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Introducing Rudolph
Puppies are eight weeks old and ready to go to their forever homes. I will feature one a day with a little photo essay so you can get an idea of their personalities. Here is Rudolph, a beautiful Black Irish Pied with a very laid back personality. He will snuggle with whoever is the closest, is curious and loves to investigate. You will also notice in a couple of these photos that Rudolph is developing a very nice topline and his bite is perfect! Like all his siblings, Rudy is trained to potty on paper and on the potty park that you see in some of these photos.
New Puppy Videos
Here are the links to a couple videos I took recently. I am having so much fun with YouTube.
Puppies in the Cat House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEoXUI5vbqo
Playtime in the x-pen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6eOTtx2hoU
Maxi (9 months old) Playing with Meora in the Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ9eE9kGFoI
I don’t know which is more fun, taking the videos, watching the dogs, adding the music or sharing!
How Does THAT Happen?
Well, trust me it does because dogs are like people and they like to ‘play around.’ So when the breeder who took Phoebe in last September called me to say a disaster had fallen upon their household I was prepared for something much worse than hearing we might have a Multiple-Sired litter. Mind you, if this breeder hadn’t called and ‘fessed’ up to the situation I would likely have never known. That is the kind of breeder I look for…honest, sincere and mentoring.
Yes, I was disappointed. But, what are you going to do. She had a perfectly logical explanation and trust me it did not happen because she was careless.
Moving forward we had DNA testing done on all the puppies, on Phoebe and on both potential sires, Specs and Andrew. But, because AKC takes up to ten weeks for this process and we wanted results much sooner we went with a different company. Kathy was about 90% certain the puppies were all Specs’ given he and Phoebe had had three breedings before Andrew stepped onto the scene. That way we could register them right away with AKC.
Bad news:
Two were Specs’ pups and four were Andrew’s.
Good news:
Andrew has a fantastic pedigree, healthy parentage and a delightful disposition.
We are now in the process of having the puppies re-tested with AKC as they will not accept DNA testing from companies other than their own. Then, we submit two applications to register the two litters that are really one litter.
Ten weeks after that the puppies will have their official AKC papers. WHEW!