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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 679375" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Hanni, the GSD that Stu got me, and that bonded to him and became his (personal) working dog, hated other females.</p><p></p><p>Until we took in an ancient lab/wolf/who knows what hybrid. The neighborhood kids found her lying, half starved and covered with sores, in the gutter during a downpour, and came and got Stu.</p><p></p><p>We got her to the vet, where we found out she was around fifteen years old, needed groceries and antibiotics, and amazingly, had healthy teeth other than several being worn to the gumline. She was also half blind and as we found out later, mostly deaf.</p><p></p><p>When Hanni first confronted Lady, Lady, who was very arthritic, couldn't submit by rolling on her back for fear of being unable to get back up, so she sort of hunkered down, twisted her head to to expose her throat, and luckily Hanni understood her.</p><p></p><p>Then, Hanni, after accepting her into the pack, took over Lady's daily care. Making sure she ate and drank, came to our call, etc.</p><p></p><p>Then came the big shocker: turns out Lady was pregnant! I figured this out when I fell into a huge hole in the backyard next to the garage. Checking things out, I realized that said hole ran under the garage slab, and that Lady (with Hanni's help) had dug herself a den.</p><p></p><p>At my insistence, we took Hanni in for x-rays. 2 puppies, term pregnancy, and a pelvis so badly healed from a fracture that there was no way she could deliver normally.</p><p></p><p>We scheduled a c-section spay.</p><p></p><p>One puppy was DOA. The other was alive and obviously half GSD. Lady had no milk. We bottle raised the pup, and Hanni and Lady handled all other motherhood duties, up to and including throwing up food for the puppy when it was old enough.</p><p></p><p>We placed the pup when it was 12 weeks old. Beautiful pup, but with the sort of temperament that i started basic training as soon as she could walk on a leash.</p><p></p><p>Lady lived about 2 years with us. She went "down in back" due to something going wrong in her spine, and it was determined that at her age, she was too infirm to tolerate surgery. She was also completely deaf by that time.</p><p></p><p>Wonderful dog and I'm honored that we made her last couple of years happy ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 679375, member: 1963"] Hanni, the GSD that Stu got me, and that bonded to him and became his (personal) working dog, hated other females. Until we took in an ancient lab/wolf/who knows what hybrid. The neighborhood kids found her lying, half starved and covered with sores, in the gutter during a downpour, and came and got Stu. We got her to the vet, where we found out she was around fifteen years old, needed groceries and antibiotics, and amazingly, had healthy teeth other than several being worn to the gumline. She was also half blind and as we found out later, mostly deaf. When Hanni first confronted Lady, Lady, who was very arthritic, couldn't submit by rolling on her back for fear of being unable to get back up, so she sort of hunkered down, twisted her head to to expose her throat, and luckily Hanni understood her. Then, Hanni, after accepting her into the pack, took over Lady's daily care. Making sure she ate and drank, came to our call, etc. Then came the big shocker: turns out Lady was pregnant! I figured this out when I fell into a huge hole in the backyard next to the garage. Checking things out, I realized that said hole ran under the garage slab, and that Lady (with Hanni's help) had dug herself a den. At my insistence, we took Hanni in for x-rays. 2 puppies, term pregnancy, and a pelvis so badly healed from a fracture that there was no way she could deliver normally. We scheduled a c-section spay. One puppy was DOA. The other was alive and obviously half GSD. Lady had no milk. We bottle raised the pup, and Hanni and Lady handled all other motherhood duties, up to and including throwing up food for the puppy when it was old enough. We placed the pup when it was 12 weeks old. Beautiful pup, but with the sort of temperament that i started basic training as soon as she could walk on a leash. Lady lived about 2 years with us. She went "down in back" due to something going wrong in her spine, and it was determined that at her age, she was too infirm to tolerate surgery. She was also completely deaf by that time. Wonderful dog and I'm honored that we made her last couple of years happy ones. [/QUOTE]
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