Merry Christmas

Our little pup is doing well Pat reports. Merry

Christmas everyone.

Puppy Update

Our little puppy is doing great and growing every day. He is still more advanced than his brother but his brother just started walking so that should change quickly. Thanks for the up dates Ruby.

The B's

Bo, Brady, Bliss, Barkley and Bennett. I think Bubbly was turned in earlier. She is doing well according to the December report. Congratulation B puppies. Study hard.

Barkley is ready for Turn in

The B puppies are almost 14 months and heading back to PAWS. This week. Barkley was raised by Kari who also raised Cheeto. She was Orange in the B litter and beautiful. Darker fur and sweet face. Kari will miss her.

Ruby and Her Pups

Well, here he is with Ruby and his brother. She even looks like Cheeto. He is big but they will both grow. Our pup is only 5 days older than Ruby's pup so the little guy will catch up. Ruby had problems also like Cheeto so she only had one pup too. The two will do much better together. Ruby took to him very quickly and he already cuddles with his brother. Cheeto is doing well. She has Keith and Holt to distract her. She is not wining or looking for the pups. She is a very resilient gal.

His Last Day with Us

Wednesday was Little White Blackie's last day with us. PAWS has decided to transfer him to a foster mom in Detroit, Ruby. She is a lab and has one pup five days younger then our guy. Julie and I drove to PAWS on Thursday and then Amiee drove to Detroit to place him with Ruby and her pup. It is much better for pups to grow up together and learn from each other, especially bite inhibition and competition. Since this is Ruby's last litter it would be better for her to have them both. It was a sad day for us but we know the result will be two great pups.

Week One

The little guy is now one week old. Here he is laying on this "litter mates." The orange pup has a bag inside that you warm in the microwave so it feels like a warm body. Cheeto likes it too. He is growing and is now 36 ounces. A respectable weight, but not too fat. He is right in the middle of her previous litters even thorough he was so big at birth. Cheeto has settled down and no longer searches for other pups. They have gotten into a rhythm. It is definitely easier and she has time to just hang around. Wonder what he will think when his eyes open and he sees what his "litter mates" look like. :)

One Little Black Male

Cheeto is fine but she had a very difficult delivery. We knew we had three pups and were concerned that they would be big so her food was kept low. Well, they were big for Cheeto anyway. The first male was 19.2 oz, and next female was 19.5 oz and the final female was 21.5 0z. All records for Cheeto. Both females were still born and we could not resuscitate them. The vet had to help us with the last one and still the pup never had a heart beat. So we have a beautiful little black pup to raise. Cheeto is confused. She looks for other puppies. It might be because she has so much milk. That will get better. The puppy visits are still on. They will be even more important as we try and socialize this little guy with no sibs. He is real cuddly already as you can see. We are tired, but are happy to have this beautiful little guy. Since he was the first his color should be white. Seems like it would be good to come up with a nickname. Any suggestions?

There are three pups.

There are three puppies. Of course we would have liked more, but at least there are three. Cheeto is doing well and hopefully this will be easy for her this time. You can see the spines on the x-rays. Due date is still Nov. 20.

We Have Puppies!!!

We have puppies due November 20th! Not sure how many but in one screen we saw 3 at once.

Another great piece of news is that Ollie is the first of the O puppy teams to be certified. Great Job Ollie. We are proud of you! Thanks Julie who raised Ollie, the trainers who worked hard with him and the field representative who finished the job. Great team work everyone!