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Our akita, Nikoma, will be 10yrs old this fall and is a wonderful dog nanny. [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/julyeight12.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/babybaronsit.jpg[/img] His page is at [url]http://www.6stardanes.com/nikoma.html[/url] Nikoma shares the house with 2 people, 6 Great Danes & 3 cats. [/url]

[quote name='"K"']And then there is Weela the APBT who saved people as well as livestock I remember Weela. She was a very sweet girl who smiled alot. I use to board my horses at the same ranch as the Watkins did. I remember the flood - ugh it was horrible. So many of us waded through it in the beginning to get our horses out. Of course afterwards we needed Hepatitus shots. :-? As for famous dogs wasn't there an Akita who went to a train station daily in hopes to see his dead master? What's the name of the Service Dog Lab that aided his blind master our of one of the 9-11 buildings?

I'd highly suggest that during the vet appt you get blood drawn and a full panel run on it. I agree with others this is not normal. We neutered our guy Roku at 6 1/2... now 4 months shy of his 8th birthday he's seems even more lovey, lively and interested in people - if that's possible.

Yeah, I wouldn't let a bad experience scare me off.

[quote name='pitbulletta']Imagine if those pet shops INSTEAD, took dogs from shelters and tried to sell them off...wouldn't that be a great idea?[/quote] Actually, that is what the petstore closest to where we live does. They work in close conjunction with the Humane Society and get dogs/puppies & cats/kittens from them. They also once a month have the Humane Society come and set up shop outside the store with other adoptable critters. We all have our own opinions and do what we feel is right.

Good luck! In all honesty its not good for a body to be vaccinated AND have surgery perform right on top of each other.

[quote name='Kiwi'] A clause that breeders must take take back any dogs they have breed etc etc I could go on all day![/quote] That's a must! It's in our contracts that if the puppy owner can not care for or no longer wants their pup that they must return the pup to us - for the life of the dog. Breeding is one of those topics that will always have people having varying opinions on. Yes, we breed but we also exhibit in conformation. We don't breed for pets they just come from breedings too.

That's great! I'm sure the ridgie is all the happier.

We feed our canine kids a raw diet so every day they get nice meaty bones to chomp on which helps to clean their teeth. However, prior to dog shows I do brush their teeth. They really like that. They enjoy the Petrodex toothpaste.

This url is only good for a week [url]http://www.mountain-news.com/articles/2004/06/17/news/features/feature1.txt[/url] This is a copy on my site of the above so won't be time restrictive. [url]http://www.6stardanes.com/mtnnewseagle.html[/url]

Here are a few more pixs of Pryde with last year's [i](That's My Baby)[/i] puppies. [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/xx12.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/xx9.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/xx11.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/xx3.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/xx13.jpg[/img]

Here are a few pixs of Pryde with some of our puppies... [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/gp00.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/gp0.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/513catpup3.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/513catpup5.jpg[/img]

Also our other cat, Pryde, loves when we have puppies. He'll get into the whelping box with the pups and when they are being weaned he loves to eat with them. Here he is with newborn Eagle [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/6spup1.jpg[/img] I'll find more pixs later.

Here's a recent pix of our 3yr old Harlequin Great dane boy, Eagle, with kitty buddy Dante' [img]http://www.6stardanes.com/EagleDante3.jpg[/img]

[quote name='DeafAussieLover']no hard feelings?[/quote] :fadein: None at all.