03/06/2025
Yesterday we had a (dual!) Birthday in the house! Please join us in wishing the Double Trouble Team a very Happy Birthday!
Wasabi and Sushi (Orca x Rommy, 2021) turn four today!
Sushi came to us first, and was picked from her litter at about 6 weeks old. We had been watching her and two of her sisters grow up, and she caught my eye from some of the very first stacked photos that were sent. She has a "LOOK AT ME" quality that just stands out. When we met her, her funny and sweet little personality won me over almost immediately.
Now enter Wasabi. He came to us with his sister Sushi, and he was completely unplanned and unexpected, Sushi was the planned one. But he was such a personable, funny, sweet, quiet little puppy, that he stayed. Because you can't have Sushi without a little Wasabi, right?
He has proven time and time again to be intelligent, soft, sensitive, intuitive and willing to work. He is polite, patient and quiet in hotels and stores, and is usually all business while traveling, to the point where is it sometimes difficult to entice him to play away from home; he thinks he should be working (Ah, Working /Guardian breeds!) He is never far from my side, even during playtime outside he remains near and checks in frequently. He has a way of understanding what I need before I realize that I need it. He does his job wonderfully and loves doing it.
Sushi, she is a bit of a firecracker, if firecrackers come in sweet. She is more demanding of her wants and needs and isn't afraid to let you know she wants what she wants, now. She is polite, intelligent, curious about everything and will be one of the first to stick her beak someplace she shouldn't. She is independent, as long as you are next to her. She is sassy and silly, but wise beyond her years at the same time. Where her brother is soft, she is strong like her momma. Where he is patient, she is not quite so much. Always ready to play or snuggle, and usually the first up when your feet hit the floor to see where we are going or what we are doing next.
There have been so many signs, so many unplanned events, so many small, inconsequential things that have all led to making me believe that for whatever reasons unknown, some things are just truly meant to be. They are both proving the lesson that room can be made in a broken heart for healing and to accept that much more love that is being freely given. He has a way of when he is looking at you, he can see right through you, and into your soul; she has a way of just knowing how you are feeling and adjusts herself accordingly, whether it's random antics to make you laugh, or quietly curling up in your lap to hug and cuddle. Their temperaments are truly everything we are looking for in a Dane, and they have proven themselves out in the ring as they grow, with both earning their first titles, and plans to try to earn some more. Sushi will now be showing in the UKC Altered category,as she was spayed but still enjoys the outings, while Sabi will be attending in the Champion classes.
They are so similar, and so different at the same time, and a true lesson in genetics and how not only structure is passed along but how temperament is as well. We can't be more thankful to have them in our lives. and are thankful to Steph Dixon for allowing us the opportunity with them, and put vet team Colegate Woods Veterinary Hospital for helping us keep them happy and healthy.
INTCH UCH BLDs Harbinger Thought She Could, Sushi Did
"Sushi /Shoosh", 4 years, black
UCH BLDs Harbinger, Make Mine Spicy
"Wasabi / Sabi", 4 years, black.
