[Lexie’s mom]

We adopted the puppy, Lexie off the Craigslist...some people wanted to trade a GS pup for a Nintendo Switch, we didn’t have that but some robots that kids didn’t play with and I thought it’s some kind of joke but nope, a family with 5 little kids ages from newborn to 9 gave us Lexie in exchange for the toys and unexpectedly she is a great pup, very sweet, gentle, friendly, playful, will be 3 months Nov 5 and we had her for 3 weeks. She is doing well with potty/crate and leash training. I will try to figure out how to post pics, she is a beautiful pup. I guess we got lucky so far(knock on a wood).

 

[Lexie’s mom]

There we go!

 

[Blu_and_Redd]

She's a cutie pie! Welcome to the forum.

 

[Frisco19]

So cute! Long haired I believe. Welcome to the forum.

 

[tc68]

Kids and their video games...smh. I never see kids playing outside anymore. Anyway, what a cute pup! I think you got the better of the deal whatever you traded for her. My guess...they probably didn't know what to do with all that biting and/or they didn't know it was going to be that much work to raise a pup. Did you get any papers or info on her parents or anything like that?

 

[GSDchoice]

She is cute!

As a kid, if my parents had let me choose between a puppy and a video game...are you kidding?!!
( My poor parents, we had our Great Dane, a couple of rescue kittens I found in the street, a series of escapee hamsters, guinea pigs, fish...)

Anyway I think you definitely got the better entertainment there...

 

[Jenny720]

Oh boy interesting barter. I would keep this a secret from Lexi. Lol. Such a cutie it looks like you made out in the deal. Craigslist is not a safe place to find homes for dogs or buy as many are stolen pets but it sounds like Lexi is lucky to have found a good home.

 

[Lexie’s mom]

I am so sorry guys, thank you for all your welcoming posts. I was not able to log in to respond. Sent twice a note to moderators with no response. So I gave up on logging in and was just browsing and learning. And today I decided to try again and it worked.
Well, Lexie is 4m.o and 48+ pounds. So far she is a great dog. And very photogenic!)

 

[Lexie’s mom]

Lexie’s latest pic.

 

[Lexie’s mom]

She is doing well with our 3 cats, they are adjusting slowly from ignoring, playfully chasing or hissing, but she is just a big curious pup that wants to play and doesn’t mean to hurt them at all. Although I supervise her interactions with them, just because the oldest one is almost 11y.o.

 

[Lexie’s mom]

Before I will get logged out again I just wanted to mention a few things.
Lexie eats a lot and it’s probably at this point 4 cups of Fromm, 6 patties of Stella dry freeze food, 4 large Instinct raw patties, not to mention milk bones, marrow bones, bullie sticks etc.
She is doing great as far as potty training, we allow her to sleep in the living room, she was sleeping in her crate for a while but now she is fine, she doesn’t destroy anything- had plenty of bones to chew. She can sleep from 9p.m till 8 a.m with no accidents.
She walks great on the leash. She is very friendly with all the kids, people... she barked at 2 people entering our house... while she was licking their hands.

 

[GSDchoice]

She sounds like a great pup! And wow, that's an impressive amount of food!

 

[Kathrynil]

It sounds like she is living the life! What a cutie from the first photo! She's gonna be a beauty.

 

[Lexie’s mom]

 

[Lexie’s mom]

Thank you for your kind comments!
She is 5m.o today

 

[Lexie’s mom]

Lexie with her buddy Fozzie.

 

[Lexie’s mom]

The difference!

 

[Lexie’s mom]

Not sure how to edit it to delete the pic but it’s funny how they can still squeeze into a tinybed that they used to love

 

[Petra's Dad]

Haha funny picture of your dog on the little bed! You got very lucky with your nice dog, glad its working out!

 

[LuvShepherds]

She is gorgeous. You were very lucky to get her. I agree, you got the best end of the trade. A family with 5 young children doesn’t have time for a puppy like that anyway, so both came out ahead.