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Saint Bernards => Saint Bernard General Discussions => : stace77 October 21, 2005, 10:43:59 AM
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Hi everyone
My name is Stacey and I am a new member :) I would like to introduce our 7 month old Saint, KC! Her real name is King's Carma, named in loving memory of our Akita, King, who crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this year.
My husband and I spent most of the evening reading every post on St Bernards and I have to say...WHAT A RELIEF! KC is normal after all LOL! We have had several long moments of wondering about her in every aspect..But ...after reading each one of your stories....I see a little bit of your saints in KC! From weight to health to nutrition..yep pers..we have battled it all. How wonderful to know we are not alone :)
KC is a backyard bred, poop shootin', poop eatin, drool slingin', yard diggin', cat chasin', food allergic, stubborn, mouthy, back talkin', maulin', hasn't ate our chihuaha yet, wood chewin, leash pullin, unlevel, high rump'd, treat stealin', coach potato... and a puppy school graduate from the K9 University!
Its possible she has HD or just suffering from geeky growth syndrome, either way..she has rear end malfunctions! She has sensitive stomach to foods and foreign objects often leading to front paws scratching while the back paws support her in a marathon "squat"..beginning with projectile poop and ending with nothing coming out at all while she pumps her tail up and down as though that will help it along. There was a time when it was normal to have 5 different kinds of puppy food at once in search for the one she could tolerate. She once seemed underweight but now she looks wonderful. She started out with one drooping eye but now both eyes have that adorable "droop" that I just love. Sometimes she aims to please and other times she is blatenly defiant! She hates it when we talk on the phone and will bark without rest until she is dismissed to her room. She loves children, cats, dogs and anyone who tolerates her need to be petted by jumping on them until they land on the floor. She thinks she is a lap dog and has our bed confused with hers. She's a happy dog who lives each moment to the fullest.
OK, I think that bout covers my Saint..and most of yours :D I'm so excited that I found this forum and its good to know that KC and us are not so dysfunctional after all.
Stacey
And we wouldn't trade her for the world!
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Hello and welcome.
KC sounds like quite a handful, but the kind of handful you wouldn't do without. :D So lovely to hear all about her, and can't wait to hear more. Please include some pics so we can all ooh and aah over her.
My name is Chris, and I have a husky/shep mix Keiko and a great dane pup Gunther.
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That was the most vivid intro I have ever read. lol. It made me laugh. Welcome to the board. Got any pics? We love pics. ;D
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Thanks Chris! Aww..your dogs are adorable! I hope to have pics up tomorrow. We have 3 dogs and they are our life!! Our only son is in the Marines now and the dogs are great for combating the empy nest syndrome.
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That's why I have my dogs, except it's a husband in the army. :)
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Welcome to BPO!...I just love your intro!!...lol...I would LOVE to see pics of KC & I love the name btw!!...I'm Chelle & my big guys are Samson & Pippin...Both Great Pyrenees...Sam son is 15 months almsot & Pippin just turned 8 months...I hope you'll enjoy your time here!
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Hi Lillysmom
So I painted a vivid picture of KC? LOL She's hoot to say the least. I see her now, leaving a bit of her puppy stages behind her and I sure will miss her puppiness once its gone. But we still have a while before that happens so I take it all in while I can. We have always had wonderful dogs and cats..and ferrets LOL, but KC is one of kind for sure.
She has been pure joy. When we lost our Akita to cancer I was devasted and KC was a gift from my husband (at a time that I thought was too soon after losing King) and he knew she would fill my days with happiness again.Â
I hope to have some online pics uploaded tomorrow. I have lots of new puppy pictures but need to take a few recent ones. But only after she gets her bath tomorrow! She had a long day of playing 'gardner' in the back yard ...after a slow rain fall!!!
Please tell your husband that I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers. Is he in the States? My son is in Japan right now.
Thanks for the reply
Stacey
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Hi Stacy, Welcome to BPO. I am Lisa, I have two Great Pyrenees. Sugar Bear is 16 months and Dixie Darlin is almost 10 months. I think you will find that most of us are over the top fur-baby lovers.
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Hi Lillysmom
So I painted a vivid picture of KC? LOL She's hoot to say the least. I see her now, leaving a bit of her puppy stages behind her and I sure will miss her puppiness once its gone. But we still have a while before that happens so I take it all in while I can. We have always had wonderful dogs and cats..and ferrets LOL, but KC is one of kind for sure.
She has been pure joy. When we lost our Akita to cancer I was devasted and KC was a gift from my husband (at a time that I thought was too soon after losing King) and he knew she would fill my days with happiness again.Â
I hope to have some online pics uploaded tomorrow. I have lots of new puppy pictures but need to take a few recent ones. But only after she gets her bath tomorrow! She had a long day of playing 'gardner' in the back yard ...after a slow rain fall!!!
Please tell your husband that I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers. Is he in the States? My son is in Japan right now.
Thanks for the reply
Stacey
We're in the states now. But we're leaving for Germany in 8 weeks and then he's off to Iraq. :'( I think I'll get another dog. ;)
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Thanks Chris! Aww..your dogs are adorable! I hope to have pics up tomorrow. We have 3 dogs and they are our life!! Our only son is in the Marines now and the dogs are great for combating the empy nest syndrome.
My husband is in the Marines, too. Oorah!! How does your son like Japan? I vetoed it for our choice of living arrangements. Besides the fact I dislike seafood, my babies would NOT be able to handle the quarantine time period. I would have never gotten Gunther, Keiko would be very skinny, and I would have a bald, if not dead bird.
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Welcome aboard BPO Stacey and husband. I have a 3 year old goldie named Riley, and Webster is my 11 week old Newfie puppy. I will be glad when some of this puppiness is in the past, but then, I am sure I will miss it. The grass is always greener isn't it? I too have a son in Japan, in the JET program. He is starving. He hates seafood of any kind. Can't even stand the smell of it! He is enjoying his stay though and will be there for a year.
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Well Semper Fi, ZooCrew
HE HATES JAPAN!! LOL 20 year old Marine and has to be in barracks by 10pm 7 days a week and the Jr. Marines are almost always restricted to base. He has been there almost 2 years and still has not seen the mainland due to base restrictions. So good to hear from you.
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Lilysmom
I hope you can continue to visit here at BPO once you get to Germany. Will this be your hubby's first tour in Iraq? I run a support group for military families here in our home town and it has grown beyong anything I could imagine. Just know we support you and your husband and I would love to send him a carepackage or two ...just let me know once he gets an address there if you are still able to come here and visit.
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Lilysmom
I hope you can continue to visit here at BPO once you get to Germany. Will this be your hubby's first tour in Iraq? I run a support group for military families here in our home town and it has grown beyong anything I could imagine. Just know we support you and your husband and I would love to send him a carepackage or two ...just let me know once he gets an address there if you are still able to come here and visit.
I'll continue to come here. I don't think I could keep away. :) As for Germany, this is our second time around there. This will be his second tour in Iraq and his 4th alltogether for deployments in 12 years time. We're almost to retirement. Yay!!! But this is what he loves. And I support him 200%. I am very active in the FRG wherever we go, so I'll be just fine. But I'm sure hubby would appreciate a care package. Thank you for offering. Does your son need anything? I'm very happy to return the favor. :)
ZooCrew, I told hubby the same thing. "you get stationed somewhere I can't bring the dogs, I'm not going". lol. I heard Japan is really pretty though. They don't send many Army there so we've never gotten to go. I was actually hoping for Belgium or Italy this time around. But oh well, we go where we're told. :)
Military Spouses and Moms RULE!!!!
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I'm sure it has been stated here on the board but I want to thank all of you who have loved ones in the military. What they are doing for our country is the greatest "call to duty" anyone can answer.
Tina
Amen, Tina. Welcome Stacey and KC. KC sounds like an absolute pistol!
We can't wait for pictures.
Stella
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ZooCrew, I told hubby the same thing. "you get stationed somewhere I can't bring the dogs, I'm not going". lol. I heard Japan is really pretty though. They don't send many Army there so we've never gotten to go. I was actually hoping for Belgium or Italy this time around. But oh well, we go where we're told.
I wouldn't have minded going to Europe, but there aren't really any marine bases over there, and very few in my husband's field. My dad was really pushing for us to go to Italy so he could come visit......... ....lol My first choice was Florida, but the position got filled before hubby could get the paperwork thru. Boy, I'm glad we didn't go there. We would have gotten blown away last year with all the hurricanes. :o
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Welcome to BPO. Can't wait for pictures of KC.
I'm Lyn and my avatar is of Bubba my now 8 month old Saint.
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Thanks Tina! And thanks for supporting out troops. I will pass it on to my son.
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I am so excited about this message board!
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Welcome to BPO Stacey! You will love it here :)
I can't wait to see pictures of KC!
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:) Hi,
I'm KCs DAD and here are a few pictures of her. She's a handful.
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Welcome...KC is very handsome :) I also have a Chihuahua, he is the king of the house along with my other doggies a Rottie and Dane
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Hi Stacey and KC's Dad,
I would have welcomed you when you 1st posted but my computer and internet and phone were all having problems.
So welcome, I'm Jenn, and I have Molly (Saint) 4 months old, Abbi (3 legged Lab mix) 1 1/2 years and Rebel ( beagle want to be BP) 9years old.
I'm glad to hear parents supporting their Service kids instead of complaining about them serving their country. I'm an Army Vet and grewup as an Air Force Brat. I love those who support our troops.
I also want to invit you to our east coast get together if you live out this way.
You saint is so cute and sound like a handful. Mine is lazy.
Jenn
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Hi There and Welcome to BPO!
I'm Heather and my big paw buddy is Ranger, a 11 month old Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, who most people mistake for a Saint/Rotti mix. LOL! :)
KC sure is a cutie! I hope you post lots more pics and enjoy your time here at BPO!
I'd also like to say, "Hear, Hear!" to Tina's comments about those serving in the military and the families who support them. :)
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Hi everyone
Sorry for my somewhat long absence.
Wow! What a wonderful group we have here. Thanks to everyone who sees, enjoys, and compliments on KC's pictures. She's wonderful as are the rest of our dogs.
And thanks everyone for supporting our troops. We diffentantly are not the kind of military parents who whine about our son serving in the Marine Corp. We are very proud of his choice and back our military(past,present and future) 100%. OOOORAH!
Stacey
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Sorry I didn't get my welcome in the first time round! I LOVED the story of your Saint! And she's adorable!!! There's nothing like being loved by a great huge slobbering giant (or two)! I have two Newfs, Cowboy who is 3 and Chester who is 8 months. Our nest is empty as well (thank heavens) so the Newfs keep us happy and busy.
And, like everyone else, I want to thank your son for all he's doing! It's such a huge job!! And thank you for all the support you give him! You all are the best!
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Sorry I didn't get my welcome in the first time round! I LOVED the story of your Saint! And she's adorable!!! There's nothing like being loved by a great huge slobbering giant (or two)! I have two Newfs, Cowboy who is 3 and Chester who is 8 months. Our nest is empty as well (thank heavens) so the Newfs keep us happy and busy.
And, like everyone else, I want to thank your son for all he's doing! It's such a huge job!! And thank you for all the support you give him! You all are the best!
Thank You Newflvr for the welcome. I had to laugh at the empty nest ( thank heavens)! Sounds like you have a busy household despite the fact LOL! Us too! I will pass your message on to our son as I have everyone elses. He is only 20 so he doesnt quite grasp why everyone is so proud of him but he will one day. Right now he sees it as doing his job.
Taa Taa
Stacey
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:)hi there just want to know how she is ,molly my molly is afraid of thunder!!she is so cute, ;)never bite me,just hugs and kisses!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*molly@maggie ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Welcome aboard KC! You're a handsome boy. I'm April and I have an 8 month old great pyrenees named Kiah, 3 cats & 2 bearded dragons.
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How cute!!!love molly&maggie!!!
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