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Klara’s been bred

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:49:58 +0000

Klara has been bred to Sammy - aka AM/CAN/UKC/INT BIS & BIMBS CH Pinafore First Edition Midori.

As you can see by his titles, Sammy is a very accomplished dog in the show ring. Everything I’ve heard about Sammy is just wonderful. Not only does he possess an outstanding breed conformation, he has a wonderfully energetic and friendly personality. To top it off, Sammy is said to be very athletic. Undoubtedly, the litter will produce some fantastic performance dogs.

For anyone interested in the pedigree, you can check out the litter’s pedigree at www.poodlepedigree.com

We’ll find out if Klara is positively pregnant at the end of September by doing an ultra-sound test. If she is pregnant, puppies will be whelped around Halloween with puppies ready for their new homes at the first of the year - 2011. All the puppies are expected to be black.

Crate training started

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:48:29 +0000

Taking a nap in the crate

Although we’ve had the crate in the Puppy parlor for them to investigate for a couple of days already, today is the first time they’ve been encouraged to go into the crate by using tiny bits of cheese as a lure. They liked the cheese so much that there were three pups squeezed into the crate at one time. (after all these are Wisconsin dogs - yum cheeeese) In a couple of days I’ll put the door on it and close them in for a few seconds to start. I fully expect the pups to be just like our other dogs and run willingly and happily into their crates when we ask them to.

Puppies big week

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:28 +0000

First Day at the Beach

Lots of new things for the puppies to see and do now that they’re getting older - almost five weeks. In the last couple of days they ate lunch in a different room, got to go into a small crate, walked on the brick walkway, had their first bath, and climbed on a low cardboard box. Today they went to the beach! (really the kids sand pile)

First day outside on grass

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:44:44 +0000

This grass stuff is fun!

What an exciting day! Lots of new smells and surfaces to experience. And poop on! Within about one minute of being on the grass four of the six pups did their “business”. This was a previously unadulterated section of the lawn. So, how’d they know grass is good to poop on. After that, all the pups pretty much stayed together, never getting more than 10 -20 feet from one or another. The temperature was in the mid 70’s F which made the experience all the more enjoyable.

Weaning started

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:13:20 +0000

Comfort food

Feasting on gruel

The puppies started the weaning process by getting a watery gruel of mashed puppy chow. After the second time seeing the feeding bowl, all the puppies are taking after their mother - never missing a meal or morsel of food.

Lots of playing now

Wed, 27 May 2009 20:37:54 +0000

Now that the pups are three weeks old, they are playing with each other deliberately. They still lose their balance and fall unexpectedly once in awhile. While they still sleep the majority of the time, their playing is getting much more animated. When they are out of the whelping box, the pups do quite a bit of exploring and investigating. We have a wide variety of toys and objects for them to mouth, pounce on and sometimes fall into. Scampering across the room is a new skill the pups just developed; quite funny to see the sudden burst of speed!.

Puppies are growing

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:06:30 +0000

Now that the puppies eyes are open they’re actually walking to where they want to go - or so it seems. . Here is a short video of the pups in action.

The puppies eyes are glimmering blue globes, somewhat cloudy. They’ll change to brown over the next few days and their eyesight will improve significantly. Right now, they can’t follow an object nor see depth. Which can be pretty funny as they bump into things.

Puppies almost standing

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:54:52 +0000

However so shaky, the pups are getting their bellies off the ground while trying to stand. Since the pups only have a sense of smell, we’ve been taking them one at a time to sniff around on a different surface to experience other odors. They really seem to notice! Their little sniffers get going pretty good. Yesterday they got to experience the dining room rug; today it was the living room rug. One of the girls really was vocal about it. Little boy blue was the most active at sniffing around. Here is a link to a short video of “Yellow” crawling around.

Puppies big day

Sat, 09 May 2009 03:50:45 +0000

The pups went to visit the Vet today for dew claw removal and tail docking. Dr. Tim Bubach of Schmidt Veterinary Clinic did a great job suturing up the tiny incisions. The tails were completely shaved with a number 40 blade so we could get an accurate length tail for the individual puppy.

The color dots on the pups’ rumps are non-toxic acrylic paint. That’s used for identification. The girls are Orchid, Fuchsia, and Apple. The boys are Blue, Yellow, and Orange.

The pups will get weighed each night at about 7 PM. until they’re about two weeks old. So far they’ve gained about three ounces each. The average birth weight was just under 10 oz.

Considering that the pups can’t see or hear, its amazing how much they can move around. They hold up their heads right away and strong enough to start crawling towards Mom. They use their noses to find mother for nursing.

Sleeping pups

There are more pictures in the Photo Gallery.

Klara has puppies!

Wed, 06 May 2009 10:09:23 +0000

Klara with her six puppies

After pacing, panting, and generally being annoyingly restless all day, Klara whelped six black puppies. Three boys, three girls are all healthy and Klara is doing well, too. She’s being a very good mom. Average weight of the pups was about 10 oz which is what I’d expect as Klara and Mick (sire Ch Nightwind Paint It Black) are medium sized Std. Poodles.