Friday, November 5, 2010

Dame Liberty von Stürmer

Dame Liberty von Stürmer

They say when you move to Germany you come back with a BMW, a baby and a cuckoo clock. All we need now is the cuckoo clock and we'll be home! Our new "baby's" name is Dame Liberty von Stürmer. She was born on August 17, 2010. We drove over seven hours nearly to the Denmark border to collect her on October 17. She is a Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund (Greater Swiss Mountain Dog) and we are all head over heels in love with her. Frau Christina, her breeder was most helpful in sending us pictures and taking such good care of her until she could join our family. If you go to the website, she is from the D Wurf (litter) and one of only two females out of nine puppies!



Mutter: Anni vom Warnowtal................................... and her litter of 9                                            Our sweet Liberty 


We began our search for a puppy a few months ago.  After determining that we wanted a Swissy, we started looking for puppies.  When we found our breeder Frau Christina Konig had puppies that could leave the litter in one month.  The month seemed last forever.  We drove from Heidelberg to Stadum which is just minutes from the Denmark border, in the Jutlands.  It was such and interesting part of Germany.  There was a lot of agriculture and small towns, reminded us of home.  Since it was such a long drive, we drove up late Friday night and stayed in a  nice gasthaus in Leck, just a few minutes away.  We met Liberty and Christina on Saturday morning, and enjoyed a warm cup of coffee. 

Then spent the afternoon sightseeing in Sønderborg, Denmark on the Baltic Sea.
             
Ang and a Danish Flag           ----           Tess at the Sea         ---         Erik in Sonderborg        
  



Just thought this tattoo shop was funny  --- This is the building next to our hotel.  There were a lot of these types of roofs in the area.



Finally, Sunday morning came!



Christina demonstrated what a great cart puller Liberty's mother, Anni is on this homemade cart that her husband built for the Swissies to pull.  She was really fast and strong!


Back to Heidelberg with our puppy!