Dixieland Dancer,
First, let me explain about Nikki. We were looking for a boxer to adopt two summers ago. We wanted one right away, so we placed calls everywhere. Finally, the Boxer Rescue Organization of Detroit called us and said they had a 10 month old, fawn, female boxer, and guess what! She was being moved to Howell!(read my topic "Super Karen! A dog's best Friend." in dog general) And thats exactly where we lived! It seemed like fate chose us to adopt her! The only thing was, that Nikki was abused, undernourished, had kennel cough, and infected lips! So did we still want her? Of course! More than ever! So we went down to Karens house to pick her up, with her new collar, bed, toys, etc. all in the van, ready to greet her. When we got there, we noticed that she had rather inflamed tits. Karen said that she was just in heat. Well, we took her home, and for two weeks, she had to be seperated from all of the other animals in the house so she stayed in the game room. I slept out there with her, cleaning up pee, snot puddles, giving her medicine, food, and water, and boy did we fall in love! We slept together on this little cot, her warm, skinny, sick body, all scrunched into mine. I fell asleep to her labored, thick breathing every night. We spent all of our time together.
Finally, she started to get better. She could come into the rest of the house now. We went to the vet to get her checked out and spayed. The vet had a feeling that Nikki was pregnet! He took pictures of her insides, and then he announced to us the big news...Nikki was pregnet! With six puppies! We asked when? He said, maybe tonight! We never even knew she was pregnet because she was soooo skinny and undernourished! She had been giving all of her nutrients to her puppies, so that they could live! Well, we had never had a dog who had puppies before, so we were in the dark! They gave us a packet about everything and sent us along our way. I exclaimed to Nikki, "You're gonna have puppies, and you're only a puppy yourself!" She just looked up at me with those trusting brown eyes and she sighed. So we went home and got her a whelping box, and waited.
Two nights later, on Thursday, June 28th, at 8:24, little Dottie came out in the whelping box, where I had been sitting by for almost two hours, when Nikki started breathing heavily. Dottie was white with brown ears and a brown eye patch. Next came Buddy, who was white with brown ears and two brown eye patches. Then came Saide, who was white with lots of brown patches everywhere. After her came Petey, who was white with brown ears, eye patches, and a dark brown patch right on his butt. Fifth was Brooke, who was all brown except some white on her toes. Finally, came Abby, she was all brown, with white on her toes and chest. We thought they were pure bred boxers, but the vet said they are mixed with St. Bernard and Lab. Thats why they are so big. That was a summer I will never forget as long as I live. So as you see, I didn't intend for Nikki to get pregnet at such a young age, she just did on her own while she was walkin the streets of Detroit. She is spayed now, and she is the best dog in the world!

Now then, what were we talking about before I dived into my past? Oh yes, Nikki isn't scared of ALL big dogs, just Abby. Actually, she thinks she is the boss of every other dog she meets, big or small. Thats something I need help with, too. She barks her head off at every dog she sees, and it kind of gets loud and annoying, ya know? So how do I stop that? Oh ya, and she is scared of men, because she was abused by one. She doesn't bark, just cowers. She used to have a problem with pulling, but we fixed that because we got her a Halti head halter. Now she heels like a perfect angel. So thats all I can type for now, because I am getting tired. Thanx for reading! Thats not even close to knowing all about Nikki, either, so if you want to know more, just ask!