New Member of the Family!!! (DUW!!!!)

Guess who followed me home this weeked???

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I've been researching, studying, and absorbing as much information as I can for several months now...before making this commitment. And once my husband and the whole family were entirely on board, it was finally time to begin the search for just the right puppy for our family.

Just as I was beginning to despair of finding the right dog within the right time window (lots of different factors coming into play in our lives right now)...this past Thursday night, all of a sudden all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place at once.

There's no doubt in my mind that God was in control the whole time and had this very puppy picked out for us.

She's a red dobmerman (female...just in case someone didn't pick up the pronouns), AKC registered. Her dam and granddam are both Search & Rescue and Human Remains Recovery dogs.

She's nine weeks old. Was the only pup available in her litter...in fact, the entire litter was already spoken for and paid for as soon as they were born, including this little angel...but the woman who had put the deposit down on this one came into some financial issues and could not follow through...so she became available.

The breeder lives in the D/FW area, where all my family are, which made the trip (about a 300 mile drive each way) to go visit and see the puppy very joyful for all.

And there were many other little pieces of this puzzle falling into place that are of little interest to anyone outside our own family...suffice it to say that it was a perfect fit all the way around for many, many different reasons. And the cherry on the top of the sundae.....the breeder had used a "theme" to give all the puppies in the litter their temporary names until they went to permanent homes....the theme was Snakes! :snake: :8: :banana:

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She doesn't have a permanent name yet. Her temporary name was Timber...which is really neat...but doesn't seem to fit. "Angel" is my first choice for her right now...it automatically leaps to my tongue every time I look at her and interact with her. But the rest of the family think its a sappy name. I'm open to suggestions from those who are clever at coming up with unique, meaningful names. :D

congratz, they make wonderfull pets my friends in college had one for years and it was an amazing animal.

ohhhhhh Judy congrats on the new puppy I am glad you found one

Thanks guys! She's already a great little dog! She's very puppy-ish, of course....but eager to please and seems to be trying hard to figure out what we want from her. She doesn't know how to tell us she needs to go outside to potty, but she'll readily go in the grass, so long as I stay on top of it and take her out when she needs to. And she'll cry for just a few minutes when put in her crate...then settles down and goes to sleep, and can sleep through the night just fine.

Congratulations Judy.

She is a doll. I love Dobies. I hope she bring TONS of joy to your family.

Are her ears going to stay natural?

OOOOH!!!! I love her! She's beautiful and looks exactly like my doberman when he was a puppy!! Congrats!

Judy,

I know how long you've been waiting for this girl, she's beautiful!

Oh JUDY!!! She's just STUNNING!!!!! :):banana::)

And she looks so SMART! :O I'm so very very happy for you guys!

How bout Sienna... like the color Burnt Sienna?

Or Hazel for her eyes!?!? :P

Judy Congrats on the sweet puppy :gj:.I say Mrs Killer sounds like a good name lol.I see she goes for the throat for those KILLER puppy breath kisses :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Kristy

Congratulations Judy.

She is a doll. I love Dobies. I hope she bring TONS of joy to your family.

Are her ears going to stay natural?

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Thanks! I've got an apt with the vet for a couple of weeks from now to get them cropped.

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Originally Posted by PigsnPythons

OOOOH!!!! I love her! She's beautiful and looks exactly like my doberman when he was a puppy!! Congrats!

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:D Would love to see pics of your dobie!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Judy,

I know how long you've been waiting for this girl, she's beautiful!

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Thanks, Robin!! Can't wait to chatter with you about her on your drive home this afternoon! :carrot:

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Originally Posted by Laooda

Oh JUDY!!! She's just STUNNING!!!!! :):banana::)

And she looks so SMART! :O I'm so very very happy for you guys!

How bout Sienna... like the color Burnt Sienna?

Or Hazel for her eyes!?!? :P

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Aahhhhh, Sienna.... 'tis a name worth adding to the hat! Thanks, Laura!! It's too bad the whole Houston thing fell through...but we'll make it out there one way or another!!

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Judy Congrats on the sweet puppy :gj:.I say Mrs Killer sounds like a good name lol.I see she goes for the throat for those KILLER puppy breath kisses :rofl:

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Thanks, Joe.... :giggle: