Thursday, September 18, 2008

The newest addition to our family is FINALLY here!!!

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As most of you know Nathan and I have been talking about getting a Great Dane for awhile now, well, Shelia has arrived!!!!When Shelia, "the baby", came home she was only 6weeks old and already weighed 3x as much as Cloye, Shelia weighed in at 10lbs. It has been an adjustment for all of us now that we have a new puppy. Nathan has been a good daddy, he gets up in the middle of the night to take her out and shovels up her mounds of poop when she goes. I am very glad that my 3lb baby will never leave a 3lb mound behind:)Cloye was very jealous at first but then soon realized that Shelia was here to stay. Cloye seems to enjoy tormenting Shelia because Cloye is faster and can pretend to be hurt to get Shelia in trouble. Poor Shelia still is learning how to balance,run,and lick (kiss without biting). She still hasn't figured out that her tail will always be following her, and her paws are not chew toys. I have put together a video of all the "firsts", first night home,bath and beach. Her first night home she did not want to leave Nathan's side, I don't think that she had ever seen anything like Cloye, a wined up toy that would not stop moving or stop barking. Shelia did good with her first bath, she had been with all her 10 brothers and sisters, so needless to say she did not smell very good. And lastly we took her to the beach for the first time, she seemed to "kinda" enjoy it. We plan to take her often to get her used to the water. Unfortunately, we have to wait awhile for Shelia to get all her shots. Just a little background, Shelia is expected to weigh at least 150lbs full grown and stand about 6feet tall on her hind legs. She is called a Brindle due to her coloring, well that is all I know about that, ask Nathan if you have any more questions. oh yea and Cloye is expected to weigh 3lbs full grown and stands about 10 inches on her hind legs:):):)


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Rachel I'm so jealous...I LOVE Great Dane's but will probably not get to have one for a long time! My bf and I also have a small dog and a large dog (not quite as large thou...shes only 70 lbs) and our little one (a MinPin) does the same thing as Cloye - run around the house like crazy terrorizing the big one and then ducking somewhere the other one can't fit!