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TingiesandTails

by TingiesandTails on 04 January 2013 - 03:01

classical long stock-coat! Enjoy puppyhood!

by jaymas100 on 04 January 2013 - 08:01

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments.

Funny thing is I have never considered German Shepherds before, due to all the bad press. But we have now had Lily for 3 weeks and oh my goodness what a shock we have had. She is so intelligent, loving and amazingly cute.

We took her to the vet yesterday for a check up and her second round of vacs. We were all shock when he said that she was now 9.8 Kg.  The first visit she was just 5.5 Kg.  She is growing very fast and changes everyday.
 
Unfortunately one of her ears has fallen back down and so now she has an element of silliness to her appearance. We asked the vet if this was normal and he seemed to think it was and that the ear would go back up once she had finished teething.

I will post more pictures as soon as I have them.

Regards


Hundmutter

by Hundmutter on 04 January 2013 - 09:01

Jaymas:   Their ears often go up and down, once they start
teething.  Hopefully they will both end up "up";  but since she
won't be a Showdog that isn't the end of the world if they don't.Omg Smile
They should both be standing properly by about 7 months at
the latest;  if that starts to look as though it won't happen, there
are methods available to try to get them up. When she reaches
5 months old, ask here on PDB - I don't reckon these much,
myself, but other posters will guide you if you want to try it.
 
If you end up with 'soft' ears [or one !] you just need to keep an eye
on nipping any infections or other ear problems in the bud, since
the air doesn't circulate as well in drop ears.

Glad she has already made up the weight, guess that is some-
thing you no longer need worry about !

I take it your vet is happy with her.  Good news then.  Enjoy her.
Lily is a great name.  Yeah, keep the photos coming;  we all luv
puppy pix.

Linda.

fawndallas

by fawndallas on 04 January 2013 - 15:01

So cute.   I keep telling myself to quit looking at puppy pictures, as I have plenty of dogs... but it is just too hard to resist.

Keep the pictures coming. 

Abby Normal

by Abby Normal on 04 January 2013 - 16:01

Well I AM going to judge...............that you did what 90% of us with a heart would have done iin these particular circumstances, and is she ever a lucky young lady because of it.  She is absolutely gorgeous and definitely a long stock coat (I am a sucker for them too). Yes, GSD's are fantastic, adorable, intelligent, wonderful dogs....it's a shocker........welcome to the club LOL.
She will probably be a saddle pattern, but she could possibly be a blanket pattern. Whatever - she is a little darling Heart
Everything about diet sounds fine as Hundmutter says. A little underweight is better than a little overweight as she grows, so long as the nutrition is good qualit, and she is healthy and happy.
Don't worry about her ears - they will probably do all sorts of strange things in the next few months - it's one of the most endearing things about shepherd pups over all others IMO, the weird and wonderful positions they pass through, the 'witches hat' being my personal favourite!  With her ears having been so beautifully erect early on, I have no doubt that they will adopt the correct position in due course, once teething is out of the way.

Please keep us updated with her progress.





DebiSue

by DebiSue on 04 January 2013 - 17:01

What a little doll baby!  I see a long coat in her future.  Don't worry about the ears.  They will come up.  Give her something to chew on while she is teething and that will help strengthen the muscles that support the ears.  I would not worry about her being a little underweight...better than overweight.  I too would like to say you did the right thing in rescuing her from the pet shop.  I hate those places and despise breeders that sell to them.  I hope she lives a long healthy life with you.  Welcome to the joy of owning a GSD.  They are addictive!
Deb 

by jaymas100 on 05 January 2013 - 09:01

Hi

Sorry to bother you guys again but Lily is refusing to eat. 

We have just got back from the vet, who said she is fine, temp. good alert and playful. He seems to think that she is just having a minor side affect from her vac.

I am still worried as she only ate 1/4 of what she usually eats yesterday and this morning she just walked away from her food.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you

Samantha

Hundmutter

by Hundmutter on 05 January 2013 - 10:01

Probably is just a 'feeling queasy' after the jab.  Not too uncommon.
Skip one of her regular mealtimes, keep her quiet if she wants to
sleep;  present her regular next meal with something smelly and
tasty added (in a SMALL quantity), don't get suckered into leaving 
it down with her any longer than usual if she doesn't eat it straight
away.

You should find she scoffs it because she will actually be hungry
by then, and you've made it extra tempting.  And she will probably
eat normally again after that.  
IF NOT, keep a close eye on her general demeanor and if she is very
different and/or has a lump starting over the injection site, get her
back to the vet quickly.  You cannot mess about with vaccine reactions
or gastric things and small puppies, they go downhill so fast  -  and
I hate to say this but it is one of the risks of coming from her unknown
background that you don't know what she may have been in contact with,
in terms of diseases.

Hope it turns out you have nothing to worry about.  Keep us posted ?

by SitasMom on 07 January 2013 - 06:01


She is really adorable and yes, I'm quite certain she is a long coat too.

Hundmutter

by Hundmutter on 07 January 2013 - 09:01

Jaymas, how is Lily doing ?





 


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