Totte visiting

This evening Lotta came by with Totte & Rebel. Totte will be staying here for a couple of days when she is working and Zingo never says no to a party friend! We all took a walk down the meadows and Z and T ran free. Good thing for Zingo to have a friend to play with. She and Rebel also hit it off really well!

After Lotta (and Rebel) went home they played for a while, and then they both lay down, Zingo in the bia and Totte by my feet under my desk. They're so cool :)

4 weeks today

Also last morning with the gang. And what a morning! Puppies slept all night long (if this is representative for the litter there are some 8 very happy puppy buyers out there) and when I woke up at 8 sharp it was because Bless and Zingo was playing. That means Blessin has gone into play mode, a state where she just awaits the pups to be big enough so she can play with them and every now and then discipline them.

I must say I have enjoyed these 4 weeks and even if Blessin does most of the work it has been very fun to be responsible for them. Unfortunately I decided from the start that i would NOT keep one of them, and I kind of regret that now, knowing them all. I also have a personal favorite (yes I'm allowed) that will be very hard not to steal. My work here is done and in a couple of hours I will drive them all to Kattis. I'll get back later with some pictures from that.



Dessert after breakfast

Worms

Nope, no worms here. But I did the first de-worming today. A little ball of paste to each of them. Reaction: Not like. At all. They shook their heads and was quite unhappy. Can it really taste that bad? Blessin also got her share, just on top of her food .. and she ate it like candy. I wish I had a video of them, but I might try to film it next time. However, I do have some other video clips that I will post in a day or two.


Taste a lot better

For a couple of days I've had the pups out on the floor, exploring the room. Today Zingo joined them for the first time.

All of them are very curious. However the red girl seems to be a little more brave than the rest. She worked the whole room all by herself.

Dry food + teeth

Time to introduce some standard dog food, soaked and mixed with minced meat to be as kind to the stomach as possible. Looks quite tasty huh? No? Pups liked it ALOT! Since I hand feed them I know very much about their teeth. They are growing, and they are SHARP!

Watching

The shepardess and her herd

Hazard 2

New friends

Two of my helpful friends

Celma SUCH

Show today in Alfta:

Gibson got his first CAC!
Celma took her 3rd CAC and can now title herself Champion!

That makes her the 6th champion out of 7 puppies in the C-litter. However Ciwi is more interested in obedience and has finished her LP1, heading for LP2.

I know most of the litter personally, and besides all the nice results competing they are all very nice and friendly dogs. In my opinion .. a Blessin/Ghibli combination is what every breeder should strive for ;)

So, if you are one of the lucky ones that will get one of the pups I'm looking at right now .. you have something really special to look forward to.




Celma - 9 weeks old

Friends

Ghibli & Zingo - always "fighting" for the big Bia-bed.


Odd best buddies?

Tasting meat

For the first time they got to try something else than milk. Took some minced meat and mixed with hot water. They got really excited so their table manners failed a litte!

Winner in the fast eating competition - Red girl!

Group ---> individuals

Time just flies and tomorrow the pups will be 3 weeks. It has been so much fun to watch them grow and develop, and I certainly do not regret putting off 5 weeks of my summer to this. Lately I have started to notice the different personalities of them all, and it was absolutely time to mark them up. So since Kattis came by today to visit the little ones after her vacation we decided to convert the 8-group to a team of individuals, and take some pictures of them. We hereby proudly present the 8 wonders of Rivendells L-litter.


Red boy - black collar


Black boy 1 - blue collar "reflecting"


Black boy 2 - blue collar "fish"

Black boy 3 - unmarked

Red girl - unmarked

Black girl 1 - red collar "paws"

Black girl 2 - red collar "dogs"

Black girl 3 - red collar

Gotland day 2

So:

Chili BOB and Whilda BOS, both with CACIB.

Zorro got his first CAC and was 2nd best male.

Now to the best part:

They are all 3 children of Blessin, and I have 8 pups
here that I will steal and keep for myself :)

Gotland day 1

Short update.

The Gotland show today. Whilda BOB and Chili BOS with CAC and thus he finished his SUCH title today. Congratulations! Mum Blessin proud!

2 weeks today

Picture 1: Just born.
Picture 2: 2 weeks old, some difference huh?

Sleepers