8 Weeks

Welcome new extended family members! All of the puppies have gone off to their new homes, except for Liliah, formerly Ms. Rainbow, who will be staying here with us. She will be kept open for breeding.

Marleen Mandt and Oscar, formerly Mr. Orange, who now lives in Renton, Washington. He will be kept open for breeding.

Deeann Zessin & Rebecca Zessin holding Sam, formerly Mr. Red. Sam is living with the Zessin family in Pekin, Illinois and he will be kept open for breeding.


The Beyett family holds Ali, formerly Ms. Pink. She is now living in Bay City, Michigan with her new big brother, Mountain Laurel Elijah.

Jon, little Cameron, and Lisa Pease holding Ivy, formerly Ms. Purple. Ivy is now living with the Pease family in Duluth, Minnesota.

The Lotharius family with Sasha. Sasha, formerly Ms. Yellow, is now living with the Lotharius family in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Matt Laughlin holding Tully, formerly Mr. Black. Tully is now living with Matt and Margaux Laughlin in Boulder, Colorado.

7 Weeks

Rainbow - Name Undecided Still

Yellow and Orange - Kikiah

Black - Tully

Purple - Ivy

Pink - Ali

Red - Sam

Yellow - Sasha

Purple and Pink
Nikki and her kids

Red and Orange

Orange and Rainbow

The puppies are now seven weeks old and they are still the sweetest litter we've had. They start leaving the nest this weekend, which will be one of those days of joy and sadness. I'm busy getting everything ready for the new owners and haven't had all the time in the world to take pictures, but here is the last of the bunch of them all together.

6 Weeks

Orange 8.11#

Yellow 7.15#

Pink 8.4#

Purple 7.5#

Rainbow - 8.12#

Red 8.7#

Black 8.0#

Wait mama, we're hungry!
Nikki is still nursing!

I just realized that I only have two weeks left with my babies! Time has flown by so fast. Well, this week was full of fun and games. Last weekend we had a party with lots of kids and adults. The puppies were the hit of the party, as they ran around on the patio, providing the entertainment. I lost count a long time ago of how many visitors we have had, but I would say that we have already hit the 100 visitor mark, easily.

I closed off our patio with baby gates. The pups only had to knock one down once to figure it out and they had a couple of escapes before I found a way to secure the gate. Now they just jump up and down on it and whine. They have a baby pool, tunnel, box maze, many different toys, and a mini trampoline to play with. They are having a blast, in between long naps that is.

The puppies eat regular puppy kibble now, which makes feeding time much easier and cleaner. We have our CERF appointment scheduled for Wednesday and we're having a puppy visitor, Mysti (a Chinook from the recent Lily Blossom litter at Great Mountain) visit for a few days until she can head to her new home in Ohio at Boreayl Chinooks. I'm sure that Mysti will show up in several of our photos this week.

I haven't gotten any good photos yet, so I'll probably come in and change these around. My picture time has been taken up with school clothes shopping for Alex, a leaky water pressure tank in the basement that had to get replaced today, some new fans getting installed, grocery shopping, cleaning, puppy paperwork and bringing puppy stuff up and down from the basement in preparation for our CERF visit. I'm exhausted, but I still managed to take some pictures. Yes, I guess you can call it multi-tasking! Oh, and I forgot to mention that we had horrid storms last night and the pups didn't even notice. They played happily in a light misty rain and enjoyed romping in the puddles.