July 4th [i]Good morning it is 0643 here in NJ and I am so excited this is how I count the day I am going to get my familydobes puppy i do not count today it is here already, so it is Sun, Mon, Tues 3 days...and Wed is the day i get her....now i have a great surprise to tell steve the puppy needs to be at the airport at 5:15AM as per continential.... the spokes person telephone consultation was amazing with the instructions all i kept saying was thank goodness steve knows what he is doing....so my puppy will arrive in newark nj at 2:34pm, i find myself having a case of eye trouble and not seeing myself being able to concentrate that day at work....for now i must go train my sol and enjoy the 4th of july....happy birthday america.....okay it is the afternoon of july 4th and i am so excited to have my pink promise...i have rearranged my crate situation, and i have installed my 3rd crate into my truck(it was a project and a few blonde moments,,,as i was so frustrated that it would not fit, Sol is in the yard barking his head off at me, as if he knew i was doing it wrong..Sol is off lead and at my side as long as society lets him and when i am upset, anxious or just plain crabby he senses my every emotion, i just imagine how my pink promise will be....gosh i love those familydobes...on monday i am making the appointment for my vet to check her out and get clearance for the ear cropping procedure...which reminds me i interviewed and studied a lot of vets who do this ear cropping sort of reminds me of my days of interviewing the plastic surgeron....so now i am ready for my arrival and i did not want my neighbors to know all about my doberman life i would be making welcome home signs for my pink promise....

July 6th It is July 6th and only 2 more days until my pink promise comes to NJ, it is now to the point that I can sleep and I am so excited to meet her, I can only imagine what type of personality she will have....I am ready for her...I want her here now...maybe she could fly tomorrow??? I was reading a Royal Cannine book on puppy imprinting and I am looking foward to all of this....“ God turns the ordinary into the extraordinary... ”

~Erwin Tippel

Now why are you not awake... i keep checking on the web cam and you are sleeping....pink promise i can not wait to see you....okay miss sierra tango i have now made your vet appointment for 7:30pm on monday july 13th..Dr B is looking forward to meeting you and love on you, you will like her she is a nice vet and your brother and sisters love her....i see you were awake and now sleeping...lazy....

July 7th dear pink promise lady... i tried to blog on you this am and this forum would not let me post it so your breeder is going to add it in for me... but for now i know that you have been to the vets, and had your shots and you weigh 10lbs...i have all of your supplies packed and ready to go to come get you and your aunt anneliese is coming with me to get you....i am so excited it is in 18 hours and i am so looking forward to meeting you and smelling your sweet little puppy breath, and clean you all up if you are so nervous and had an accident.... see you soon....

July 8th GOOD MORNING MY PUUPY IT IS YOUR DAY TO COME TO NJ.....I AM SO EXCITED I HAVE MY TRUCK PACKED WITH YOUR TREASURES...TOWEL, LEASH, SHAMPOO, WASH BASIN, PAPER TOWELS, WATER, COLLAR, GARBAGE BAGS, FOOD.....I CAN NOT WAIT TO MEET YOU....IT WILL BE IN 8 HOURS...THE AIRLINE BETTER MAKE YOU A PRIORITY AND TAKE YOU OFF BEFORE ANY LUGGAGE OR HUMANS.....THIS IS SO EXCITING, YOU WILL SLEEP IN A SMALL CRATE NEXT TO MY BED AND SOL WILL BE IN MY BED KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU....WHAT ELSE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR NEW LIFE IN BELVIDERE, NJ... YOU HAVE A FENCED IN 6FOOT YARD, 2 SISTERS AND SOL....HE HAS YOUR PERSONALIT I BET HE IS ALSO A FAMOUS FAMILYDOBE....LOVE TO YOU AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOBERMANS AND THEIR OWNERS IN THE WORLD....
 I just watched you being taken from your litter mates, how exciting is this... see you soon....I just confirmed with Aunt Anneliese that we are meeting at her house to come get you at 2:34pm xxxoooo
well sierra we are home safe and sound...hope that you feel comfortable as i write this you are nestled in your crate... this is going to be short because i am so sleepy and your Familydobe friend Sol has training at 0615 in the am we have to leave at 0430 am for the training, i have lots of video tapes of your arrival, i wonder how your litter mate made out in travels... i am so proud of you your kennel was dry.. you went out side to pee pee, came home and fit right in with the 3 other dobermans in the house and have ate and went poopies outside..and most importantly i am in LOVE with you already... i am so blessed to have a familydobe puppy so much...that i wish i had 101 dobermans

July 14th at 12:18pm I can not believe it has been one week since you have been home, you are an angel...i can not tell you how lucky i am to have you...you got home from the airport last wednesday july 8th and to my suprise you were dry no accidents, you made pee pee's in newark, nj and then at aunt anneliese's house..home we went where you met Sol, Kayla and Xena all of these doberman's were so happy to see you... then for the next four days you traveled to warwick,NY in your carrier(you had to stay in the Yukon and have no exposure to any other dogs or people, but it is interesting you are 6 weeks 4 days old at your first trial it was the Tri State Doberman Club Trials...maybe that is a sign of how your next 7 years are going to be. Now on Sunday your mom fell down a hill and did some serious damage to my left leg, i got crutches, knee embolizer and an ankle cast...amazing enough I was going to the truck to check on you my little pink promise...never made it there, but there were lots of people willing to take you and help with you...i said no way i am so very protective of you, i was so sure to give feeding and bathroom instuctions about you while i was in the ER, for example the pink promise can not go to the bathroom around or near where other dogs go, and no one can feed you like i feed you...i let you eat out of my hand, yes you are spoiled rotten. gosh i was so happy to get you back in my sight,. so we made it home on sunday night, you are amazing you decided to sleep through the night since sunday night. you are pulling at the comforter, digging up the kitchen floor mat and hauling around remote controls...great work!!! your accident in the house was MY fault i did not respond to your bark shame on me... you have now made it to be alongside Kayla and Xena in the crates, because Sol does not want you in the bed he is very angry with you there, and nothing for nothing he was here first....this week on Thursday you are going to go for your check up, i ordered your akc paper work from your father/breeder steve so you can get your udc scorebook and this afternoon i am researching dates for you to get in your first confirmation show ring and your PTT...i will have every letter behind your name before long.. thanks for being part of my life Sierra.... i will write more soon...
 

July 15th well well miss pink promise today you actually went up 2 full steps and have learned to follow your big sisters and sol....can you believe you are even in the bigger crate...you are growing way too fast, but you still smell like a puppy and you are so sweet....you are eating lots, drinking out of the big bucket and even making bigger poops and pees.....you are sleeping almost 6 hours straight through at night time....mommy is learning how to "stack" you and getting your UDC scorebook....i just love you to pieces...today i have to work and then take Sol to the trainers...you will be ok, during the day Robert is going take care of you and then at 4pm i am loading you in your little crate for a trip to warwick ny by the time you start training you can drive us there.....xxxoo mom
 

July 16th well well mommy woke up this am before you and i had to check on you...i can not believe you slept from 10pm until 6am your such a big girl...it is amazing NO accidents and you are such a sweetie, the smell of you, and your little heart pounding and your razor sharp teeth are just so amazing....i am home for lunch and can not wait until you are old enough to be social, today at 4pm you are going to the vets i have your poop all packed and ready to be tested xxxooo mom

friday july 17th well you weigh 10.7, the vet said that you are perfect...she asked who your breeder was and mommy gave all the information to her, she will be getting a dobe in no time, you are contagious people love you to death....i have a funny story for you to remember mom has carried you in the airline carrier each and everyday... everywhere like an infant and on the way into the vets you must have gained so much weight that the bottom of the carrier fell out, you were fine, i had a heart attack and now suffer from ptsd of fear of you flopping onto the ground...well you are doing well and now it is time for mom to make the ear cropping appointment...(pleae anyone against it... let's talk about this people have plastic surgery to look good and my dobe is a hot redhead and she wants to look even better so i am getting the ears cropped)... i made an appointment with a nice man who does the laser cropping, i have checked out all of his creditials and references, he is the man, you are going on august 4th which is a great day it is my grandmother Nanny's birthday God bless her, she was a great mentor in my life, and would laugh at me as a teenager all the girls had pictures of wedding dresses and houses, i had doberman's.....i am now living my dream and pink promise you are a part of my dream...you are now going up the steps, hopping and doing great chasing after me in my white robe in the morning, you are even barking and surprising yourself....no accidents and even last night you slept in a 700 crate alongside the bed, Sol is NOT happy with you in the bed, he is a typical male and NOT sharing AT ALL... i try to reassure each and everyone of you(dobes that is) there is enough of my love for both of you....in the morning you are going to go to the Schutzhund club with us and stay in the car while Sol and do tracking...soon you will be doing this also...love you pink promise .....

July 20th monday morning here.. pink promise you are going to get me fired from work, all i can do is think about you and the dobermans in my life and the ones that i want to add to my loving collection of all of you...maybe i can start a doberman support group for those who are addicted. this weekend you seemed to be really growing and adjusting to life here in NJ, we got new toys this weekend, a tire rope, and some ropes for you to chew on... (it is amazing all new puppy toys and do you play with, an empty water bottle...)your teeth are razor sharp... i started to think that you would be carried like a baby in my arms for the rest of your life. this weekend you have made it clear that you do not want to be carried, you grunt and snort to get down....now you run around the yard like you own it....you have now discovered that you are too big to fit through the back stairs... you are climbing 2 steps at a time...growing and growing...this week i am going to research the best dog food for you, i learned that the food i have been feeding you has changed ingredients..i want what is best for you....