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 I hope you arent getting tired of all the pics! here are some more of my gang. and hopefully, i posted the pics right this time so they show up!  Leah

 Here are a couple more pics of my furkids, including 2 of my kitties. I havent taken a whole lot of Dasher yet, but i will try to take some this weekend and post them.
Enjoy Leah

  What kinds of toys do you give to your big paws? my golden retriever is so destructive with toys and never seems to have them for more than an hour before he rips them to shreds. we recently bought a toy that had a guarantee, but we got it home and it was torn up within an hour so we took it back to petsmart and a nice woman who worked there recommended a couple other toys to try so we bought one of them, and again, it was destroyed within an hour. so, we are going to take it back, but i was just wondering, are there any toys that are virtually indestructable, because i have yet to come across any. my dogs love love love toys and i want to find some that they can enjoy for longer than an hour. it seems if mankind can walk on the moon than surely we can invent a toy that a dog can not desttroy! lol.
 Leah

 Oh, I sure do hope that your little guy starts to feel better ASAP. and i will keep my fingers crossed that it is nothing too serious.
 Hugs to your little guy, Leah

  Thanks again for everyone's great advice. The last couple days have gone pretty well. All 3 dogs have been playing pretty good together. sophie is still trying to dominate him a lot but as long as she is not hurting him, than i do not intervene. you can tell Dasher loves to play with the big dogs, lol. its so cute to watch them all play. potty training is going EXCELLENT. no accidents in the house. and he is sleeping until 7 am. before he starts whining to go out, then i put him out to potty and then we usually go back to bed for a couple hours. so, yeah, i cant complain too much about that. he is soooo smart. hes doing great with "sit". hes pretty calm most of the time and is such a love.
i know im slow in getting the pics, sorry. but you have to blame my hubby for that because he is the one that has to do it for me, as i am clueless about that kind of stuff, and hes been busy. but i have taken lots of pics of the new pup and all 3 dogs together, so i will try to nag hubby to upload the pics tonight,
 Leah

 Ive had my new great dane/lab puppy home for a couple days now and for the most part he is doing great (pics are on the way, i promise!). he hasnt had any accidents in the house, and hes as sweet as can be. him and my golden retriever seem to be fine together. cooper, my golden, overwhelms him, i think, but he just wants to play and play. my collie mix, sophie seems to be more the problem. she has always gotten along fine with other dogs and has been around a puppy once and was fine. but with the new puppy - i named him Dasher, by the way - sophie seems to be trying to dominate him and Dasher isnt wanting to put up with it. sophie tries to pin him down and she puts her mouth around his neck (not hard enough to make him cry) and Dasher barks and growls at her. sophie is more dominate than my golden but still i wouldnt say she is a very dominate dog. she'll be submissive to other dogs often. so, im not quite sure what is going on. hubby seems totally unconcerned about it but i just want to make sure things start out in a positive way, and that they will grow and be great friends. like cooper and sophie.
so, what do you guys think? does it sound like a problem? should i just let them work it out themself? right now i am scolding both dogs when i feel like they arent acting very nice, but im not sure what i should do. any suggestions would be great.

 that is a beautiful girl that you have got!
 Leah