Shade turned 4 years old on March 30th.
This prompted me to go back and look at some of the baby pictures I have of her and her brother Nemo (who lives with my parents).
Here are a few of the pictures..
This is Shade when she a month old or so. The sponge near her feet was to help set her leg straight - long story that involves two previous breeders before Shade and Nemo ending up with a breeder my mom and I trusted (the one I got Piper from) to finish weaning. Turns out Shade had a broken leg that was healing improperly and Nemo two badly splayed legs with one being infected..those two babies went at the vet often before turning 4 months old. This was taken before the first vet visit, Shade got a cast after the vet re-broke and re-set the leg right.
Two babies in two bowls - Shade has the pink blanket, Nemo the purple one.
Same as above, you can see Nemo slanted stance, a result of the two splayed legs, in this picture better.
Shade on the left, Nemo on the right
Shade is the one perched higher - everyone was actually surprised when Nemo finally learned to perch (his legs were that bad..) - they are slightly over 3 months on this picture.
Finally, Shade at four years of age