A couple more from today

Snow Day

Its a beautiful sunny day.....still cool, but not too bad, so the puppies got to go outside for a run this morning! They had a ball chasing their Mom around, but pretty soon their little feet were getting cold so we came in, but they sure enjoyed their time in the snow, even if it was just for a little while!

They are left to right:

Elli beside her mom

Then Hickman, Diamond, Shay, with Redi and Shine trying to figure out how the gate opens!

Shay

Shay, is staying here with me. What can I say....I've waited a long long time for a red merle :) You should never ever pick a puppy on color, but thats probably what I did:o) Along with the fact that I love her mom so much, and know that I found a pretty darn good puppy dad too :o)

Elli

Elli......chatty Elli :o) Elli is becoming a "talker"....especially at dinner time :) Elli is going to join Janna Heuer in Urbana Illinois, where she's going to get to work stock, and learn to track and do just about anything else that Janna thinks they should try!

Hickman

This puppy is waiting for the Hickman family to come and get her. She'll be joining Darrell and Leila and their family, and probably getting to hang out at the Lakeland College stockdog club. What a great facility, and a lucky pup!

Sprite

Sprite is waiting patiently for her new mom Lisa, who's due home shortly from Iraq! Then Sprite will be living in Missoula Montana with Lisa and Dan, where she'll get to do some stock work with Lisa.

Diamond

Did you wonder where this pup came from? :o) Diamond used to be Wtchy :) She is an incredibly athletic, and active pup! Diamond will be joining Laura & Kevin Radford in Alva, Oklahoma working for a living on their 2000 head LK Cattle Co. operation.

Shine

"Shine", the shinest little black tri female you ever saw :o) Shine's bite appears that it will be undershot like her mothers. Shine is available to an active home on a spay contract. She loves to heel and very much reminds me of her mother, so I expect she'll be a heck of a working dog. Please contact me for pricing on Shine.

Danny

This is "Danny". Danny is a very handsome blue merle male. He has a wonderful disposition, he loves to cuddle.....he also loves to heel :o) Danny would make a great addition to any farm or ranch, or any home who will love him and give him the active life he needs. Danny is available to the right working home.

Redi

This is "Redi" our special needs girl. You see Redi's right hind femur is broken....

When?........ we don't know!

How??..........we have no idea!

And to watch her you'd never know it is broken. She uses her leg just fine, and she can run and chase her sisters and brother (and catch them!) with no problem. You see, it just doesn't seem to bother her! The surgeons at the Vet College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan have looked at her xrays and have determined that nothing should be done to her leg, at least not now, and maybe never. Redi, is available free of charge to the *right* home, that will love her and give her that special life she SO deserves. Until then, she'll remain here with me.

Snow Fun!

Today we got to go outside with Mom to investigate the yard and find out what snow is all about! And we can tell you ITS COLD! But we kinda liked it, and did you know you can eat that stuff??? Mom got the zoomies.....she's kinda goofy :) and we ran around a bit with her, but it was still kinda cold for us so we couldn't stay out long. Here's a picture each of us on our first snow day!

http://picasaweb.google.com/LBarJcowdogs/SnowDay?authkey=Gv1sRgCP_04dKqtPXV8AE#

We beep when we pass scanners :)

Our big adventure was a trip into town this morning to visit our vet :o) We HOWLED all the way into town just so mom knew we were in the van ! We all got our first vaccinations and we got our micro chips implanted, and we were all *very* brave, well except for WTCHy she cried a little.....she likes to think she's 10 feet tall and bullet proof, but she's not :) Mom says maybe we can go out and play in the snow tomorrow as long as it doesn't get too cold, and then Mom's going to work our big sister Chili on the calves........boy, WE can't wait until we're big enough to do that too! :)

7 Weeks

Hard to believe the little angels (and I use that term loosely!) are 7 weeks old! Life has gotten quite routine for them now. Up early, let them have a good run and play, then feed them breakfast and put them in their room for the day. Larry feeds them their lunch and then when I get home from work they have dinner and they are let out into the rec room to play until their last feeding of the day and then its off to beddy-bye for them. I had to laugh tonight when I gave them dinner......when Cathy brought me my new puppy feeding pan I thought it was so HUGE....its not so big now, and they are eating everything I give them.

here's a few pics from tonights round of carnage :o) I have to go clean the "wreck" room now!

as before, if this link doesn't work, copy and paste it into your browser....it should work then. I think I fixed this again, so this link *should* work now! :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/LBarJcowdogs/KyaXTrayPuppiesAt7Weeks?authkey=Gv1sRgCKrsjIiardHm4gE#

Dance little puppy Dance!

You know its TOO cold out when.........dancing to a CD on the computer with 8 puppies and their mom is what you decide to do to keep everyone occupied! With a George Strait CD on the 'puter, the puppies all crowded around me, thinking I had clearly lost my mind.....but then one by one they they went "cool......that looks like fun!" and joined in :o) Then their mom came to join us, which just made everything that much more fun and it became quite a good game :) The dogs are all feeling very cooped up these days as with temps in the mid minus 30's, it doesn't take long for paws to freeze up. The weatherman is promising better days ahead, maybe even ABOVE freezing by week's end. I sure hope he keeps his promise!!

new puppy pics soon!

5 Week Old Puppies!

A few quick candid shots of the pups tonight when I was supposed to be cleaning their room :o) Please ignore the few "pee patches" I was having too much fun laughing at their antics and trying to get a picture or two to get the pee wiped up before the pictures. I let them have the run of our rec room downstairs every night when I get home from work. It really is a "wreck room", but a great place for puppies to run and play when it is too cold outside.

Larry took these pictures this morning when the sun came out. I love the hoar frost....I think its beautiful!

Enjoy the pups! I've fixed (I think) the link to the pups pictures......hope this works better for everyone!

http://picasaweb.google.com/LBarJcowdogs/KyaXTrayPuppiesDec3?authkey=Gv1sRgCIDfnrL1z6zvGA#

Joan

http://picasaweb.google.com/LBarJcowdogs/KyaXTrayPuppiesDec3?authkey=Gv1sRgCIDfnrL1z6zvGA&feat=directlink

Little Monsters...

Wow.....I can't believe it.....the kids are 5 weeks old today! Yesterday I let them out of their puppy room for the first time, and they ventured tentatively into the rec room for a look around. Then retreated back to their room.......then came out again. That cycle repeated a few times, each time they got a little braver. Tonight when I let them out.....they TUMBLED out the door and took off like billard balls all around the room! I thought I'd take this opportunity to clean their room, but it probably wasn't one of my better ideas :o) Have you ever seen a garbage bag fly across a room being towed by a very determined pup?? I tried for some pictures but my camera just can't focus fast enough so I will try for some stills.......hopefully tomorrow night. Maybe I should take them now......they're sleeping like little angels at the moment :o))