MarkChambers
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Our puppy is gone and has been replaced by a 70lb whirlwind. Simultaneously both a joy and a PITA. 
Sassafras at 1 year
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She is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Her ears are perfect. Simply stunning. We don’t see enough pictures of Sassy.
Her ears are perfect. Simply stunning. We don’t see enough pictures of Sassy.
Ooh, lookin' good, and a nice substantial (in my opinion) weight for a young female. Good job on the ears, apparently!
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I agonized over those ears. There was a 2 month period where I thought they'd never be right
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This is when her first set of posts came off. I thought wow, this is going to be a piece of cake.
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Then this
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Then this and this
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During those times she had a serious yeast infection in her ears where the posts had to stay out and I thought it was all over. But she recovered and Jan's method saved the day.
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Enjoying a soup bone under the maple. 
What a frustrating journey you had, but it really paid off!! Way to persevere....
Man, she is absolutely gorgeous!!!
Just stunning!!
Need to bookmark this and show the newbies that if you stick with the mission and do it right, it is very much achievable.
I often wonder what happened to all those pups that had ear issues like this and they never came back with updates.?.?.?
Man, she is absolutely gorgeous!!!
Just stunning!!
Need to bookmark this and show the newbies that if you stick with the mission and do it right, it is very much achievable.
I often wonder what happened to all those pups that had ear issues like this and they never came back with updates.?.?.?
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Yer not a kid anymore. 
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The input I got from the good folks here was absolutely invaluable. The encouragement was priceless.
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Thanks for the compliments by the way. She's a pretty girl. Not like any female dog we've ever had though. Very buff and solid as a rock. And nothing timid about her. Except for the tape measure. LOL
It’s amazing the little things that can spook these dobes. Hahahaha
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Calmed? Heh. She's like electricity. And a talker. She has a fully developed and expressive whine vocabulary and she wants what she wants. My wife is fully trained.
Perpetual motion, hyperkinetic, decibel level 90+ whining, always chatty, late night speed licking, sighing and groaning, incessant barkers over a fly buzzing around. These are traits I see in this breed.
With my male, it has to be bulldozer, he has no time to go around it, therefore he goes through it unless of course it’s a fence. He sails over a 5’ fence like he is jumping over a blade of grass. My female will lithely jump over the obstacle. She is ‘graceful’ personified.
They have many idiosyncrasies that are specialized to this breed only. His perfect pitch howling at sirens is actually pleasant and melodic, his whining...not so much.
With my male, it has to be bulldozer, he has no time to go around it, therefore he goes through it unless of course it’s a fence. He sails over a 5’ fence like he is jumping over a blade of grass. My female will lithely jump over the obstacle. She is ‘graceful’ personified.
They have many idiosyncrasies that are specialized to this breed only. His perfect pitch howling at sirens is actually pleasant and melodic, his whining...not so much.
She’s a stunning girl 
