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A little brother for Kahn - 6 Mar
Karen's Gang - 8 Mar
My rescued min pin! - 25 Mar
Eddie and friends - 16 Apr
Spike, aka. Mr. Wiggles - 15 Nov 08
The Boyz - Kahn and Sargeant - 10 Dec 08
My boyz - Charlie, Graham and Beethoven - 13 Dec 08
Kipper - 16 Dec 08
Allergy Info - Jake - 4 Jan 09
Pics of my baby, Delan - 01 Feb 09
Requiem for Roxy - 2 Feb 09
My dogs - Kodak and Fuji - 3 Mar 09

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Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:19:39 -0500 - from Cindy

We adopted Sargeant (the red boy) from our local humane society this week... yesterday in fact. He's 16 weeks old and 5lbs, he was surrendered by his owners as they had a big dog who did not like him. Kahn is almost 4 years old and they already act like true siblings, playing, fighting etc etc.

We are pretty excited about this new member of our family and can't wait to introduce him to the family! It's a boy!

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 05:14:05 -0800 (PST) - from Karen

Hi Mag,

I wanted to share some pictures of our gang. Buster and Rusty were our first boys (Buster is from SC and Rusty from GA). Then came Rocky and Handyman (We drove to Houston, TX to pick these two up), then Jesse and Leona(originally from NJ, but moved to SC because their owners were military. They were having another baby and couldn't keep them). Oscar found his way to our door on 12/11/2007. Harvey is our son's great dane(he's 3 now). Last but not least is Pinky, she is a stray that came to us in the winter of 2006. She had frostbite on her ears, nose, paws and tail. As you can see she lost part of her ears. The vet said she was lucky to be alive. For the first couple of months we had her all she did was eat and sleep. With antibiotics and love, she is doing great!

Karen

Note: Karen sent me many more photos, too many to post here now :-) But you can see them all at minpins.mgbeng.com/archive/karens.html.

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:23:13 -0500 - from Robin

He is just the greatest dog ever! How he could end up in a pound is way beyond me.
By the way, his name is Bean.

I love your website!
Robin

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:34:48 -0400 (EDT) - from Lee

I have owned two (2) minpins to date. The first was 16 years ago when I purchased Max, my first minpin. I bought him from a breeder who told me that he was oversized and could not be shown. I told her that was fine and only wanted him for a companion, since I lived alone. He was a wonderful dog, very smart, and very loyal. He lived a good long life and helped me through some tough times but was always there to comfort me. He passed away about a year ago. I was very saddened that I lost a very loyal companion. Over the course of years I have saved many dogs from a life of misery either by their owner's giving them up or not able to care for them anymore. I have four other dogs. Currently I own a White German Shepard, a Miniature American Eskimo, a Jack Russell Terrier, a Rat Terrier, and now another Minpin! His owner passed away and his mother did not want to take care of any pets. So that is how I acquired another Minpin. His name is Eddie, and he is just like Max! He loves our home with all the other dogs to play with. Eddie is very energetic, playful, loves to sit with me and gives me hugs. I am sure he will enjoy is new life with us........

Lee N

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:04:49 -0500 - from Melanie

This is my boy, Spike, aka. Mr. Wiggles. I adopted Spike 2 years ago and he is the sweetest, happiest, funniest, wiggliest little boy you could ever meet! He loves everybody and everybody loves him!
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Melanie

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:21:02 -0500 - from Cindy

Kahn and Sargeant wishing you all the joys and a very Merry Christmas Season.

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:18:43 -0500 - from Lori

Hello!

I just joined the volunteer staff! I will be fostering future min pins that need a place to be for a bit...very excited to help out!

I am just wishing everyone a happy holiday! These are my boyz, i have three miniature dachshunds, all of them boys! People always ask me ...another one? But really we love our boys as much as our own daughter...part of the family. (wouldn't be a complete family without them.) names from left to right are, Charlie, Graham and Beethoven. Older ones are 9 months, and graham is 3 going on 4 months! Bunches of fun!

Here is a pic of our little girl (shelby grace, 3 years old)

everyone have a happy holiday!
--
Lori and Mark
Central Vermont Puppy Play Founders

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:06:17 -0500 - from Ginger

Just found your website...I went to Poughkeepsie, NY for my brother in law's wedding and ended up with a Min-Pin that adopted me at the pet store in the Poughkeepsie Mall. I went in looking with my neices and this little guy got to me... he had been at the pet store over 2 months!!! I couldn't leave him... so... we bought him and named him Poughkeepsie... Kipper for short.

He was born in March of 2008... it took me 3 weeks to get this sweater on him... I know i am going to enjoy reading someone else's min=pin stories... boy... we didn't know what we were getting into... Kipper is a scream...as you can tell from the attached photo, he is full of personality.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas...God Bless

Ginger and Kipper

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:14:05 -0600 - from Tracy

Hi there,

I used to receive your emails about 6-7 years ago. I was interested, at that time, in adopting another minpin (I have a 9 year old minpin with severe allergies), as well as any information on treating allergies. I received countless emails from the kind people on the list with ideas on how to treat my little Jakie's allergies. Nothing seemed to work for us, and our vet advised us against some of the ideas. Now, I thought I'd hook on to see if you were interested in sharing what worked for us, with the rest of the group.

Our dog Jake, suffered for 7 years with an e-collar and a fleece coat to prevent him from scratching and chewing himself to bits. He wore this non-stop. Sometimes, when we'd get home from work, there would be blood on the carpet and he would have somehow gotten his coat off, or reached between the neck line of the coat and collar and scratched himself raw.

The second photo is very graphic. If you wish to see it, click on the picture (the file will be opened in a new browser window). It was very hard to see him this way, and very difficult and maddening for him as well. We tried allergy shots, cortisone, benedryl, steroids, creams, vet recommended diets (unlimited), and various different allergy pills recommended from the university of vet. teaching hospital. We have never tried to estimate the amount of money we've spent trying to get him comfortable...nor do we want to. He is our baby, and when we asked the vet if it was in-humane to keep him this way, he always recommended us to keep trying. Well, on a whim, in 2006, one of the vet techs called and asked us if we would be interested in a drug study for dog allergies. We were willing to try just about anything, because by this point we have had 7 years of sleepless nights (his constant chewing, licking, scratching, kept us up all night, every night...in addition to our our twins having been born in 2004). Within the first dose (although, we were told it usually doesn't happen that quickly) we saw a difference. After a week, he was much less itchy. We started getting full nights of sleep, and his fur started to grow back (prior to this medication he had NO fur...skin infections and flair-ups had made it fall out, and stay out).

After 2 years on this amazing medication, "ATOPICA", he no longer has to wear a coat, e-collar, or boots. He has a full coat of fur now, and seems to be a totally different dog. His allergies kicked in 2 days after we brought him home from a pet store (a mistake we will never make again!) in 1999. I do not have any kind of degree to recommend anyone else trying this medication, but I wanted to get the info out there for anyone else who's treasured family member has the same difficulty. Maybe this may prompt them to talk to their vet about it. The meds are not cheap, but they are worth every penny if they work...at least to us.

I just wanted to make sure that I was able to give some advise to those that are searching for help, as we were, 6-7 years ago. Life if not perfect for little Jake, as he now suffers from cataracts in both of his eyes, and somehow got a broken bone in his foot while getting his nails trimmed at the vet office almost 5 weeks ago, but his foot is on the mends in a cast, and he knows our house well enough to get around, but even so, our life has changed dramatically. And we are all thankful for that...especially Jake!

Thank you again for everyone's help that was there to give me support and suggestions so long ago. I hope this letter some how gives hope and/or help to someone that may be in the same situation as we were.

Sincerely,
Tracy & "Little Man Jake"

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 21:06:27 -0500 - from Daniel

My baby's name is Delan
She is now 8. Her DOB is 12/15/01
I love her so much I can't imagine life with out her.

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 22:59:29 +0000 (UTC) - from Bonnie & Ed

Bonnie and Ed
Geneva, IL

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:19:38 -0500 - from Veronica

Hello

my name is veronica,i came across your website and though i should add my boys to the sight !

Kodak (natural ears) is turning 7 this year,since ive become a big time dog lover in he past 2 years working at a kennel and grooming,he has become more then just the family dog hes mine now he comes every where with me,work,the park,beach,hiking,biking,he realy has an amazing life .he loves his raw diet wich he has done amazing on he dosent look his age or act it.They are amazing dogs and i will never be without one !

Fuji (cropped ears) came into my life after wanting a dog for a very long,but after bring many home it just didnt seem to work out with any of them,so i gave up and everyone said dont worry a dog will find you.Then just a few days later i came into work and there was a sign for a male min pin,9 monthes free to good home,it couldnt be true i had to go see him,me and kodak drove to see him right after work and i fell in love he was a little crazy but i knew he just needed the right home.he had been through 2 homes already at not even a year i knew he was mine forever,he has bonded great with kodak and has turned out to be an amazing dog very smart ! he also loves to hike,bike and so on.
he recently was lost at a park near our home after being chased by a large hound for three days i searched and finally he appeared like magic out of the woods ,you never know what you have till its gone and i dont know what i would do with out this little guy around :)