Now for the individual shots

Here are some really cute individual shots of the puppies taken today on their birthday! How adorable! 1st pic: Light pink ribbon puppy
2nd pic: Yellow ribbon puppy
3rd pic: Green ribbon puppy
4th pic: Purple ribbon puppy
5th pic: Blue ribbon puppy
6th pic: Orange ribbon puppy
7th pic: Light Blue ribbon puppy
8th pic: Pink ribbon puppy

Here are some cute ones

OK, now for some cute everyday puppy shots. No posing, just puppies au natural. Sleeping(what they do a lot of right now, dogpiling(so cute and funny too) and just being themsleves. Hey I know your my brother.....but do you have to lay on me??

More puppy socializing.

We are so lucky to have such great puppy socializers and so many of them. It really gets the puppies used to being held, by small hands, medium hands, large hands. Cuddled, snuggled, having their ears and feet and little toes touched being turned on their backs and having their bellies rubbed. The ears and toes and bellies are just for you new familiy members out there. It is so important to get them used to people touching their feet and ears. This makes it easier for you to trim their nails, clean their ears, have them groomed. I'm sure we all know a dog, if not many that yanks it's paws away if you try to touch them or hides it's ears from you. The belly rubbing ensures that the puppy knows that he/she is not boss. You are. We all love dogs that are so relaxed and easy going that they offer their belly to be scratched, rather then timid or defensive. So even though they are still very young, every time these puppies are handled it is so important!!

Lots of Pictures...since I have fallen so behind...

OK, Apologies are in order. I have eight adorable puppies, and I have allowed myself to get distracted with the Holiday and have fallen behind on posting pictures of them. I have lots of pictures to put up so I hope you enjoy them. All the puppies opened their eyes last week. Not that they weren't cute before, but when you see those sweet puppy dog eyes it just melts your heart.

I can't believe how big they are getting. It feels like time is just flying by. Every time we have the puppy socializers here or friends over to hang out they are amazed at how fast they are growing. This picture is of pink ribbon puppy. She was the first one to open her eyes. I think she is saying "did you wake me up for this?"

Cute Cuddly Puppies!

Here is a picture we couldn't resist putting up!

Puppy Socializing Time!

Here are some updated pictures of the puppies with the official puppy socializing team!
We had our first puppy socializing yesterday. Our puppies were held and cuddled and had their little feet and ears rubbed. I don't know who enjoyed it more, the puppies or the socializers.















Here's a nice group shot of the team!!
















Oh how sweet!
















Puppy Kisses!

















How adorable!

The puppies are growing so much each day. It is amazing to see all the changes. The puppies were born with pink noses and mouths and slowly we watched them change to grey and then black. Their ears were so pink with no hair and now they are all fuzzy and cute! They are all gaining at least an ounce a day, some little chunkers are are gaining 2-3 ounces!! As you can tell Lucy is a great mom, keeping their belly's full! She is just superb with them. Always taking care of them.

Well I some cute shots today and couldn't wait to post them for everyone to check out!!

1st Pic: Blue ribbon puppy

2nd Pic: Orange ribbon puppy

3rd Pic: Light Blue ribbon puppy

4th Pic: Purple ribbon puppy

5th Pic: Green ribbon puppy

6th Pic: Pink ribbon puppy

7th Pic: Light pink ribbon puppy

8th Pic: Yellow ribbon puppy

Individual Shots!

OK! Things have finally slowed down a little so I could get individual shots of the pups.

They are so cute! Some are very light and creamy ans just so sweet. Others are a glowing gold/apricot, yummy! While others are a striking reddish/caramels, oh boy! It is going to be so fun to see how these colors turn out over the next few weeks.

First picture: blue ribbon boy

Second: yellow ribbon girl

Third: pink ribbon girl

Fourth: light pink ribbon girl

Fifth: light blue ribbon boy

Sixth: purple girl

Seventh: green ribbon girl

Eight: orange ribbon girl

ENJOY!

The Puppies Have Arrived!!

Good Morning everyone,

What an eventful night and early morning we had. Lucy had 8 healthy adorable puppies last night. We have 6 girls and 2 boys. Lucy did a great job as we knew she would. She wrapped it up in 6 hours, so by 2:45 we were able to just sit and take in mom cuddling and comforting her pups.

I am posting some pics now and will put some more up later. The ones with Lucy and her pups are just the cutest. She lets them all crawl up to her to nurse and then she curls around them to keep them warm and to keep them from wandering away. You can hardly tell there are 8 puppies there. She is such a sweet mom.

Enjoy the pictures!

Only Days Away.....

Hey all,

Just a quick update that Lucy is only days away from having her puppies. We are so excited!

Soon the house will be filled with the smells of apple pies and cookies, and the sounds of tiny puppies scooting around their welping box trying to stay close to mom or piling on top of one another. I don't think I could ask for a better holiday this year.

We've moved the welping box into the kitchen so Lucy can make herself at home.

Sorry for the short entry but we've got some other stuff going on this a.m. but we still wanted to update everyone on Lucy's progress.

Check out the belly on this girl!