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Our Puppies
We maintain 2 to 3 breeding females at any given time. Our goals determine our breeding choices. Our first priority is to have healthy puppies and second to that is work ability with disposition being just as important. Color is fourth in our list of priorities. Once breeding decisions are made, the rest is left to nature with some help from us.
When the puppies are 2 weeks old, we start our worming schedule. They are handled daily and when they are able to move around, they are taken outside daily to get used to being in the grass and have room to run and develop their bodies. They have a doggie door that they quickly learn to use and by the time they are about 5 weeks they are all going outside to potty. They learn very quickly to come when called, go up and down steps, and when it's time to eat. They are fed twice a day.
At 5 1/2 weeks, they get their first immunization and are sent to their new homes between 6 to 7 weeks of age. When all puppies in a litter are sold, the papers are sent in to ABCA for registration.
We take deposits on puppies to hold them till they are ready to go home. Check our web site for their arrival. Pictures will be posted.When you put a deposit on a puppy, pictures will be sent to you on a weekly basis so that you can monitor their development. Our next litter is due the first week of August 2010.
While Tootsie was out getting her exercise, I let some of Molly's and Mindy's puppies out to play. When Tootsie made her circle around the pens and across the porch, she saw the pups and wanted to check them out. However, when they saw Tootsie coming, they ran and hid under the deck. I couldn't resist the picture...it was too funny!
We sold Gypsy and she is now bonding with her new family which includes 3 year old Gracie and her Grandparents. There are pictures of her and some of our other puppies on the "Well Done " page. Gypsy is a Ghost Sable (a rare coloring) which is sometimes called a "Seal" color. Here is a link that you can access for viewing what she will probably color out to look like. Scroll to the end of this link and you will see a slide show (taking you from 1 month of age to 1 yr.)of her probable coloring.
The puppies from Molly and DJ did not materialize, so we are back on track for Molly to have puppies in January- February 2011.
However, in the meantime, we have already bred Mindy to Bandit and puppies should arrive the first week in November.
Tootsie should be in heat this month and she will be bred to CC for puppies to arrive between the middle and last of November.