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Here is another daily Journal Blog about Life with Dobermans This Page is going to be a real life Daily Journal of what it is like to Spend a day in the life of a Doberman Pinscher. Everything from the daily activities, training, problems as well as triumphs, tears and Joy. If you would like to add your journal entries, please email us! 07/03/2009 Introduction.... On May 24, 2009 I see that Ruby the greatest
female dobe in the family dobe kennel is having her puppies i think to myself am
i nuts but i really want one of her puppies (this mom Ruby) jumped in my rental
car when i there visiting Steve and bringing Sol home...she was so sweet and
loveable to me and Steve's family but also a great protector over the
children... i thought to myself i need to have one of those puppies...but really
secretly kept this insane thought in my head... so on June 18th i make the offer
to take the pink collared female to NJ, and then on June21st (the actual day of
my 40th birthday i wake up and see my name typed into the Family Dobes Selma
reservation tab! I could not even eat (did i mention since getting my Sol i have
lost 12.8 lbs) and now this pink promise is what i have decided to refer to as
with my conversations with Steve. it is my pink (for the collar) and promise (to
the puppy, he, my fiancé and myself that she will get the best care and training
that i have to offer her, and i promise to make it...in this doberman
world....so now it is a couple of weeks until she comes to NJ, how do i tell
family and friends i am up to four dobermans and will be training 2 of
them...less is best...if you are not a Doberman/Schutzhund lover you would not
understand....now i have ordered another crate for home and my Yukon (i bet the
UPS man thinks i have lost my mind)...did i mention that i have a 17 year old
son who is so happy that i have all these Dobermans because he is an only child
so you can imagine where all my attention has been for 17 years.....so now that
i know that the pink promise is my dog...i watch every minute the puppy web
cam...what a great invention. and on June 30th i send Steve an emergency text
message....OMG where is the pink promise? he writes back look closely she is
sleeping near the blue collared puppy.....as i am writing this blog i see that
Steve just fed the puppies....what a miracle the web cam is....On July 8th is
the arrival date for my pink promise which i have decided will not sound so
"professional' at the trials...is going to be call Sierra Tango...the date i am
going to take off 4 days of work to be with my puppy can not come soon
enough....i am SO SO SO excited... i am so ready to just smell her puppy
breath... ....I love my Dobermans July 4th [i]Good morning it is 0643 here in NJ and I am so excited this is how I count the day I am going to get my familydobes puppy i do not count today it is here already, so it is Sun, Mon, Tues 3 days...and Wed is the day i get her....now i have a great surprise to tell steve the puppy needs to be at the airport at 5:15AM as per continential.... the spokes person telephone consultation was amazing with the instructions all i kept saying was thank goodness steve knows what he is doing....so my puppy will arrive in newark nj at 2:34pm, i find myself having a case of eye trouble and not seeing myself being able to concentrate that day at work....for now i must go train my sol and enjoy the 4th of july....happy birthday america.....okay it is the afternoon of july 4th and i am so excited to have my pink promise...i have rearranged my crate situation, and i have installed my 3rd crate into my truck(it was a project and a few blonde moments,,,as i was so frustrated that it would not fit, Sol is in the yard barking his head off at me, as if he knew i was doing it wrong..Sol is off lead and at my side as long as society lets him and when i am upset, anxious or just plain crabby he senses my every emotion, i just imagine how my pink promise will be....gosh i love those familydobes...on monday i am making the appointment for my vet to check her out and get clearance for the ear cropping procedure...which reminds me i interviewed and studied a lot of vets who do this ear cropping sort of reminds me of my days of interviewing the plastic surgeron....so now i am ready for my arrival and i did not want my neighbors to know all about my doberman life i would be making welcome home signs for my pink promise.... July 6th It is July 6th and only 2 more days
until my pink promise comes to NJ, it is now to the point that I can sleep and I
am so excited to meet her, I can only imagine what type of personality she will
have....I am ready for her...I want her here now...maybe she could fly
tomorrow??? I was reading a Royal Cannine book on puppy imprinting and I am
looking foward to all of this....“ God turns the ordinary into the
extraordinary... ” Now why are you not awake... i keep checking on the web cam and you are sleeping....pink promise i can not wait to see you....okay miss sierra tango i have now made your vet appointment for 7:30pm on monday july 13th..Dr B is looking forward to meeting you and love on you, you will like her she is a nice vet and your brother and sisters love her....i see you were awake and now sleeping...lazy.... July 7th dear pink promise lady... i tried to blog on you this am and this forum would not let me post it so your breeder is going to add it in for me... but for now i know that you have been to the vets, and had your shots and you weigh 10lbs...i have all of your supplies packed and ready to go to come get you and your aunt anneliese is coming with me to get you....i am so excited it is in 18 hours and i am so looking forward to meeting you and smelling your sweet little puppy breath, and clean you all up if you are so nervous and had an accident.... see you soon.... July 8th GOOD MORNING MY PUUPY IT
IS YOUR DAY TO COME TO NJ.....I AM SO EXCITED I HAVE MY TRUCK PACKED WITH YOUR
TREASURES...TOWEL, LEASH, SHAMPOO, WASH BASIN, PAPER TOWELS, WATER, COLLAR,
GARBAGE BAGS, FOOD.....I CAN NOT WAIT TO MEET YOU....IT WILL BE IN 8 HOURS...THE
AIRLINE BETTER MAKE YOU A PRIORITY AND TAKE YOU OFF BEFORE ANY LUGGAGE OR
HUMANS.....THIS IS SO EXCITING, YOU WILL SLEEP IN A SMALL CRATE NEXT TO MY BED
AND SOL WILL BE IN MY BED KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU....WHAT ELSE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
ABOUT YOUR NEW LIFE IN BELVIDERE, NJ... YOU HAVE A FENCED IN 6FOOT YARD, 2
SISTERS AND SOL....HE HAS YOUR PERSONALIT I BET HE IS ALSO A FAMOUS FAMILYDOBE....LOVE
TO YOU AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOBERMANS AND THEIR OWNERS IN THE WORLD.... July 14th at 12:18pm I can not believe it has
been one week since you have been home, you are an angel...i can not tell you
how lucky i am to have you...you got home from the airport last wednesday july
8th and to my suprise you were dry no accidents, you made pee pee's in newark,
nj and then at aunt anneliese's house..home we went where you met Sol, Kayla and
Xena all of these doberman's were so happy to see you... then for the next four
days you traveled to warwick,NY in your carrier(you had to stay in the Yukon and
have no exposure to any other dogs or people, but it is interesting you are 6
weeks 4 days old at your first trial it was the Tri State Doberman Club
Trials...maybe that is a sign of how your next 7 years are going to be. Now on
Sunday your mom fell down a hill and did some serious damage to my left leg, i
got crutches, knee embolizer and an ankle cast...amazing enough I was going to
the truck to check on you my little pink promise...never made it there, but
there were lots of people willing to take you and help with you...i said no way
i am so very protective of you, i was so sure to give feeding and bathroom
instuctions about you while i was in the ER, for example the pink promise can
not go to the bathroom around or near where other dogs go, and no one can feed
you like i feed you...i let you eat out of my hand, yes you are spoiled rotten.
gosh i was so happy to get you back in my sight,. so we made it home on sunday
night, you are amazing you decided to sleep through the night since sunday
night. you are pulling at the comforter, digging up the kitchen floor mat and
hauling around remote controls...great work!!! your accident in the house was MY
fault i did not respond to your bark shame on me... you have now made it to be
alongside Kayla and Xena in the crates, because Sol does not want you in the bed
he is very angry with you there, and nothing for nothing he was here
first....this week on Thursday you are going to go for your check up, i ordered
your akc paper work from your father/breeder steve so you can get your udc
scorebook and this afternoon i am researching dates for you to get in your first
confirmation show ring and your PTT...i will have every letter behind your name
before long.. thanks for being part of my life Sierra.... i will write more
soon... July 15th well well miss pink promise today
you actually went up 2 full steps and have learned to follow your big sisters
and sol....can you believe you are even in the bigger crate...you are growing
way too fast, but you still smell like a puppy and you are so sweet....you are
eating lots, drinking out of the big bucket and even making bigger poops and
pees.....you are sleeping almost 6 hours straight through at night time....mommy
is learning how to "stack" you and getting your UDC scorebook....i just love you
to pieces...today i have to work and then take Sol to the trainers...you will be
ok, during the day Robert is going take care of you and then at 4pm i am loading
you in your little crate for a trip to warwick ny by the time you start training
you can drive us there.....xxxoo mom July 16th well well mommy woke up this am before you and i had to check on you...i can not believe you slept from 10pm until 6am your such a big girl...it is amazing NO accidents and you are such a sweetie, the smell of you, and your little heart pounding and your razor sharp teeth are just so amazing....i am home for lunch and can not wait until you are old enough to be social, today at 4pm you are going to the vets i have your poop all packed and ready to be tested xxxooo mom friday july 17th well you weigh 10.7, the vet said that you are perfect...she asked who your breeder was and mommy gave all the information to her, she will be getting a dobe in no time, you are contagious people love you to death....i have a funny story for you to remember mom has carried you in the airline carrier each and everyday... everywhere like an infant and on the way into the vets you must have gained so much weight that the bottom of the carrier fell out, you were fine, i had a heart attack and now suffer from ptsd of fear of you flopping onto the ground...well you are doing well and now it is time for mom to make the ear cropping appointment...(pleae anyone against it... let's talk about this people have plastic surgery to look good and my dobe is a hot redhead and she wants to look even better so i am getting the ears cropped)... i made an appointment with a nice man who does the laser cropping, i have checked out all of his creditials and references, he is the man, you are going on august 4th which is a great day it is my grandmother Nanny's birthday God bless her, she was a great mentor in my life, and would laugh at me as a teenager all the girls had pictures of wedding dresses and houses, i had doberman's.....i am now living my dream and pink promise you are a part of my dream...you are now going up the steps, hopping and doing great chasing after me in my white robe in the morning, you are even barking and surprising yourself....no accidents and even last night you slept in a 700 crate alongside the bed, Sol is NOT happy with you in the bed, he is a typical male and NOT sharing AT ALL... i try to reassure each and everyone of you(dobes that is) there is enough of my love for both of you....in the morning you are going to go to the Schutzhund club with us and stay in the car while Sol and do tracking...soon you will be doing this also...love you pink promise ..... July 20th monday morning here.. pink promise you are going to get me fired from work, all i can do is think about you and the dobermans in my life and the ones that i want to add to my loving collection of all of you...maybe i can start a doberman support group for those who are addicted. this weekend you seemed to be really growing and adjusting to life here in NJ, we got new toys this weekend, a tire rope, and some ropes for you to chew on... (it is amazing all new puppy toys and do you play with, an empty water bottle...)your teeth are razor sharp... i started to think that you would be carried like a baby in my arms for the rest of your life. this weekend you have made it clear that you do not want to be carried, you grunt and snort to get down....now you run around the yard like you own it....you have now discovered that you are too big to fit through the back stairs... you are climbing 2 steps at a time...growing and growing...this week i am going to research the best dog food for you, i learned that the food i have been feeding you has changed ingredients..i want what is best for you.... July 20th well my little pink promise, i went home at lunch time today and found you to have green snots and sniffles from your little nose, you were playing perfect, you are eating and drinking, peeing and pooping perfect, just green snotty snots, so i called dr. b and she is preparing an antibiotic for you and mom will pick it up after work, you seem to be fine other than your green snots....you were playing tug of war with sol or should i say sol was dragging you around the house with the rope tug it was so cute, i need to be on top of you with a camera to capture these shots...love you...xxxooo(i think your diagnosis is kiss hug and love overdose!!!) July 21st Tuesday July 21st, last night you had to sleep in the bed... you were so snotty and had a little fever, i called steve he said you would be okay this morning after 2 doses of your antibiotic you are less snotty and no fever, i think you are adjusting to the nj climate it has been really humid since you came to nj, i know that you are not too sick you were being pulled by sol, you are so strong you hold on for dear life with the toy rope and sol pulls you... you are so damm cute. i LOVE you more than life...you have the brightest personality and so full of life even if you are snotty with green snots....you are now going up 3 steps, growing taller and even eating a whole bowl of food....your poops and pees are getting bigger....xxxooomom
Saturday July 25, 2009.....well since the last time i wrote about you, you have still not had an accident at all no pee pee or poops anywhere but outside, you are barking loud and clear in charge of the pack... you are one amazung pup...you went camping in a tent with mom, i think you have traveled more than some humans have traveled you started in AZ flew to NJ, went to NY for the Tristate doberman trials, been to PA, OH, MD and then to WV this weekend, the entire pack of us did some work to help out to get 2 new puppies added to our pack(as part time foster pups please GOd do not let anyone of us get attached), you were showing the little girl how to make the poops outside and how to deal with Sol, then we went to a Crick Drip with about 100 people you walked around like you owned the place, right now you are sleeping on the sofa and the rest of the pack on the floor i am not so sure what power you have but at 8 weeks you are for sure the alpha dog...i love you pink promise....i wonder when you will be tracking and being the super schutzhund dog i know that you will be..... July 28th my lovely lady this morning you had an eventful morning, you watched mommy training the older dobermans in our yard...i have come to realize that you need to be part of the action at all times...after the older dobermans were done training i decided that you needed to go for a walk so that you were tired when mommy was at work...we walked to the river and you barked your head off at every fisherman at the river(not good, how will the fish ever bite if you scare them away...i can tell i have my hands full with you...i allowed to bark and growl...then we saw mr. hoffman who is a nice man that mom has known since 8th grade and you were fine you sat there like a precious sweet doberman....amazing you are. I find that you are not getting along too well with the foster dobermans that we have since thursday...you are the alpha dog and not tolerating mommy nursing them back to health. I am trying to teach you miss sierra that the world does not revolve around you....lol(really it does..but i am trying to show you at 9 weeks and 2 days that i am in charge...you are so damm cute when i pick you up you snort, growl and grown...i can not believe that you do not want to be held anymore..this is getting critical for mommy, i love to hold you and love you and smell you...now you are growing up no more puppy smell it goes so fast...you are eating out of a big girls bowl and drinking water out of the community backyard bucket...you are stealing the toys and treats from the new foster dobes...you are a spoiled rotten brat and your harley davidson collar that mitchell got you "bad to the bone" suits you just perfect, you seem to like it when Mitchell picks you up and loves on you...you are a man's girl? you cute little red head.... July 29th you got your first bath last night and a manicure and pedicure you sat so still for mom to do it, i was almost going to paint your nails. you are such a cutie, i just came for lunch to love on all of the dobermans in my life, you are so full of crazy energy and not much of the love bug you were a week ago...one week from today you are going to get your ears done....love you miss sierra tango aka pink promise July 30th last night you went to the schutzhund training field last night you acted like you own the place running all around and being silly...mom loves you...you will not let anyone love on you at all except mitchell who i guess will be your man.....you are so smart and great looking...tonight i have to take your siblings to the vets and then we will do puppy stuff...after i scoop all your poops.. you are now making bigger poops... |
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