K9Karen,

Thank you for the compliments. Yes! I bottle fed her from Day1. My boyfriend looked for Lady's mother all over the neighborhood and she wasn't found (until 4 days later). In the meantime, we went and bought 'puppy milk' at Petsmart and fed her every 3 hours around the clock. It was like having a newborn baby. When we found the mother (who had 4 other puppies, we attempted to give Lady back to her for nursing, but she rejected her); it was OK, Lady was content with her feeding schedule, although I was exhausted. She finally opened her eyes on the 13th day in the middle of the night and I'm the first person she saw, which is why I guess she loves me so much. Here's a picture of when she was 2 days old -- it's not too clear, I had not learned how to photograph a black dog at the time:



Here she is a month old and I love these pictures:



Here's another one at 1 month old:



People that are not dog-lovers cannot understand why I take so many pictures of my pets -- but to me they are like family. I even have an 8x10 of Lady & Tobi on my wall, plus an 3 pictures of Buffy as well. They bring so much joy in our lives that it's the least I could do. I love this forum!

[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: Barbiro ]