Vet Update and More Pictures!

Lucy had her second vet visit this past week, and we were eager to find out how much weight she had gained in the month that she had been with us. While the typical Great Dane can gain up to as much as 10lbs a week, Lucy's a bit slower growing. She's gained about 10lbs in the last 3 weeks, putting her at 36lbs. While she's MUCH bigger than she was a month ago, the slow growth large breed puppy formula food is definitely doing it's job, ensuring that her joints and bones have the least amount of stress during her first couple of years as possible. Lucy is also officially parasite free and only needs two more shots before she's done for the year! My wallet will be grateful to be done with vet visits for a while... She's eating 3 1/2 cups of food a day, we've discovered that she loves carrots (we have to give her one when we give them to Darla) and bananas.

This whole weekend, Lucy's been able to sleep with us at night because she's been so tuckered out by the end of the day and has been sleeping until our alarms go off! It's pretty cute when she starts to stir before we do, because she wiggles her way up to our pillows, puts her paws on our shoulders, and licks our faces until we wake up. I can think of worse ways to be woken up in the morning!

Sitting pretty on the deck

Sleepy time!

Coffee date with Grandma

Army crawling under the chairs

Big smiles!

Lucy with her fur-cousin, Bella

First bath after accidentally swimming in the pond

Getting too big to only stand on the ottoman

Walk for Animals

Walk for Animals (meeting a purebred Great Dane puppy only a few months older than Lucy)

Team Puppy Power!

Lucy met her twin!

Lucy is the lighter colored one in the background

While at the Walk for Animals, Lucy met her twin (a great dane mix from the Upper Midwest Great Dane Rescue)!

Proud Momma!

The Walk for Animals was a huge success, despite the less than ideal weather (rained the.whole.time, and was a wee bit chilly for my skinny mini Lucy).  Our team raised over $1000- go us!  Thanks to friends and family, Lucy and I raised $235 in just 9 days, so hopefully next year, we'll be able to raise even more with more time to take advantage of.  I should have some photos soon (I'm waiting on my sister-in-law to post photos from the event, so I'll post them as soon as I get a chance), but here are some of the highlights of the day:

*Stuffing a golden retriever/lab mix, a German shepherd mix, a great Dane puppy, a dachshund, and 5 adults into one truck in order to carpool to the humane society.

*Getting pulled away from the group by the Fox 9 newscaster and being aired live on the morning news with Lucy (she hammed it up for the camera by giving him lots of kisses right at the end of his bit).

*Getting stopped every 15 minutes or so by someone who wanted to take a picture of Lucy or ask a questions regarding her (during both the time we spent perusing the vendors and during the walk).

*Meeting Lucy's almost twin during the walk (he was a 3 month old merle Great Dane/mastiff mix).

*Winding up in a pack of 6 or 7 full grown Great Danes ranging in all of the different colorations for a segment of the walk.

*The fact that Lucy made it all 5 miles in the rain and cold and I only had to pick her up a few times to comfort her!  I am so proud of her :)