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The Brady Girls/The Madden Girls ~ISSR Shilohs~

I know I am dating myself when I mention the Brady bunch but heck I am old and I do not care who knows it. When people ask me to describe the fun personalities of my girls I tell them we live with the Brady girls Marsha, Jan and Cindy aka Mali, Rani and Yuki.

Mali is very much like Marsha. First of all she is the eldest. Mali is very confident and well liked by everyone who meets her. She always carries herself with her head held high, walks with, and air of dominance. She is control of herself and often everything around her. She is a service dog, dog park sheriff, protector of the pack and Mali learned to howl when she was just a pup. She is a quick learner, Like Marsha, the straight A+ student, cheerleader and popular.

Rani is more like Jan in that she came second to our pack. She is a very soft girl and enjoyed being babied by Mali and every one. Belly rubs being her favorite thing still to this day giving her the family nick name of Hussy. Whenever she thinks Mali or Yuki is getting more attention than she is, Rani will vocally complain in a loud puppy manner, even now at near 90 pounds and to make matter worese Rani cannot howl. Not one little syllable. Just little puppy yips It was cute when she was younger, but now ~causes much eye rolling from humans~ as we hear only Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, in her whines for attention akin to Jan Brady's whines of Marsha, Marsh, Marsh, from the Brady Bunch.

What Rani does not see is in herself is the confident she has when it comes to her training. She walks with her head held high a smile on her face, and a wag of her tail for everyone she meets. It true she is not the Dog who is dominate but who needs to be when everyone thinks you are the cute as a button and wants to just snuggle and kiss you. She is the first to notice any strange sound at night, or something new in the yard, or a butterfly that dares to land in pouncing range. I have to rescind that comment about the howling, as this morning a few days before her first birthday Rani howled for the first time. It started out as a puppy yip, but turned into a howl a real head tipped howl along with the rest of the pack. I swear she was smiling from ear to ear!

Yuki came to live with our pack last in that manner she is the youngest, though she and Rani are really the same age. Like Cindy Brady she is shy and sweet. Much to Rani's horror Yuki learned to howl much earlier than she did. She kind of hangs back and watches what the other two older sisters are doing to see if she really wants to take a chance of trying that too. Most often deciding she will only do something if someone else does it with her, before her, or if no one else is watching her, as she is embarrassed if she fails. Her feelings are easily hurt and she does the best ever pouty faces, the kind that melt your heart and make you want to get on the floor and hug her.

Yuki is huge, I mean humongous girl but soft cuddly should have been a lap dog kind of girl, who chooses to keep her ears down, ~this really frustrates me~ she looks amazing with them up, and I have some pictures to prove it. This reminds me of Cindy's braces, I will try one more time to brace Yuki's ears, but I do not think it will work. I believe she has total control and I am only going to do it, as I want her to understand we want them up.

This is my comparison between the Brady Girls and the Madden Girls.