I can't believe the puppies are 11 weeks old tonight. 4 of them are spending their birthdays in their new homes and 2 (Pink! and Cary) are still here. Cary is supposed to go to his new home on Saturday and Pink is supposed to be here until the 29th. I don't know what I am going to do without them.
We had a great time at the water trial. We took Pink and Cary and Indy's Cindi's MiraBella and Amy brought Carrera so we had a passel of puppies with us. It made for an interesting time getting them out to potty (we carried them out) but they were very good and quiet for the most part. They'd settle down quickly when we turned out the lights so we did that rather early (not that we weren't tired enough to do that anyway.)
The puppies were very good in the ex pen corral we made for them at the water trial and they got lots more socialization. We had a few volunteers to help us wrangle while they swam, too.
On Sunday, they got their little muzzles shaved. Some of them took it better than others. Cary whined a little but held still, MiraBella was about the funniest because she would fuss until she got a kiss but would immediately start again when the clippers touched her. All in all, they had a good first expereince with it.
Indy and Cindi got his Working Water Dog title; that's 2 titles this July for him. SammieDoodlebug decided that I was trying to trick her after the boat ride and wouldn't come off the platform so she did not get her Apprentice Title. We're working on it; I really hope to get her enthusiasm back.
Pink! and Cary have been working on sits and downs and walking along with me (and sitting on both sides of a door) and retrieving. They are doing well but they can't retrieve if I have treats. They can only do that for the joy of doing it again.
One of my favorite things to do with them these days is to sit on the edge of the wheelchair ramp deck and then lie down. The puppies cuddle and climb all over me and generally remember to be gentle. It's awfully sweet.
It's almost time to get them ready for nighty, nighty, nighty...
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Canine
Cast of Characters:
Visitation Protocol
I've been sending this/variations of this to people about puppy visits so I thought it might be useful information for visitors and potential owners (or entertainment for people to laugh at the crazy dog lady)
Puppies are now ready for visitors and they especially need to meet children (and men.) Just not on a day/in clothes you've worn to a shelter/dog park/around a sick dog.
If you want to prepare them for 'the rules' or our procedure:
We take off shoes (don't wear white socks because the rubber floor, even when freshly steamed can discolor white socks);
wash hands thoroughly (sing the abc song twice while we rub the soap between our hands vigorously) and
put on a smock (an old men's shirt I keep for such purposes).
Then we come quietly out into the dog room and greet the big dogs (especially the Mama so she doesn't feel like she needs to protect the babies) before we go over to see the puppies.
The puppies are in a play area and we go carefully in and sit down to let puppies come to us or an adult hand them to you. You can make lots of noise with your voice - as long as it doesn't look like it worries the mama dog (probably wait until after you've been here for a little while).
When you are ready to get out, tell us and an adult will help you (don't want to trip over a puppy and hurt you or it). They have some neat toys that you can help show them but remember they are BABIES so they are fragile (careful, quiet hands and feet but we will want you to make some loud, funny, or silly noises for them eventually.)
You might want to remind them I can't see so they need to use words (I can't hear them shake or nod their head),
Thanks!
Our pictures
- 2018 Jack amd Caly (Facebool page)
- 2016 Mila and Griffin (Facebook page)
- 2015 Bela and Mojo April
- 2015 Bela and Mojo Puppies 2 weeks old
- 2015 Puppies (Bela and Mojo up to 2 weeks old)
- 2014 Puppies almost 4 weeks old
- 2014 Puppies almost 3 weeks old
- Our pictures before 10/25/12
- Our pictures after 10/25/12
- Our videos - such as they are
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Who’s Who
Canine
Cast of Characters:
Phoebe:
Ch Allyn her BEguiling BEijo, RA, BCAT, WWDX
Mama to the puppies. She was the
pink puppy from Bela’s litter with Mojo.
Officially lives with dog Cindi but she’s stayed with Crisit a lot first
while Bela healed from her injury; then to keep SDB company after Jack went to the Bridge and then she helping with Caly’s
puppies (she was often more fascinated by them than their Mama at times)
AKA:
FauxB, PhoebePhoo; Hellgirl, Nanny McPhoebe, MamaP, The PhoenoMama
Patton: the originally intended sire of the litter.
DejaView:
Allyn Second Sight, CGC Service Dog Guide
“It’s complicated” Apparently, sire of these puppies. Crisit’s service dog guide and the puppy she kept from the last litter (the LOTR litter between Jack and Caly he was the yellow collar AKA Strata.) He lives with Cristi and is her Guide now. He’s learning to play some dog performance and conformation but first trained for his Real Job and then the Pandemic happened. He and Phoebe are very close - when she doesn’t have puppies they lie so close together it’s hard to tell which is which.
AKA: DejaView, little Dude , Handsome, NotSo Little Dude and the black one
Trek:
Ch Allyn Warp Speed 7…Engage RN, WWD, CGC, TKI, etc. etc.
‘it’s complicated’ Potential sire - ruled out by DNA to these puppies (full sibling to Caly and Armada). He was the curly black boy (T2J) from
SammieDoodlebug’s Numbers litter.
Littermate to Tootsie
Lives with SDB’s Jeremy, Colleen, and Armada
AKA: TrekkieWoo, the curly black one
Bela
(MiraBela): Ch Allyn the Incantation, BN, RA, WWD. Grandmother to this litter
Bela is a brown girl from our last litter with Jill. She had the green collar.
Co-owned with Dog Cindi. Lives with Cindi and the Ice Cream Truck (Pete) Bela is quite the diva these days, we’re not sure what she’s going to think about sharing her house with ANOTHER puppy ;-)
AKA:
BelaBoo, B, Beelah, BooBaby, Miss B, Aunt B, BabyB
Caly
(Calypso): CH Allyn the CaTENation, RN, WWD Grandmother to this litter
She is the dam of DejaView and the daughter of SammieDoodlebug and Phoebe’s first cousin. She was the red collar (Turtle) from SammieDoodlebug's Ten litter.
Lives with LeAnne, she was my timeshare puppy.
AKA:
CalySue, Calygator, the White Footed One, The Chosen One, MaterGator, the black one
SammieDoodlebug:
Ch Allyn the Drive, BN, RN, WWD
SammieDoodlebug
is the Great aunt and Great Granddam to this litter. She’s
littermate to dog Cindi’s Indy; half sister to Bela; mother of Caly; Aunt to Phoebe (the mother of this litter); Granddam to Deja
AKA: GrammieSammie, SDB, SammieDoo, Doodlebug, the Bug, BuggyBoo, Scooch, Doodle, Sammie the Tongue, Baby Bug, SammieMiami, the black one
Jill:
Ch Tesouro’s Black Magic, RN
Jill was the mother/grandmother/great grandmother of everybody but Jack. She’s the Great Grandmother and Great Great Grandmother to these puppies. She went to the Bridge 06/02/15
AKA: JillyPooh, JillyBean, the Bean, BeabieBaby, the Mama (them the Mama’s Mama), the Queen, JillytheBull, the black one
Jack:
Ch Tesouro’s BlackJack at Yr Svc, CD, RN, NAJ, CWD, SROM
Jack was my first PWD and Service Dog –Guide.
Jack is the grandsire of these puppies and the sire of our Lord of the Rings litter with Caly
AKA: Jackaroo, Roo, Mister Man, Jackson, Sir Barksalot, and Bestest dog in the Whole Wide World and the black one
The girls (and sometimes the MSU) would tell you it’s all about Jack
Jack went to the Rainbow Bridge 06/28/17.
Indy:
Ch Allyn All Perfection to a Tee, CD, RA, WWD
Indy was the firstborn in our first litter and littermate to SammieDoodlebug. He lived with dog Cindi, Bela and Phoebe. Indy crossed the Rainbow Bridge in January, 2020
Aka: IndyBlue, Hellboy, Handsome, the black one
Armada:
Ch Allyn Tyme to BatTEN Down the Hatches, RA. ThDN. CGCA, TKI, etc, etc
Great Uncle (distant if he has his say) to these
puppies (littermate to Caly), He was the brown boy with the tan collar (Dyson) from SammieDoodlebug's Ten litter but has LOVED Phoebe for years so he is trying to get over his heartbreak at not being the sire
Lives with Colleen, SDB’s Jeremy, Trek and Kiely
AKA: Armadason, Armadallo; LBD
Tootsie:
Allyn Queen of Hearts Makes 21, RA, AJP, NFP, CGC, TKI CWDX Grand Aunt to this litter
Lives with Debbie and Scott in area where we make, ultrasound, and whelp the puppies.
AND THE PUPPIES:
FauxReal ; red collar.. Wavy black girl with white on chest/tummy and toes
Faux (Fur) Aidian: Wavy brown boy with orange collar
Faux Pearls: Wavy brown girl with small white on chest. Yellow collar
Infaux: wavy Black boy with white on his chest. Green collar
FauxSure/FauxSho” wavy brown girl with small white markings Teal Blue Collar
Fauxcus: wavy Black boy with white on chest Indigo Blue Collar
FauxMo: wavy Black boy with tiny white spot on chest; Purple collar
(I realized after we had ‘randomly’ assigned collar colors that we had basically done the spectrum so now I keep their names in that order because I must)
Human Cast of Characters:
MSU: Male Spousal Unit, husband of Crisit
AKA: the Bus Driver, Bruce
The Aunts (and Grandma’s now too):
Dog Cindi: Friend, training partner, co-owner of Indy. Bela, and Phoebe
AKA: The guide bitch (hey we are dog people, it’s not a bad word. That’s what she does when we are competing and the dog can’t guide.)
LeAnne: Caly's mama and co-owner; whelper helper, spreadsheet and graph maker.
Colleen: Armada and Trek’s mommy and co-owner, Village Photographer
Debbie:
Tootsie’s mama, keeps us entertained while we hang out in Northern Ohio doing repro stuff. Married to the Human Great
Scott (of the Bakery, mmmm)
The Uncles:
Jeremy:
Trek and Armada’s daddy, SDB firmly believes he belongs to HER (he is one of her favorite people)
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