Graduation night

[Sterling]

JustUs---Lakota started out when we got her a little underweight for her size according to our vet. Once I got hertho she has always been about 10 pounds ahead of her age. In other words when she was 5 months old she was already about 62 lbs. At 10 months old she is 102...but I think she has gained some more in the past 3 weeks since we weighed her at the vet's office. My vet seems to think she is growing at a good rate...they do get heavy quickly and tall. When they mature they look trimline but they are all muscle and that is where the weight comes in. I can't lift Lakota at all! When she gets in my lap...and yes she does,

: when she realizes I'm getting ready to move her off...she makes herself even more heavier by acting like a sack of potatoes...LOL !!! :bgrin And hubby has to come help me to keep her from smashing me...she's such a goofball! I think you will have so much fun with your guys, and I agree they definitely are people magnets. When she turns a year old I plan to change her over to Nutro Large breed food which also has Glucosamine and Condroitin in it...wish they made a giant breed dog food. If you can post some pics of your guys would love to see them! What color is tubby considered?

Jill----awww thank you so much! I was just thinking about Kelsey the other day. Did she get her spay surgery yet? Actually I brush Lakota maybe 3 times a week...but it's not necessary, because she's short coated and they don't shed much. But I do it anyway because it feels so good to her. I take the brush out and both girls get all happy and hoppy. Then when it's brush time they stand so perfectly still just when you hit the right spots...it's comical!

 

[Just Us N Texas]

Sterling, tubby color is a blue brindle where you can see stripes, like a tiger, or cat. He is not smooth coated at all, he has the dense undercoat, so because of his color and the undercoat, he doesn't have the gloss Bella does as a smooth coated black with brindling.

We always fed Nutro to our dogs, but Ben did not like the puppy food. He loved the adult though. I am sure we will switch them to Nutro adult when they are older. I would love to post pictures of them, but I am too lazy or mentally challenged lately to figure out the new picture program on this new computer. I keep promising myself I will do it soon, but somehow, it gets put off each day.

 

[Shelley]

Congrats! :aktion033: :aktion033: :aktion033:

Thanks for the pics!!!

Shelley

 

[Sterling]

Shelley--thanks so much!

JustUs--Ohhh I think I know the color you're refering to. Interesting I don't believe I've ever seen the Connies with anything but a slick coat..... :bgrin I think Lakota is getting to the point where she is ready to be changed over to the adult food too. I give her handouts of it every now and then and she loves it. Hopefully when we change her over she'll be happy with that.