This may be a little off topic, but I had to show her off to people who would care. The wife and I drove out to Tucson last weekend to pick up our new puppy. She is a 14 week old Dobie and weighs about 30 lbs. Her legal name is Esprit v d Bavarienburg, bu we have named her Star Scream. We are looking for a Schutzhund club to join, and are checking one out tonight. Hopefully we will like them. If not, then it will be a 1.5 hour drive, three times a week for her training.

What a beautiful pup!

Congrats on the new family member

If she grows into those ears and feet you're in trouble.

Oh, and PLEASE don't dock the ears, and tail if you haven't done so already. It's such a cruel thing to do for no reason other than outdated breed standards for shows.

In fact, Britain just passed a law forbidding it. All dogs who's classes formerly required docked tails or ears no longer need do so. If your dog already had it done they are grandfathered in, but from now on cockers will have full tails, dobies will have floppy ears and tails, etc. Such a good step for the limeys to take. 

Are they good eating?!?



Seriously, congratz

Sit, Stay. Good Doggie

What a fantastic looking dog - CONGRATS 

Nice lookin' dog 

So, when do you fab a sidecar for the pooch? Rich may have some ideas. 

Nice lookin' pup.  I like the brown instead of black that most dobies I see.

Thanks everyone! We are absolutely in love with her.

We are not cropping the ears, but the tail was done when she was 2 days old. I like the docked tail, but natural ears are the only way to go.

You know, my neighbor trains German Shepards. She does that whole german attack and behavior training stuff. I THINK it's what you're talking about. I'm not that familiar with it.

I can try to find out where/who she works with if you like.

That would be great! 

PM sent. Give me a shout

Quote from: Slag on July 24, 2008, 11:50:24 AM
Thanks everyone! We are absolutely in love with her.

We are not cropping the ears, but the tail was done when she was 2 days old. I like the docked tail, but natural ears are the only way to go.

A docked tail is a good idea if it is going to be a big dog.
If you've ever been next to an un-docked big Rottweiler or Doberman that is happy you'd understand why.
They can clear a coffee table off or smack you in the package with one wag.
Over time it can do a bunch of damage.

Cropped ears is a good idea if it is a hunting dog that will spend a lot of time in the water.
Big floppy ears are cute (I prefer them personally!) but chronic ear infections that smell like rotting opossom
and are painful for the dog (and hearing loss too) are much worse than what they endure as a bitty pup getting cropped.

All that aside, BEAUTIFUL PUP!
Hopefully you'll bring her out for us to all see soon!!!   
(does she "play well with others?")

I'm sure you'll give it the best!!!   

screw the British laws, I say nip tuck.  If you feel bad for Fido score him some good pain meds.

Quote from: pipeliner1978 on July 24, 2008, 03:02:30 PM
screw the British laws, I say nip tuck.  If you feel bad for Fido score him some good pain meds.

I agree -when it is appropriate.

I saw a little mutt-puppy once...
Big BIG floppy ears.



I wouldn't change a thing about him!   

Sweet pooch. We just adopted a 3+ year old girl last weekend. She's a Border Collie mix but she doesn't look like the Border Collie I had for 18 years. Must be a lot of "mix" in her. She's an absolute sweetheart. Some wretched bastards left her abandoned as a "too young to be pregnant" pup in the house they vacated. In the cold of February with no power, heat, food and maybe water to drink from the toilet bowl... if the f@#kers left the lid up. Neighbors worrying about her somehow got in the house. She had delivered the pups, two of which had already died. It was freezing and she had no food to help her nurse the pups. I'd like to catch those assholes some day in an alley, I'll be the one swinging the baseball bat!

Anyway, she was nursed back to health and adopted by a loving family with kiddos. The Mom got sick, bad sick, organ transplant sick and the doctor told them to ditch the pooch due to her poor immune system. Since when do dogs make people sick?? I might have ditched the doc and kept the dog... but what do I know. They said when the husband brought her back to the rescue group at an adoption fair he was crying his eyes out. Really sad. She was very upset and confused but has settled in with her foster home really well.

We are going on vacation and don't want to bring her home until after we get back. It would be cruel to bring her home, spend less than two weeks with us and take her to a kennel or back to the foster home until we get back. She would think she was being dumped off again. We can't do that to her and the rescue group agreed. They appreciated the concern. It's absolutely killing us, we want her here right now, but out of respect for her and all she's been through we'll just wait. We met her with a volunteer last weekend at a Petsmart in Irving and she was awesome. What a sweetheart.

There I go again... going on and on. But this time it was worth it... she's worth it. Congrats on the puppy!!!