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peyton is 10 months old as of Christmas Eve. She still has not started to show signs (spotting) that she is of the age to go into heat. my vet has told me a broad timeline for it. and well, she went past it. can it be that she is "barren". is there such a thing? as weird as it sounds...i look at everything on her!!! her nipples are growing. as in the little nubs. hehe. i can be so graphic sometimes. not growing like she is gonna start milking soon. she is a rottie and a french mastiff. she is about 75 lbs. she has been about 75 for the last month or so.

it has been a LONG LONG time since i have been on here. here are a few more pics of peyton for ya'll to look at! we have had a good year with her and she is growing up. she is becoming a "dog". she still has puppy moments...but she is content chewing on a bone and laying next to us. i miss her as a puppy though. but definately don't miss her puppy teeth! thanks again for all your help with all my "issues" with her.

i came home today and saw that peyton had pooped in her kennel. i was gone a lot longer than expected. so i let her out and let her do her business. it was a tad bit runny, but not diarreah (sp). i let her back in and i let her drink some water. she drank it up (a WHOLE bowl) and then she was walking around me and just puked everywhere. projectile. it was poop. i was assuming she ate it in the kennel since she don't like messes. she kept drinking water. and now her tummy looks very full. i looked up the symptoms of bloat and from what i can tell, she does not have it. i messured her tummy. 23.5 inches. i am gonna check in about 10 mins again. she is acting lathargic with me but i had the neighbor come over and she perked right up. she was her complete normal self. it's hard but not solid hard. i can still squeeze her tummy a little and it gives.

peyton went to the vet yesterday to get her rabies shot. she weighed in at 29.2 lbs. She is a lean one. But the vet says she looks very healthy only to be that weight. So we are not too worried. But anyway, she did good there. She now LOVES riding in my car. I still have yet to get a pic of her sitting backwards looking out the back window.

I went into Pet Supplies "Plus" today and talked to them about Peyton's food. I told them that I was suggested to try Innova Evo and so they showed me that. They asked if Peyton has a time with rich foods or even treats. I said yes. We have to watch the types and how much treats we give her or she will get the squirts. He told us to maybe stay away from Innova for awhile since it seems to be alot richer than what Iams has been for her.

He told me about Eagle Pack which is an Indiana Company and here is the web site www.eaglepack. com

It is Holistic and only uses "the best" so I am told. Here is a list of the Ingredients: Lamb meal, Ground Brown Rice, Chicken Meal, Dried Beet Pupl, Oatmeal, Chicken Fat, Anchovy & Sardine Meals, Flaxseed,  Dried Egg Product, Menhaden Fish Oil, Carrots, Sun-curred Alfalfa, Peas, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Quinoa (Organic), Blueberries, Apples,  Inulin, L-Carnitine and then it lists more vitamins and minerals...

but of the topics before it mainly is the first items the are listed before you get to a fat right? The thing that threw me off was the brown rice, but I was reading from one post that said that brown rice is better than white rice! But you all were right about the servings vs. cost! I would still only be spending about $20 a month on food! That ain't bad! The suggested serving for 20-25 lbs pup at 12-16 weeks is about 3.5 cups. So I am basically dividing that by a third now!

Anyway, they gave me a sample of it (about 3 cups) for free! and so I am gonna let her try it when she is starting to get low on her food she has now. They said that it will probably be a better transfer than another type since it is better products than Iams is now.

Check it out, let me know what you think!

So we up-ed our serving to the 2.25-ish cups each meal (2 x a day) and she has put on about 5 lbs. already! her tummy is so big now! you can still see the ribs but that seems to be "normal". she is just a chunk-a-butt now! it's so cute to watch her wiggle when we pet her and her tail wags faster than she can allow it to move!

thanks guys for all your help!

So we get into the car yesterday to go to the vet. (our 3rd in the series of shots) and of course i have all the windows rolled down SOME for her to get fresh air and to get cooled off (i don't have a/c in my car) and i have mine rolled down all the way because i know not to jump out when i stick my head out. anyway...peyto n is in the backseat wondering where all this air is coming from so she is sniffing around and finally she gets it...it's mommy's window. she wraps her arms around my head rest (and giving me a headlock while she is at it!) and she sticks her head out my window while holding on to my chair! i did bring my camera but i couldn't take any pics of it. i would have cause a wreck!

we get to the vet and of course she happy piddles everywhere!! it's like someone had a squirtgun! she gets onto the scale and she is able to be still cuz she learned DOWN! yey! she is 20 lbs exactly once she was still!

we went in and got examened (spelled wrong) and got her shots. the doc said "i do believe i was mistaken at first, she is going to be a very large dog". he said "wow 9 lbs in 3 weeks, yes ma'am, a very large dog." i asked him how much is she gonna weigh then. he said more mastiff than rott so about 100 lbs. he said that the last time we were here she did not have her big paws yet. which was the truth. he said now that he sees her with those and sees how she is gaining weight, that he was wrong. hehe.

we talked about her neon mountain dew colored ooze that likes to hang about from her piddler. he said not to be concerned only because she is not concerned. once she starts paying attention...th at i will need to pay attention. that some female pups get it, some don't. she doesn't have a bladder infection! YEY! and...she does not have kennel cough. he thinks that her asofogus (like my spelling!!!) was probably bruised from the collar we had. he likes that we have her in a harness now.

after the vet, we stopped at starbucks. i got some ice water and she got some water too! i had broughten her into my starbucks (work) a couple of times and i guess people have been talking about her to other stores! how cute is that?! and so when i said i needed a tall water no ice for my puppy...the barista behind the counter said..."that isn't peyton by chance is it" i am all...uh...yes ...she said "oh brandon told me all about her, bring her in we wanna see!" well brandon was my old assistant manager (he now has his own store and left the one i am at) and he actually never met peyton, so someone must have been talking about peyton and told him and then he told other peoples! so yeah...peyton is now a little celebrity! so i took her in and met "new friends". and on the way home from there we stopped by a gas station (3.38 here in IND) and she saw some bikers people she wanted badly to meet! so we got out and met them. she really liked this one guy...until he got on his harley and started it! she peed herself. poor pey-t-pie!

oh, she doesn't cry in the car anymore. i think she realized there is so much stuff to look at and so many smells to smell! she now stands on my arm rest and looks out...and of course she has her cup of water right below it when she gets thirsty! i need to take some pics of her!!!

this whole thing cracks me up! sorry my story was so long. i am bored and since peyton already knows what happened yesterday there is no reason to tell her again!