Oh, be still my heart!

Katie and I are very happy ladies today. What a wonderful way to start out looking at PT this afternoon. Thanks for sending me the PM, Karen. Katie and I certainly would not have wanted to miss seeing our special guy today. He is positively 100% handsome. I can't believe he is 8 years old now. He was only 4 maybe even still 3 when I first met him and his sister Sheba here at PT (still miss that lovely girl ). Just look at how thick his coat is. I have to say it makes me kind of glad that Katie's isn't quite that thick because if he blows coat anything like Katie does I can't even imagine all the fur..lol. AND...look at the size of those paws. They are huge. Do you know how much he weighs? He just looks so much bigger than Katie and she weighs 91 pounds now! Can you believe that?! Remember how worried I was about her being so sick and skinny when we first got her. I'm gad to hear that he is doing well and has adjusted to the loss of his sister. I still wish I could meet you and Rocky in person.

Karen, you would be so proud of Katie. She has turned into such a wonderful girl. I took her to a big family picnic on Labor Day and she was a huge hit. I got so many wonderful compliments about her and even got to enjoy over hearing conversations about how beautiful and well behaved she was. She still doesn't get along with other dogs (duh! it only took me forever to accept that it is akita nature) but she pays them no attention when we are walking by and it is only nose to nose when she gets mean with them, so that is not even a problem for me anymore. I really wish you could meet her. I know she would absolutely love you. I haven't posted pics of her in awhile so I will try to get some new shots of her and post them for you and Rocky.

Thank you so much for sharing that gorgeous hunk of boy with us.

Love, hugs, sloppy kisses and tailwags for you and Rocky from me and Katie