New 4 legged friend

fence0407

As a lot of yall know we had to say goodbye to our Max after 15 years. We recently added this little (for now) girl to our family - Aspen. She's an 8 week old german shepherd. Still miss our Max but excited to bring Aspen along for the ride!

RRP

She's a cutie!  Enjoy puppyhood. Will she be an indoor girl or mistress of the outside?

vegas slim

i am sure max would understand she sure is a cutie!

CTMike

Awesome, love GSD’s. Have had at least one continuously for the last 18 years. 

fence0407

RRP said:

She's a cutie!  Enjoy puppyhood. Will she be an indoor girl or mistress of the outside?

Thanks Ron! She will be mostly indoors but we have a good size yard she will have plenty of room to run around and play. She's a handful!

mEGG_My_Day

That’s a great looking dog - beautifull markings, congratulations!!

fence0407

vegas slim said:

i am sure max would understand she sure is a cutie!

Thanks! I certainly feel the same - Max took applications and chose this one 

fence0407

CTMike said:

Awesome, love GSD’s. Have had at least one continuously for the last 18 years. 

Thanks Mike! That's awesome you've had so many. My wife grew up with GSD's.

fence0407

mEGG_My_Day said:

That’s a great looking dog - beautifull markings, congratulations!!

Appreciate it! We actually had to decide on her when she was just 4 weeks old looking like the below picture. She was the lightest of the females and we couldn't be happier with her markings and personality!

Dobie

Puppy breath and needles for teeth, good times 

fence0407

Dobie said:

Puppy breath and needles for teeth, good times 

That sums it up nicely! Man are they sharp!

CTMike

This is Maggie, our current GSD, being very patient with the wife’s Cavapoo. 

fence0407

CTMike said:

This is Maggie, our current GSD, being very patient with the wife’s Cavapoo. 

Maggie looks very pretty! How old is she?

GrillSgt

Good looking dog. Have fun. 

CTMike

fence0407 said:

CTMike said:

This is Maggie, our current GSD, being very patient with the wife’s Cavapoo. 

Maggie looks very pretty! How old is she?

She will be 6 in November. 

fence0407

CTMike said:

fence0407 said:

CTMike said:

This is Maggie, our current GSD, being very patient with the wife’s Cavapoo. 

Maggie looks very pretty! How old is she?

She will be 6 in November. 

Awesome my inlaws GSD is 6...Layla

sctdg

fence0407 said:

As a lot of yall know we had to say goodbye to our Max after 15 years. We recently added this little (for now) girl to our family - Aspen. She's an 8 week old german shepherd. Still miss our Max but excited to bring Aspen along for the ride!

Nice markings. Alert looking pup. Lots of luck with her.I'm partial to Shepherds . 1969 - 1970 handled Shepherd in Vietnam ,Scoutdog.

BGEChicago

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

fence0407

sctdg said:

fence0407 said:

As a lot of yall know we had to say goodbye to our Max after 15 years. We recently added this little (for now) girl to our family - Aspen. She's an 8 week old german shepherd. Still miss our Max but excited to bring Aspen along for the ride!

Nice markings. Alert looking pup. Lots of luck with her.I'm partial to Shepherds . 1969 - 1970 handled Shepherd in Vietnam ,Scoutdog.

Thank you! And thank you for your service! 

fence0407

BGEChicago said:

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

Thanks! And I'm sure yall are going to love your new Havanese! I don't have any experience with homemade dog food. You might look into a raw meat/food diet though. Check Google and YouTube out.

theyolksonyou

BGEChicago said:

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

Does grid licking count?

Gulfcoastguy

My first dog was a female GSD . My Dad got both of use the same week. Supposedly I learned how to walk hanging onto her shoulder.

BGEChicago

fence0407 said:

BGEChicago said:

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

Thanks! And I'm sure yall are going to love your new Havanese! I don't have any experience with homemade dog food. You might look into a raw meat/food diet though. Check Google and YouTube out.

Yeah, the breeder suggested a raw food diet, I love meat rare but how long can a dog eat raw hamburger before it gets sick. I agree with you though, I have heard sweet potato (on BGE ) Maybe Blue Buffalo or something. Thanks for replying! 

BGEChicago

theyolksonyou said:

BGEChicago said:

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

Does grid licking count?

Awwe crap, I never thought about that!! Problem solved

Gulfcoastguy

BGEChicago said:

fence0407 said:

BGEChicago said:

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

Thanks! And I'm sure yall are going to love your new Havanese! I don't have any experience with homemade dog food. You might look into a raw meat/food diet though. Check Google and YouTube out.

Yeah, the breeder suggested a raw food diet, I love meat rare but how long can a dog eat raw hamburger before it gets sick. I agree with you though, I have heard sweet potato (on BGE ) Maybe Blue Buffalo or something. Thanks for replying! 

Tractor Supply has a dogfood called 4 Health. It has the exact same ingredients as Blue Buffalo but you can get a 30 pound sack cheaper than a 17 pound sack of Blue Buffalo. It is what the breeder that I bought my Boxer from uses.

YukonRon

We used a puppy mix from Costco, for our Great Pyrenees. She seemed to like it very much.

Beautiful pup, and congrats on the addition. There is nothing more fun than a puppy.

Legume

Our lab is going to have hip issues, it’s just a matter of when.  He’s on supplements now and after doing some reading, we decided to also switch him to a non-grain food which gives him more protein and avoids some of the inflammatory properties from grains.  Lots of brands out there, but we’ve been buying the Kirkland brand beef and sweet potato, they also have salmon, turkey and other versions of grain free..  It does seem to be less calorie dense than the Iam’s he was on previously so we had to adjust how much we feed him.  

Legume

Cool looking puppy btw.  My daughter rescued a mutt about a year ago and there is definitely some German Shepard in her lineage - very similar markings.

frazzdaddy

Great dogs. I grew up with a Germam shepherd. Some of my best childhood memories.

evie1370

BGEChicago said:

fence0407 said:

BGEChicago said:

Awwwe how cute!!! We have a Havaneese coming next week for my 9 year old daughter, were all excited. I know this is OT but being the first canine in a long time, how many of you make homemade dog food? I'd rather not feed him commercialized crap.
Thanks,
Greg

Thanks! And I'm sure yall are going to love your new Havanese! I don't have any experience with homemade dog food. You might look into a raw meat/food diet though. Check Google and YouTube out.

Yeah, the breeder suggested a raw food diet, I love meat rare but how long can a dog eat raw hamburger before it gets sick. I agree with you though, I have heard sweet potato (on BGE ) Maybe Blue Buffalo or something. Thanks for replying! 

I used to feed my dogs roast chicken, sweet potatoes and spinach. Roast the chicken and sweet potatoes, grind in food processor with some spinach. Add chicken broth as needed. They loved it-fed it till we found pet food here in Cincy made inhouse. I got so sick of dog food made in China that was recalled for antifreeze. 

BigGreenBean

Sweet girl.  I'm sure you will spoil her.