September 15th- Heaven's puppies had a great vet visit. They are already 6 weeks old! They went outside for the first time (other than for the ride to the vet). Some were nervous and some enjoyed the adventure.

The puppies are eating wet food once a day now. By the end of the weekend they will be on dry food only.

Dont forget to get all of your supplies and food. Here is a list that you may find helpful.

Please be aware that your puppy should not go anywhere non-vaccinated pets could be until they are fully vaccinated. Discuss this with your vet during your puppy's first vet visit. Such places to avoid include pet stores, dog parks, puppy classes, rest stops, etc.

September 9th- Heaven's puppies are eating dry food more now. They are still devouring the wet food. We will keep that up for a while longer. They are 5 weeks old now. Next week is the vet check and first vaccines. Everyone will get a copy of the health record from Hillsdale Animal Hospital with details about the examination.

September 2nd- Where do I begin... Well, a long story short we are blessed to have Heaven still with us. Tuesday morning she quickly became very sick. She spent several days at the emergency vet. So greatful for the wonderful vets that took care of her. She is home and healing. She had a very bad case of mastitis.

The puppies are doing well with some formula mixed in their wet food. They have even started snacking on some dry food. They are doing so great with their litter box. Such great puppies. They enjoy their play time in the playpen.

August 27th - Heaven's puppies have a litter box in their welping box now. They are not using it yet but it will be soon. They also have toys to play with. That is until one of the other moms grab them to give to their babies. Alot of toy swaping going on.

Here is a video of Heaven feeding her puppies. She is super patient. Thats alot of puppies to feed!

They had their first taste of puppy food yesterday. They were all interested. They will have wet food 2 times a day for now. It is water soaked and warmed dry food. We feed Purina Pro Plan Focus Large Breed puppy food. Check out this video of them eating puppy food.

August 20th - Heaven's puppies are moving around more. Spruce even crawled out of the whelping box after studying his escape plan for a few days. Pretty early overachiever! The deworming process has begun. Puppies are dewormed at 2, 4 and 6 weeks with Panacure.

August 20th - Heaven's puppies are moving around more. Spruce even crawled out of the whelping box after studying his escape plan for a few days. Pretty early overachiever! The deworming process has begun. Puppies are dewormed at 2, 4 and 6 weeks with Panacure.

August 13th - Heaven's puppies are doing well. Their eyes are beginning to open and they are trying to stand up.
Quite the rainbow of colors in this litter. From very light to very dark. You dont see that often.

August 4th - Heaven had her puppies yesterday. They are doing well. She is a fist time mom and doing an awsome job.

September 16th- Legacy's puppies will be weaned in a few days. They are still getting wet food but will be transitioning to only dry food in a few days. The 6 week vet check will be on Tuesday. They will be examined by the vet and given their first vaccines. Everyone will get a copy of the health record from Hillsdale Animal Hospital with details about the examination.

Parmesan cracks me up. She is a funny girl. Here is a short video of her.

September 9th - Legacy's puppies are eating some dry food in between wet food. They are using the litter box now. Appreciate that! They are happy puppies. All smiles. So squishy! They figured out how to leave the whelping box so Legacy is nursing on a schedule now. She does not like to be too far from them. She is a very affectionate mommy. She likes to snuggle with them.

September 2nd - Legacy's puppies are like slugs. They play some but mostly they eat and sleep and eat more. FAT puppies!

Nickel did find his way out of the welping box. Not sure if it was by accident. We will leave the door open still for mom to come and go when she likes. If he figures out there is a world out there worth exploring the door gets closed and nursing will be on a schedule. There is a litter box in their whelping box now but they ignore it. No interest.

Legacy ventures into Legend's whelping box to steal toys and bring them to her puppies. So funny to watch her do that.

The puppies had their first taste of puppy food on Tuesday. They will have wet food 2 times a day for now. It is water soaked and warmed dry food. We feed Purina Pro Plan Focus Large Breed puppy food. Check out this video of them eating puppy food.

August 26th - Legacy's puppies are moving around more. There eyes are wide open. They still do not like to be hot. Their coats are very thick even at this young age.

We lost our sweet Bedrock this week. No matter how many puppies we raise, it still hurts so much to lose one. Rest in peace sweet boy.

On a happier note, the pictures were so cute this week. Taking the weekly pictures and updating the website consumes the majority of the weekend. I know families look forward to it and we enjoy seeing how the puppies grow and change in just a week. I how you enjoy this video of Creek and Parmesan as much as we did. Thanks to Eric Paslay for allowing his song to be used on YouTube. It happened to be on the radio while we were taking these pictures.

August 20th - Legacy's puppies are starting to open their eyes. They seem to be more hot natured than the other puppies. They were pretty fussy with the heater on so that is off for them now. They eat and then spread out to sleep rather than pile up on each other.

August 16th - Legacy had her puppies on August 8th. The puppies are doing great. Eating well. They all pretty much look like little piggys. This is her first litter. She likes to bark at me in the middle of the night to let me know she needs to go out. Who needs sleep anyways...

September 16th- Legend's puppies have really gained weight this week. They are right in line with Legacy's puppies but the shorter coat makes them look much smaller. Many of them will be smaller dogs full grown like their dad. They will be weaned by the time they are 6 weeks old. They are eating dry food all day but do get wet food in the mornings. This will continue for a few more days. Their vet check will be on Wednesday. They will be examined by the vet and given their first vaccines. Everyone will get a copy of the health record from Hillsdale Animal Hospital with details about the examination.

September 2nd - Legend's puppies are catching up. Gaining weight. They are big eaters and love to play together. They study each other and like to watch tv. These are smart puppies. They are doing a great job using their litter box. Its so interesting how the puppies figure that out. They want to keep their living are clean.

September 2nd - Legend's puppies had a good weight gain this week. They have a litter box in their whelping box now. They are making their way over there but no use yet. They like to play with the toys when there are some in their with them. If Legacy doesn't swipe them all, their mom removes them and leaves them around the room. Poor babies.

The puppies had their first taste of puppy food on Wednesday. They loved it and were slurping away. They will have wet food 2 times a day for now. It is water soaked and warmed dry food. We feed Purina Pro Plan Focus Large Breed puppy food. Check out this video of them eating puppy food.

August 27th - Legend's puppies are getting bigger and stronger. They like to crawl under the blanket. That makes counting puppies every few minuts like a game. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, wait... missing one. Oh, There they are. The lump under the blanket in the middle of the whelping box. Sigh... Legend is a helicopter mom. She doesn't get far from them.

August 20th - Legend's puppies are doing well. Their mommy likes to fill the whelping box full of stuffies to keep them company. They like to curl up with them when mom isn't there to snuggle with. She is never far away though.

August 18th - Legend had her puppies on August 9th. These puppies decided to come a little early. Legend had a litter of 1 previously. She was very excited to see more puppies to love on this time.