Red 6 weeks old

We learned from last night and tonight did the photos before feeding Red his dinner. This made things MUCH easier. He was very easy to work with and we had lots of good photos to choose from. This little boy has tons of personality.

Yellow 6 Weeks

Tonight we tried our first 'stacked' photos of the puppies (we will use this term very loosely!!) Yellow has two blue eyes and a very laid back, sweet personality. It was a big night for Yellow, first a bath, then nails, photo shoot, weighed and wormed, then microchiped. Seeing so much needed to be done (and Adrian and I are both sick, we only managed to do the one pup tonight. We'll work on another tomorrow.

Gotta love that line of spots down his front left shoulder and leg. :)

Home alone

Adrian has been sick for about a week now, so today he stayed home. Of course that means he had plenty of hours to spend with the boys, so he took some photos while he allowed them to run free around our house (he felt it was too cold and windy outside for the boys today).

Boy time

The puppies have had an exciting past couple of days. Now that the boys are 6 weeks old (as of tomorrow) they have had several visitors and more are on the way today. Even though they have a nice big fenced in play area, they are wanting to start exploring more and more, so the past two days we have let them play in our backyard for a few minutes before herding them back into their play pen. This is helping them become more confident and they are all turning into explorers. Today I thought this was just too cute, I had come into the house to get a drink and looked out the window to see Romeo playing with one of his boys. By time I got my camera and walked out onto our porch, they had finished playing. Luckily Adrian was out in the shop and saw my struggles, he called to the puppies so they would all run out toward the shop, then they turned around and headed right back to their daddy and started playing again.

Pain in the butt!

Sorry that the blogs have been few and far between, I was out of town getting Jazz bred, and playing catch up ever since!

Adrian captured these two brothers and couldn't resist taking this video for the blog. :)

This weekend we are hoping to do our first 'stacked' photos to post.

"Red" otherwise known as "Ti"

This is "Red" who is one of the two liver boys. This little boy has possibly been named Black Diamond In A Tight Spot. All of the boys will sport registered names that take after the movie "O' Brother Where Art Thou". This decision was made by me (Debbie) seeing this is Romeo's first litter and his name is "Black Diamond's Where Art Thou". Jordan C. (a Dalmatian friend) came to visit the puppies when they were just getting their spots in, she is who decided this particular puppy should sport this name and his call name should be Ti. Jordan was forced to watch the movie with me while sharing a hotel room in Canby, OR at a dog show, she caught right onto the gist of what I was doing and came up with this hard to resist name. :)

Blue Week #5

We're going to try to get a little video of each puppy this week seeing they are now on week #5. Our first plan was to try and video all the puppies together, but it's just too hard to keep them all rounded up together for the video, so we are now onto "Plan B". :)

Chow Time

The boy's had no question's about what to do with their first meal they; all dove right in. Today was their first day to stay outside all day while we were at work. They seem to like the grass and room to run and play. Mom seems to not like them nursing as much; probably has a lot to do with their sharp little teeth. Starting to try their teeth on everything including each other.

Brotherly Love

The boys had a big day today, it was their first time spending the whole day outside in our grass kennel. They had sun, shade, water, toys and their first solid meal. It was another beautiful day in the high 70's to low 80's - just right for the boys to be out and enjoy some fresh air. All that fresh air, room to 'run' and play tuckered them all out and when we brought them inside, after a meal with Mom, they sacked out for the night. I couldn't resist taking this photo of Blue (top) and Yellow, who just looked too sweet together!

Outdoor Adventures

Today was a beautiful day, in the mid to high 70's so the boys got to go out and play in the grass for a couple of hours.
You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get 5 puppies to stay close to each other to take a photo, so this is as close as I could get. They had a great time exploring the 20x20 grass kennel and no toys were even needed as the grass was fascinating enough!

Uncle Chip

This video is of Adrian's dog Chip (Miniature Rat Terrier) starting to play with Orange. This took place while we were changing the bedding in the whelping box. Each evening the puppies are 'turned free' inside the office while we change their bedding. With every day they get a little braver and a little more playful.

Teeth are coming in

This is "Red" a liver boy who's K-9 teeth are coming in very well! All the boys are starting to get their teeth now, as Adrian can attest to seeing one just bit his big toe. :) Adrian is currently sitting in the whelping box loving on puppies while their mom Izza is sitting by my feet hoping for some mom attention.

Also notable is the fact that "Red" has the least amount of eye and nose trim, but even his is coming in pretty well.

First day with their new toys

Every one's eyes are open but we still can't tell color for sure yet. They sure changed and grew a lot since last Thursday when I left for the dog show with their daddy who won Best In Breed on Sunday!!

Mom calls in Grandma for back up

This is Jazz (on the left) and Izza (the puppies mom on the right) both of which are taking their job of watching the puppies while Adrian changes their bedding, very seriously. Luckily Jazz has practice seeing she had her own litter 19 months ago, one of which was actually these puppies papa!

When Jazz had her 10 puppies she was quick to let Izza help out, she knew she was outnumbered right from the start. Izza really didn't want Jazz messing with these pups until they were at least a week old, but as you can tell from this photo, she's over that now.

Mommy time

Izza is still being a very good mommy even though her boys are getting so big already. They are really moving around well now and you can tell they can at least see shapes or movements.

The eye's have it

This is Blue, although he wasn't the first born (he was the 2nd), he is the first to take a look around his new world. Within the next 24-48 hrs all the boys should have their eyes open. It will then take several more days before we'll know if anyone has blue eyes.

Big Boys

From left to right:

Blue = 2 pounds, 14.2 ounces
Green = 2 pounds, 10.1 ounces
Red = 2 pounds, 10.0 ounces
Yellow = 2 pounds, 15.0 ounces
Orange = 2 pounds, 12.2 ounces

Learning to fly

The pups are really starting to learn how to walk on their legs, opposed to just crawling around. Although all this walking isn't getting them any where seeing they don't have their eyes open yet!

Spotted puppies

In the right light, on the right puppies... we can now see spots! Looks like most are going to be pretty nicely spotted and with fairly large spots as well. This sleeping beauty is "Green" who seems to be the heaviest marked puppy.

Naked

The boys are getting so big that tomorrow we will probably have to remove their collars. So far we have been keeping just one collar off at a time and rotating them every 8 hrs or so. We did this to prevent any rubbing by their collars. Now that they are growing out of them we will have to figure out a system to keep them straight. We'll still put their collars on for photos, but they will be a slightly different variety which isn't as easy to keep adjusting each day as they grow.