Vic303 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 For not posting any pics of Koa! You'd better get some pics up so we can see your pup! Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I have no idea HOW to post pics. The last time I knew, it was about 3 'board formats' ago. ...and I have to have some fast action photos cuz I swear she's grown an inch in her legs this past week. Weighed her on week ago at Darlene's... 13.5# This morning: 19# She's trying to gain back what was lost to illness but whooooeeee. Good thing she's beginning to understand about walking to the back door by herself...cuz she's getting HEAVY! MtRider [i'll try to figure out something cuz she'd a cutie!!! ] Quote Link to comment
MomM Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 So good to hear that she is acting like a healthy puppy! Still have visions of how sick she was :-( Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (sigh) So I guess this means no pics... Quote Link to comment
WormGuy Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Hmmmm...let me see what I can do. John Edited October 31, 2012 by WormGuy Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Aaawwwww, she's a cutie. Quote Link to comment
Daylily Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 She's so pretty! I'm glad she's feeling better. What breed is she? Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Oh yea, Wormie!!!! Ya'all don't know Wormie fell for her too! Yep, that's my baby.... ....except that last pic is Sox, not Koa. See the knee-high white sock? Koa's has a "muddy" paw....grey markings, on that foot. But the first two pics are classic Koa. ALL of the pups are just so adorable! We fought hard to save them from this 'bug' that snuck up on them. All are doing well now. Whew! So many at the Gathering helped to give them meds and fluids, etc. The pups were NOT appreciating that tender care at the time, however! MomM and all the rest who saw Koa so ill and droopy...I just have to tell you about her now! I have a 10X20' chain link enclosure. It is now her playpen. There are old bales from my experiment in haybale gardening in there. Also this and that: sticks, rocks, chunk of wood, and a liter soda bottle. One leftover WhiteBone from my late BigDog. It is with such joy that my formerly weak, little Koa now tears around that area, snorting her nose into the mysterious cracks between the bales [like she's discovering a cave]...digging a hole [DH informed her that it was no where deep enough to reach China YET....throwing pinecones around with her mouth. Trying valiantly to acheive the top of the mountain ...hay bales. Tugging on the burlap I used on the bales. And most of all, playing soccer by herself or with me. Our 'soccer ball' is the air-filled soda bottle which is too wide/slick for her to get her teeth into. So it continuously squirts out of her mouth and the chase is on. I tap it ahead with my foot and we catch up to see who can get control of the 'slippery' thing. She's discovered the key is to grab the cap end. Then she trots around with it and flops down to chew it for a while. She also chases her tail and topples over in the effort as many times as not. She's still quite puppy-floppity. After only 20 or 30 minutes in the playpen, she's definitely ready for a nap. I have to carry her up to our second floor house. Only the back potty yard is on ground level [cabin built into the steep hill]. She'll need to learn to come up those long steps soon or I'll get a bosun's chair. I just wanted all of you to know what a transformation we're finally seeing in her. I think sometimes she misses her sisters/mom [and Auntie Darlene] but most of the time she's quite involved in doing new puppy things and being adored by DH and I and then sleeping/eating. Whew! Glad Wormie had some pics.... So am I off the hook now, Vic???? added: Daylily, Darlene breeds Kangal dogs; a Lifestock Guardian Breed from Turkey! MtRider [swore off puppies decades ago but....THIS ONE is an exception!!! ] Edited October 31, 2012 by Mt_Rider answer Daylily Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Awww.... such a thoughtful looking pup! MTR you can host pics at photobucket.com and then it is easy to insert the images here in to threads. Quote Link to comment
lumabean Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 she's absolutely precious, such a sweet, soulful expression on her face Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS!!! I see alot of happy and funny days ahead of her and her human mommy & daddy! Pampered pups are the way they should be! Their adulthood will come soon enough. Take LOT'S of pictures...LOL Quote Link to comment
lovinit Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 It won't be long until SHE can carry YOU up the stairs....what a great weight gain. It makes my heart sing to hear how well she is doing, and how much joy she brings to your home. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) Whooohooo....I was able to transfer those GREAT pics to my desktop. I want prints of those! [thanks Wormie!] AND she managed to climb our long stairs tonite. They aren't easy steps - open kind. But I was next to her. It's a start. Yeah Lovinit, BigDog used to PULL when I asked her to help me with the propulsion of climbing those steps! MtRider Edited November 1, 2012 by Mt_Rider fix smilie...er, 'smilley' lol Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Give her a year and she will look like this: Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Ann...that picture is so funny. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) Good thing I already know how to fit a 140# dog into a 624 sq ft house. Just imagine this summer: DH, Me, DD1, DD2, SIL, Grsons 9 & 6, and BigDog sprawled out in the middle...PLUS cooking supper/eating/playing games/etc. In living room/kitchen HALF of 624 sq ft... adaptability is the most important trait of survival! MtRider Edited November 1, 2012 by Mt_Rider Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Yes...fitting larger dogs into small spaces is truly an adjustment! Abby's 70# now and we live in about 950 sq.ft. of living space and a back yard that's about the same size (we've got a large kennel for her). MM decked her kennel out with small tubings of pvcc pipe (it bends easily) in a "canastoga" type thing and then we tarp over the top to keep her and her dog house dry if she'd happen to be in her kennel while we were gone. Can't wait to see some more pics of your big puppy! I've had some good responses to my questions on "raising Abby" and have to admit, when they're so big it's easy to forget they're still just puppies. Quote Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Give her a year and she will look like this: Lord have mercy! Look at the legs on that dog! Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I'm loving all of the doggy pics! We really need to go ahead and get another one.I miss being in puppy love... Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 All the better to pounce on you DM4! LOL Quote Link to comment
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