Dottie

Oh, how I miss Dottie.  She is from the Shaq x Miikka litter of November 2007.  I gave her the name "Blue Dot" when she was assigned that collar seconds after her birth.  Since she had the only collar with dots on it, her name quickly shortened to Dottie.  She was a brilliant puppy from day one.  Always a bit of a loner, she didn't have the patience to partake in her brothers' and sisters' antics.  She was also the smallest pup in the litter at birth, but now weighs 60 pounds and is still growing.

We had a young couple with no other dogs on our waiting list for a pup from this litter.  We thought Dottie was the perfect fit for them as she didn't seem to need the company of other dogs and she wasn't the wild and crazy pup that a lot of field trialers are looking for.  She was still the smallest pup in the litter at the time.  Dottie has always had an "air" about her and it sounds like she now has her mother's sense of humor and zest for life as well.

When her new owners came to pick her up at 8 weeks old, the name Dottie stuck...and this is Dottie now.