Settled With Uncle Mikey

Mikey with Enya and Jezi

Quick shot taken with the phone this morning ... before all hell broke out and Danni and Jezi had a "proper" spat!
Makes me realise that my thoughts on litter sisters have always been right... keeping two is going to be hard work, keeping 4 is impossible and I now have the war wounds to prove it!

3 Months Old Today

Ziva (Minx)

Danni (Tinie T)

Enya (May)

Jezi (Maggie)

TJ (Jane)

Wating and hoping for photos of the other today too? Please pretty please?.....
Update
Just got this already ....Thanks Sue

Diesel (Harvey)

When Lexi Met Harley

Love this Thank you
Lexi (Alex) and Harley!

Out And About

Danni and Jezi ... Hey Jezi your ears look silly like that!

Jezi and Mikey .... Uncle Mikey, Danni laughed at my ears

Asha with Jezi, Ziva and Enya

That Put The Smile Back On My Face

Today ... Oh Yeah And Yesterday!

Sometimes it all gets to be too much. Sometimes the tears flow and the mood is low but no one thing can really take blame. Sometimes when all the chocolate has been devoured and still the mood has not improved, sometimes there's no way out except you......
Sometimes I feels pathetically sorry for myself and my life, sometimes this is simply not enough and I wish for more, sometimes I hates everything about myself and my inadequacies, sometimes there's no way out except you.....
Sometimes it feels like every one's out to get me. Sometimes the dogs just drive me insane. Sometimes I cry because laughing is just too hard and sometimes their humor just sadness me. Sometimes there's no way out except you ...... sometimes, yeah sometimes, sometimes was today!

Steve Celebrating that Danni's not leaving home ... yet!

Yesterday we had a nice lady on the phone asking about Danni. She had followed her with interest on forums and finally couldn't resist her charm. She was very excited when I said Danni was still available for sale and said she would love to have her. All well and good, but to be honest my heart sank, at 12 weeks they have become part of our "Family!" Sensibly Danni and Enya need homes, someone else can give them more and that's what I want for them, they deserve "it all!"
This lady has a 9 month old male GSD, a Tirgram Tim son. I told her that therefore she would need to make sure they never mated as Tim and Robbi (Danni's dad) are half brothers. Initially she said no problem, but later rang to tell me that having discussed it with her husband they decided they could not out rule breeding .... so by mutual agreement we decided Danni would not be going!
So are Danni and Enya still for sale? Yes of course they are, keeping 4 would just be ludicrous, but until the home/time is right then the little one's, like Ziva and Jezi will get all we can give them....even if it kills us in the process...lol!

We Can Be Good!

But only cause they've been on the go all morning  and are sleepy now!!!

Enya, Danni, Ziva and Jezi

Little Jezi has given us a scare this last week. The pups are now 12 weeks and Jezi was screaming in pain with her front left leg last Thursday. I was at work, Steve panic and took her to the vet, they found nothing wrong with her and she soon came round. Yesterday when I was out walking Steve phoned me, again saying that Jezi was screaming in pain with her leg. I got home to see her on the sofa feeling very sorry for herself. We put her on the floor and realised she's limping on the front right. We've examined her toes and joints, no reaction, but when I squeezed the back of the long bone she screamed.So now I'm think could it be Panostitis, though she is a little young for it.
I've only had one experince of the condition in the past. Lia had it in 1997 .... I remember feeling so sad for her they are in so much pain with it.  and now poor Jezi is crying on the sofa!
"Panosteitis, or Pano as it is commonly called, is a disease which affects the long bones in growing young dogs, mostly of the larger breeds, but occasionally is seen in some smaller breeds as well. German Shepherds are one of the breeds who are often presented with lameness and limb pain between 5 and 18 months of age, and many veterinarians diagnose Pano as it's cause.
The first signs of Pano are often a slight lameness in one leg, progressing to a severe limp and possibly non-use of the affected leg. It may last for days to weeks, and may seem to resolve then recur in the same leg, or another one. Some dogs can exhibit lameness in more than one, or even all legs at the same time. Often Pano shows up in a foreleg first. Bouts of lameness can come and go, seemingly for months. Some dogs suffer from Pano off and on until they are nearing 2 years of age or even beyond.. Most cases start near the end of rapid growth, about 5 to 6 months of age, and are cleared up by 12 to 18 months of age. Males seem to be more affected than females, but both sexes can exhibit signs.
Radiographic signs, those seen on an x-ray, can be elusive when diagnosing Pano. The bones most affected are the radius and ulna (the foreleg), the humerus (upper arm), the femur (thigh) and the tibia (lower rear leg). Pano is an inflammation of the bone itself, the cortex (outer shell) becomes less distinct and foggy, and the interior of the bone seems to increase in density. Pano lesions are not always seen on an X-ray even though the dog may be showing clinical signs of lameness and pain."

Getting Away From Them



Tali, Mikey, Finlay, Louis, Asha and Jake

I love the Winter Sunshine.

Linda and I took the kids out today for a nice walk to get away from the "juniors."

 I guess they really need a break from them sometimes

Blanik Boys

Thanks Sue and Alex for sending me these wonderful photos of Diesel from the "H" litter....

 He looks lovely and I'm so glad I get to see him so often! :)

The big fellow we all know as Kai, Asha and Mikey's brother from the "G" litter.

Son to our Kai and Tali and therefore an Uncle to little Diesel.

Thanks Again John for the photos

Still Here....

....At 12 weeks old.

The longer they stay the harder it will be when/if the time comes to say goodbye.

Jezi at the back, Enya, Ziva and Danni

Ladies!!!! lol

Enya May

Miss Ziva

 

Danni

Jezi