General Information

Things to be aware of :

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Something to think about when you take your puppy home.

While no one wants to encourage a large number of intact animals which creates problems for everyone, waiting until the animal is a bit older may be a good compromise.

More information about early spay or neuter.

Another Pup out of George and Willow

Here is Sonrisas Bubba O'Riley (Riley), Margaurita's brother. He lives with Sonrisas Lil Pawz Koko and his owner Joan Reid.  He'll soon be joining his sister in the Rally, Obedience and agility rings.

Mary Wood

Mary, since your move i have lost contact with you.  Please call or email me as soon as possible.  Thanks.

Birthday Girl from Yesterday

I put this on Facebook, but forgot to put it here.  This is Margaurita from the Willow-George litter last year.   She and  her littermates turned one year old yesterday.

More of the gang.

More Mary

Mary Ito NOT Ann-Marie

More Wobble Board

Wobble Board

Agility, sailing or boating these guys will  be ready for it.

On a more positive note

To further enhance our breeding program, and to ensure genetic diversity, we have teamed up with two other breeders to add these two little charmers from Germany to our breeding program. Our newest members of the family, co-owned and living with Lisa Hockin and Maishelle Heath King. Bred by Philippine and Jens Gotemann out of Ghandi of Velvet Dreams and Sandra's Lady Lara.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but we must watch what our dogs chew on.

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More Ann Marie

Trying to find video of Mary Ito, but she was off trying to climb the A frame.  

Carol

Jien

Terry

Vicki

Ann Marie and Paul

Carol and her catch of the day

Okay here are the links, I think I lost one in there.

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Video 6

A few short videos of the puppies

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First time outdoors

The pups loved being outside and never thought twice about their change in environment.

More on the previous post.

One of the things a puppy owner needs to watch for at this time of year is mushrooms.  Puppies tend to try to eat almost anything so watch for those mushrooms that tend to pop-up over night.

Helpful Site

Here is  a site which lists various toxic foods for your dog such as nuts.  It's a great idea to know what is dangerous for your puppy.

Toxic information - click here
http://www.petinsurance.com/healthzone/pet-articles/pet-health-toxins/Nut-Dangers-to-Dogs.aspx

Here's a list of some of the most common sources of poisons for your dog:

Accidental Ingestion of Medications (pet or human drugs)	- tylenol is poison to your dog
Rodenticide (mouse & rat poison)
Methylxanthine Toxicity (chocolate, caffeine)
Plant Poisoning
Household Chemicals
Metaldehyde (snail, slug poison)
Insecticide
Heavy Metal Toxicity (lead, zinc)
Toad Poisoning
Antifreeze Poisoning
Walnut Poisoning
Alcohol Toxicity
Strychnine

Here's Ann-Marie

The one photo is out of focus, but if you look at her leg you'll see that she has a tan bracelet around her ankle.  Her cheeks and possibly her eyebrows may lighten as she matures.

Here's Carol

Here's Terry

Here's Vicki

Here's Paul

Pups discover that sometimes things move underfoot.

Mary and Vicki in crate behind Paul, then Ann-Marie

Terry

Mainly Ann-Marie

Paul, Terry and Vicki

Puppies are out in the living room-new video from late last night

Paul plays with the ball and Ann Marie

Once they get this age, I can't stop watching them.  

This mornings (9/5/13) video

Things you may not know about puppies

1. Puppies are born not fully developed.  Their eyes are sealed shut because they need to finish the maturation process.  Even at eight weeks when these puppies will go to the ophthalmologist their eyes are not fully mature.  Puppy eyes tend to open around two weeks.

2.  Their ears are also closed at birth and they can not hear until their ears open somewhere about three weeks.

3.  Some breeds are more mature at birth than others, many being able to walk right from birth.  Havanese tend not to be able to get up on their feet until sometime between two and four weeks.

4.  Puppies are born not able to regulate their own body temperature.  For this reason they have to be kept in a temperature regulated room until they are about four weeks.  This makes  makes them extremely vulnerable to bacteria and viruses.  The herpes virus is one of the main threats to a puppy because the body temperature must be over 100 degrees to kill off this virus.  The average adult dog body temperature is around  101 degrees.

Three Weeks Today

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One more week and they will move out to the living room area.  Then the real fun begins.

More Friday Video

Friday's Video

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