The result of the Prodigal Summer - or how I named this litter

They main characters from the book Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver are

Eddie Bondo
Deanna Wolfe

Lusa Maluf Landowski
Cole Widener

Garnett Walker
Nannie Rawley

Since I don't know the personalities of the puppies as yet, girl one will be Deanna Wolfe; girl two will be Lusa Maluf Landowski; and girl three Nannie Rawley.

Boy one will be Cole Widener; boy two Eddie Bondo and boy three Garnett Walker.

Yes, I know I changed the order, but boy two just looks like Eddie more than the other two in my head, and boy three looks like Garnett because of his mustache. No logic there either because Garnett Walker doesn't have a mustache in the book. That's the fun of writing a book, or naming a litter: we can make the world the way we want it.

If you are interested in Ms. Kingsolver's novel here is an opinion piece about it:

http://www.thebookhaven.net/Z_Prodigal_Summer.html

I loved the book and I love her writing.

Hav joy,
Rita

New exercises start today

Today we start the puppy stimulation exercises. To read why we do this click on this website:

http://www.breedingbetterdogs.com/achiever.html

We'll, of course, take pictures while we're doing this.

Hav joy,
Rita

They're here!

Here they are with weights and sex - the three girls were born first and then the three boys. You see, these boys are already polite and well trained!

Mom and Pups

Here's the fabulous six! Three boys and three girls. When we weight them again I'll post individual pictures and weights. All are nursing well and very vigorous! In fact they all came out squirming and hunting for food. A couple were yelling their little heads off.

Well here's mom, still wet from her bath but very proud of herself as you can see by the smile!

Puppies, puppies, puppies

The puppies are here - three boys and three girls. Will post pictures in the morning!