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| Name: |
Dipstick
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Age: |
One year old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Bernese Mountain Dog |
| Home: |
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
Hi
- name is Dipstick. I am a Bernese Mountain Dog and I am a New
Year's Eve puppy, born on December 31, 2005, and now I am a year old.
They tell me they named me Dipstick because of the white tip on my tail,
and they just happened to be painting when they first brought me
home. Little do they know - we're all supposed to have white tips on
our tails, but they're new at Bernese parenthood.
Here I am on my first day home in my new house in Bloomsburg, PA. Boy
what an experience. From a place they call a pet store, into a thing
that rolls and you can watch the world go by, to a store with enough
food to feed a million litters, where they bought me a necklace and a
bed and lots of toys, to a new house with this thing they call my big
sister border collie named Poo-Chie, into a sink where they made me all
bubbly, then whipped out this blowing machine thang which made me all
fluffy. Well finally (as you can see) I had a chance to get comfortable
and relax. The only question I have is "Is the one named Mama going to
keep flashing like this all the time? I can't move without her running
at me with that thing stuck to her face. I guess I'll just deal."
I am, by the way, much bigger now.
Dipstick is Special because we just found out when she was six months old
that she had bad hip dysplasia. We love her, and hopefully will have
her taken care of in a few more months when she is completely developed.
According to the Attorney General's office of PA - there is nothing I
can do with the store or breeder because it wasn't detected by three months
of age. And the vet says you can't be sure till 6 months anyway (lotta
sense this makes to protect the public "puppy lemon law") - so I advise
all pet lovers who get dogs that may be prone to dysplasia to pay for
the x-rays immediately upon purchase. Cost is $150 - $200. It will
cost us $3,000 for a complete hip replacement - but we're in for the
long haul because she's worth it!!
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