Martini
Ginny Is LOVIN Life
I cannot express fully how life has changed here now that Martini has been placed with friends. With our regular updates, we feel so confident and happy for her as she is so happy and spoiled. She is exactly where she needs to be. I get sad at times, missing her jumping up into my lap for kisses and affection but smile at the fact that she is getting that ten-fold in her new home. At the same time, Ginny – Martini’s imbalanced focus – has become so much more confident and happy. She is out of her shell and totally loving life. She was out in the back yard, running around with her buds is pure glee. All of the dogs are much more relaxed and stable...
Read MoreBitter Sweet
We have struggled with what to do about Martini for months and have tried everything to make things better. Special training sessions, stricter control and even having her spayed to try and get her hormonal issues under control. We thought the surgery did the trick but she still had issues with Ginny and her puppies, With Baby being due at any time, we are unsure of what she will do to Baby or her pups. Keeping her with us has been hard. We have to separate the dogs to keep things sane. Since we always keep moms and their pups away from the rest of the dogs it was ok for a while but now that the pups have been placed in their new homes, she still is not accepting Ginny....
Read MorePrayers Have Paid Off
Martini is a totally different dog! 9 days after her spay and she is totally calm and back with the rest of the pack. We have had her back with the rest of the dogs since yesterday morning and she is totally loving it! Not a single growl and tons of play – even with the girls. I am SO happy! Now she can be happy too – and that is really what it is all...
Read MoreWe Counted FIVE ….
… and Martini is on the Mend. We drove out to Lady Lake as a family and spent the day just outside the final bands of TS Fay. We started by having Martini taken back and prepped for her surgery. She did so AWESOME! We all have our fingers crossed that spaying her will get her hormones back into check. I am convinced she is hormonally imbalanced. She was still weaning her last litter of pups when the other girls in the house went into heat. Teener has been on a hormonal high ever since. Luckily we have an hour and a half drive home – she came out of surgery very loopy – just looking up at me saying “MOMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY” with her eyes. My...
Read MoreAnother Surgery On The Calendar
With Ginny due next week and Martini’s hormonal nastiness getting even worse, we have decided it is time to have her spayed. She really is the sweetest dog to humans – loving and cuddling – she just hates to have other female dogs in the same room. It is not right for her to have to live a life separated from the others. We also would hate the possibility of breeding that trait into any puppies. We would have to require a placement in homes with no other unaltered female dogs???? That’s not cool. She is such a fantastic mommy and it makes me sad to see her loose that ability since she is so happy when she is pregnant and even happier when she is...
Read MoreThey Don’t Call Um B**CHES Fer Nuttin’
Man OH Man! Martini is being such a major brat!! With all of the hormones in this house, she has gone off the deep end and is so nasty to all of the other girls. She has spent the last few days with the boys – them – she LOVES. She is due to come back into heat in a few weeks – those damn hormones will get ya every...
Read MoreToo Cute!
Martini took her one-less litter in stride and had one last play session with her pups this afternoon. Today they didn’t try to feed – as if they knew that free ride was over Instead, they did a lot of wrestling and playing and I just had to grab a shot of them all on their backs together. They all move so fast it was hard to get the photo in time but this got some of it. They may look like their daddy but man – they got the belly thing from...
Read MoreLike Mother Like Daughter
I almost cried from laughin so hard. Teener-Beaner has been a back sleeper since she was a puppy. Over the last week I have seen her puppies doing the same thing – sleeping on their backs. Now little Icehouse has master eating on her back. Now THAT’S a...
Read MoreThen There Is Mommy
See what I was talkin’ bout? Ginny wants in and Martini wants out! Her length of stay in the pen is getting shorter and shorter. And let me tell you – these pups are H E A L T H Y – they don’t need her in there for very long. It’s actually nice to see her so relaxed and willing to chill with us. She even had let the other dogs check out her pups! Totally lovin this chillin version of...
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