A year already

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A year ago today we drove 3/4 of the way then the rest of the way on Nov 6 to pick up this puppy, then back to the same motel room where Asha spent her first night away from all she knew. A total of over 28 hours driving and worth it, getting to meet her mother, her older sister and her mothers half sister, her breeder and where and how she was raised. Yup, that's the same little Kong Fox a year later, but I did wash it before the year-later picture. Cray-cray as she is, she doesn't destroy anything. All you guys with new puppies, the time passes like crazy.

First rest stop, 18 wheelers in the distance, no worries.
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that night in the motel
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a year later
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And to be clear she did destroy every plastic bottle and chews sticks in half. A water bottle is way too soft now so she graduated to a liter Vodka bottle. LOL. She crushes them but they don't fall apart. Her stuffed toys she only got with supervision and if she started to pick at them I'd take them away. She did chew a knotted rope in half once when I wasn't looking. She won't touch a rubber chew toy, totally turned off by the smell or taste. And she will steal shoes and gloves off the porch and carry them around the yard, but has never hurt them. I also have lots and lots of bones & antlers that I've collected and she doesn't even steal those anymore, but even when she did she would just mouth them. Her own raw bones however she chews with gusto.

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Congratulations, and it does not seem like a year yet! Are you sure?

May I ask: Does Asha whine much?

If the answer is no, then it would seem her breeder has achieved the elusive "total Doberman" – a Dobe with working ability that is also gorgeous and livable. I'll have to PM you so you can remind me who this breeder is.
 
Ok, the vodka bottle is beyond hilarious! :rofl: Kaiser had a thing for those too. We used to let him run off leash in a large field that wasn't maintained, and he would always find a bottle - they were all vodka bottles!

I am also surprised that she is not a destroyer. Kaiser destroyed all his stuffed toys which is so annoying because there is nothing more adorable than seeing a 'vicious' Doberman with a cute stuffy lol.
 
Congrats!! She is beautiful.

Absolutely crazy how fast they grow. Two weeks pass and no longer a puppy!

12 months was when Ragnar started to calm somewhat, I really noticed it at 15months.
 
May I ask: Does Asha whine much?
Yes. Truly a whiner. But I don't tolerate it and it is considerably less than 6 months ago. Her vocalizing is on every level though. She is a strong barker, a vicious growler, she has about 10 noises that I know mean 10 different things, like a whole language of her own. The whining is interesting, it has two vocalizations, one for excitement (she can see me gathering dog collars/treats/water for a town trip for obedience or nose work)and one for not getting what she wants and is demanding (I'm inside and she's out in the yard wanting in - she whines & gets shrill, running from window to door to look in to see where I am or what I'm doing). This is only when she gets a whim, mostly she is content to lay in the sun or gnaw a bone for an hour outside without me. Also if she knows or even thinks I'm gone she just lays around and never whines. Whining because she is demanding gets a No or a Stop That and when I do let her in it's straight to the X-pen, not just in. She whistles softly now when she wants something but knows she'll get yelled at if she whines. I wish Embark would find the whining gene, but I'm wondering if it's attached to the high-drive working bred dogs type A personality. I don't hear the show dog owners talk much about it.
 
Holy cow that year flew by but you got yourself a beautiful girl there!

Vodka comes in plastic bottles? As you can guess we don't drink it. LOL
 

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