Well, I have not been on in a while. Last year was a devastating year in several ways. I will not get into it all but with several deaths in the family and then a huge issue at our house, that, when it was all said and done left a huge financial mark on us, it was not the best of years. Once all the deaths were done in the family and we got back in our house my son was at school one day and Kabar collapsed. It was obvious something was very, very wrong and my wife called me in a panic. I rushed home to assist my wife but he died shortly after we got him to the hospital. They found he had a tumor on the underside of his bladder and it had penetrated the bladder wall and he passed. If you have read my posts in the past you will remember I have a special needs son and this news was beyond devastating to him, me, my wife and our other boys. Now, I am not here to preach to anyone but I believe all things are used of God and as bad as it sounds there are some positive things that can be seen from the events of last year. Being devastated with the house situation and the huge cost there I had no idea where I would get the money to be able to afford a new EM to replace Kabar for my son. With his needs it is very important that we keep him as stable as possible since change is one of his huge triggers. Because of some very nice people in the EM community and one of the members on this site I was able to find a very good breeder on the other side of the country. Long story short God provided the money and we were able to get our new EM and we named him Koa. No, not the camp ground but as in the wood from my wife’s home state of Hawaii. I am not a huge fan of all the talk on sites about weight. I believe the weight of the dog is not as important as the health of the dog. I feed Koa Earthborn Holistic and I think he does very well on it. It is the best food for my budget and the results have been great. I do not weigh Koa every week since I think running him back and forth to the vet all the time to just see what he weighs is a waste of time. I will post the weights that I have here so people can see them for reference. Koa is now a little over 9 months old and we got him at 8 weeks 5 days. I will try to do these pictures in some order but to be honest I have a tons of them and I was not prudent on keeping them organized. Please note that the boxer you see in some of the pictures was Kabar’s friend and was instrumental in him learning so fast. When we got Koa, Zoe was not impressed we did it to her again but once again she came to the challenge and helped train Koa. Sadly death stuck once again 4 weeks ago and after 10 years 11 months of faithful service, Zoe passed away. Weight Chartate of birth:August 3, 2015 (Monday)Date he became family: October 2, 2015Weight chart:September 28, 2015: 8 weeks old19.9 pounds (Idaho vet)October 9, 20159 weeks 4 days old:25.6 pounds (Dr. Randall) October 16, 201510 weeks 4 days old: 29.9 pounds (Dr. Randall)October 24, 201511 weeks 6 days old:35.4 pounds (Dr. Randall)November 6, 201513 weeks 4 days old:45.4 pounds (Dr. Randall)November 30, 2015 (Monday) 17 weeks old 65.2 pounds (Dr. Randall)December 18, 2015 (Friday)19 weeks 4 days 81.9 pounds (Dr. Randall) February 2, 2016 (Tuesday)26 weeks 1 day 117.5 pounds (Dr. Randall)March 10, 2016 (Thursday)31 weeks 144 pounds (Dr. Randall)April 16, 2016 (Saturday)36 weeks 5 days 163 pounds (Bandfield inside PetSmart)Well, I have pictures to up load but it says that they need to be resized. So I guess it won't be happening since I do not know how to resize them.