Surprise! 
Ok, I know I told a few of you that Buddy was going to be our last Doberman. I thought so too.
He was a great dog! I loved him so much! Having him for 13 years felt like such a blessing. I really thought that I was going to walk away feeling blessed that we had a great dog for so long and not wanting to take a chance on another.
But four years later, I am still mourning his loss.
Just like so many of you, Dobermans are our heartbreed. Here on DCF, I've seen some beautiful dogs coming out of Melrae's kennel and I was truly impressed. I often thought, boy, if I ever wanted another, I would go through that breeder. So when this opportunity presented itself, I had a decision to make! I fought it, believe me!
But my heart thought differently.
I told my daughter my dilemma and she said, lets play a game. You give me the negatives and we'll discuss each one. She boo-hooed all of then and when she got to, "What does your heart say?" I started crying! I wasn't even sure what that meant! But I think it was missing something!
When I saw this little girl my heart melted. Her eyes were speaking to me. But do I really want to do this again?! My husband was no help. At least not at first. He said it was my choice. He understood how I felt and knew it had to be my decision. The dogs are always my dogs. I do all the training. I do all the feeding. I do most of the work, let's put it that way! LOL So he knew the decision should be mine. But I really wanted to know how he felt! And I needed to hear that he was onboard.
Well, he wanted her! Oh yeah. He wanted her. (SMH with a smile
) Are you sure? Cuz I'm going to text "YES" right this minute.
*Finger poised over my phone*
And it was done! We were having a puppy in our home again!
The next day I mulled over the fact that I'm terrible with names. Really! I'm so bad. I'm usually very simple like Duke (our first) Beauty and Buddy.
. LOL
I always thought Anastasia was a pretty name but of course you're not going to give your dog that as a call name. But I thought well, then, I could call her Annie. Annie! I like that!
That evening my husband comes in the door and says, did you think of any names?! (That man, I swear! Got to love him! He's excited!)
I said, no, not really.
He said, how about Annie?
Seriously?
He's like yeah, why?
Holy crap. So Annie it was!
I was just a little bit terrified once the decision was made. I haven't had a young puppy since 1995 when we got our first Doberman. And even he was 12 weeks old. Annie is only 9 weeks old. And I don't remember how to post ears! LOL But I'm feeling pretty confident after watching several things here! What a great board, huh!
So the fun thing is that Melissa is down in Kentucky! Only about 20 minutes from where our daughter and her family lives! How convenient, huh? Our daughter couldn't believe it.
So we made plans this weekend to visit her and pick up little Annie! We are actually on our way home with her right now! But I couldn't wait to tell you guys all about her and show you some photos! I can't believe after all this time I'm in the Puppy Forum!! Be prepared for LOTS of pictures!!! I'm a new Mom! And on Mother's day to boot!!
First meeting!
She's the one with the collar.
Yes, in LOVE! And I didn't mind the paw prints on my pants at all!!
Hubby too!!
The ride back to our daughters house to show her hubby and 17 year old twins. Annie fell asleep in the car 2 minutes after getting in the car!
Meeting Kali went way better than expected! I thought Kali wouldn't want anything to do with Annie. But she was pretty excited!
Not keen on her first time on leash so, "I'll drive!"
She's been sleeping on my lap since we left! (About 12:30. It's 2:15 now. ) We probably won't get home until around 6:00.
Ok, I know I told a few of you that Buddy was going to be our last Doberman. I thought so too.
He was a great dog! I loved him so much! Having him for 13 years felt like such a blessing. I really thought that I was going to walk away feeling blessed that we had a great dog for so long and not wanting to take a chance on another. But four years later, I am still mourning his loss.
Just like so many of you, Dobermans are our heartbreed. Here on DCF, I've seen some beautiful dogs coming out of Melrae's kennel and I was truly impressed. I often thought, boy, if I ever wanted another, I would go through that breeder. So when this opportunity presented itself, I had a decision to make! I fought it, believe me!
But my heart thought differently. I told my daughter my dilemma and she said, lets play a game. You give me the negatives and we'll discuss each one. She boo-hooed all of then and when she got to, "What does your heart say?" I started crying! I wasn't even sure what that meant! But I think it was missing something!
When I saw this little girl my heart melted. Her eyes were speaking to me. But do I really want to do this again?! My husband was no help. At least not at first. He said it was my choice. He understood how I felt and knew it had to be my decision. The dogs are always my dogs. I do all the training. I do all the feeding. I do most of the work, let's put it that way! LOL So he knew the decision should be mine. But I really wanted to know how he felt! And I needed to hear that he was onboard.
Well, he wanted her! Oh yeah. He wanted her. (SMH with a smile
) Are you sure? Cuz I'm going to text "YES" right this minute.*Finger poised over my phone*
And it was done! We were having a puppy in our home again!
The next day I mulled over the fact that I'm terrible with names. Really! I'm so bad. I'm usually very simple like Duke (our first) Beauty and Buddy.
. LOL I always thought Anastasia was a pretty name but of course you're not going to give your dog that as a call name. But I thought well, then, I could call her Annie. Annie! I like that!
That evening my husband comes in the door and says, did you think of any names?! (That man, I swear! Got to love him! He's excited!)
I said, no, not really.
He said, how about Annie?
Seriously?
He's like yeah, why?
Holy crap. So Annie it was!
I was just a little bit terrified once the decision was made. I haven't had a young puppy since 1995 when we got our first Doberman. And even he was 12 weeks old. Annie is only 9 weeks old. And I don't remember how to post ears! LOL But I'm feeling pretty confident after watching several things here! What a great board, huh!
So the fun thing is that Melissa is down in Kentucky! Only about 20 minutes from where our daughter and her family lives! How convenient, huh? Our daughter couldn't believe it.
So we made plans this weekend to visit her and pick up little Annie! We are actually on our way home with her right now! But I couldn't wait to tell you guys all about her and show you some photos! I can't believe after all this time I'm in the Puppy Forum!! Be prepared for LOTS of pictures!!! I'm a new Mom! And on Mother's day to boot!!
First meeting!
She's the one with the collar.
Yes, in LOVE! And I didn't mind the paw prints on my pants at all!!
Hubby too!!
The ride back to our daughters house to show her hubby and 17 year old twins. Annie fell asleep in the car 2 minutes after getting in the car!
Meeting Kali went way better than expected! I thought Kali wouldn't want anything to do with Annie. But she was pretty excited!
Not keen on her first time on leash so, "I'll drive!"
She's been sleeping on my lap since we left! (About 12:30. It's 2:15 now. ) We probably won't get home until around 6:00.
!
adorable Doberman! You all look so happy 
