Picture updates

Teller and his great-uncle Creed after a good romp....

notice who's panting and who's not!  ;o)

It's official!  Harlequin has taken over Mom's chair, Dad's beer

and the TV remote - Life is Good!!!

Marlee and her "big sister", Simone, catch a little shut-eye.

Family reunions and growing puppies

For the first time in over 20 years all three of my older sisters, my mom, and I were in the same place at the same time today!  It was pretty cool.  Hard to do when you're spread out around the west coast and all have busy schedules. 

Received a couple new pictures of Miss Dream who now lives in Redding.  Gosh, she's getting so big!   I watch Hacker grow (and grow!) day by day but it always surprises me how mature the other grandpuppies look when I get new pictures of them.  I think this one is appropriately titled "Sweet Dreams"  ;o)  Beautiful girl.

A couple new pics!

Stella came over on Labor Day for a playdate with her brother.  OMgosh, they ran and played and tugged and wrestled and had a Big time!  Hacker was asleep before "great gradma" Karen and Stella turned off of our street.  <G>

Rocky discovered he Loves tomatoes! 

Now Mary has to try to keep him out of the bushes or she won't get any!  ;o)

Pepper has a Golden Retriever for a big brother - meet Zeke, he's a Big handsome boy!

 Pepper loves her toys.



Back to work!

Tommie's maternity leave is officially over. :o).  Tommie and I started back training for her Utility Dog title a couple weeks ago and we had our first lesson since before the puppies were born on Thursday.  I've been  training my dogs with Dee Dee Anderson for a long, long time. 

Hacker went along and we used the first 15 minutes or so going over basic stuff as well as laying down very  beginning puppy exercises that will lead to upper obedience exercises - Hacker thought that was great fun!  He already knows the basics - sit, down, come, etc. and we're working on "stand" and of course "stay" in all three positions (Hacker thinks this is the very Hardest!)  ;o)

Here's Hacker trying to be a big dog.  :o)



Happy Birthday, papa Sagan!

Today is daddy Sagan's 3rd birthday.  Yep, Tommie got herself a younger man! :o)  I'm sure he'll be celebrating with extra treats back there in Tennessee!

I've received some update pics of the puppies.  Here are a few, more to follow:

Harlequin had an "oopsie" on the carpet and had to wait outside while his mom and dad cleaned it up.  Looks like he's saying "Hurry up in there!  I need someone to play with!"

Marlee's enjoying her new bed and toys

 Axyl's taking it easy, with his mom and one of his new big sisters, Chesnee.

Long delayed update!

Whew!  Between a busy work schedule and these guys the time is just flying by!  I spend pretty much all of my free time with the puppies these days.  They started going home this past weekend, including two that flew to Tennessee and North Carolina, here's an update:

Herbie (brown collared boy) is now named Teller and lives with his papa Sagan in Tennessee

Hank (green collared boy) is now named Axyl and lives in North Carolina

Hector is now named Harley and lives in the east bay

Hellen (black collared girl) is now called Pepper and lives in northern California

 Halle (orange collared girl) is now named Stella and will be living locally

 Horton (white collared boy) is now named Rocky and will be living here in the bay area

Honor (dark blue collared girl) is now named Dream and will be living in far northern California

Hillary (Lt Blue collared girl) is now named Marlee and will be living in Oregon

 And last but not least, this is Hacker (purple collared boy) and he'll be staying here with me.  :o)

I am so pleased with the quality of this litter.  Tommie and Sagan did a great job!  Special thanks to Holly Waldrop, Sagan's owner, for making him available to Tommie as a stud dog.  And thanks so much to all the families who are loving these kids (or will be very soon!).  It makes their going-away a little easier knowing how much they are loved.  I hope to keep updating this blog with pictures of what the puppies and their families are up to throughout their lives. Thanks for following along!!  (((Hugs)))

Hearing tests

Puppies celebrated their 6 week birthday this weekend.  They also had their BAER hearing tests on Saturday.  BAER stands for Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response and measures what the brain registers during the test.  Everyone hears although Horton is a "uni" - meaning he is deaf in one ear, his left one.  After each puppy was tested they were microchipped - that was the hard part but necessary.    It was a long day for them, a two hour drive in each direction (actually it was a long day for All of us)

I was able to take a few pics of some of them as I held them during the testing.  Three tiny electronic wires go just under the skin, they don't even feel it when they're inserted.  Then a small ear piece is placed in one ear, then the other, measuring what the brain "hears".  The wires are removed once the test is complete.  The response for each ear is documented and will be sent to OFA (Orthopaedic Foundation for Animals) and registered with each puppy.

Hellen

Hillary

Hank