Two Litters at Home

We have fifteen puppies at our home right now.  Scarlett and Seeker's eight puppies that are five weeks old, and Meggie and Seeker's puppies that are ten days old.

Scarlett's puppies are between four and six pounds and are running, playing, and very personable.  They are in a pen in our new puppy room that allows them to get used to a crate and to use the potty park (artificial grass in a plastic tray to teach them where to potty and to get them used to a grass texture) as well as a play area.

  

They are also outside in the puppy run for a chunk of the day to give them a place to explore and play so that they do not get bored.  

 

We recently took them all to Home Depot to get them used to car rides (many more coming) and to new sites, sounds, smells, and people.  We took them into the store two at a time (two people each carrying one puppy) and we never made it past the front door.  The staff wanted to hold, love, and pet each puppy.  

  The people entering the store wanted to stop and love on the puppies.  The puppies were superstars and enjoyed all the attention.  In three weeks they will be starting to go to their new homes!  All of you who have bought one of these dogs will need to talk with me about how you want to pick them up, or how you want us to get them to you.  

 Meggie's puppies are only ten days old and their eyes and ears are not yet open.  They stay in the whelping pen where we have kept them since birth.  

They have already had a car ride (they were born either at the guardian home or en route back to our house as my boys picked them up) but since their first ride they have been in our home.  This weekend their their eyes and ears  will open and after a few days we will move them down to the puppy room.  Shortly after they move down the older puppies will be making their way to their new homes!  

We are already giving the older puppies their medicine to de-worm them.  Soon they will get their first round of shots.  Those who will be spayed or neutered will have their appointment at about seven weeks.  (If you have told us you want to have a spay or neuter contract with us to do this later please confirm with me so that we can arrange for that in the bill of sale.)  We will do the last round of de-worming medicine at the seventh week.  These puppies will go home healthy and ready to fit into their new families.  

 We have put together a puppy room that we have long been planning for.  We have put down a vinyl flooring that is completely waterproof and easy to clean.  We have installed a utlity sink where we can wash the dogs and the potty park we use to potty train the dogs.  It also has a door straight out to the dog run which is rain proof with trees covering the run and with a liner and pea gravel that will keep the puppies from getting muddy.  They are really glad to play outside and we are so happy with this space.

On top of the new puppy room, we have a wonderful grassy area where we take the puppies out to explore and play.  They are more and more excited to get time outside and play.  Scarlett comes out to play with her puppies and feed them.  You can see from these shots that there is a range of color in the puppies.  We have dark reds all the way to cream.  These are gorgeous puppies and very friendly.  We are trying to add to their natural temperaments by working on taking them to a variety of places to give them a variety of experiences so that they are comfortable when they experience something new.  

These puppies are eager to get outside to play.  This is a fun time for us each day when we take them to the garden and watch them explore.  

We also have the puppies with us in the kitchen at various times throughout the day so that they are used to noises, and people.  They really enjoy being with us.

Breeders on the way

 We are excited to let you know that we have two up and coming breeders who will be joining our program after we get their test results and they continue to grow up.  The first is Seattle's Sundance who comes to us from Jan Probus.  She is the daughter of Greta and Chipotle.  She has the most amazing personality and loves everyone she meets.  She is gentle with our one year old granddaughter, Annalee, and you can see her making Annalee giggle on our You Tube video of the two of them.

You can find the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlb8IYhLbtc&feature=plcp.  Sundance is a wonderful girl who makes friends with everyone she meets.  She is a medium and has a cream with soft fleece, and has been tested.  We are waiting for the results of the hip and elbows tests.  We will begin breeding her in the winter or spring months.  

 Our other new breeder is Tank, who is growing into a standard size.  He is five months old and already is bigger than his mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.  The vet saw him yesterday and thought he was a two year old.  Tank is very friendly and relaxed.  Everyone who meets him wants to take him home.  He is a red that is holding his color, and has a soft fleece coat.  He will sit down with you and soak up all the love you have to give.  Then, he gives it back.

Tank roams around the house and yard and entertains himself until he finds you, and then you are his best friend.

Tank also gets along with all the dogs we have.  Whenever we are out and he meets another dog he has found a new friend.

If you are looking for dogs with great temperaments you want to mark these two dogs and keep an eye on when they have litters.
If you are a breeder looking for a red male Tank is a breeder to keep your eyes on.

Scarlett's Puppies Eyes Open

We have taken the puppies outside to give them a taste of our wonderful weather this week.  They love playing in the grass, hanging out with mom (Scarlett) and wrestling with each other.   

Some of them just want to chill and sleep on the soft grass.  You can see them checking us out and trying to decide if we are good playmates.  They are getting used to our smells and love the fact that we are taking care of them.  We will be moving them on to mush as a stage to moving them on to solid food in a couple of weeks.  They will also be going on car trips to get used to new experiences, people, and places.  This coming week we begin the worming process and in a few weeks we will begin to immunize them.  Until they are immunized we can 't let them out to play in public places, but we can hold them and take them to stores and other places where they will meet new people.  

 They love to cuddle and wrestle with each other.  We want to help them to love to be with people as much as they enjoy each other.  We will keep you up to speed with our adventures.  Check back soon.

Scarlett's Puppies at a week old

Scarlett gave birth a week ago.  She has been a wonderful mom and has been faithfully feeding her puppies and their growth shows it.  The puppies have all just about doubled their weight.  They are no longer newborns, but are now puppies who are crawling around and smelling for their mom.

We are introducing them to sounds, people, and touch.  We are working hard to make sure that they get used to having people around.  The boys and I are spending time with them all day long.  They are getting to know our smells and are comfortable with us holding them.  When we first started holding them they would cry for mom and wiggle out of our hands.  Now they are willing to settle down in our hands or on our lap and sleep.  Next we will work on introducing them to other people, sounds, and smells.  When they open their eyes we will move them downstairs to the puppy room where they can have a safe and warm environment and have access to outdoors where they can play and romp.

I am posting some pictures that show the various puppies and how they are growing.  Enjoy!