I have some new news to share. First off, it has been over a month now since Dale has passed away. It is still so unbelievable that my big guy is gone. We know that there was nothing that we could have done to prevent it, so it is something that we have learned to live with, and we know that he is in a better place. We still miss him so. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of him. I love you big boy…and I always will.
Onto the new news…we knew we had a health agreement with our breeder, in the case that Dale would pass away before the age of 5 years old; we would have the option of getting a replacement dog. Now I know that no dog could ever replace Dale. We were not pursuing the breeder about it and quite frankly, didn’t think that he was even going to offer us a puppy. So, one day, out of the blue, our breeder calls and says that he has a female puppy that he would like to give us. (This was 2-3 weeks ago when he called). She was 9 weeks old at the time, so she is now 12 weeks old. We were so unsure about getting another Swissie, due to the whole bloat thing, but how in the world could we turn down a puppy?!! And we felt that we really didn’t even get to experience a Swissie in full, b/c Dale died so young…he was just barely out of his puppy hood, and we were really looking forward to knowing him as an adult doggie as well. Our house was so missing Dale and his presence that we said, of course, we will take her!! Anyway, we were already planning on going to a Swissie dog show in PA, so we decided to meet the breeder there, and pick her up, rather than driving to NC to get her (where the breeder lives…much further than PA for us). So the rest is history…
(We also like to think that if Dale is looking down on us and sees her with us, that he is proud to know that we loved him and his breed sooo much that we now have another Swissie…all b/c of him. I hope he is proud….I sure was proud to be his owner.!!)
She is such a DOLL!! Such a sweet sweet temperment, and is so submissive...already does "sit" for us...I am in love!! (btw, we took her to the vet today and she is 22lbs. and healthy)
Without further ado… here is our Harlee girl!!
She is sleeping now, so i will take more pics later and you can guarentee you will see more of herBTW, i love her cute pink nose, it should turn black as she matures, though...I can't say enough about her personality...she is a gem!!
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