Hey all!

I've been a little of out touch the last few days because we had a "blessed event"!!! We adopted a new puppy named Maddie (short for Madeline). She's a 10 month old purebred Great Dane pup that we got from a rescue. She is all legs, but as sweet as honey! She is a blue merle which are not shown, but are used for breeding stock. She was purchased from a breeder but the new owners did not get her vaccinated and she developed parvo, a deadly virus. The rescue group found her, treated her and brought her back to her wonderful glory. Her temperament is true Great Dane - a total sweetheart! We are over the moon with her. The other dogs, Pepper (our alpha Lab/Pit mix) and Zeke (our Great Dane/Mastiff mix) have accepted her very well. Zeke fell head over heels in love with her initially, but now he's a little tired of her puppy antics. While she is actually slightly taller than Zeke, he is much more filled out than she is, and has us realizing what a truly huge dog he is! He weighs 160, but that's relative, right?!

Anyhow, I wanted to share our good fortune and blessings with you, and wish you all the same. Happy holidays!

Hugs to my dear "hosed-faced" friends!

Darla