Laureate Shelties Blog
A bit of this, a bit of that...with a lot of free spirits.
Paris bump and run
Paris is doing a dance...she has a new Champion son, BPIG Can Ch Laureate Inception! Finn won Breed over Specials and on to Group 4th and a Best Puppy in Group to finish in style.
Finn's pre-show preparations...take a walk, lounge in the pool. We'll try to take some glamour shots before he decides to go swimming again.
Our sweet Lola (Laureate Laugh Out Loud) all fluffed up. A double Landslide granddaughter; she definitely has the family look. I must say I love (LOVE) the leg hair these Digit-Paris puppies have.
The eggs have hatched and there are seven goslings.
They were well camouflaged and were difficult to spot in the dried grasses and we watched them for a few minutes and then the parents got a bit concerned and called them over...love the little one sticking out.
Keeping them in check...
We took our pretty young hopeful "Finn" up to the Arnprior dog show for some socializing. He was bathed and groomed up a bit and so we figured we should snap some shots of him while he was clean!
At 5 1/2 months of age, he has not gone through any ugly duckling phases...he is just so plush and pretty. I don't like to get overly excited about male puppies as they so often disappoint, but it is hard not to feel optimistic with this beautiful baby around.
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| Laureate Inception (Finn) and six other puppies went on a road trip last week and descended on my friend Brenda for the weekend. We had a wonderful visit and I hope her neighbours have forgiven her for the noise! Finn (who we nicknamed Finn McFluff) acquired another nickname from Brenda of "tub of love" as he is just so laid back and relaxed (and loves belly rubs). We went to handling class with five puppies and they all did really well. They were great travellers; I can't wait to start showing the crew (in my new Van...whoop). |
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| Finn is holding his promise and along with his lovely temperament, he has a really good front assembly and beautiful profile and expression. |
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| Finn, aka Finn McFluff the Tub of Love...he makes us smile. |
The Paris - Digit puppies got bathed, blown dry, tattooed and Vet checked yesterday. A big thank you to Gisela for your help! It was a very big day for them and they handled it well. Today I figured we better take some snapshots of them before they got too dirty again. Here is our pick from this litter. The boy with the blaze. No name chosen for him yet...
A cold day (minus 17 C) so we just put the table out the door and took some shots for the record.
A beautiful puppy with a very familiar look...
Leaning in...
The bigger plain faced boy
The smaller girl
I introduced Miley's puppy to the Paris litter yesterday and it was a precious moment. They wanted to nurse from her and she seemed intrigued by them. So hoping to duplicate this on camera I put them all together on a piece of fleece.
Well they hadn't been fed recently and I soon realized this was not going to be a successful photo shoot. They must have learned yesterday that Miley's pup wouldn't provide food so they were hunting all around the fleece for milk. Miley's pup didn't quite know what to make of these guys with their faces planted in the fabric.
I went to get Paris and it took the pups awhile to lift their heads up and realize their Mom was there. Miley's pup wondered if there was enough to go around. :-)
Paris' newest litter is divided in two by size. We have the two littlest ones weighing around 10 ounces and then the two big boys at 15 and 16 plus ounces. They were a bit grubby this morning, so they all had their first bath and blow dry. I kept them in the "incubator" (a large cooler with a heating pad) to stay warm, but you can see the little girl wasn't quite warm enough yet. She went back in with Paris to stay warm.
She is still the smallest, and she appears to me to be one that could be on the smaller side at maturity. Just a hunch. All I can do is observe, while I have people waiting patiently in the wings for me to decide which puppy is for them.
The biggest boy on top. These fellows are fat and doing well on their mothers milk. I wonder if the big boy going to be big later, or moderate once he is weaned. It is a waiting game...lots of time for things to change.
I was sick a good part of last week and had a low grade fever. I had spent the day in bed Friday sleeping, hoping to have energy for when she gave birth. Well, it didn't do me much good as I was not feeling well at all by the time the puppies arrived. Luckily Pete stepped in and that Paris is such a good mother. All I had to do was record weights and remove dewclaws and then go back to bed.
There are 3 boys and a girl in this litter that was born Friday night. Two of the boys are bigger and then there are these two, the small darker boy with the blaze and the female which are quite a bit smaller. The female has actually lost ground to this boy who had the smallest birth weight. Now she is the smallest, so I'll be keeping my eye on her to make sure she is getting enough.
Holy narrow depth of field! Was trying out the 50mm f 1.4 lens for the first time, and was surprised at the result. The little girl is on top.
Settled down for a nap
Cute toes
Now the two bigger boys. The fellow yawning is the largest at the moment at around 10.5 ounces. He has a half collar, with an extra splash of white behind his shoulder.
Sooooo sleepy!
The bigger boy saying "back off bud"
Hugs
Half collar showing his little flourish of white which doesn't join into the collar.
The bigger male with full collar
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