Crate Training

by | Jan 16, 2011 | blog

This wee girl decided she liked the looks of that blankie in the kennel, so she was determined to get in there and lie down. She’s also officially our first “escapee” from the whelping box. Just went down to find her SCREAMING to get back in!

Leia puppies – 3 weeks old

by | Jan 16, 2011 | blog

Wendy and I had lots of fun taking pictures of the puppies today. We had them all up to the kitchen and I took 115 photos. Needless to say, some are better than others, so you get to see the better ones.The basket is getting too small for everyone to fit, so boys are...

2 weeks old

by | Jan 9, 2011 | 2 weeks old

Here are a few photos. The basket’s getting pretty full. As you can see, they’ve pretty much doubled in size since last week. The pairs are boys. The little one with her eyes starting to open is a girl. They were 2 weeks old yesterday. Today’s...

Leia babies – 1 Week Old

by | Jan 2, 2011 | Leia Babies - 1 week old.

Puppies were 1 week old yesterday. The top photo is one of the little boys with a very full belly. Next 2 photos are of the girls. When I took the boys out of the basket, they yelled like banshees which upset momma, so back they went. Girls couldn’t care less....

Waiting for Babies

by | Dec 22, 2010 | Waiting for Babies

Leia arrives today – Wendy says she’s getting lazy and just wants to lie around. Judging from the size of her – I think I understand! We’re not totally finished painting the whelping room yet, so Mark had better hurry up. Looks like babies are...

Winter weekend

by | Dec 7, 2010 | winter weekend

Had a lovely weekend talking dogs, training dogs, watching dogs. We had Danielle visit us from Pennsylvania to meet and play with our crew in consideration of getting a puppy. She decided the Rowan and Leia breeding and I’m sure she’ll be pleased. Duncan...

Puppies…

by | Nov 27, 2010 | Puppies...

Back from the vet. We have puppies! Leia has “lots” – ultrasound isn’t very accurate for counting but we do know there are quite a few puppies in there. No puppies from Bree (whew…). So, now it’s time to get that room finished and...

Running on the Beach

by | Nov 11, 2010 | Running on the Beach

We had a great day today – took a drive down to Longpoint because it was so gorgeous. It’s not often that it’s 13 degrees in the middle of November (that’s almost 60 to you folks who don’t operate on the Celsius scale). Dogs had a big run...