Slightly OT: Meet Hans & Lady!!!>>>>>>>>>

[jholbrook]

Hey gang!

It's been a busy, tiring weekend as Karen and I welcomed two new family members! Karen has been wanting to get a dog for a couple of years now...she'd feel better when I'm traveling have a dog in the house. I resisted for about a year, but have been softening to the idea this past year, and we went looking at various shelters and pet stores, trying to get an idea as to what breed we wanted. Karen's first pick was either a Labrador or Golden Retriever. We located a breader locally who had a couple of 10 week old puppies left from a litter, and were AKC certified from a good blood line. When we got there, it was clear this brother and sister weren't about to be broken up, so I bought 'em both. :blush: I named the male dog (the darker of the two) Hans (after Hans Wilsdorf of course! See, the post isn't entirely unrelated to Rolex!), and Karen named the female, Lady. Meet Hans and Lady!!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups4.jpg

Here's a few shots of Hans:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/hans1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/hans2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/hans3.jpg

Here's a shot of Lady:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/lady1.jpg

Here's a shot of Lady "helping" mom sweep the floor:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/lady2.jpg

These two play together constantly!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups3.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups5.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups6.jpg

We got them on Saturday. Sunday we got them up and took them out back so they could explore the back yard:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard1.jpg

It didn't take them long to start playing again!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard12.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard10.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard6.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard8.jpg

Karen supervised:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard3.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard2.jpg

Hey! Where's mom going?!?

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard4.jpg

Let's destroy this tree!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard7.jpg

The Trouble Twins take a break to pose for the camera:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard5.jpg

Karen is thrilled with our new "kids!"

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard11.jpg

I hope you enjoyed the photos!

[ulfale]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!

[ehemaliges mitglied]

Original von ulfale
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!


indeed. =)

[trk1969]

Cute puppies! Congrats! :gut:

But maybe you should reconsider the names. Hans and Lady? :rolleyes:

I wonder how you pronounce "Hans"; like "hands" or rather German?

[alicia]

damn sweet :gut:

[Smartass]

They are so cute. http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/tiere/a035.gif

[MMauksch]

Hi john,

great pics, thanks a lot for posting!!

My family has got an beagle :gut: :gut: , In my point of view dogs are the best animal for an family. Believe me , you will find out !!! :op:



greets

martin

[ehemaliges mitglied]

John, these are two extremely cute puppies, congrats...

[NicoH]

Hey, nice =)

And great picture, too, thanks :dr:

[WUM]

cute puppies :dr:

greets

Wum

[OrangeHand]

Your new family members are really cute! Congratulations. You will have a lot of fun with them, no doubt about that. :gut:

By the way, dogs are not OT, in case they wear a collar made of the same material than a watch strap (http://www.r-l-x.de/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=70571&sid=&hilight=anstand+hund). Here my pug wearing a strap made by your moderator colleague DonLuigi. :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/30ije5d.jpg

[retsyo]

Original von jholbrook
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/pups4.jpg


So cute! :jump: :jump: :jump:

[Bullit]

Great. Thanks for the pics. :gut: :gut: :gut:

Erik

[Laohu]

great pictures of some fine and very cute dogs. :gut: If my wife sees them she will propably run off to the next store and buy a dog (she always wanted one, but in downtown dogs are poor souls)

[Jason Spring]

I m happy for you John, your dogs are beautiful.
I love this kind of dog.
Thank you for sharing.

[jholbrook]

Thanks guys...glad you're enjoying the pics. We're closing in on a full week with these two. If puppy poop had any street value, I could buy another Rolex buy now... :tongue:

[Don Helmudo]

Congrats, very cute dogs :dr: Amazing eyes, they look almost human 8o

I´m still drying to convince my girlfriend that pug would be a good idea :D

[PRALLINE]

Biggest congrats John.

Never seen such beautiful dogs like yours...

[jholbrook]

Originally posted by 13121990
Biggest congrats John.

Never seen such beautiful dogs like yours...

That's quite a compliment David - thanks! :dr:

[Gerard]

Original von jholbrook
If puppy poop had any street value, I could buy another Rolex buy now... :tongue:

Hahahaha..too funny... =) =)

I would have called them Wilsdorf and Davis... :D :D :D

[red_sub]

Sweet!! I love puppies. :]

[jholbrook]

Originally posted by Gerard

Original von jholbrook
If puppy poop had any street value, I could buy another Rolex buy now... :tongue:

Hahahaha..too funny... =) =)

I would have called them Wilsdorf and Davis... :D :D :D

:tongue: Karen let me name one of them, so I didn't push my luck with the other. :]

[[Dents]Milchschnitte]

Well John...

I don´t say this very often in my life - but you just had me on this one.

I´m realy envious.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/jholbrook/Family%20Photos/yard12.jpg


I would love to have a dog and been wanting one for many years now. Unfortunately my living situation does not make this possible atm.

[jholbrook]

Puppies are a headache....but I'm glad we got 'em. :]