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We have all been excited this month as we are going
one by one to our new families.
Ariadne, Argus who is now buddy, and Jason who is now
Mario, are busy
training with our wonderful professional trainer,
Kathy Novokshonoff.
Jason finishes school and travels to his family in
California this week.
Athena, who is now Ness traveled to Ontario to be with
her mums.
She wrote us a lovely letter. Here is part of it.
…Thanks for your note from the last time and I
appreciate you letting me know that the big puddle in
front of my home is called a lake. I tried putting my
paws into it the other day but a wave (my water
vocabulary is growing) went a little higher than I was
expecting and made me run away onto drier ground.
I’ll stick to mud puddles which I totally enjoy
thrashing around in - this seems to elicit large
laughs from people watching me so I guess I’ll keep
doing it for now.
As soon as I meet people they all seem to gush over
my eyes. Do you know why they do that? I figure eyes
are eyes so I immediately roll over to make sure they
don’t forget that to me the most important part is my
tummy.
love Ness
Pan, now Jock has a family who came to pick him up and
drive him home.
We were lucky enough to spend some time with the Van
Zyl family. Here they are just before they took Jock
home.
Doni who is now Poppy lives with the Shachnow family
in California.
We sometimes have visitors at a puppy party planned just for us!
Jason curls up on a friendly lap during the party.
On cool spring evenings we like to go into the living room and nap by
the fire.
Cybelle got the cushion.
We have our own play yard but mum likes to supervise us at all times!
See who is available on our Available
Puppies Page!
We are here! and there are NINE of us!
Suzie loves motherhood. Perhaps this is because the
world now revolves around her, her comfort, her menu and any whim she
might have.
We are all here!...well almost, little Selene, who is actually the
largest puppy, took her sweet time arriving.
We were thrilled as each puppy born was strong,
healthy and came into the world nursing well and singing that special
puppy song.
Nine little beings are going to keep us very busy
this spring. At three days old their super puppy exercises begin.
Already they have met their extended family of human aunts and uncles
and are well on their way to being little social butterflies.
Last year we had our first litter of puppies from
Suzette. They were smaller than the litter we expect this year as she
was mated with a true miniature boy. As Suzette is technically a mini
but is as large as a girl can be and still be in that category we used
a medium stud and this season we will have true medium puppies.
Suzette is a remarkable girl with riveting eyes that
in some lights are a true green. All of her puppies had these
wonderful expressive eyes. The other characteristic they shared was a
devotion to their people. They are naturally friendly dogs but they
truly love their own family and are never very far from their side.
Here are some photos of our puppies from Suzie's first
litter:
Happy Winston goes home with his Dad, Dave King of Kelowna |
Abba |
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Suzie Puppy
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Suzie Puppy begins agility
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Suzie's puppies
are all happily living with their families. Tiny
Mustardseed is now Winston. This is Winston with his mum.
Winston was kind enough to write us a letter last week.
He said:
Hey, Im having a great time here rolling over the lawns with
my bro Fitz Eating tons of yummy grub and
laying around snoozing on a deck...that I have to share with some
big people and sometimes a big and little black poodle..wow
what a blast! I even get to sleep in to sometimes 5 or
sometimes 7 am!! Think I'll hang in for awhile... Puppy licks
and growls to
the gang... Winston
Winston's brother our Mr. Quince is now Fitz and lives
practically next door with the Cherkas family of Kelowna who wrote us
the nicest letter.
Our puppy Fitz is the most intelligent and
loveable puppy we have ever seen. You are amazing breeders and we
feel so fortunate to have such a clever boy. He learns so quickly
and so wants to please. Last night he went into his kennel at about
11:00 p.m. and cried a bit, fell asleep and did not wake until 6:00
a.m. He has "peed and pood" outside and will not go on the
paper. Smart or what? He is now able to walk on a leash and loves
going for walks. We are keeping them to short walks. He went over to
Winston's house last night and they were not pleased to see each
other. Fitz was not his pleasant self. I was worried. Today we let
them play outside on the grass and oh my did they have fun. Phew!!!!
You should see all the compliments Fitz is getting. I have passed on
your name to someone already. Everyone loves him.
Suzie's
Hipolita has gone to Trish and Bruce Thom of Edmonton.
Here they are with their new puppy and Suzette just before they left
us.
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