Thursday, September 8, 2011
Time to post again!!! Computer troubles, with me, as usual!!!
The puppies are almost all placed. One girl has stayed with me, Genie. She will be registered as I Dream of Elwha. She is my link to my first ever Border Terrier, Tramp. Her sister, June, looks just like Tramp, but Genie looks like her own mother, Bonnie, just the grizzle version. Sweet and cute.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
The Changing of the Guard
Yesterday, right on time, 10:00 AM, Betty and Skip brought the Birthday Crew and Mom, Bonnie, to my house. They were four weeks old yesterday. Betty and Skip are either bereft without Bonnie and the puppies or happy to be spending quality time with Zinger teaching her Rally, Tracking, Agility, Obedience, etc. or both happy and sad. My guess would be both.
The gang has fit in beautifully. Some of their time is spent in the puppy pen and some in the kitchen on the equipment and some out in the side yard that I mowed for them this morning. They seem to be having fun. At about noon yesterday a family who have a Zinger sister came by and socialized the babies. Those children are two and about five years old. They, just like my 12 year old granddaughter, had to sit on their bums on the floor so that puppies were not dropped.
The babies tried their mother's food yesterday, at least for a few minutes. Bonnie seems to be a competitive eater and she didn't give them much time with the kibble.
Ezra with Cake. He kept squeaking the toy wanting her to play ball with him. Two years old.
They were in the yard a bit ago and wore themselves out. They are sleeping hard now, but they have a hard time with Kate around, getting enough sleep. She wants to hold them all the time. As per usual, she has picked the boy as her favorite, so Foster is glorying in his good fortune. But, the girls go from Kathleen to me and Kathleen's favorite of the moment is whichever one is kissing her. They all kiss, so it is whichever one she happens to be holding. Too bad that all the chores are going undone!
The gang has fit in beautifully. Some of their time is spent in the puppy pen and some in the kitchen on the equipment and some out in the side yard that I mowed for them this morning. They seem to be having fun. At about noon yesterday a family who have a Zinger sister came by and socialized the babies. Those children are two and about five years old. They, just like my 12 year old granddaughter, had to sit on their bums on the floor so that puppies were not dropped.
The babies tried their mother's food yesterday, at least for a few minutes. Bonnie seems to be a competitive eater and she didn't give them much time with the kibble.
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| New dino/terradactyl GoDog toy with chew guard guarding the sleeping babies, waiting to welcome them here. |
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Changing of the Guard
Well, four weeks went quickly and the Birthday Bunch came to my house yesterday, right on time, about 10:00 AM. Betty and Skip are either feeling bereft of Bonnie and the Gang, or relieved, or both. I know that Betty was looking forward to spending quality time with Zinger, teaching her Rally, Tracking, Agility and Obedience.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Puppies
Bonnie had her puppies three days ago as you saw. Then Betty started a blog as she is soooooooo excited and awed by the whole thing. Her blog is http//betty-bh.blogspot.com so that you can follow her blog. She is much better at it than I am, for sure!!!
The babies are already getting FAT and Bonnie is a terrific mother. She doesn't want any of us picking up those babies! Crud, we might get hungry and eat one! That is the way she looks at it anyway. Her instincts are to protect them from everything! She'll relax soon!
The babies are gaining weight and look like shiny, fat seals. It is very exciting.
I am going to go to Hawaii this week for about five days. I will send some pictures when I get back.
Aloha!
Charlotte
The babies are already getting FAT and Bonnie is a terrific mother. She doesn't want any of us picking up those babies! Crud, we might get hungry and eat one! That is the way she looks at it anyway. Her instincts are to protect them from everything! She'll relax soon!
The babies are gaining weight and look like shiny, fat seals. It is very exciting.
I am going to go to Hawaii this week for about five days. I will send some pictures when I get back.
Aloha!
Charlotte
Friday, June 17, 2011
Happy Event, June 16th, 2011
When: June 16, 2011
Time: Dinner time and on
Place: Kaczynski's Living Room
Parents: Bonny and Spot
New Arrivals: 3 females and 1 male puppy to be known in puppyhood as: the Birthday Bunch
Char - latte 4.5 oz female grizzle Border Terrier in honor of Charlotte Metzler whose birthday is tomorrow, June 17th
Fos 4.25 oz male blue Border Terrier in honor of Bonny's human mom's father (Foster) who will be 91 on Monday June 20
Cake 4 oz female blue Border Terrier Cake - in honor of the birthday week-end
June 3.5 oz female grizzle Border Terrier named by Spot's human mom for these special June birthdays
Bonny is very pleased with herself as you can plainly see!
Mother and puppies are doing well! Bonny is a natural at this "mother" thing! (Thank goodness!)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
May 24th
Well, England was wonderful and Lesley Gosling treated me like a queen. We traveled somewhere almost every day, and I was privileged to meet and hug and walk her Border Terriers and Grace, her Scottish deerhound. I met a large number of other Border Terriers, some of the ones I only get to see in the Border Terrier Annual that Alan Hedges puts out every year. That was FANTASTIC! Lesley judged 226 Border Terriers in ONE day! There were some beautiful BTs there too, let me tell you that!
I made a connection to get sperm sent over "the pond" from a very nice boy. That will be for Kat's next heat, and that is thanks to Lesley. This may be the start of something very nice, this capability to have puppies fathered by UK males! I'm excited.
The people I met in England were unbelievably nice. I now see why people who are in the know tell me that they would live in England in a heartbeat! I should have taken more pictures than I did, but the flowers were gorgeous, the weather couldn't have been better and the ewes had delivered their lambs so I was in heaven, listening to them baa and spying them and their antics!
We went to Falkirk to see the Falkirk wheel and it is fantastic! It is utilitarian and also a work of art. I will include pictures of it when I get the pictures up.
If anyone is going to go over to the north part of England make sure that you check out a web site called What's Special About. It has on it CDs that one puts into their car or onto an iPod and it narrates the drive with all kinds of historical references, etc. It is really great! I ordered mine before I went over and I'm glad that I did. I got to listen to them without being on the drive and then again on the drive, so I knew what to expect. Only way to go.
Pip and Ono are growing up and are wonderful. Pip is a pistol as well as a lover. Ono is going to be an obedience dog, he heels so perfectly. Primarily, he will be a show dog, but maybe the breeder will learn how to train an obedience dog!
I may have lost my England pictures.... Keep your fingers crossed that they turn up. I just may not know how to put them on the computer using a foreign photo card. I don't know!
I made a connection to get sperm sent over "the pond" from a very nice boy. That will be for Kat's next heat, and that is thanks to Lesley. This may be the start of something very nice, this capability to have puppies fathered by UK males! I'm excited.
The people I met in England were unbelievably nice. I now see why people who are in the know tell me that they would live in England in a heartbeat! I should have taken more pictures than I did, but the flowers were gorgeous, the weather couldn't have been better and the ewes had delivered their lambs so I was in heaven, listening to them baa and spying them and their antics!
We went to Falkirk to see the Falkirk wheel and it is fantastic! It is utilitarian and also a work of art. I will include pictures of it when I get the pictures up.
If anyone is going to go over to the north part of England make sure that you check out a web site called What's Special About. It has on it CDs that one puts into their car or onto an iPod and it narrates the drive with all kinds of historical references, etc. It is really great! I ordered mine before I went over and I'm glad that I did. I got to listen to them without being on the drive and then again on the drive, so I knew what to expect. Only way to go.
Pip and Ono are growing up and are wonderful. Pip is a pistol as well as a lover. Ono is going to be an obedience dog, he heels so perfectly. Primarily, he will be a show dog, but maybe the breeder will learn how to train an obedience dog!
I may have lost my England pictures.... Keep your fingers crossed that they turn up. I just may not know how to put them on the computer using a foreign photo card. I don't know!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Names
I haven't told you Annie's puppies names and why I gave them these puppy/baby names. These are usually NOT the names they carry through life.
The biggest girl has a little white spot on her lower lip. I call her Milklip. The little girl is darker and I call her Chocolip. They are both careful little girls, like Sting. Just a tiny bit timid, not bad, and they do well. They are actually good as they won't jump in without looking, yet they are not scaredy cats! They do go and have fun, etc.
The boys are Thinker, Veeb or Veeber, Speck and Flame. These names all have to do with the white spot on their chests.
The kids are going outside regularly now, at least when it isn't raining too hard. We have had a lot of rain lately, but they get out daily. The grass is growing faster than they are. Sometimes I wonder if I'll lose them! Just kidding.
My camera has been not focusing, so these were taken by Kathleen's camera. I'll see what I can do this week and this coming weekend to get some good ones myself. I need to find the camera "rule" book! Don't hold your breath, but keep your fingers crossed!
The biggest girl has a little white spot on her lower lip. I call her Milklip. The little girl is darker and I call her Chocolip. They are both careful little girls, like Sting. Just a tiny bit timid, not bad, and they do well. They are actually good as they won't jump in without looking, yet they are not scaredy cats! They do go and have fun, etc.
The boys are Thinker, Veeb or Veeber, Speck and Flame. These names all have to do with the white spot on their chests.
This is my daughter holding Flame.
The kids are going outside regularly now, at least when it isn't raining too hard. We have had a lot of rain lately, but they get out daily. The grass is growing faster than they are. Sometimes I wonder if I'll lose them! Just kidding.
My camera has been not focusing, so these were taken by Kathleen's camera. I'll see what I can do this week and this coming weekend to get some good ones myself. I need to find the camera "rule" book! Don't hold your breath, but keep your fingers crossed!
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