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Fotodanes, I would appreciate your thoughts on the breeder, definitely! Naomi will hit 3 months on the 26th. Last weight was 26.6 pounds, but that was about a week and a half ago. We're going to weigh her tomorrow morning before I run to work. She gets her next boosters and her rabies next Friday. I suppose I could take her for her rabies earlier, now that she's hit twelve weeks. I have taken Naomi out a few places; the duck/goose pond at Wal-mart (the geese startled her at first, but she walked along normally after that, and she was near a lot of moving vehicles and handled it well) took her to Advanced Auto with me and had her 20 feet away from a honking, whistling train, and while she alternated from one side of me to another, her tail didn't tuck and she was looking at it attentively, but no barking or shying away. We've taken her to Petsmart twice (with her own blanket lining a shopping cart that gets bleached once we get home), but there's not a lot of "low dog" areas that she's allowed to go. I got cursed out at by one dane lady by asking (while handing her the sanitizer) that she sanitize her hands as she had her own puppy that she admitted she hadn't taken to the vet yet. People around here are kind of crazy -- she wouldn't be the one paying the vet bill if she gave my dog parvo! Not that hand sanitizer kills parvo, but . . . yeah. I'm OCD . . . people with adult dogs that are fully vaccinated I'm not as picky about, mostly just people with other young puppies. So Naomi has gone nose-to-nose with quite a few full grown Danes (as all they have to do is stretch slightly to meet Naomi in her cart) and was much more active and attentive to her surroundings on her second trip to Petsmart. She even handled walking by the kennels full of shelter dogs with wagging tail and sniffing nose. We've also had our neighbor over a few times to get her used to strangers coming into the house. I think I'll invite one of hubby's friends over for dinner sometime this weekend -- my other two dogs really clicked with him, even the one that doesn't like anyone that's not family, and he was upset that we didn't bring the dogs to the beach today, plus it's someone Naomi hasn't met yet.

Fayetteville doesn't have its own dog park, so random dogs are literally everywhere as owners try to get them out and about. I was thinking about taking her on the river trail, as there's lots of runners and bikers but not too many dogs, but not sure if I should take her before her rabies shot, just in case, because there are a lot of squirrels and such in the area. We almost took her to a picnic this weekend, but when I got there, I was glad we only took our vaccinated dogs. Tons of dogs eight weeks and under there, and half the owners I talked to had never taken them to a vet. Including the owners of a 45 pound 6 month old Great Dane. That was sad and infuriating at the same time. They just blamed it on the fact that she was the runt, but so is Naomi, and she's only 15 pounds off the mark and she's half the age.

Thanks for the comments on the Euros. I like the style, but I think I'll shop around a bit more. I'm still doing breeder shopping and reading and info gathering at the moment, so its very helpful to have points in the right direction. So I should look for all the same physical certifications, along with show histories (preferably champions) and 3 year guarantees? I'd also love a breeder that will help me into showing as well. It would be great if I could attend shows with them before I have a puppy, just to get the insider commentary on what's actually happening and the like.

Here's a head-on shot for you guys for her face and such.

Unfortunately in my area, once a dog is 12 weeks, they must have their rabies. She's going in for them on Friday, and she'll be 13 weeks, 1 day old.

I was looking at breeders off of the GDCA website, and I found one in Virginia that looks decent. A lot of the studs people were using were coarse and didn't adhere to the standard -- their stud was 21st in the breed, but to me (inexperienced though I am and I could be wrong), he didn't meet the "square" standard for males and was longer, but that's only permissible in the females. He was very coarse through the chest and forelegs, and even 2 generations later, his progeny still showed that horrible chest. But, here's the breeder that I'm considering, though I still have a lot of questions for her. I'm not too happy with the Purina as a food, but she shows, has a lot of OFA certifications on those that are old enough to have earned them, and has Majors and Champions in her breeding stock. Unfortunately, her site is lacking in what sort of services she provides, though her Puppy Questionairre states that she'll crop, and will provide previous puppy buyer references upon request. I filled out the questionairre and put in quite a few questions of my own, asked for references (both from previous buyers and their vet), asked about a health guarantee, and a few other things I can't remember at the moment. I'm not sure if the lack of info in that area is simply an oversight, or hidden intentionally. I did say that I had husbandry questions and concerns as well. I'll write back with more info on practices and guarantees and such as I get the feedback, but what do you guys think of her dogs?

Ellenni Danes

EDIT: I found this on one of the puppy litter pages. I had thought that it was a different breeder that offered vacation boarding, but it was her!

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This litter will be Futurity nominated and is expected in February 2009. This litter of fawn and brindle will offer fantastic temperaments, and correct conformation. Puppies will be crate trained, basic potty training, Micro-chipped, dew claws removed, de-wormed, and up to date on recommended vaccines. Marion and I can offer a lifetime of help and resources for all puppies/owners including, 24-hour phone help, vacation boarding and free recommended vaccines for the life of the dog.

Cropping services will be offered for these puppies as well."

Oh, the stud wasn't a champion. Or, if he was, they didn't advertise him as such. Heck, if I had a champion dog, I'd brag to high heaven about him!

Come to think of it, I can't seem to find the picture on their site that showed him with such a huge chest, but here's his grandchild. In the one shot, she doesn't look like much of a dane at all! Much too masculine.
Cricket

Caution taken, and I appologize.