PUPPIES!
At this time we do not have any pups currently available as Tara's pups are now off to their new homes - with one exception - our keeper girl "Carmen"! However, we are planning on a litter with our girl Chewie in the spring of 2012. For more information please feel free to contact us via email or phone. Please note that all pups are sold on an AKC Limited Registration. In the mean time please enjoy our "puppy blog" of the Tara's pups during their first 8 weeks of life!
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10/4/11: Tara's pups arrived Sunday evening 10/2/11! Dad is the lovely BIS BDA CH. ShadowGlen Game Point RN WC "Ace" She has a family of 6! 1 black male, 2 yellow males and 3 yellow females. Tara and pups are doing well - she has been a bit restless - but that often happens the first couple days as she falls into the mom dog duties and routine. Needless to say we stick close to mom and pups keeping a close watch too on mom and the new brood! The first chapter in their life starts here:
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10/9/11: The pups officially are one week old today! What a difference a week makes! They all have just about doubled their birth weights, Tara has settled into the routine and our house is somewhat "back to normal" - well as normal as it can be with week old puppies!! Life does revolve around them! It was an absolutely gorgeous fall weekend here - leaves are getting close to peak color! Here are a few pictures all taken within the last couple hours! Enjoy the puppy breath!
Tara's Cafe - milk is on the house!!
The Boys! The Girls!
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10/16/11: Two weeks old. Just love this age of the pups - the world around them is expanding!! Their eyes are starting to open and they are beginning to hear too! They are becoming toddlers in all respects - up on all 4s when mom noses them! They've tripled their birth-weights, mom is now eating 3+ times her normal amount and drinking probably a gallon and a half of water a day!
Still lots of snoozing going on!!
Wonder what this thing is? Do I sleep on it or eat it?
Tara says - this is what you do with it! Up and toddling - the fun begins!
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10/23/11: Three weeks old!! Time is flying by! The pups transformed into real puppies this week! They walk, they see, they hear and yes they talk too!! That is telling mom that they want MILK!! Pretty soon it's going to be me they are talking to demanding the pup food! A side note - if you see what looks like spots on their rears - they are nail polish spots - pink for the girls and blue for the boys!
Mom always ready to give a bath! A girl mugging for the camera.
Look we can reach the milk bar standing up! Where did Mom go?!?!
Gotta love these faces!
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10/31/11: Happy Halloween!!! The pups are four weeks one day old today!! What a week of change for the pups - they are now eating solid puppy food - and - poor Tara - the pups now have teeth!! Little puppy needle teeth that is! Tara is a trooper and still nursing them but I do believe she sighed a huge sigh of relief when she saw the puppy food bowl! (Plus she loves any left overs the pups may miss! A true Labrador indeed!) We don't get any trick or treaters here so the pups entertained me with posing for pictures in a Halloween bucket tonight! (And - not lab related - we did get snow this week - 3" on the 27th and then another 3" on the 29th! A bit too early for winter in my opinion!)
Trick or Treat!!!
First meal - no questions asked - they dove right in! Anyone want to play? Yes it's a Buffalo Bills blanket!
Wow I have the whole milk bar to myself! Nap time!
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11/6/11: 5 Weeks old! It's funny, I think every week as I type their age "wow time is flying!" But really it is - the pups will be off to their new homes soon - Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner and the final count down is on for their families! This week the pups continued to grow, learn and explore! We had a beautiful fall day today - lots of sunshine - the perfect opportunity to introduce each pup to the outside world! It didn't take them long and they were chasing leaves and following me around! Here they are on their first outing.....("center", "right" and "left" notate where the nail polish spots are on the yellow pups).
Black Boy Center Girl
Left Boy Left Girl
Right Boy Right Girl
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11/13/11: 6 weeks old!!! The pups had visitors today! They came to help socialize the pups! Actually this an important aspect of raising a litter of pups - that they get to meet and greet other people besides John and myself. When you think of it everyone is unique in how they smell, their different voices, how they hold the pups and how they talk to the pups. One of the things I "challenge" my new puppy families with is to introduce 100 new things to their pups in their first 100 days with them (and to keep a log of it!). From car rides to listening to different music to different sounds to different people, the list is really endless when you think about it. So I want to say thank you to Joyce, Dick, Shawn, Jon and Maria for helping out and enjoying the puppy breath!
Having fun! Leaves are Nature's toys for Lab puppies!
Tara's favorite red bird toy "lent" to the puppies.
Time for a much needed puppy pile! Some quality snuggling time for this guy!
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11/21/2011: 7 weeks old plus one day! Tara has been weaning them off the milk bar on terms - much to the dismay of the pups!! But teeth are teeth and she says that's enough!!! The pups also had their first car ride this past week (to the vets for their check up) and I was treated to a few songs performed by the new "Labranackle" choir of 6! At 7 weeks the puppies life is all about playing and exploring and learning, here are some pictures that capture their week:
Aunt Chewie entertaining the pups! Anyone remember the "flying Nun"?
Where's the puppy? Did someone say "dinner"?
Red Bird Tug! Fun times for the pups!
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11/27/11: 8 weeks old! Where the did the last 8 weeks go?!? Hard to believe 8 short weeks ago I was sitting here with newborn puppies and now they are home with their families. Does Tara miss them - well not really - I think she is glad to get back into the swing of things with the others and be part of the gang. I know she was eying the high jump outside - but her milk bar needs to tuck back up a bit before she does some jumping!! The pups all left - well except one - her name Carmen (Kee-Pin Garden Party) and she will be joining the ranks here. So as our puppy families go through house breaking, training and socializing know we are right there with you going through the same and enjoying those starry night skies on those 2:30 am wake up calls! As you can see we did have a variety of weather for the puppy pickups - but one thing for sure were the smiles of everyone! The next chapter has started with many thrills ahead for the pups!
"Hoot" "Drake"
"Daisy" "Taylor"
"Auggie" "Carmen"