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BPO Introduction Forum => Introduce Yourself to the Forum => : k2campbell October 14, 2005, 09:26:59 AM
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Hello!
Would like to say hi to everyone, what a great site this is - just joined. My name is Kelly, am from Canada. This is a picture of our darling "Kate", she is now 14 wks old. Picture taken at 13 wks. We love Kate - she is our first Leonberger!
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Hello and Welcome!! ;D
Kate is so cute. You simply can't resist a Leonberger.
My name is Chris, and I have a husky/shep mix Keiko, and a great dane pup Gunther.
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Hello Chris!
Thanks for the warm welcome! Your dogs are beautiful. How old is your Dane? I love Danes, always have...
Cheers,
k2campbell
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Welcome aboard...What a muffin of a puppy! I own a 19wk Caucasian Shepherd and a 11month Central Asian Shepherd
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Welcome ;D can't wait to see more pictures
And Babs I love your new Pic (avatar ? sp??)
Nina
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Welcome Kelly and Kate,
Kelly is a cute little ball of fur.
I am in Oregon with Dakota, a four year old Newf/Lab mix and my Leo, Jade. Jade will be a year old on Monday.
Can I ask who the breeder is?
I look forward to seeing more pictures of Kate.
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I just looked at my post and realized I have your names mixed up. SORRY.
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Welcome to you and your beautiful pup!
Rose
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Miss Kate is darling! She looks very elegant in her photo. Welcome to BPO! :)
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Welcome to BPO, Kelly! Miss Kate is adorable :)
My name is Jackie, and I have a 9 year old Siberian Husky, Taz. Hope you have a great time here!
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Hello all! Thanks to everyone for all of your warm welcomes - appreciated!
DakotaMom - that was too funny! As long as my hubby doesn't call me 'furry', I guess I'm alright! LOL!
Here is another photo of Kate. She is growing so fast! AND - she has recently learned how to climb baby gates - so we need to come up with a better plan to keep her off the stairs. Any suggestions anyone? We live in a 4-level split, and she LOVES to follow us everywhere. Stairs concern me, we've done a great job containing her until yesterday when she figured out how to 'climb'! I don't know how much longer we'll be able to keep carrying her up & down, she is getting so big...
You all have such beautiful dogs! I love ALL dogs, any dog - PERIOD. I live in Airdrie, AB (just outside of Calgary)...
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Welcome and you have a cutie pie there for a puppy! :)
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Welcome!! Miss Kate is soo adorable!!!
Hope you enjoy it here :)
--Samson's Owner
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Hi LaurelGrove,
Thanks! Ya, I don't think Florida would be the best spot for a Leo, BUT there is lots of water (so) you never know!
No, I'm not trying to keep her from anything - it was the breeders' suggestion. Apparently climbing stairs when they are this young can cause problems later in life? Thing is - when we brought Kate home - she climbed them right away (she already knew how - we didn't have to teach her). So, as per the breeders' suggestion - we blocked our stairs with baby gates (and now) she's climbing those!
For such a giant breed - Leo's sure are agile!
Kelly
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Oooh, I love that pic.
I've heard about the stairs causing problems, too, but most of the people I've talked to have said that's a bunch of hooey.
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Hi Kelly, Welcome to BPO! You will love it here :)
Kate is absolutely adorable!
As far as the stairs go, I wouldn't worry too too much about them. The reason you want to try and limit them is to help prevent hip dysplacia, and there are many other preventative actions you can also take to help protect the hips, but of all the preventative measures to take to help protect dogs from HD, keeping them off of stairs is the hardest, since they want to be able to go where you go, and stairs are just an unavoidable part of life. ... And luckily, leo's are only ranked 60th (compared to say a Saint, which is ranked 6th) on this OFA's list of breeds most likely to acquire HD ( http://www.offa.org/hipstatbreed.html ). You should deffinately try and carry her up/down stairs as long as you can (to protect her hips while they are still forming), but when she gets too heavy to carry, don't worry that you are hurting her. It will help her form muscles, and the more muscles she has to support her hips, the better :)
As far as getting her to respect the baby gate goes, two of the most helpful comands to teach her are "leave it" and "wait". With the help of those, you can teach her to stay away from the baby gate.... Either that, or you can take the route we took: fear. Now, I would never try and make zoey afraid of anything, but we usually just lean the babygate against the opening instead of putting it in place for real (it's just easier) and when zoey was a baby, she accidentally knocked it down a few times. As a result, zoey thinks the baby gate is alive and trying to eat her, so she is terrified of it :o At first we felt bad, but now that she is big and strong enough to knock it down if she felt like, I am pretty glad that she is afraid of it...
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What a gorgeous girl Miss Kate is! I love the pics of your little fur ball.
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Oh she is soooo cute. Don't be afraid to post all of your 100 pics. ;D ;D We love pics here.
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Welcome to the board. Kate is just beautiful! We have a 5 y/o German Shepherd and a 4 y/o German Shepherd ... we are in southeast Michigan ....
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Welcome to BPO Kelly, your Kate is just a little doll. I have two Great Pyrenees. Sugar Bear is now almost 16 months and Dixie Darlin is almost 10 months. Time sure does fly when they are growing so fast. I look forward to seeing lots of photos of your baby girl.
Lisa
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Oh she is soooo cute. Don't be afraid to post all of your 100 pics. We love pics here.
My thoughts exactly ;)
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Can someone please tell me how to add a picture to my profile (that shows automatically)? Can't seem to figure that out!
Also, how do I list the dogs I have (or that have gone to Rainbow Bridge) to show underneath my posts as some of yours do?
Thanks all for your welcomes - I think I am going to like it here a lot!
Here's a picture of Kate with her best buddy, a BMD 'Tucker' and little friend (Westie) 'Wally'. Wally doesn't like playing with the big dogs much, he's a bit of a grumpy fellow!
Cheers,
k2campbell
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Welcome! That pup looks like an angel! Leonbergers are so beautiful... I only just found out about them recently with the help of this website. And my boyfriend's middle name is Lineberger so I told him he has to get one someday! Ha!
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~Rebekah (human)
~Zoot (Pointer mix)
~Nigel (Bloodhound mix)
~Mokey (9 week old mystery mix)
~Furley (Old English Sheepdog/Husky mix)
:D
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Can someone please tell me how to add a picture to my profile (that shows automatically)? Can't seem to figure that out!
Also, how do I list the dogs I have (or that have gone to Rainbow Bridge) to show underneath my posts as some of yours do?
You can add an avatar (pic next to your post) and signature (text under your post) by modifying profile. Click on 'profile' under 'user tools' on the right side of the screen, then click on 'forum profile information' under 'modify profile' on the right side of the screen. There you can upload the picture you want and add the text you want in the 'signature' area.
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Welcome! Miss Kate is so adorable!!!! I have a 7 month old pyr named Kiah.
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Hello!
Would like to say hi to everyone, what a great site this is - just joined. My name is Kelly, am from Canada. This is a picture of our darling "Kate", she is now 14 wks old. Picture taken at 13 wks. We love Kate - she is our first Leonberger!
Hi Kelly - I've got a 14 (almost 15) week old Leo too! ;D ;D Welcome! I think you'll find that you love it here, people are wonderful and give great advise! Can I ask where your Kate came from? My Leo is from Canada also - and with the age and look similarity I thought we just may have siblings!! ha!
Here's my guy..(and he's from Shelia and Pierre at Lematire Kennels in Abbotsford?) We hit the beach this weekend! First time....
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Can someone please tell me how to add a picture to my profile (that shows automatically)? Can't seem to figure that out!
Also, how do I list the dogs I have (or that have gone to Rainbow Bridge) to show underneath my posts as some of yours do?
You can add an avatar (pic next to your post) and signature (text under your post) by modifying profile. Click on 'profile' under 'user tools' on the right side of the screen, then click on 'forum profile information' under 'modify profile' on the right side of the screen. There you can upload the picture you want and add the text you want in the 'signature' area.
Hello Shangrila,
After numerous attempts at this - I can't seem to get the picture to save. It starts uploading, then crashes (whether on my home or work computer). Any other things I should be selecting that I'm not?
Thanks for your help,
k2campbell