Doggie Heaven V

I had never had a pure bred

dog before. Above is the oldest

picture I have of my "Lady Ginger!"

She is a boxer. The closest to her

was Chopper who was Boxer-mix.

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At the loss of Rookie, my heart was

empty of my canine friends. A

friend in my church had mentioned

a friend of hers, dog had just had

Boxer pups. So, began another

many years of dogs in the family!

Lady Ginger is only 5 1/2 weeks old

in this picture. It was summer and

I had time to take care of her since

I was out of school. She was the runt

in the litter and the other pups

wouldn't let her in to feed. (She

was one of 11 puppies!) So, I took

her home to allow her to get the

much needed nourishment she

needed to grow strong and healthy.

She was so small, but not fragile!

Her energy level was amazing! I

didn't think I could "poop" her

out! She loved chasing her tennis

ball on the bed.

As she grew in statute, her breed

began to show! Her head up, tail

up, feet back (though only one in

this picture. She quickly began

holding both back in her stance!)

And, her eyes on the target!

It didn't take but a few months and

her solid muscle began to show

with all of the exercise she got.

Ginger loved to run among dad's

cannas! I happened to get a

picture of Ginger as she lay resting

in dad's garden of flowers!

As Ginger grew, her tail began to

give her some problems. My vet

(who had taken care of all of my

other dogs) realized that who

had clipped their tails as baby

pups, did not clip hers between

the vertebrae and a piece of bone

was poking her skin. It was

quickly corrected by him as you

can see her shaved tail in this

picture below.

When Ginger was 1 1/2 years old,

she had a litter of her own pups.

Her box had been prepared and

she went in when she was ready.

The vet had checked her by ultra

sound and saw 3 puppies. When

Ginger began to birth, I was there

to help. She had a pup every 30

minutes. Then no more. I

thought she was finished, but an

hour later she had one more!

2 fawn, 1 brindle, 1 black!

When these beautiful puppies

were grown, I sold three and we

kept the "black" pup who would

be named, "Sir Reginald the Marque

Duke!" More to come on him, later!

Ginger would only have one litter.
Her son, Reggie would become her
rival!