We adopted her from a shelter as well. I was looking for "the right dog" and when I saw her, I melted. She is only 8 weeks old. She is extremely playful, but not very good at the potty thing yet.
Thank you for all of the replies. We are thrilled with her. Actually we made a few strides tonight with the potty training. She is starting to slowly come around
P.S.
I am amazed at how well her ears stand up for her age (8 weeks). They stand STRAIGHT up all the time, even when she sleeps!
Riots ears were starting to come up at 6-7 weeks old. Its normal for a Belgian.. not sure about a Germans ears though.. I think they come up naturally as well, some need help
I saw a german shepherd pup in Petsmart the other day and it was about 12 or so weeks old and it was in the one ear up and one ear down stage... It was so cute. I wish chloes ears would stand up (she is part shepherd too.) but they arent
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