Haillee went to live with the Tracey Obrien family in Auburn Hills. What a wonderful girl she is. We are sure she will show them plenty of love and loyalty over the years.
Please send us updates.

I told you what an "eye chatcher"! Keep her safe and warm and she will give you more love than you can ever imagine!

PLEASE KEEP US POSTED!

can not wait to see her grow!





Cthy, Todd, Suzzane & Doggie

Hello, This is Tracey's husband.
She sure is a cute little pup.

I will be posting pictures
for Tracey of the new addition

To start off, Tracey has named
the pup MAKITA

Here is one picture to start off with.

-Duane

Another.

-Duane

Last one for now.
She is fitting in very well
with the whole family.

-Duane.

The last pic of the "family" on the couch is priceless. Thank you for loving little Makita. She'll bring you many years of love and endless entertainment.
Karen

What a cutie! Best of luck with your family!

Hello to all.
Just dropped in to show you Makita at Christmas.

-Duane.

Makita taking a break
from opening all her gifts at
Christmas.

-Duane

She is beautiful!

Is that ice cream they are eating?


boy I bet she is fun to cuddle with. her fur looks soooo soft.

If its not human icecream I bet its Pet Paws. Dakota and Sam love them.

My Goodness She is beautiful.. Wow... Thank you for sharing with us her happiness it what it is all about...

Makita playing in the snow on 01-10-05

Makita playing with big sis Makwa

She is simply beautiful!

THANK YOU for posting. It is so nice to see happy endings! Please keep them coming!

Don't be sorry - they are great pictures and it is always fun to look at everyones babies! The happy endings keep a lot of people going, too.

Update on Makita.
We were in the Keweenaw in the U.P this past weekend
and Makita had her first taste of real snow.
She loved it. Here are a few pictures of Makita playing
in the snow.

-Duane

another

I can run fast through this stuff, she says

Tracey with Makita and Makwa

Last one for now.
She said Grandma was cool to let me chill on her couch

What beautiful animals you have there. I enjoyed looking at all the pictures because it was like watching her grow up from a baby! So happy she had the opportunity to enjoy good old yooper snow!

Jane

These pictures are great - especially the one of her running fast through the snow. Thanks for sharing. There is no such thing as too many pictures! Check out Memories of Niko in the Memorials Forum and Coco too in the Happy Endings forum. I love posting pictures too!

Cheryl

What wonderful beautiful girl you have, I can't believe how big she getting.

Grandma's are the best at letting them be spoiled!

Got some bad news today from the Vet

Makita would limp off and on so Tracey took her to
the vet and the vet said it is most likely a pulled muscle
from running around. We were told to let her rest and watch her
for a few days.
Well Tracey did not see any improvement so she took Makita back
to the Vet today and had x-rays taken.

Makita has a hip displacement. She is not even a year old

I'm so sorry to hear that. I know how hard it is to have a pet with serious problems. I will pray that Makita will not be in pain. Really sorry ....

Jane

So sorry to hear about Makita's hip problems. She is such a sweetheart. We miss her and wish her well. We are kinda going through a simlar problem with our Seth. He strains his shoulder every time he runs hard and the vet says his hips will problably be the next thing we'll have to worry about. He's not yet two and his weight compounds the stress on his joints (122 pounds). Please give her a big hug from us and our thoughts and prays are with you all.

Kevin and Kathye

Here is how Tracey walks Makita so she won't get hurt.

one more, cute eh!

That is the life I want!

With that kind of devotion Makita will overcome this disability, and if not overcome be able to adapt to it.

I am so sorry to hear that Makita was diagnosed with Hip Dysplasia, Shepherds are one of my favorite breed, and because they are breeding them with such slopes the Hip Dysplasia is wide spread..

I linked a few sites that you might find helpful.. The suppliments are very helpful with exercises and weight control, But if needed in the future that surgry is needed please contact us and we will try and help you raise funds

Canine Hip Dysplasia

SUPPLIMENTS...

Glucosamine and Chondroitin for DogsI added some research and some


Winston's Joint Theraphy

This is my Cocoa, she has bilateral hip dysplasia. She was diagnosed when she was 6, 1 yr ago, and only diagnosed because she injured her back foot and xrays revealed the chd. My vet was amazed that she was even able to walk as he said that her chd was the worse he had ever seen. He quoted me a price of $1800.00 to due the femoral head ostectomy on both hips. We were saving for this when our Adonis became ill and had to use the money to pay part of his bill.
Actually she does fine. She is on Glycoflex III and Duralactin, which is an all-natural form of remidyl. She has problems getting up from a laying down position, but so do I. Otherwise, she does do the bunnyhop run with her rear legs, but she keeps up with Brady, and she never seems to be in pain. We are in the process of saving again to have the surgery done, but she certainly is not suffering from this at present with the supplements we have her on. mary

Sherri,
Thanks for the links, lots of good information.
Makita is on Foster & Smith joint care plus MSM right now.

I told Tracey what you said about the operation and she wanted me to tell
you thank you for the support.

-Duane

oreo5129,

Hope everything works out for you.
Keep us posted.

-Duane

I had a former foster Boo, that need the surgry one of the best places to get it done is in Ohio, they preformed the surgry and also gave us a rescue discount.

Both hips were done for the $900 discounted from 1,200 we raised $900 by having a weekend of rummage sales for Boo, this was a couple years back but the surgry worked well for Boo..

And putting up donation cans.. With Boo picture and story

Sherri

Makita is doing well.

See new thread here

-Duane