A VISIT WITH THE BOYS

While staying on Oahu for the month of September, I was able to see the two boys. They are now nine months old. Since their looks have changed so much, I've put puppy photos of Tonka at 7 weeks and Behr at 8 weeks for a comparison.



Here is Tonka
 

 He is just beautiful. He was the tiniest of them all and has grown into a handsome dog. When we first got there he barked at all of us. Then he was okay with everyone except my sister. For some reason he would bark at her off and on.

 He is such a big boy now. It's hard to believe he was the smallest of the bunch!

Tonka at 7 weeks

Tonka at 9 months

 Notice how his right ear is slightly tilted? He does the same thing with his ear that Sophie does.  


This is the last time I will be able to see him. He will be moving to Germany in November with his humans.


Updated information:
Due to a snafu, Tonka and his brother Radar will be coming to stay with us until arrangements can be made for them to fly to Germany.







 Here is Behr.

Behr at 9 months

Behr at 8 weeks

  Behr was the first born, he was the biggest out of all of them. When he was a puppy, I honestly thought he would be mostly black. He was the only puppy born without eyebrows. As you can see by the above picture, he now has them.  His colors have come in just beautifully.

When we got to the house, it was dusk. I was hesitant about going through the gate. Harold said "Come on, lets go in." My reply was simple "Are you nuts? There's a German Shepherd in there, I'm waiting for Cordula (his human). 

Behr did not bark at all, in fact he was happy to see us. We visited for a long time. We found out he has a lot of Sophie's traits. One in particular is bringing the ball to you, but not actually giving it to you. 

All in all, it was good to see both of them.

PLAYING CHASE WITH HARLEY!

I love watching the two of them play together. Sophie gets a little frustrated chasing Harley, he is too fast for her.

WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK TO MY LIFE

We are still not done fixing up our rental. Truthfully, we are burned out, we only have about 10% more to go to finish it. I just can't bring myself to go over there day after day. Not to mention working with Sophie. I don't have any desire to write on my blog either. My brain is tired.

A VISIT WITH SOPHIE'S PUPPY MALU

 Last Friday we were able to visit with Malu, formerly Beethoven. He is still the sweet, calm puppy that left us several months ago. I got several kisses from him.

From what I understand, all of Sophie's puppies have an aversion to taking a bath. It's actually quite funny to hear they act exactly how she did when she was a puppy getting a bath for the first time. They act as if they are being murdered. I'm sure like Sophie, they will all get used to it in time.

OTHER DOGS I HAVE LOVED

 With Sophie out of competition this year, I really don't have any training stories to tell.


I decided I should write about the dogs I have had the honor to have in my life. Stay tuned for a story of each dog, from the first to the ones I currently own.


KING - he wasn't just mine, but he's the reason I love German Shepherds.

I was very young when we had King, so my memories are few. He was a sweet dog although the entire neighborhood was scared to death of him. I remember one particular time he got loose, he was so excited he ran right past all the kids who were screaming and running away from him. They brought him home. I remember he had a smile on his face much like the one in the picture above. He had, had his fun for the day.

 

NEW PICTURES OF THE KIDS

Sophie is healing nicely. I think taking her to the vet when I did had a lot to do with it. I have been keeping her as calm as possible. I will be checking with the vet sometime in the next few weeks to see if we can return to some sort of training. Until then, I would like to write about the puppies and their new homes and some of the other dogs I have owned. Unfortunately, I seem to have writers block. 


So here are a few pictures of Tonka, Behr and Schatzi.  

TONKA

 From the looks of it, Tonka may be good at agiility

 He is one beautiful dog!.

Thank you Joella for sending me all these beautiful pictures of him.

 

 

SCHATZI

 I have been as I say "Schatzi sitting". I tried to get a picture of them looking at me but, they would not cooperate.  They do look similar

This picture was taken about two weeks ago. This is Schatzi's favorite spot in our yard








We are very fortunate to see Schatzi all the time. Harold tells me each time he sees her what a beautiful dog she is.

BEHR

 He's a big boy.  I am glad they kept his name. He definitely looks like a bear!

Well, that's it for the pictures. I don't have any of the fourth puppy, Malu. I'm sure he is just as beautiful as these three. 













In some way or another, I think all of Sophie's puppies look like her.

NO TRIALS THIS YEAR FOR SOPHIE

There is a saying: When it rains, it pours. Well it's been pouring for me this year. Sophie was limping on Monday. Both Harold and I checked her out to see why she was favoring her left back paw. We couldn't find anything. I kept her in her crate most of Monday and all of yesterday. It seemed to help, this morning she seemed like it wasn't bothering her. I decided to take her to the vet anyway.

When we got to the vet she was favoring her leg again Good thing we went to the vet, he checked her over. Apparently, she some how hurt her knee probably playing with Harley or on occasion when she chases one of the cats. He thinks her ACL may been torn. He said to keep her calm for a month, in other words, in her crate. Thank goodness she loves her crate. I can take her for short walks but that's it.

He wants to check her in a month, if all is going well, She will need to be kept calm for another month. If she is not better then she may have to have surgery to fix it. UGH! 

I was so looking forward to getting her Schutzhund 1 this year. Maybe next year. I feel sorry for her, she just loves playing ball and going to practice. How do you explain to a dog, because they are hurt, they can't play?