Jake is now a TEXAN!

Here is an email I recently received from Joe, Jake's owner. I hope you all enjoy! Remember..we love hearing from all of you! "We just moved out to a lake in Texas a couple months back and Jake is absolutely loving it out here! Aside from the squirrels that taunt him all day, he's befriended an ugly duckling (we named Daphne) that has no friends other than Jake and she visits our property daily. Jake is the most curious and loving dog I've ever owned and there's not a creature on this earth that he doesn't get along with as soon as he meets them. He loves the water and spends all day eating, napping, playing and mostly following around whichever person is the most interesting at that moment. He loves to help with everything!"

Birmingham Dog Show

Sadie took Reserve Winners Bitch Friday and Sunday at the dog show in Birmingham, Alabama. Now if only she can take Winners Bitch this coming weekend...that would be awesome. Dahlia, Sadie and I are going to the Perry, GA dog show this weekend. It will be a HUGE show with more than 30 girls entered.

Dahlia also received a Normal rating for her OFA thyroid test. Yea! All we have left to check are hips. I am still waiting for her to come into heat. It is taking FOREVER!! I just hope she does....yikes! Here is Dahlia's win picture from Franklin, TN..she is so pretty!!

Catch Up

This has been a crazy past month! So much has been going on! At the end of February, Sadie and Harley competed in Marietta, GA for the International Championship. We had a blast! With the VERY APPRECIATED help from my niece, Sadie and Harley were both able to complete the requirements to obtain their International Championship titles! They are now Int'l Champion SC-N-DD IMA Knockout V Masaya and Int'l Champion Teardrop von Haus Tiefenbach.

In addition, we have wrapped up all of Harley's health testing. She was PennHipped..which is VERY interesting by the way, as having average hips for a Great Dane with no indications of Degenerative Joint Disease. Yeah!!

A couple weekends ago, Sadie, Dahlia, and I went to Franklin, TN to the dog show. While we were their, I had their thyroids tested. We are still waiting on results. It was a CRAZY weekend too! Friday and Saturday were bummers for the show ring, but Sunday, Dahlia WON! She took two points! It had crossover major possibilities, but just didn't work out. :-(. Oh well! We had a good time and Dahlia got her picture taken. I will post when the pictures come.

New Pictures in the Snow!!

We got a chance to take a few pictures this weekend of Dahlia and Harley with a Snowy backdrop! Also, here is a link to Dahlia's Movement Video and Harley's Movement Video!!

Future Stud's TV Debut!!

Shadow, the stud dog that we are planning on breeding Harley to, just had his 6th birthday. He was also featured on Houston's Fox News sunday for the advertisement for the new Marmaduke movie coming out in early June. Here is Shadow's TV Debut!

Don't forget to take a look at the Litterbox page!!

Dahlia, Sadie, and Harley are now listed on the OFA website for recent health testings complete. Harley is Cardio clear and Sadie and Dahlia are now ECHO Cardio clear! In addition, Harley and Dahlia also had their CERF certificates arrive in the mail today!! Yeah!!

Dahlia Visits Kentucky Again

I went to Birmingham over Christmas and visited the Dane pack.  Everyone is so beautiful!  My Dahlia got to come back to Kentucky to visit with me and the Dobes for a while. I think she is enjoying her stay.  The first night I let her sleep on the bed with me and the 2 dobes.  However, I soon realized that she does not sleep in a nice small Dane ball like her mommy.  Two dobermans a Dane and I do not fit on the bed together!  Someone gets smushed and that is me!!  Now she sleeps in her crate at night and I get some rest.    I took her to the cardiologist yesterday to get her heart listened to.  The cardiologist said she sounded good!  The Dane pack are all over 1 yr now so health testing has started.  Now Camille wants Dahlia back.....  hmmmm, I guess I have to send her home:(   Brandi

A Beautiful Fall Day

On Thursday, Sadie, Dahlia and I traveled to Kentucky to meet Brandi and take some photos in the fall folliage. We raced to beat the rain storms that were predicted to come that night and into Friday. When we got there, Brandi brought her two Doberman girls, Cinders and Porsche, too. We went to the Berheim Forest. We were able to take a few pictures before the sprinkles started. When we woke up the next morning, however, we were greeted by the sunshine and white puffy clouds. Brandi, myself, and all the girls headed back to the park for more pictures. Here is what we took. (You can find picture of the Dobies at the Masaya Dobermans blog, http://www.masayadobermans.blogspot.com/).