Evaluation Day

Nov 292021
 

Today was the official day the pups were evaluated.  There were lots of friends here and the puppies had a wonderful day!

Pink girl will be going to Canada to begin her career as a show girl

Peach girl will stay here.

Turquoise Girl will go to live with her Grandmother and half-sister on Vancouver Island. Show girl? She looks like she is pondering that possibility.

Gray Boy “scored” very well on his evaluation..

Blue Boy – does his tail every stop wagging? Happy, happy boy!

Brown Boy – He was too tired to stand, so he is sitting and looks like he’d like to lie down and have a nap.

Junebug

Nov 212021
 

It’s been a while since Junebug has made an appearance on the blog.  At 5 1/2 months, she is too young to enter a dog show, but this weekend she got to hang out and observe all the activity at a show.  Having her pal Fiona along made her time extra fun.  They shredded paper and then had a tug of war over the big pieces.  Both are learning tricks and they got to practice on those.  Junebug plans to add to her “resume” by getting a trick dog title.

The Little Girls

Nov 132021
 

We took a look at the girls, trying to decide if they are show quality.  Conclusion is that all are nice and good prospects for the show ring.  I cut their hair very short to get a good look at their body conformation. We attempted to “stack” them on the table, as they will have to do that for showing.  I think they did quite well for being as young as they are.

Pink Girl. “Just give me the cheese and I’ll stand pretty!”

Peach Girl. “You want me to stand still?”

Turquoise Girl. “O.K., I’ll stand here, but after the picture I’m going back to sit on my step.”

8 Week Ruffians

Nov 112021
 

Official pictures didn’t fit into the schedule this week.  I did capture a few candids and should have some nice pictures this Saturday, with the help of some friends.

Playing hard – napping hard. Brown Boy is totally relaxed.

Turquoise Girl was one of the first pups to climb up the one stair that is available to them. But she is always reluctant to get down. I’m trying to teach her how to do it, but she is content to stay on “her” step and survey the world.

Peach Girl and her sister Pink were fighting and Andrea rescued Peach. Pretty cute!

The puppies had their 8 week vaccinations and health check up. All are healthy.  They were pretty relaxed at the vet’s.  Blue Boy just stayed in his crate and had a nap until it was his turn.  The pups were all brave.

BATH DAY

Nov 052021
 

THE BOYS, THEN THE GIRLS

GRAY BOY

BLUE BOY

BROWN BOY

PINK GIRL

PEACH GIRL

TURQUOISE GIRL

7 Weeks – It was bound to happen!

Nov 032021
 

Pictures?  The puppies were not interested and were not cooperating! I tried to trim the hair from around their eyes – they must have had a group meeting and decided that wasn’t going to happen today either.  Sorry these shots do not really represent how cute they are!

They are little porkers.  All weigh over 3 lbs. now and they eat a lot.  Gloria has definitely cut back on her time with them, but she is still a doting mother and once or twice a day she’ll choose to feed them.

They absolutely love to run through their part of the house and enjoy time on the patio.  5 month old Junebug is allowed in their pen for playtime.  It’s good for her to have playmates and  she helps to keep the puppies entertained.

I managed to take a not too bad picture of Gray Boy.

Oops! I thought this picture of the girls was pretty good – then I realized that instead of the girls we have Pink Girl, Blue Boy and Peach Girl

And the Boys, from left Gray, Blue, Brown