Monday, June 20, 2011

Pup-Date

Everyone seems to be getting alone fine in their new homes ... here are Turquoise Boy (AKA Rico) and Lola and they did fall in love, just like in the song
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And here's our little "no name" girl playing with Mom & Dad (she was barking at her Dad 'cause they keep stealing her toys!!):

And Tie-Dye girl displayed a disturbing genetic trait today that dates back to the Gypsies -- I hope the other puppies have been spared:  THIEVERY!!!

Yep, she got the remote!!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

They're gone!

Well, they're all gone except Tie-Dye girl who is staying with US!   (Still don't know what I'm going to name her!)

Here's Red Boy with his new Dad, Brent, who drove from Klamath Falls, OR this weekend to pick him up.  Brent is an experienced Dalmatian owner, and is naming Red Boy "Lucky."   (Lots of gambling themed Grateful Dead songs but I think Lucky is going to be officially named "Dotter's Deal.")



And the last to go was LUA Purple Boy.  He's going to live on a mountain in Lake County with his Dad, Michael, also an experienced Dalmatian Dad.   He may be called "Duster" ... not sure yet, and I'm working on that registered name.  



Both of these new Dal Dad's picked their new babies up on Father's Day:!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Our puppies are going to their new homes!

Yellow Boy was the first to leave us ... here he is with his new Dad, Parker, who is in training to become a firefighter.   Yellow Boy's name is now "Chief," and in keeping with the theme of their registered names after Grateful Dead songs, he's officially Dotter's Fire on the Mountain.



Turquoise Boy left with his new Mom, Sylvia, this morning.  Sylvia has a 7-year old female Dalmatian at home named Lola, so Turquoise Boy is going to be called "Rico" (you know, from the Copa Cabana?)  Not sure yet if I can come up with a Grateful Dead reference when Barry Manilow keeps popping in my mind ...   ;-)



Then it was Lavendar Girl's turn ... Julia and her daughter Emma came to pick her up and it seemed like deja vu ... oh yeah, they were here 2 years ago picking up "Jasper" from Layla's last litter!   Jasper's little sister will be called, "Elfie" (after Elphaba in "Wicked").  


Saturday, June 11, 2011

BAER Hearing Test Results

11 of 12 puppy ears hear ... 

Better than average hearing results, but still, I feel very sad that our little Lavendar Girl only hears with one ear.   (She sometimes turns the wrong direction now to locate sounds ... by the time she's grown she'll have learned to "accommodate" and you'd never know she only hears out of one ear.)

Dagger teaching "respect your elders!"

Those of you who know Dagger know that he has quite a sense of humor ...

They're so grown up!!

I apologize for not posting more photos recently ... the puppies move so fast, every picture is just a blur!
With help today I managed to get "head shots" of each pup ...

Purple Boy

Yellow Boy

Tie-Dye Girl

Lavendar Girl

Turquoise Boy

Red Boy





Monday, May 30, 2011

5 weeks (cont'd)

The puppies are moving so fast now it's hard to get "still" photos of them ... they're usually a blur!

 Look at the fiesty Lavendar girl batting her paws at her Daddy ...

  You see, they're kind of a blur ...

Purple Boy @ 5 weeks

 Purple Boy snoozing at 5 weeks ...

5 weeks


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Snoozing with puppies

I seem to have lot of pictures of Corey snoozing with puppies ... well, he did it again.   Yesterday when he got home from school he plopped down on the (newly-washed, thank goodness!) Costco dog bed and the puppies climbed all over him and went to sleep.



Thursday, May 19, 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

They just keep getting CUTER!




Before their eyes opened they didn't have much interest in us ... 
but now they LOVE us and climb in our laps and give us kisses ...  
Life is good ...

(they were all sound asleep)

I'm ready for my close-up ...

Here are are puppies' 'close-ups' @ 3 weeks (in birth order):

Purple Boy

Yellow Boy

Tie-Dye Girl

Lavendar Girl

Turquoise Boy

Red Boy

Naptime

Sunday night we were watching a movie - Alyn, Corey and I all had puppies in our laps.   Eventually Corey and his buddy "Purple Boy" and Mama Layla curled up and fell asleep ...

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Puppy Pile - day 20

Zack comes to visit puppies!

Zack is my 2-year old great-nephew -- he came to see the puppies today.    I wish I could have captured Zack's delighted giggle!!




Zack has promised to come back often to visit and help socialize the puppies.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mama Layla

Layla's worn out!

16 Days

Up on feet (like drunken sailors) and eyes open and now they're playing a little, which is VERY cute.   Look how BIG they are!!


Monday, May 9, 2011

Two weeks old!

Pups have eyes open and are (sort of) up on their feet and were spending more time "out of the box" than in it in the small box where they were born in my closet, so it was time to move to the big box in the kitchen.   (I figure it'll be another week or two at the most before they can get out of this box!!)



Layla is VERY protective and won't let Dagger get in the box quite yet ... but he's getting closer all the time!


 Dagger getting to know Yellow Boy (Day 14) ...

Layla snoozing with Lavendar Girl (Day 12)

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

We're 10 days old

And we're already "thinking outside the box" ...

Turquoise Boy really loves the big, cozy Costco dog bed! 


These guys don't even have their eyes open yet, but they've all been "thinking outside the box."


Saw Red Boy take 5-6 steps on all 4 feet today!


Soon they'll all be up on their feet and their eyes will open and then they'll REALLY be cute!

Monday, May 2, 2011

One Week Old

At one week, all puppies have doubled their birthweight.

Was going to take individual photos of all puppies but got worn out after the first one.  ;-)    (More to come!)

This is Tie-Dye Girl:



Dagger was SO FUNNY (didn't get a photo of it, unfortunately) ... when I set the puppy down in front of him, he nudged her with his nose a couple of times ... when that didn't get any reaction, he PLAY BOWED at her!    How cute is that?!?   ("Uh ... Dagger, she can't play yet ... her eyes aren't even open yet!")