Bedtime Rituals

Merci leads the girls in family prayer while Ria holds the sacred microwave dinner tray.

Then it is time for goodnight kisses.

Once the dogs are asleep, Prince Zebe finds a spot.

And the handsome Prince Zorro says, "Good Night!"

Trading Spaces ~ Lazy Day

It's a rainy day, it's a rainy day.

It's raining outside and I can't go out and play . . .
Here's the girls just hanging out in the half finished "Dog Room"

Okay, make room for one more.

Happy napping everybody!

Gorgeous head

While we can certainly see HotZ in Moonbeam's face, we also see so much of Oscar !What a gorgeous blend of American and European!

Moonbeam's Baby Album

I thought I would take a moment to share some of our favorite baby pictures of Moonbeam. She is on the right and Star is on the left in all of the pics.

Bel

She's here!!!

Our beautiful Moonbeam is home safe and sound! She made the long trip without complaint, and found her new housemates to be quite intriguing!

First, she met her great aunt Merci and cousin Ria who were so excited to see her they could hardly contain themselves! At not quite 6 months old Ria is 30" and around 100 lbs, whereas Moonbeam at 3 months and a week is 22" and 51 lbs. The difference between the two standing side by side is comical since they are only 2 1/2 months apart, but we looked at our records and it turns out that Moonbeam is actually half an inch taller and 3 pounds heavier than Ria was at that age!
Next, Moonbeam met two little people who startled her initially, but she soon discovered that children are delightful beings with lots of energy!

Moonbeam rounded out her meet-and-greet session by standing her ground bravely when faced with a strange furry creature who purred and acted rather uppity. Eventually the kitty allowed Moonbeam to groom him a bit and I believe the two are now friends :-)

After a long day, everyone began to collapse, one by one.

To help out with the transition, we expanded Ria's crate so that it was large enough for Moonbeam to sleep with her. Heads facing opposite directions, Moonbeam snuggled her back close to Ria's belly, and Ria in turn curled carefully around the sweet new baby :-) Ah, the beginning of what I am sure will be a life long friendship. They both slept quietly all night long.

Introduction

Rob and I decided to start a blog in order to share our day-to-day Dane activites and pictures with friends, family and whoever else decides to tune in. Allow me to introduce our Blue Crew:

Our foundation bitch, the beautiful International Champion G-Dieters Merci Be, CGC (stands for Canine Good Citizen certified by the American Kennel Club) TT (stands for Temperament Tested by the American Temperament Testing Society) "Merci", who is out of American Champion Bluestone Invincible and the European Import Kobe Medium. To view Merci's pedigree click HERE

Next comes our first home bred gal, Fall Hollow's Blissful Reality "Ria" who is out of Merci and sired by American Champion Rhodesend's Shine on Potter Brown. She was born June 21th of 2006 and is 5 months old in the picture above. To view Ria's full pedigree click HERE

And then we have the incredible girl we have been waiting months for! SVF Illuminating Fall Hollow, out of Merci's niece, American Champion Wiedanes Too Hot To Handle SVF, and the amazing stud American and Italian Champion Terminetor del Castello Gamenerio. To view her pedigree click HERE

We will be picking up our new girl this weekend on December 17th, and we are so excited! *Pictured at 3 months ~ added 12/18/06

Bel