Doxhobbi Siberians

Vallie came to Doxhobbi from Rhode Island Valentine's Day 2004. A few weeks after her arrival, I let her out the back door to exercise and five minutes later found her holding up an extremely swollen left foot. She had broken several metacarpal bones, we assume by getting the foot hung in one of the patio chairs. She was in a cast for 4 weeks - not fun for a 3 month old puppy. When we got the cast off, we found that there was also damage to the ulna that was causing the foot to grow assymetrically. She required surgery and another 4 weeks of casting to correct that problem. We had no dogs living in the house from 1996 until Vallie came along. She had to be kept indoors while she was in a cast, After she recovered , she stayed in the kennel when we were at work but otherwise lived in the house 

Vallie was shown a few times but we soon realized that her gait would never be that of a show dog. She was bred to Basil. They produced a lovely litter of three dilute black females named after the Black sisters in the Harry Potter books -Andromeda,Bellatrix and Narcissa, who became our first grand champion.

Vallie died a few weeks short of her 16th birthday.