Kimba

 

05/05/08: Here are some pictures from this weekend. I can’t get over how quickly Nitro and Kimba have bonded. They can’t get enough of each other. I have to say, we are very proud of how Nitro is behaving with her. I think this is just what Nitro needed. We’re seeing a side of him we have never seen before. I have no doubt this is going to work out. We had a really nice time visiting and were glad you got to see Nitro in person, finally! ~ Gina (Pennsylvania, USA)

 

 

05/09/08: Well, here we go again! I’ll be sending you pictures of Kimba every week for a while so you can follow her growth. She weighed 13 pounds at 8 weeks. That was on our bathroom scale, so it’s not exact. She and Nitro became best friends instantly. Unfortunately for her that means she is usually soaking wet from him putting her head in his mouth constantly! I’ll hear this muffled crying and I’ll turn to see her entire head missing. I’ll yell at Nitro to let go, but then she goes right back for more. She has certainly taken a lot of stress off of me to keep him entertained and not chewing everything up.

 

Rick refers to [Nitro] as the gentle giant because he is really good with her. Even when her head is in his mouth, he doesn’t bite down. She is the complete opposite of Nitro as a puppy. I can hold her up to my face and cuddle with her without her biting me…what a relief. It’s very easy to fall in love with her. And we’re seeing a side of Nitro that we didn’t know existed—what a good big brother he is. ~ Gina

 

05/29/08: These pictures were taken of Kimba at 10 1/2 weeks old. Today, at 11 weeks, she weighs 22.5 pounds. I’m not sure how much Nitro weighs today. I’m going to ask Rick to take him somewhere to get him weighed. I think Nitro weighed around 28 pounds at 11 weeks. We’re not so fixated on her weight…I guess because she is a little girl.

 

She and Nitro are quite a pair. She’ll crawl up on his head and bite his ears…she tears him apart and he lets her! She will get nose-to-nose with him and bark & growl in his face and he just lays there and looks at her. And they constantly play “catch me if you can.” But if a person walks over to Kimba, she’ll roll on her back. I really think this was the best thing we could have done for Nitro. He’s in love!

 

Her ears go every which way. We never know which ear will be up, down, or laying over at anytime. That’s a big switch from Nitro. His ears went straight up and never looked back. She is a real baby doll. ~ Gina

 

 

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