Meet the Family: The baby makes 5!

Daddy and his girls.

Fila and Diadora chilling out at home!

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to show off pictures of the rest of the family. Russ and I currently have 2 4-legged baby girls. They are terrier mixes that we saved from the pound.

We got Fila (named after her white shoes and mittens) in March of 2006 from the Warsaw Animal Welfare League. We were told that she was born on a farm and her mother was a 20 +lb terrier. Nonetheless, she looked like a lab and Russ wanted a big lab to run with that would also look great in his big new truck. When we got her, she didn't have as long of whiskers (she looked more like lab) and her paws were huge. She ended up only being 50 lbs, but she is all muscle. She is a super sporty dog who loves to go running with dad, chase squirrels, and swim. We think her father was a pointer or some kind of hunting dog because she points all of the time. She will be 2 on December 27th. She is finally growing up and maturing. She was so hyper as a young puppy that we ended up getting Dora for her as a playmate.

Baby Fila at Granmmies House.

Baby Fila and Mommy the first day after we brought her home.

I conned Russ into getting Diadora (also named for her white shoes and mittens) as my Christmas present. We found her on http://www.petfinder.com/. This is an awesome site to find animals in need of a home. Anyway, I was addicted to the site because I thought Fila needed a sister or brother. When we found Dora, I knew we had to get her. We drove up to a foster home in Sturgis, Michican to pick up our second baby in November of 2006. Dora was found in a box sometime in October with 3 other siblings. 2 of them died right away and Dora and her sister were the only ones to survive. They couldn't tell how old she was because she was starving and flee ridden. We think she was born in late September or October. The foster parents took great care of her and told me that hopefully she would be about a 25 lb- 35 lb dog. (We wanted a smaller dog that would be big enough to play with Fila.) She was supposed to be my lap dog...well, she definitely loves to eat and we think she is a terrier-lab mix. Dora is also 50 lbs, but she is a few inches shorter than Fila. Dora's build is more lab and she will eat almost anything.

The picture on http://www.petfinder.com/ that made me determined to adopt baby Dora.

The girls are a pair. They love to play chase and bite ear They love to hang out together and would rather play with each other than their mom and dad.

So basically, we love our girls, but we are worried about how they will handle the baby.

Fila is a dogs dog...when we got Dora, she wasn't jealous at all. Anytime Dora would play with us, she would bring a toy over and steal Dora away. I think Fila thought that Dora was her present...and she kinda was. Fila used to be very hyper and sometimes annoy baby Dora, but now Fila has matured and the roles have changed. Dora is constantly trying to eat Fila's ear. Dora could be more of a people's dog, but she loves playing with her sister. We hope that they will take care of each other.

I am definitely taking advice on how to balance the dogs and our new baby. We live right across from a park, so the girls are pretty good with kids. I just hope that the girls will keep each other company.

Please feel free to post some advice.

Fila and Dora playing Tug.

Mom and Fila at Christmas.
2 big girls are grown up.

Thanks,
Becca & Russ