blue polka dot collar...her name is Juliejuliejulie!

They went back today because it was time to make sure she is the ONE... 2 little red collared girls were curlier and bouncier than before,

and the little runt was making our hearts reach him as well.

So we took them all (all eleven) out on the lawn for the very first time....

the newly rain soaked ground was cool, and a majority of the puppies did what puppies did...

we moved often :)

TR got to see what SJ, KG, and TS had already seen....these guys are surely cute!

Which one will come when we call?

Which one will choose me?

Which one is the best one to come home in the next month....

such a quandary.... One already had a little green collar marking him as taken. Nellie is pretty partial to the bigger lighter colored girl, and the Cfam still like both little girls.... chosen by the crew last week..... soooooo now only one would wear the blue and brown polka dot collar that SJ had pick out earlier today..... which one???

This one........ yes, it appears to be the right choice wouldn't you say?
All the babies are sweet, and all the babies will have good homes. The two chosen were both wonderful, but only one could be the ONE... and this one is got to wear the collar. She is gonna be fun to watch.

Oh yes.... Ebear will begin training very shortly.... or perhaps I should say... I will be getting trained shortly! oh my oh my.......there are a couple of really good people we know, and our Scarlett was trained by the VERY best S&R, German Shepard trainer in the business. Hopefully the lady who works with Ebear (she does yorkies and little dogs) will manage to get us in good shape like my Scarlett's wonderful trainer. I've NEVER seen a smarter dog that our white Shepard!!! Ebear and Latte have big shoes to fill.

Second shots down, and grooming next week... then the last shots at 16 weeks. YEAH... puppyhood is well underway.

Ebear and Meg get a friend: lets go to puppy school together!

Ebear will soon have a new friend to play with... neighbors down the road!

Em had been telling me about praying for a new puppy and

the searches on which she'd been led.

She told me about various breeds and various litters, and finally she told me about a special lady who she'd called and felt an immediate connection... even over a phone line.

(Isn't that like the God we serve? to connect us beyond the physical?)

She, KG, SJ and TS asked me to accompany them to the house with the litter of 11 puppies.

all our hands reached in to touch the golden bundles of soft fur and floppy ears.....
... then when I saw the momma dog sitting adoringly and calm at her master's feet....

I agreed with Em....

this could surely be the one to whom she was led...

After losing a friend who'd taken you through beginning a marriage, graduating from college, first, second and third babies... how could another take her place.

Hunny was one of a kind!

Then we heard this sweet new friend talk about her dog, the mother of this litter...

she felt the same way Em did and they felt more than words would convey.

But

some will say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

I agree... it reveals more than my words!

then it came to a choice....

4 little females

2 larger and lighter

2 almost identical and smaller, like their momma dog...

This is she!

.... it is clear when choices are made from lofty positions...

it is clear when you look with your eyes, touch with your hands,

and then know with your heart.........

This is the one!

So a little red ribbon was attached to her neck to let everyone know

She is chosen...

she has been prayed for....

she will be going home to a place that is ready and waiting for her to play, snuggle, and tussle with a family who knows how to love a dog.

Hunny will have no replacement.... just like our Chrissy, just like our Bubba, and just like our precious Rusty.... no replacements, but God allows our hearts to love again, and that we will do!