Fern’s Girl Puppy Video
It is so hard now to capture a single photo of these pups that I am going to post videos for you all to enjoy.
This one is Fern’s girl puppy.
It is so hard now to capture a single photo of these pups that I am going to post videos for you all to enjoy.
This one is Fern’s girl puppy.

Fern and Marco’s puppies are growing fast. Sadly, one of them did not survive his first week. Unable to nurse, I tried to bottle feed him but something was wrong because he kept losing weight. Broke heart. This is the hardest part of dog breeding. Fortunately it doesn’t happen too often. And it is a birth defect that is not going to affect the other two puppies.
As you can see, they are very healthy and gaining tremendously! I can’t believe they are almost 2 weeks old. Eyes should be opening any day now. I guess it’s time to give them names!

Fern boy is on the right and the girl is on the left

Puppy Love!
Luca, Lucky, Lucy and Lucia had their vet visit, got their shots and a thorough going over.
All are healthy and strong! And…no intestinal parasites!! Yay!!
Here’s the latest video!

Fern’s puppies are one week old and have nearly doubled their birth weights!
And I have given them names on a Motown Theme.
The boy is Marvin for Marvin Gaye.
The girls are named after the Supremes:
Diana Ross
Mary Wilson
and Florence Ballard.
We are a very musical family and this is my second litter that has had a musical theme. Two years ago we had the Blues litter.
So here are some recent photos of the pups with their new names!
I’ll get some better photos in a few days!

This is Diana.

Marvin on top; Mary on bottom

This is Florence.

Right to left we have Marvin, Diana, Mary and Florence

Sage was our first born. He is a dark sable with a white chest and four white paws. Right now he’s a pretty rambunctious boy! Sage weighs 1.75 pounds.

Sweet Sage

Another photo of Fearless Cocoa

This is Cocoa. He is Puppy #2. He weighs 1.48 pounds and is a very dark sable with white toes on his back feet.

I’m calling Puppy #3 Latte.
He’s also a Sable Parti but is cream with the exception of his face and ears. Plus he has a cute little mustache on half his mouth! Latte weighs 1.92 pounds.

Coy Latte

Caramel getting ready to explore.

This is Caramel…Puppy #4. He is solid champagne. He weighs 2.04 pounds and he likes to explore.

This is Ginger. As sweet as they come, she tips the scales at 1.45 pounds so she’s going to be a little girl. Ginger was Puppy #5 and she is solid white.


This is Squash, Puppy #6. Squash is the puppy I had to bottle feed for 4 weeks but as soon as the pups got on solids last week he took off! He’ll be small but not as small as a couple others. He is sable parti with four white stockings and a pretty white blaze. Squash weighs 1.7 pounds.

So if you saw this third photo of Cinnamon you might think she was a pretty reserved girl. But she couldn’t sit still for more than a nano-second. She sniffed my keyboard and then the table and then me. So curious! Cinnamon weighs 1.94 pounds and has white on her two back feet.


Last but not least is Puppy #8, now Thyme. He is white with a tinge of cream on his ears which will probably fade to white. He clearly has the attitude that he is a Prince! Especially in this photo. Maybe it’s because he scared me silly when he was born and couldn’t breath as the result of swallowing amniotic fluid during delivery. After trying all I know to resuscitate him I rushed him to my vet who did his magic. Thyme now weighs 2.15 pounds. Clearly his bumpy first few hours didn’t affect his ability to eat!
