my new puppy

She's gorgeous! and wow she's going to be big fully grown. Both Bull Mastiffs and the Great Pyrenese are big dogs.

I knew a woman once that had a Great Pyrenese, her dog was big and absolutely gorgeous. Bit more independent than some dogs and was rather stubborn and not a natural for obedience training either although she learnt the rules for her household. Fiercely loyal to her family and suspicious of strangers, they were bred to be guard dogs after all. I think your plan for socialising her is great and definately worth doing.

Anyway she's so pretty and lucky to have found a great home for her. That's yet another thing that I see as a minus for living in an apartment in a big city. Keeping big dogs is definately out of the question. I'm quite happy with my cat of course but I've always loved the bigger dogs as well.

Karen, you are so so so so lucky to be so close to both your families. I have virtually no family left.... I am one of the older members now. Both my parents are gone. One sibling a million miles away. Kids have their own lives and live between 20-50 miles each.... I wish we were all closer.....

Here's Blossom's latest. She is very photogenic....... And she knows now, when we go to the front it is to tinkle or poop.... She runs right to her spot. I have to work on her learning her name so she will come when I call her. I have to get her attention now to get her to come to me.
Everything is so exciting to her right now... Her face is so pretty. We took her before we ever saw her. I told the woman on the phone to leave me a short haired. And when I got there, there was my little girl waiting in an outside cage in the dark at 12:30am.

She's gorgeous!! I volunteer at the local HS. One thing we noticed, is that the two litters of Mastiff X pups were very mellow. And they still are. I would've loved one of that litter....she'll be big, so start training right away..... Sorry.....I didn't need to tell you that....I went into my "shelter speech mode".

Congrats!

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Karen, you are so so so so lucky to be so close to both your families. I have virtually no family left.... I am one of the older members now. Both my parents are gone. One sibling a million miles away. Kids have their own lives and live between 20-50 miles each.... I wish we were all closer.....

Here's Blossom's latest. She is very photogenic....... And she knows now, when we go to the front it is to tinkle or poop.... She runs right to her spot. I have to work on her learning her name so she will come when I call her. I have to get her attention now to get her to come to me.
Everything is so exciting to her right now... Her face is so pretty. We took her before we ever saw her. I told the woman on the phone to leave me a short haired. And when I got there, there was my little girl waiting in an outside cage in the dark at 12:30am.

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Jenn,

There's not much of my family left either.
Both of my Parents are gone, but my Sister lives less than a mile away and we have a "double cousin" who lives about 12 miles away.
The three of us are very close, so we get together at least four times a month.
He's 10 years older than my Sister and 12 years older than me, but we really grew up together.
His Mom and our Mom were Sisters and his Dad and our Dad were Brothers.
We always say it was like each of us had two sets or Parents.
The last one of the four of them left was his Father, he just passed away in Feburary.
All of Mason's family is right here...parents, Brother, Sister and all of their families.

Blossom is just adorable.

Oh my goodness, she is gorgeous!

His Mom and our Mom were Sisters and his Dad and our Dad were Brothers.

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wow.......... two brothers wed two sisters..... your mom's sister was also her sister n law and vice versa with the brothers......

.........I love it......

and white cat lover, you can give me all the advice i need....... and i need a bunch!!! I am saying her name constantly so she will learn to recognize it. We are already working on sitting....

But mostly right now, I am watching her sleep and tinkle.

You could call her Peach Blossom for a "longer" name

Definately hit the training hard & NOW. You do not want a 100+ lb. "puppy" who is not trained. I'd focus on sit, stay, & leash training for now.

I say this because the HS here has a 125 lb. Shep/Mastiff X that has NO training. He isn't a bad dog by any means, one of the sweetest dogs ever.....but he is a nightmare to walk on a leash. He sits when he feels like it. And he's very set in his ways.

Ohhhh Blossom is a perfect name for her!! She's sooooo beautiful!

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Definately hit the training hard & NOW. You do not want a 100+ lb. "puppy" who is not trained. I'd focus on sit, stay, & leash training for now.

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My DH was looking over my shoulder, saw the picture of Blossom and asked about her. When I told him her breed, his first comment was about getting her to obedience training also. Not only will she be large, she is intelligent and will want to have a job.

She is learning to play.............. Emma just stand there and Blossom pulls for all she is worth.....

And I love the name Peach Blossom.....

As far as training. I have a pink collar as of yesterday. I put it on her for awhile [couple of hrs] and then took it off. It was her first time. I am fixing to put it back on her now... I'll leave it on her till bedtime.

What I thought about doing was leashing her to me in the house so she has to move around with me. I can do that with dog food treats in my pocket for incentive.....

She is not a fearful dog or a spooky dog which is a good thing. She is not afraid of the vaccuum. She did not jump a single time. She merely displays idle interest.....

Ok........ off to put that cute little pink collar on "Peach Blossom"..... Sit and stay..... great ideas...... I will work on both of those for a couple weeks.......

ok lesson one begins......... This collar is actually an old one of Muffins that I had to dig around for. It was too wide for her little neck. But it is perfect for Blossom for a while. I have a blue one she can wear next... it actually had one fastener and has an adjustment attachment on it that can be let out as a dog grows..... Right now the smallest part of it is too large for her but I suspect in a few weeks, it will be perfect. And she will be able to wear that one for a while. I don't really like to put blue on my girls but this blue one is relatively new and it will be a great training collar that she can use for several months. I am not into the chokers or the pinchers or the shockers. I am into love training. And also discipline with love as well. I want her to mind me because I am alpha and she loves me. I don't want her to mind me out of fear......

She looks cute in her gear. This is after we walked around the house a couple times. She is not sure what is going on. I had to entice her since she is so young... A couple times around the house was enough for her. It just exhausted her. I took her leash off and left her collar on and she is already asleep. She is growing so fast that she slept most of yesterday. She looks larger to me than yesterday.

I havent been able to get to springfield to get her some really good food so today I bought her some Maxximum puppy food at walmart. The ingredients looked better than purina puppy chow. It is chicken and rice mix. Corn gluton is the third ingredient which doesn't make me terribly happy but it will have to do for now..



Here she is listening to me say "Stay" See how she turns her little head when she listens. I do believe she is smart as a whip. When we were walking around, she auto sits when I stop.

She just sits when you stop?? Awesome!! She is one smart cookie!

I think training her in the house as you are now is a great thing. Once she nails some of these commands a little more, start working on them with her outside so that she can be around other distractions. I personally like to nail leash training as much as possible, then take the dog for a walk down the street. But, I live in the country on 4 acres so I can do more training than "city folk" can.

And she is just gorgeous in her new collar! I love hot pink!

She looks adorable it her collar and leash.
What a sweet little face.

Emma's thinking "Mommy, who is this kid and why is she trying to take my toy? "

ok, I called the woman that has Blossom's mother.

She was born March 13th which makes her 11 weeks old today..... I was three weeks off.......

She is also improving on the leash...... She only pulls backward slightly now. I move slow and entice her forward..... She is getting it. Soon we can take a real walk. I am off Friday so I think I will take her on a short walk that day.

And you know, one of her biggest assets is that she is so calm..... Oh she gets excited but she is a calm baby girl...... I love it. She listens to me talk to her and even at this young age is able to concentrate. She is bonding to me more than hubby but we spend equal time with her but she might just prefer women. I can also tell she would be an aloof dog if not trained. I can also tell without training she would be a dog that would toot her own horn and not listen. So......training young is very very good with this dog. She hears her own little song playing and is different that any dog I have ever had.

The cats are also coming up to her now and smelling her. They are accepting her now. She is even smelling them back... So that is very cool.

Her first day I left her alone in the house with them for approx 5 minutes while I was outside in the front yard doing something. When I came in, they had her cornered. I had to correct them verbally to make them leave her alone. That's the only time they have done that. They are accepting her now. And some are even rubbing against her... Yea!!!

And she is smart, smart smart........

Blossom is finally relaxing in her new home. I got her the 27th and this is the 30th.... She is bouncing around now and sort of knows what to expect...... She feels great this morning. She loves Muffin!!

Now we can start the growing/learning process. She feels like she belongs now.

I'm glad she's fitting in so well, Jenn.

Me too.....

I was worried a little after my ordeal with charlie....

I can understand that, but you guys knew nothing at all about Charlie's background, if he had been abused, run away, been dumped you didn't even know how old he was.

At least with Blossom you can call the Woman who has her Mother if you have any questions.