WEEK 8!

Puppies have had their final stacks, temperament testing went great... placements have been decided and pups have gone to their new homes!

We'd like to give you:

Red Boy "Colby" going to CA! For show and performance!

Blue Boy "Dante" West Seattle for family companion, Show and agility!

Green Boy "Nike" going to Utah as a family and hunting companion!

Black Boy "King" to Tacoma as a family companion!

Purple Girl "Kasia" Seattle as a future trail running buddy!

White Boy "Winnie" a Best Friend in Kirkland!

 Orange Boy "Parker" a new Best Friend in Seattle. 

Pink Girl "Tinley" BC Canada, Family companion!

Yellow Girl "Mia" staying put at Highpoint Weims for show and to carry on the line! :)

Week 7 Packing!

Updating again :) Hard to keep it all updated!

Our theme this week is Packing, pups are packing up their favorite toys and preparing to go on their journey to their new homes next week.  And as a side note, rawhide is ONLY for the photo shoot, we threw it away immediately following.  Rawhide should be avoided, it’s a major problem for choking as well as blockage in the intestines. In addition, how they make rawhide and the chemicals they use… well.  Try antlers.  If pup is being supervised bully sticks are good, too.  And just as a rule of thumb, never leave pup alone with something you’ve not observed them with in the past, I’ve known of a few very tragic endings to that same story.  So, avoid rawhide and supervise! My sermon is complete hehe :)

Weekly photo shoot was a huge affair today, it started with a nice romp in the yard and then finally moved inside. I shot over 600 photos…. my back and Robin’s knee may never be the same again!  But, hopefully you enjoy the photos!  Pups are doing great!! They are all so smart, bold and very sweet.  Tenacious is also a word I’d use.  Tonight a frog was loudly croaking, it was fun to see how they reacted.  Green, Red and Blue were the first to explore and see if they could figure it out then the rest came on out to see, too.  Nothing to see, just a new sound.  I enjoyed seeing them experience it and consider how to react.  No one was scared, just varying degrees of caution but all curious and willing to check it out.  Really nice pups, we are growing prouder of them by the day!

The bird wing has come out this past week to start seeing who is the most naturally inclined and get them started.  We played with just a few pups with the wing so I could get some photos.  So you’ll see Green on point, Blue in full attack mode and Orange was stalking.  Everyone’s has a turn, and everyone is definitely interested. We have good prey drive in the litter!

6 week old video

Here you go, 6 week old babies! :))

http://youtu.be/UB0KMZYtPQg

Week 6 Gambling ... again :)

We decided to re-do the Gambling photo theme one more time since it’s such a fun theme for the litter and the litter them, also we found GIANT dice! How cool is that?  Some of the pups enjoyed the photo shoot more than others… Ali came in and checked on Blue boy, and you’ll notice Black boy was being a might difficult today, he was as Robin said, “Spring Loaded” put him down and as soon as the hands loosened up he BOUNCED outta there!  You’ll see Yellow awaiting her turn for photos.  Also, poor Red has a chomp mark on his snoot, someone’s sharp tooth got him. And finally Pink’s stink eye at Robin! TOO FUNNY!! We had a good laugh at all of them, and had another busy but fun photo shoot.  I hope you enjoy the photos!  Give me a few minutes and check the blog I have a video I’ll post when I can.  It’s of the puppy party in the living room, Ali finally feels safe joining in for a play again (now that they’ve mostly given up trying to nurse with their sharp, little chompers) and it’s super cute!

They continue to learn about potty-training which is a continuous work in progress, but they are doing well! They’ve been learning about the word “No.” as well as a lot of handling and lots of socialization.  Learning to sit-wait is also happening, which the are getting with repetition…. and with the attention span of a gnat, they are actually doing quite well!

Over all they are doing great and we are just thrilled with all their happy, outgoing personalities, not a wall flower to be seen!  

Bath time video

How the babies celebrate after a nice bath :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=rAxZa9vCTOY

Week 5 - SPRING!

Busy week this week :) Pups are getting really busy, loud and bossy! They used to think the Palace was roomy, now they daydream of the living room and kitchen. 

They are having their nails dremeled, spending time in crates (with siblings) learning about the big world and all the awesome things in it! They get pretty loud when they don't think it's time to hang out in their palace and would rather hang out with the people :) they also had not one but TWO baths this week. That's what happens when you're a stinky puppy! They did well, weren't loving the "during", but enjoyed the after bath zoomies and snuggles.

Otherwise they are doing great, getting lots of love, socialization and kisses!

Week 4 - BABIES

Good evening and Happy Friday!

Boy, it was a fun… though VERY HECTIC shoot this evening.  Next week, we will NOT be shooting in the puppy palace.  These kids are very busy and really enjoy coming and going from the set. Attacking the lights, the camera, me… etc. They made a little speedway going under the lights base, these should all be agility potential pups ;) Whew!  I haven’t laughed that hard for awhile! But, lesson learned, Puppy Palace is now their domain, photo shoots will be set up elsewhere.

This litter is a really a lot of fun, and very happy babies! They are already wagging their tails and enjoy toys a lot. White boy play bowed at a toy I was holding and wagged his tail, I was surprised, then noticed everyone was doing it.  It’s a little early for tail wagging, but what a treat :) Purple decided the dragon was hers and took it back to play with.  Green boy assumes that he’s being booked into County and must remain serious, though he’s pure trouble (and super cute) I put a toy on his head and he just sat there.  With a toy on his head! What a funny kid! He and Yellow weren’t that interested in cooperating on set this week. Black was pretty sure he needed a nap, too. The other 6 were very into the props, toys and each other.  We tried the bubbles, but we need to be out of the Palace to make that more effective. We may try it again! It was a cute element.

This week pups are starting to bite.  Everything.  A lot. You, me, the lighting equipment, toys, each other… everything goes into their mouths, and CHOMP! They are teaching each other bite inhibition, so remaining with their litter mates and mom till 8 weeks is very important.  They have had some new surfaces, though that will really be introduced more next week, week 5.  Mainly, just more of everything and meeting new people. Which is where you come in! Sounds like several of you will be able to make tomorrow. I look forward to hearing how it goes and what you think of the kiddos :) 

We started stacking this week, hence the yogurt faces. While this may not mean much to most of you, it’s helping all the pups get used to being handled and learning how to be baited into behaviors.  We will expand on this as they get older with some basic obedience starts.  The pups are all beautiful and while this is just training so they learn how to be handled for eventual show (for those who plan to show) and are used to it when we grade them, we were really impressed by how consistent and similar they are! We were impressed by all of them.  And boy, every single one of them dived into the yogurt without hesitation.  A litter full of foodies :) 

Pups are about 50/50 on using the potty pads/potty space, which at 4 weeks old is actually quite remarkable! I watched both Red and Green toddle over to the potty area to use it.  Green missed the pad, but hey… he had the idea ;)