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Magic's Adventure

Jennie came and stole Magic all day yesterday... she went to lunch at an outdoor cafe, got taken shopping all over, and went to visit Elizabeth's cat, Ripley:

Torch X Rowan - Puppies 6 Weeks Video

Puppies are doing GREAT!  Sleeping thru the night, eating 3 meals a day, playing outside as often as possible.  They are finding that pottying outside is good and fussing when they cannot get there to do so.

Here is the latest video!

Torch X Rowan - Puppies 4 Weeks Old Video

Pups are 4 weeks old and haven't had much outside time due to rain and chilly weather.  Today was fine so we took them out and gave them one of their meals outdoors. 

Rowan X Torch Babies 2 Weeks Old VIDEO

Rowan and Torch's babies are now 2 weeks old.

Money 6 Months

Bet you thought we had disappeared!

Been very busy with the holidays and some construction at our house..

Money and the other pups are doing great.  Nelson showed last weekend and won his FIRST POINT!  Wahoo!  GO Nelson1

Money is coming along nicely with her show training... She will now stand perfectly for exam and is learning to bait.  Gaiting on the lead is still an adventure in organization but she at least knows what to do if not which foot to do it on!

We will start our formal obedience training soon (weather has been bitterly cold) and I look forward to answering the questions Ms. Money sends us.

My new computer is nearly set up now so anyone who wants to send more photos please do!  I will be able to share them here!










Meanwhile, some updates from the others:

Hailey is getting along great with her great-aunt Hannah...
Tebow loves pointing the chickens and playing with his boy.
Banks is learning show training and hanging out with his Ridgeback brother.
Jazz is also learning show training and how to dig craters with her sister, Esme.
Nelson has started showing, as I mentioned, and has now 1 point!
Conagher is an agility star in the making - he loves the tunnel and is now learning to jump 12 inches!

Sorry for the long gap.  Will try to keep up!

Money's First Handling Class

Last night Ms. Money had her first show handling class. 

Show handling class is about teaching a dog how to work in the conformation show ring.  They must be stacked (have their feet and legs and body manipulated into the correct position), examined (have the judge go over them thoroughly, including teeth and testicles (if they have them), gait around the ring at a trot (this gait is chosen as it best shows the dogs' structure on the move) and bait (this means looking extremely appealing for the judge so he or she will be completely charmed and forget anything he or she saw that might not be perfect).  OK, OK, baiting is REALLY so that the judge can evaluate the dogs expression, the shape of his or her ears and eyes and get a feel for his temperament and willingness to interact with strangers.  Money however will likely be using her baiting skills for the former, as she is so disgustingly cute...

The MOST important part of taking a baby puppy to handling class is letting them become comfortable around as many people and dogs as you can. Socialization in new situations goes a long way to a well-adjusted, confident puppy that you can take anywhere without worry that he or she will be uncomfortable. Don't wait! The sooner you start, the better!

Anyhow, naturally I did not expect Money, at 3 months of age, to learn all of these skills in one night.  What I wanted was for her to go and see the class, hopefully interact positively with some of the people there, and learn a little bit about being stacked on the floor (thus far we've only stacked her on tables) and be gaited a few times. 

All of that went fairly well,  She was not intimidated by any of the other dogs (not even the two Komondorak, the Dane, the Chow or the Australian Shepherd).  She permitted me to stack her several times and even stood still for the instructor to pet her and play with her face a bit as a preface to checking her bite when she's gone to a few more classes.   She did gait for me on the lead, altho she had some objections to the show lead, which is not quite as loose or comfortable as her buckle collar. 

What she learned best, however, was the handling class involves SNACKS.  Lots of YUMMY, SMELLY, EXCELLENT SNACKS.  She had cheese, chicken, liver, dried lamb, dried fish, biscuits and some kind of liverwurst that I thought was quite gross.  She informed me later that all of it was lovely and we should go back inside and get some more.  

Teaching a puppy to learn to stand still and to bait is a bit of a challenge.  Especially when said puppy is apparently a CHOW HOUND and still has her pirhana-like puppy teeth.  However, we perservered.  I worked on having her WAIT for her snacks by hiding them in my hand.  Nudging her back whenever she grabbed at my fingers soon had her looking expectantly at my hand, which is the end goal of baiting.  When she is fully trained, the idea is for her to walk towards me (and the judge) and stack HERSELF in perfect position with her MOST charming and appealing expression waiting for her treat.  So, learning to stand and wait is a good start towards this.

By the way, there is absolutely NO REASON not to have your show puppy also in other classes for obedience, agility or other training.  Any dog who can learn both sit and down can also learn to STAND in show handling class.  Any dog who has shown that he or she knows it is DINNERTIME just be your behavior can understand the difference between showing in conformation and showing in obedience or rally or agility.  Don't give up that valuable time to get obedience training done just because you want to show your dog.  EVERY single one of my dogs has had training in show handling AND obedience AND field from infancy and they are NOT confused.  

That said, Money heads tomorrow for her first obedience class.  Will keep you posted....

Money Goes Camping

Last week we headed to upstate NY for camping and a 4-day dogshow in Samson State Park, located on the northweast side of Seneca Lake. It's a beautiful park, very well kept with clean showers and lovely camping along the lake. 

It took about 5 hours to drive up and I'm not entirely sure how we fit our tent, 2 canopies, 4 dogs, several suitcases, myriads of tarps, our kerosene heater, camping equipment and crates into the minivan, but it DID fit.

Money was angelicly good the entire drive.  Upon arrival and after checking in, we let the dogs out of the car so they could stretch their legs and we could unearth the 2 portable expens to contain them while we set up camp.  5 seconds and 10 steps out of the car, Money was already attempting suicide by mushroom.   We quickly stuffed her into the expen and removed any more obvious mushrooms.  She didn't die, so apparently they weren't poisonous...

While we were setting up our tent and canopies, searching for our tent stakes and tying down all the tarps in case of wind and rain (always expected while camping lakeside) and trying to get everything organized, we put Money & her dad with the other two dogs (Z and Scarlett) into the expens. 


As we had arrived on Tuesday and the show didn't start until Thursday AND the park is closed to "non-show" campers for the entire week, we had the park to ourselves.  After dark we took the dogs for a long run under the stars in a huge empty field adjacent to our campsite.   It was very funny watching Money running thru the grass, which, while mowed, was still up to her neck.  Frequently she would trip and roll, head over heels, landing on her back. 

Several evenings we had a campfire and a few evenings were chilly enough for our Kerosene heater.   Money is a comforts kinda girl so she did get to wear her new coat several mornings when it was cold:   BUT what Money absolutely loved best was the SLEEPING BAGS.  Our tent is large and has room for our queen-sized air mattress along with several crates.  Normally Z sleeps with us camping but there just isn't room for anyone else so they sleep in their crates.  The first night, Money woke us about 4am to potty and John brought her into the sleeping bag with us. That was it.  She was IN LOVE.  She never moved until nearly 7:30AM and then REFUSED to get out until she heard kibble noises.

The rest of the trip she could be seen attempting to re-enter the tent repeatedly, even tho it was zipped, in order to regain the warmth and comfort of the magical SLEEPING BAGS.   She would RUN towards the tent and LEAP at the seam for the zipper, having seen us go thru it many times.  Knowing it MIGHT be zipped but COULD be opened, she would be bicycling her front legs like mad, hoping that might show the opening.  Often the tent was zipped tight to deter the spiders and she would SLIDE DOWN, landing in a heap in front of the tent, only to jump up and try again.  Each time she was allowed into the tent alone, she could be found, curled up, sound asleep and very warm, in the middle of the bed.

ONe afternoone we took MOney down to the lakefront to watch the seagulls and see what she thought of the water.   Here are some photos of her,

 watching seagulls,

chasing seagulls,

and eating seagull feathers...

Other things Money found tasty on this trip, besides the fortunately NOT poisonous mushrooms:  sticks, pinecones, a nasty rawhide someone had left from a previous year at the show (EW), walnuts, moss, grass heads (she loved to grab them while running thru the fields, mouth WIDE open), deer poop, rabbit poop, seagull poop.  Are we seeing a trend here?   Yeah, if it was portable, she ate it.  She also likes coffee, cider, and beer, but not wine.  She was not impressed with the wine we bought up there, so we drank it ourselves.

One afternoon Rowan's 1/2 sister Lucy came for the show and brought 3 of her pups along with her.  As you might remember, they are a day older than Rowan's pups.  Money was at first taken aback by her rowdy 1/2 brothers, who are considerably larger than her miniature little self.  Next thing she was chivvying them all over the pen, and they were lined up on one of the dog beds, looking innocent while she collected all the dog bones.  Soon everyone was playing politely and later they all trooped up to the show grounds for a look around.

All the pups enjoyed the show.  They were wide-eyed at strange things like blacktop pavement, generators, flapping flags and tents, the big hairy dogs, the little hair dogs, the chairs and people and cars and trucks and campers, all in a hurry to go SOMEWHERE.  The pups did well.  Money was a bit reserved with many of the people, but a few took her fancy and she made a few friends.  All in all, she had a wonderful time and got a good taste of the great big world she's been waiting to see. 

Sunset over Lake Seneca.

Rowan X Duncan Photo Updates

Just a few new photos from the pups in their new homes. JUst got back from a camping trip to NY with our little Money, her Dad, Duncan, Grammy Scarlett & Great-Grammy Z. More on that later this week!




Here are your photos:





Here's Hailey looking proud of herself in her new pink collar. Wish our grass was still that green!




Her mom reports she is quite the lapdog and gives many kisses. Also she is wearing out her great-great Aunt Hannah (a sister to Great-Grammy Z) as they play together quite a bit.














Here's Banks with Kosana, his new "brother." He has already started on his field training (whistle commands and hand signals) and is learning to sit, down, come and walk on a leash. HIs mom reports his big brother is a bit too enthusiastic OUTSIDE, but that they play together great indoors. Just you wait, Kosana, till Banks grows a bit!











And Tebow with his new brother. Their mom says Tebow and her son are similar in personality and get along great. She also said that he went to visit a sick relative who asked for him to be put onto the bed with him. The puppy, who is a very busy guy, normally, laid quietly there all day and was a perfect angel.









And MOST importantly, Happy, Happy Birthday to Z, who is 10 years old today. This photo was taken in July at the Pointer Associates of New England Specialty Show. Not too shabby for a great-grandmother!



Happy Birthday, too, to Z's brothers and sisters: Leo, Hannah, Zip, Monet, Rosetti and Chrissie. All are still with us and being spoiled rotten by their families! May we all somehow get 10 more wonderful years!



You are the best, Beautiful Z.








Z as a puppy (about the same age as Rowan & Duncan's pups):

Here they are at 8 weeks:

Monet, Hannah, Leo, Zip, Z, Rosetti & Chrissie

Money 10 1/2 Weeks

It's been an eventful couple of weeks for Ms. Money at our house. One by one, her littermates have gone to their new homes. She lost her buddy Uncle Kelson, and now she is the only puppy remaining here.

She has learned many things in such a short period of time:

She has learned what "Outside" and "Inside" mean.
She has learned about "Going for a Ride"
She has learned to wear a collar.
She has learned to walk on a leash.
She's learned to sleep alone in her crate.
She's learned to EAT alone in her crate.
She's learned a bit about what is HERS and what is OURS.
She's learned that Daddy's lap is a GOOD place.
She's learned that pestering Great--Great Grammy Morgan is NOT a good idea.

Money has learned to go UP the stairs (because the vacuum is VERY scary!) but not down...

She's beginning to learn how to put her feet up to get into her crate (which is stacked ON top of Duncan's crate).

She's learned a little about NOT trampling the gardens.

She's been for runs in the woods and the fields - she particularly likes to grab the grass heads as she bounces by...

We are going camping in upstate NY this week and Money is coming along (as are Duncan, Z and Scarlett). As the weather up there has been VERY cold at night and early in the morning, I made Money a coat to keep her warm. It won't fit long, but she's darn cute wearing it!

At first she told us that it had crippled her and refused to move with it on, but soon she was zooming around, and had learned to run in it AND chew on it at the same time...

The camping trip will be good for her to learn about new places and people and h ave a wonderful time with us. We are really looking forward to having time to spend with her and the other dogs.

A typical morning with Money at home:

Money eats breakfast and goes out to potty.

Money comes in and:

• Murders some toys
• Chew on some chew hooves
• Crawls under the recliner
• Pesters Grammy Scarlett, who lets her
• Pesters Great-Grammy Z who doesn't
• AVOIDS Great-Great-Grammy Morgan who is NOT amused
• Rummages thru my crochet basket
• Has my turned wooden crochet needles taken away
• Finds a sock
• Murders the sock
• Has the sock taken away
• Gets a drink
• Takes a flying leap at the sofa and misses
• Takes another flying leap at the sofa and bounces off
• Takes a flying leap at the big dogbed and lands with a somersault flourish
• Sits quietly for about.... 10 seconds
• And is off again into something else....

Fortunately she also still sleeps quite a bit...

9 Week Update - Rowan X Duncan

Puppies are now 9 weeks old. Two more pups flew to their new homes in Florida yesterday and arrived safely (Whew!).

Their new families have shared some photos of them settling in:

Here's Hailey in her new dog bed. Her family says she "loves the kids and is fascinated by the cat."

Banks lounging on his new porch. He's getting along nicely with his housemate, a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and likes to play in the fountain in their yard.

Here's Jazz with her new big sister, Esma, learning how to dig to China.

Tebow just before he left for Florida, peeking out from under the recliner:

And we still have three little ones at home here (two go home next week, leaving us with Ms. Money):

Conagher has conquered the buffalo toy yet again:

Nelson with Uncle Kelson having a nap:

And Money, being naughty, as usual (she's a cute pest, but a pest nonethless!)

Sadly, tolerant and protective Uncle Kelson was put to rest a two days after these photos were taken. I know the babies will miss having him to play with. Kelson was 13 1/2 and a loyal and devoted companion who raised countless puppies with patience and not a small amount of resignation. He will be sorely missed.

Puppy Video: The Pots, The Sprinkler & the Dummy...

Last video of all the babies together! Pups are now 7 weeks. I set up the sprinkler near their pen and gave them some plastic pots to play with. And we introduced them to a retrieving dummy with pheasant wings attached. You will see some of them pointing! This is only really an indication of their pointing instinct, not their hunting skills or talents. I'm hoping to have some live birds before all the pups go home if possible. The best way to start puppies is on LIVE quail (we choose quail because they are the smallest and seem to have the strongest scent).

Puppy Housebreaking

Puppies have begun to go to their new homes. Jazz & Banks have headed off on their merry way with their new people, and both are doing well. They are eating well, sleeping quietly in their crates at night and learning how to fit into a new family.

Naturally the first order of business with any new puppy is housebreaking. Part of this is potty training and part is learning house manners.

It's important to remember that your puppy has only a beginning of these rules. We do make an big effort to begin potty training and house manners before your puppy goes home, but puppies spending an hour or two in teh living room with us and most of the day either outside or safely in their puppy pen indoors is very different from all the freedom they have in a new home.

POTTY TRAINING:

Puppies need to go out far more often than adult dogs. Our adults might go out between 3 and 5 times a day. The pups need to go outdoors after nearly every activity. They wake up, they need to go out. They eat, they need to go out. They play hard for 30 minutes, they need to go out. Since at first they don't know or understand the rules, it is YOUR job to help them. Get used to the idea of putting the puppy outdoors whenever the activities change. It's helpful to put the puppy out on a leash at first - go out with them and supervise. Choose the spot in the yard you will MOST wish the puppy to use for elimination, and walk her to that spot. Then just wait - don't try to play with the puppy or interact much - it's not playtime. You might try walking in a small circle to get the puppy moving around. Once the puppy has gone, tell her how great she is and you can either take her back inside or remove the leash and let her play.

For the first several weeks, any accidents the puppy has are really not her fault. It is up to you to keep a close eye on her and get her out BEFORE any accidents. If you missed your chance, and you find the mess but the puppy is not caught in the act, you can only clean up and vow to watch more closely. You CANNOT discipline the puppy unless she is caught still squatting. Even if the puppy is still in the same room or NEAR the mess, YOU CANNOT DISCIPLINE. IF the puppy is not actually still going, she will just think she is being disciplined for say, standing near the mess. Or, being in that room. Or, standing near a lamp.

If I see a puppy starting to have an accident, I will call out "Hey! Not in here!" and scoop the puppy up and get her right outside (at this point I'm saying "Outside! Outside" in a more pleasant tone. Usually they will then go immediately since I've startled them. NOW I can praise for right behavior. Puppies usually get the idea fairly quickly.

DO NOT put your puppy's nose in the mess and discipline them. They are sure to agree it's disgusting, but this message is not going to be clear. It will only be clear and make sense if they are disciplined DURING the act and shown immediately where the correct place is.

Putting your puppy on a schedule at home in which he is being fed, played with, taken outdoors and put to bed at approximately the same time will really go a long way to facilitating the potty training. It will be several months until the puppy has full bodily control of his functions, and the schedule will help him to get the idea before his body is ready to comply with what he is learning.

Each time I take a puppy out the door I will say "Outside!" and each time I take them indoors I will say "Inside!" Some of the pups still here already understand these words. Some of them will already go towards the door when I said "Outside!" The same goes for putting the puppy in to the crate or the puppy kennel. We use the word "Kennel!" for nearly every doorway so they learn that the word "Kennel" means "Go in there."

HOUSE MANNERS

I'm surely nearly every new puppy has a pile of new toys to play with. Make sure these include items puppies like to chew on. Hard bones, nyla bones, chew hooves (the white ones don't smell nearly so bad as the black ones!) and teething toys are great. We strongly recommend you do NOT use any rawhides. The dogs seem to like to soften them up and then try to swallow them whole. This can lead to constipation, indigestion and sometimes obstruction surgery in the intestines.

It's also important to note that all of the Corwyn puppies, as well as other puppies, are usually raised in a whelping box or pen lined with newspapers. So, it's a good idea to keep newspapers, magazines and other paper items up off the floor where the puppy could get confused.

When puppy proofing our home, we put away important items the puppy might swipe, and make sure all electrical cords are out of reach, if possible. However, it's useful to leave out a FEW nonessential items which are NOT puppy toys in order to be able to show the puppy what IS and IS NOT allowed. I usally have at least one pair of ratty old shoes and a few tissues around on the floor. This way, when the puppy picks up something NOT for the his use, I can take it away and provide something appropriate that IS his. And, if he does go after the shoes or tissue, I've not lost anything important.

Until your puppy begins to understand the rules, it's best to be sure he is supervised at all times. If you must be doing something that distracts you from watching him, put him safely outdoors or into his crate. I don't particularly like having puppies helping me cook, fold laundry or clean the house. It's very difficuilt to do a good job at these tasks AND watch the puppy as well. If I allow him to be loose while I'm distracted, any damages are really my fault as the puppy simply has not yet learned the rules.

It's important that children in the household learn to keep their bedroom & playroom doors closed and keep their possessions off the floor. Anything in reach is going to be interesting to a curious puppy. And puppies all seem to feel that most of these interesting items are much improved by being turned into confetti....

So, those of you still waiting on your new puppy - start looking around for things the puppy might find interesting and put them safely way. Begin thinking about the schedule you will set for your puppy and a quiet place to put his crate. In a few weeks you will be enjoying your new baby and teaching him all the new rules in his new house!

Here's Jazz in her new home meeting one of her "cousins."

And Ms. Money is settling in here quite nicely:

Money and Scarlett Money, Z and Scarlett

Rowan X Duncan 7 Weeks (Plus Video!)

A lot of people over the years have asked me why pups need to stay at Corwyn until 8 weeks, even after they are weaned. I think now many people understand that 8 weeks is the "minimum" age for pups to go home, but they wonder why?

As you have seen in the videos, the pups are exploring their environment more and more. Their physical development is progressing, but so is their mental development. Every new sight, sound, smell and taste is foreign, and many things are scary or startling. Having one's parents, adult dogs, or one's siblings around when experiencing new things builds confidence. It's not just about having a puppy physically larger or about learning bite inhibition or leadership from other dogs and siblings.

With pups at this age, if something scary happens, they will bunch up and look for some security. If no person or adult dog is nearby, they will group together and weather the scary experience. Often one pup will spook at something new, and others will be more curious. Next thing you see is the spooked pup taking interest with the others, and the fright passes. This time with siblings is very important and can really advance confidence and mental development.

It is a busy time for the breeder, however. The pups are into EVERYTHING. Safety barriers that worked at age 4 and 5 weeks are no longer sufficient. Mom is no longer cleaning up so if pups do not have regular access to the outdoors due to weather or safety concerns, clean-up is arduous. Right now I am doing at least one load of laundry every day, and our pups are spending most of their day outdoors because the weather has been fair.

The pups need people socialization. Luckily we have had lots of nice folks coming to visit the pups and they've learned that everyone they meet is kind and affectionate and tolerant of the little "pirhanas." We have even been able to borrow a few children and for the most part they seem to like them. Money was not too sure about my 15 month old nephew, who is just learning to walk (read: stumble), but fortunately she runs VERY FAST!

The pups have now had 2 baths, and the second bath went much better than the first. A bit of scattered sniveling, but no shrieks of horror.

We've been working on coming when called, which is going pretty well - now nearly everyone comes inside and goes outside as a group. We have also started crate training and, after a few rough nights, everyone is now quiet in their crates from about 10PM until 5-6AM. They are also clean in the crates, altho often while putting the first pups out the ones waiting cannot quite make it out of the crates. But they are getting the idea. We have been bringing them into the living room to play and explore and some of them will go to the back door when they need to potty. Others, not quite there yet!

Meanwhile there is all the boring stuff like making travel arrangements for puppies going out of state, creating puppy contracts, making sure the AKC papers are all in order, putting together puppy packages that will include photos, pedigrees, a daily schedule, worming & vaccination records and other important material we like our puppy folks to have.

And, of course, we must keep up with the videos! Here is the latest!

Duncan X Rowan 6 Weeks

It's been a busy week and I know I'm dreadfully behind on photos and video... Am still working on the video but here are a few photos to tide you all over until I get that done!

Here are their little sweet faces:

Vanderbilt (Jazz)




Carnegie (Conagher: oops - fell asleep while I was doing photos)




Rothschild (Hailey)


Rockefeller (Nelson)

Lady Astor (Money)

Hopkins (Tebow)

Crocker (Banks)

Duncan X Rowan - 5 1/2 Weeks

The pups are 6 weeks tomorrow!

Everyone is doing great. They are really enjoying their outside time and coming along nicely with their baby housebreaking routine - they are already mostly pottying outside so long as I can get them out as soon as I hear them waking up from their many naps. Tonight they came in after their supper and were up again whining at 10PM - they wanted to go OUT!


We have also managed to get them to start following us indoors and outdoors, so less carrying than this past week! Much easier on my back and quicker, too!


Puppies will get their first shots soon and will be wormed one more time. They are eating regular food three times a day and now nursing only once or twice a day, when Rowan is feeling uncomfortable. I suspect puppies having teeth is a major contributing factor to Rowan wanting to wean them!


We are trying to expose the pups to as many new things as we can. This week I took a bucket into the puppy yard to water some flowers and they all were fairly sure the bucket was WAY TOO SCARY. Once it was empty I tossed it into their yard and left it for them to investigate. You can see how they did with it in this photo of Banks and in their latest video:

Duncan X Rowan - 4 1/2 Week Video

New Video!

Four Weeks - Rainy Day Update

Puppies have been doing very well outdoors. Now that they are getting around better, they are beginnning to enjoy the grass and learning about toys and new smells and how to play together.

They have also started on regular food which we try to feed outdoors so they can potty afterwards OUTDOORS! Yesterday was so nice they spent most of the day outside and there was no pooping indoors at all!

However, this morning was drizzly but still fairly warm. I put the pups outdoors under the eaves of the porch so they could attempt to potty outside before their breakfast. A few brave souls ventured out into the wet grass and drizzle to potty. Soon, of course, they were all huddled under the protective eave and I opened their gate to let them onto the covered porch to eat. One by one they followed me onto the porch and discovered their meal. Soon the bowl was empty and the pups were exploring the porch.

There were many new things to see: a few toys, furniture (ooh! wicker!), a broom, rugs of different textures, a bucket full of scrub brushes and garden tools, the grill... One puppy managed to knock over the broom but nobody seemed to mind. Soon they were all examining the handle and attacking the bristles... Someone found a plastic piece of who-knows-what and proudly carried it off to show the others.

The pups are very curious and every day is a new adventure. However, at this age their stamina is limited and after about 15 minutes they were all huddled under a table, looking cold and sleepy.

One by one, I called them into the laundry room. Each puppy managed to brave the BIG 5" doorjamb into the house. Keeping in mind the pups are only about 6" at the shoulder right now, it was quite the climb! The pups each are learning to respond to my voice and follow my fingers. As each pup made the big climb he or she was scooped up, given a smoosh and put into the box. This apparently was NOT part of their plan! Soon they were all at the front of the box, yelling for their lawyers and wanting BACK OUT!

All is peaceful now. They are piled up under their heat lamp, sleeping off their breakfast and getting warm and dry again.

Five Generations of Pointers at Corwyn

Left to Right (Generation #)

Ch Corwyn's Cezanne JH CD RN VA "Z" (2)

Taunton Bay in the Spotlight CDX JH "Morgan" (1)

Ch Corwyn's Flame JH CDX VA "Scarlett" (3)

Puppies - Duncan X Rowan - (5)

Ch Corwyn's Mystic JH CD VA (4)

Pointer Puppy Video - 4 Weeks

They are now 4 weeks old and really beginning to enjoy being outdoors. They are all doing great. They have learned to use the newspapers and keep their blanket clean. They will be starting on soaked kibble and goat's milk this weekend as they are getting so big! Their teeth have come in and Rowan is being very tolerant about it, but it is now time to begin learning to chew kibble and eat without mom. They were wormed again this week - more gagging and smacking of lips over the strange taste! PUps all weigh about 5 lbs now, except the little girl, who is catching up. She now weighs 4 lbs, which is pretty good since for quite some time they were all TWICE her size!

This next video is a bit long - sorry for those folks whose computers are choking on the file, but I wanted to get a little bit of every puppy in this! Hope you enjoy it!