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| Black Tri Female, 1 lb 9 oz -
She is still lovely, and she is still perfect. This is Terry's
favorite. She will love and snuggle when her tummy is full, but if
she is the least bit hungry, you can forget the daily hugs and
massages. She is a "want it my way" baby.
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| Blue Merle Male, 2 lb 6 oz --
His color is still striking. His eyes have not opened yet, but when
they do I think he will be even more striking with his eye liner. He
is a VERY good eater, and yes that is his belly hanging low, it is full
and he is sleepy.
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| Black Tri Male, 2 lb 2 oz --
He is his father's son, but he has an attitude all his own. He wants
things done HIS way, or he doesn't want them done at all. Those eyes
are open and they look brown, but dad has a very small blue fleck in his
eye, maybe son will have one too. Adoptive mom and dad are planning
a trip to Reno next week to catch a little puppy breath and to get to know
their boy. Now all we need is a GOOD name. Maybe Chet will
think of one once he sees his boy.
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| Blue Merle Male, 2 lb 6 oz --
As he grows his copper gets darker. He is one of the more "his
way" boys. Sure with the full tummy he will do it your way, but
I think that is only because he is too full to move. When you want
it done your way, you better make sure he is well fed. He still
looks striking and should be a show prospect. I think I saw a hint
of a lighter eye in that small slit. Don't know if it will be blue,
but it doesn't have the darkness of the brown eyed dogs.
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| Red Merle Female, 2 lb 6 oz --
She is still oh so pretty, and she still tugs at my heart. She is
the most demanding of the batch. She is the first to eat, and when
she wants to relax, she is often on top of the pile (see below). Her
eyes are not open enough to get an idea what color the eyes will be.
What a girl, you can already see a nice long neck, a full white collar
(yes in front of the withers bone), and GREAT copper. We just don't
know what we are going to do with her.
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| Black Tri Male, 1 lb 9 oz -
This black tri male is our "snuggle bunny". He is calm and
quiet and just loves to snuggle, right side up or upside down, it is all
just fine with him. We really like his personality. Our oldest
son, Chris, and his girlfriend are up this week end, and Faith has taken
to this little guy. He has been the most loving and the one most
wanted to be held. He has all the attributes of a wonderful
companion puppy.
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| Blue Merle Male, 2 lb 2 oz -
What a wonderful soft silver still, and we can still hardly wait until he
puts on some hair and body so we can see what he is really like. His
copper is getting darker and darker. His eyes are not open yet, but
they are lined in dark and should provide a most interesting eye.
His white collar seems to be full, but it is hard to tell with this soft
powder silver coloring, but it does not go past the withers. He may
also be a show prospect.
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| Light burlap base coat with a
dark liver frill, 3 oz - Poor puppy number 8 has had a
hard week. He has been removed from his litter so many times and
hasn't had a time to nurse that he has not put on any weight at all.
He has also suffered a "boo-boo" on his neck. Probably a
result of becoming a friend to the rest of the adult dogs. Since Liz
can not bring out the other puppies, they scream too much, she chooses the
easiest to carry. He is often left and forgotten by Liz and noticed
by another one of our crew, he is their favorite. Like someone in an
e-mail mentioned "I doubt he will make the weaning of the
litter", alas, I too agree. Life has been hard for this rugged
little pup, and will probably be harder as they age.
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| It had to happen, but I was
afraid it would be harder on both mom and grandmother (above). Eve
has always been such a great mother, and so loved her puppies, that she
hoped she could share. The poor puppies found slim pickins from
gramma, but gramma did give then a good cleaning before she was FORCED to
leave. I found her with the pups and snapped the first picture on
the left, on the right, Eve had just noticed that Liz had returned to
check her babies. It seems that Eve is allowed to visit the puppies
when Liz is away, but it Liz is there first, then we had a good
fight. I try to keep them apart, I was more successful at that
today. I don't want any fights, no matter how well Liz seems to
accept the surrogate mother. I am discouraging the gramma visits for
now. Later when they are weaned, all of the other dogs usually visit
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| Babies in the bed by themselves.
Note the dark boy DOES have a very white underside, and he DOES prefer to
sleep on his back a lot. Then there is the red merle girl. She
is on the top as usual and just flops. Those under that need to
breath, need to get out of her way. She is a big girl and she is a
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