FishTales and Fingernails: Meet Isis!

I've always had dogs growing up. More specifically, my family always had Pomeranians. More recently, my family had a Pomeranian and a Shih Tzu. Sadly, both have passed. And since buying my first home, I've wanted a dog. My favorite breed has always been Poms. I've been living with my boyfriend for a year and a half now and he and I definitely have different tastes in breeds (he likes larger breeds). But since I'm allergic to a lot of dogs and all cats, I'm a little picky on what kind of dog I'd like to own. After much discussion and searching, we both agreed on Doberman Pinschers. I looked at all the shelters in my area but we could not find the right dog for our living situation/life style. Fast forward a few months to August 2013. John told me he had found a litter of dobes on craigslist in an area kind of near us. He was sent a handful of pictures and there was no doubt, we wanted to meet the puppies. Later on, he confessed that he was looking for a puppy for my birthday in December but Dobermans are quite rare where we live (not sure why) so once he saw that litter, he knew he had to meet them. We met the puppies when they were 6 weeks old knowing that once we laid our eyes on them, we would fall in love. Out of the 6, there was only 1 black and tan (which we were set on) and thankfully, she was still available. That's another thing, we both agreed it would be better to pick a female since they are smaller (still big, but about 10-20 pounds smaller than males). She was perfect; not too rowdy, independent, calm and loved to be cuddled. Leaving and knowing we had to wait another 2 weeks to pick her up was almost torture so I made sure I took enough pictures and videos to last me. For the first month, she was very shy, weary of people (especially men) and pretty skiddish. She also did not like walking on a leash. John and I were very new to this behavior but we were patient and eventually, she started to become more friendly. She's definitely still cautious but very friendly. She'll be 5 months soon and I'm kind of sad her puppy smell is gone and I can no longer pick her up comfortably. She loves to sit in your lap and touch you whenever and however she can which is just precious. I could go on but I'll just post pictures instead :) I just LOVE the crap outta her.