Halloween Pic :)

Last year we bought Shelby a pumpkin costume. She was tiny when we bought it, but we knew she would grow into it before too long. Oh and she did! She is a chump now :) Punky and Lola have precious little Halloween tees that they just looove to wear! Ok, that was a joke. Lola absolutely hates any kind of doggie clothing. We love our sweet girls so much - don't know what we'd do without them!

Shelby Ann Knox – 1 Year, 3 months!

Hello dear friends and family!  I hope the past few months have been wonderful for you all.  We have been busy with life and enjoying every minute of it.  Shelby continues to grow and amaze us.  She is such a smart pooch, always making us laugh.  She is so sensitive and needy – it’s unbelievable really.  Her and the little girls are staring to get along better.  I would even say that her and Punky are friends.  Punky licks Shelby on the nose, so I figure that is a dogs form of endearment.  Lola even has her moments.  We took the cutest Halloween pictures of all three of them, but they aren’t downloaded to this computer and I am too lazy to do it right now.  

Shelby’s coat is absolutely beautiful – it shimmers

She’s getting so tall!

Shelbs would sunbathe all day long!  She loves it!  I can hardly get her to come inside sometimes.

Shelby is one year and three months.  She went to the vet this morning and weighed 117 lbs.  Great danes supposedly grow until 18 months so she might get a little bigger – we aren’t quite sure.  She got updated on all her shots and is healthy as a horse.  Speaking of horses, we went to the Locks this morning to run on the canal and three different people said, “You need a saddle for that thing.”  Ugh, for some reason that drives me crazy.  I think it is because Chan and I have a neighbor – Mrs. Betsy – that is so rude to Shelby every time we see her and she calls her a pony (in a totally negative way) so saying she needs a saddle fires me up a little.  Mrs. Betsy has a brown poodle named Katy.  Katy rules Betsy’s life – you can just tell.  When you walk your dog(s), you are supposed to be the leader and you should NEVER pick your dog up to control it.  By picking the dog you are teaching it to never learn how to handle the situation, whether it is people or other dogs or a squirrel.  Well, Shelby loves dogs so much that she just wants to run up and say hey to everyone she sees.  Typical of a one year old pup right? Not to mention Katie drags Mrs. Betsy everywhere, like a tractor pulling a plough.  Well, Shelbs just wants to say hey to Katie (and Katie is really sweet by the way, just an out-of-control walker) but low and behold she is snatched up by Mrs. Betsy when we are still a football field length away and she makes sure to say, “Are you going to put her in the Kentucky Derby?” or “At least I have control of MY dog!”  Who says stuff like this?  We need to move to a more pet friendly neighborhood!  Our across the street neighbor called animal control on Shelby’s best friend Izzy (the sweetest Boxer you have ever met) because she wasn’t on a leash!  Really animal control?  I do believe they have better things to worry about!  Sorry I am ranting…

Oh here a two cute pics I just took with my phone…

Lola and Zeebie

 

Shelby was napping and woke up and covered her face with her paw for minutes… so precious, I know :)  Look how deep her chest is!

Check back soon – I will update more often, PROMISE!!

xoxoxoxoxoxox

New Post! Y’all should be proud of me :)

Shelb’s Halloween Costume!

Shelbaloni – now 1 yr. and 3 months!

Sweet face

Okay, I will reblog tomorrow – promise!  I was just doing a trial run on my new computer… Stay tuned for updates VERY SOON!

OMG - It's been way, way too long! Shelby - 9.5 months old

Well, our sweet precious baby is now 9.5 months old! Can you believe it? She has grown extremely fast right before our eyes. Shelby weighs around 110 and continues to amaze us with how smart and sensitive she is.

The other day, she was chewing on her rawhide and then started chewing on her bed and I caught her in the act and scolded her. She went and got in the corner of our bedroom and put her nose right up against the wall and would not move for 30 minutes! I have no idea where she learned this because we never make her stay in the corner (nor do we hardly ever have to discipline her). She was so sad so I finally had to go over there and tell her it was okay, that she was still our precious little "good" girl and that she didn't have to be so sad, just not to do it again. She didn't leave my side for the next hour. She sat by me in the bathroom putting my makeup on, followed me everywhere! It was so funny!

Danes are so sensitive and you don't really understand this until you have one. I had always heard about their sensitivity, but seriously they are so smart and loyal that they know when you are disappointed and they are pitiful!

Shelby still loves to go to the Locks and walk on the trails with her best friend Izzy. However, she got very sick a few weeks ago and had to have x-rays and very big shots of fluid put in her. They still aren't sure what it was, but we did start finding worms in her stool so we kinda think that was most of the problem. She lost about 10 lbs. and looked sooo skinny! We were very scared. She was so sick that she couldn't hold it and was going to the bathroom in the house and would run around in cirlces while she was going because it scared her so bad. Needless to say, Chan and I did a lot of gagging while cleaning up her watery poop! Ewwww!!!

We feed her a supplement called Ultra Oil from firstchoicenaturals.com. It makes her coat so shiny and silky! She feels like velvet.

We are so glad that we cropped her ears - it was months of hard work and very frustrating at times, but now that it is done we LOVE her look!

Her head is huge! Seriously, bigger than a human. We are really starting to see the European bloodline in her.

Right after a walk - she was worn out!

look how big that head is!

love, love, love her :)

Stay tuned for more updates! I promise I will start blogging about her more!!

Shelby's Spay - 5 months & 1 week

So our little baby got spayed this week. It was a traumatic experience for all of us. We dropped her off at Acute Vet care on Thursday to have her surgery that morning. She spent the night at the vet so they could watch her and limit her movement as much as possible. I wondered why they kept saying the sooner she gets spayed, the better... just take a peek at the pics below. I guess all of the pressure from her weight makes the recovery process a little more difficult the bigger that the animal is. She bruised pretty bad and her belly is nice and swollen, but she is acting completely fine like she feels nothing. She is five months and one week tomorrow. She is getting bigger by the day - literally, and weighed 54 lbs. at the vet on Thurs. 12/3.

Chewing on her crate b/c she is mad...

we have to quarantine her for 7-10 days!

Is that even possible? She's going crazy!

Mmmm.. tastes good :)

Shelby's belly on 12/04

Ewww... poor thing

Chan doing his cage duty...

Where's Lola?

Thanksgiving with family in Hattiesburg - 19 wks. and counting

Shelby had a great time at her grandpoppy and grandmammy's house for Thanksgiving. She got to play with many dogs - Daisy, Punky, Lola, Gabbie, and Tessie. We definitely had a house full! We got to run at the track, take lots of car rides, and she even got to sleep in the bed with momma and daddy. My mom thought she had a crate big enough for Shelby to sleep in, but she barely fit in there! It was funny! Shelby got a belly ache one night and had to go into seclusion and sleep by the washer and dryer. Please see the pics below taken over the past two weeks -

our beautiful baby...

shake~!

ahhh.. nothin' like a good stretch...

daddy bein' sweet - as usual :)

my bf (i had just spray tanned! i look like one of those old ladies that lives in FL and lays in the sun all day... it washed off tho, don't worry)

my two bfs in the whole world!

shelb's cousin - Tessie

shelb loved my parent's chair

her other cousin - Gabriella

Henrietta - the most obnoxious squeaker toy

die Henrietta, die!!!

pretty girl :) - those ears are looking good!

Christmas decor

wow, look how big she is getting - *tear*

i have a feeling that we will not go the whole month without losing a few branches

she will be 5 months on Monday.. crazy!

Shelby - from the last post until 17 weeks!!

Okay, I am posting the longest blog in the history of blogs to catch everyone up on Shelby's growth! She is HUGE - around 45 lbs. She consistently gains 3 lbs. per week and gets her last round of puppy shots next week. I started the pictures from where I left off in the last blog, and as you scroll down you will see her grow! I will start posting every week as soon as I get my computer back - it's broken and has been for weeks.

Shelby is seriously the best dog ever - she is potty trained and only has accidents when her friends come over. Poor thing is going through her teething stage, so we have to make sure she has something to chew on at all times. She is obsessed with her bear (that you will see in several pics). She does what Chan and I call "the piano" on Mr. Bear where she paws it back and forth with her paws for hours. She doesn't tear it up nor is she rough with it. It's like she doesn't want to hurt it so she can keep it forever. Great danes are amazing with children, so we think that she is practicing for her future human brothers/sisters.

Shelby has been perfectly healthy and loves to sleep. We get up early in the mornings so she can eat and get the energy out of her before we go to work, but she just eats and passes out. Look at all the pics and let us know what you think!

Still training those ears!

Mom, give me the treat!

Trying to take some pics, but she is not havin' it...

I had to corner her in our room b/c she wouldn't let me take a pic of her! Terd :)

This is her training crate that she has almost outgrown...

But mom, I have to sleep on my ears so they will never stand right!

Punky, Lola, Shelby, and cousin Daisy (this pic was impossible to take)

Look how long.. and how cute that belly is!!

Sweet Daisy-bug.. Shelby has worn her out

and it's time to play again!!! aarrrrggghhhh

ferocious

this pic cracks me up.. they play soo hard in case you can't tell

3 minutes later...

p-a-s-s-e-d OUT!

sweet daddy chan

3 month pics

October 9 - My bday with my babies!!

Shelby on the table checkin things out

Beauty Queen

gettin bigger...

her favorite... mr. bear

look how old her face looks already... Shelby's face, not mine

I can hardly pic her up anymore! *tear*

my babies - how can you resist those faces?!?!

Shelby insists on sleeping on Punky's bed!

what momma?!

hahahahaha.. hilarious!! The Punkmyster

Shelby's best friend - Izzy - they looooove each other!!!

Shelby fights from the ground. She automatically flops to the ground every single time!

Look at those sweet faces...

Punky and Lola's Halloween shirts.. Lola HATES when we dress her up!!

Punky LOVES it!

Shelby and Mr. Bear - passed out... again

our latest play date with Izzy... Shelby slept for 18 hours straight after this :)

having to hold her up...

THE END... look for more updates coming soon!!