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    When you adopt older dogs....

    Do you ever wonder what they looked like when babies??

    My babies are so beautifull full grown. I often wonder what they looked like as a puppy.

    And then I get puppy envy and want a baby lol.

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    Yes ... I just adopted a 7-8 year old Golden Retriever yesterday! I not only wonder what he looked like as a pup, but why in the world his family could have abandoned him after so many years! He is absolutely a perfect dog!

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    yep! Especially for me because he's a unique mix and I have no clue what his parents and littermates looked like.

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    Yep.. I would have LOVED to see Mickey as a puppy. And also see his personality as a puppy!

    We got Molly when she was around 4 months, so we pretty much got to see the puppy Molly.


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    I sometimes wonder what Kia looked like as a puppy. I bet she was fluffy.
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    Yes, I wonder what a cutie Vallis would have been! Of course, he's still adorable but puppies are just so adorable they make you happy! That is, until they chew up all of your stuff!! Adult dogs are better companions, but puppies are sure cute!

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    Yes I did, fortunately for me I have contact with Charlie's breeder so she emailed me some puppy pics of him!! Jamie's I have yet to contact. I know she came from a breeder by where my parents live though because I have her papers with the info on them but I just haven't been able to find any contact info on the net or I would email and ask her, too. Then again I don't know if I WANT to do that because most breeders have a contact where if you can't keep the pup you have to surrender it back to the breeder, and if the breeder found out the person who purchased Jamie from her gave her away (and the next person gave her to me) I would be heartbroken if she were taken from me. So... I will just have to pretend.

    Charlie, however, was just as dorky as a pup as he is now lol

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    I would have loved to see all my dogs as puppies. I only had Bitsy as a little puppy. I can imagine what Nacey, Charlie, and Buster looked like, though it's not quite the same as actually seeing them. Because they're mixes I can't really picture what Nova or Jake looked like, I know they must have been adorable though.
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    Yes, I do often wonder what my Grand-dogs ( 2 German Sheperds) looked like when they were pups!!!!

    Hexay is beautiful , even as a Senior German Sheperd dog, and , Kasha is so elegant!!!!!!!

    Wish I could see a picture of them when they were young!!!!!!!

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    I can imagine what Sadie looked like but I so wish I was there for her as a puppy.

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    I've always wondered what Ethan must have looked like. =) He has long legs now, I can't imagine what he'd look like at that age where their legs are even longer and awkward.

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    Many times I have said I would give almost anything to see what Delilah looked like as a puppy. It will never be possible though. I can only imagine.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kimlovescats
    Yes ... I just adopted a 7-8 year old Golden Retriever yesterday! I not only wonder what he looked like as a pup, but why in the world his family could have abandoned him after so many years! He is absolutely a perfect dog!
    Kim this is terrific news! You know we NEED pictures and stories!!

    I don't wonder so much what Ripley looked like as how he was treated. I have many mixed thoughts about this. When I found him he was a matted mess, which initially told me he wasn't cared for at all. He sits so well for me when I groom him that I have to think he was regularly groomed at one time. I go around and around wondering about his past life. I only wish I knew.

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    I would love to know what Ripley and Perky looked like as puppys, Ripley in particular as we have always wondered if he tail is a natural bob or if its docked and if its docked is it profesionaly done or did they just use an elastic band?besides how much cuter could have possably been? lol
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    Misty-10 year old BC Happy-12 year old BC Electra-6 year old Toller Rusty- 9 year old JRT X Gem and Gypsy- 10 month ACD X's Toivo-8 year old pearl 'Tiel Marley- 3 year old whiteface Cinnamon pearl 'Tiel Jenny- the rescue bunny Peepers the Dwarf Hotot Miami- T. Marcianus

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    Perky-13 year old mix Ripley-11 year old mix

    and the Prairie Clan Gerbils

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    Spot is the only one of ours we did not get as a puppy. I would have loved to have seen him, he had to be adorable!!!

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