy picked out and was at her breeders when another couple arrived and were looking at puppies too. The one tried talking the other into gettin Ryleigh. I felt my heart sink. I kept thinking, I have mine chosen, why do I care what one they get. I kept looking at her and looking at her, wanting my puppy to have her "look" but I did not want a black dog. Needless to say I changed my mind after talking to the breeder about what I was looking for. I put everything on hold for about a week and wasn't getting any puppy but I could not stop thinking about her. Then I got a fortune cookie and it said Maybe you are focusing too much on one ting. And that was IT. She was mine, black or not lol. I love her soft yet prominent tan markings on her face. She takes lovely pictures when you can catch her not blinking lol. This is my Ryleigh girl.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/..._5858370_n.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...January041.jpg
Daisy Mae is my ornery one lol. She is very submissive so it takes her forever to learn a new trick because she just throws herself on the floor belly up. She has, however, learned the BANG trick hahaha. She loves EVERYONE and is always ready to play. She is the talker of the bunch, making noises at you to get your attention. She is what is called a blue factored cream. She is a larger girl weighing in at 6.75 pounds (but is currently on a diet lol, she needs to be around 6.5), very thick sturdy girl. She has gorgeous hazel eyes and a blue nose. Daisy Mae was born a month after my Duke passed. I wanted to carry on his name so I named this little girl Muchler's How 'Bout Them Daisy Dukes. The name Daisy fits her to a T since she is wild just like the flower lol. Here is my baby girl.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/..._1673249_n.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...January046.jpg
