Dante Plays Frisbee

Dante (litter A) has been learning how to play Frisbee.  Here is a quick video of him when he makes his first catch ever.  He's a boy who loves to play, especially at the park. We love to see updates from our babies!

And Then There Were None...

Where have the last 3 months gone???  We went from having 2 adult dogs, to adding 9 sweet puppies, and now we are back to just the 2 original adults.  All the puppies are officially with their new families and beginning life adventures in the real world.  This weekend we cleaned up all the puppy pens, supplies, play areas, and gear....sanitized and put everything away until the next litter. Melancholy time around here, for sure! :o( The past 3 months have flown by!!! What joy, light, and life these puppies bring into our daily lives. Gratefully, they all have gone to excellent homes and they'll continue to be well loved and cared for. We cherish the pictures and updates we get of these babies whom we've loved as our own since before they were even born!

Here are a few pics looking back at the first few days with these sweet little ones and their very happy, loving, extremely attentive mother. It's amazing how much they've grown and what they have learned in just 3 short months!  We love our little dobie babies!

9 Weeks Old

I can't believe all the little babies are 9 weeks old today!  Time has really flown by!  Everyone is with their new families except these two sweeties, Natasha & Black Bart, who are waiting to get their ears cropped tomorrow.  We will meet up with two of their brothers, Gus & Redd, at the ear cropping vet and they can all become cone heads together!

Today we had a little adventure and went to Petsmart for the first time.  These little ones got loved on and thought all the people and sights were great fun!  They now have new collars because they have outgrown their newborn puppy collars.  Natasha will now be sporting a lovely red collar and Black Bart will sport a nice black collar.  Happy 9 week old birthday, little ones!

Another one gone...

Sweet little Jewel (purple collar female) is now in the loving hands of her new family! They are so happy to have her with them and it will be a big surprise for the mom and older girls in the family to see she is home earlier than they thought.

More Puppies Leaving

Four little ones went to their new homes yesterday: blue, red, brown, and black collar boys. They are all really lucky, though, because they are going to family members so they will get to see each other very regularly and will have lots of fun playing when they get together, remembering they are brothers. We sure love these wild and crazy boys!

"Regulus" AKA "Gus" (Blue collar) & Red Collar (name TBD)

"Knolly" (Brown collar) and Kona (Black collar)

Going Home

Our first puppy went to her new home today: cute little yellow collar girl.  She is already cherished so much and we know she will come to love her new home and family just as much as she's loved being here with us, her Mom, and all her siblings!  Her name is now Anya Rose in honor of our sweet Momma doggie and friend Anya Belle who passed away in May.  We look forward to watching her thrive in the coming years.

This coming week we will send home the majority of our puppies.  A couple will hang out with us for a few more weeks until their newly cropped ears are all healed up.  We are sad to see everyone starting to leave, but it is okay because they are all going to awesome homes!

6 Weeks Old!!!

How can it be that these sweet little babies are 6 weeks old already?!  They are growing and changing and having such great experiences.  They have gone from awkward, uncoordinated puppies to confident little dogs in a very short amount of time.  It is such a joy and pleasure to watch and interact with them every waking minute!  This week they have gotten a lot more steady on their legs.  They not only walk without tumbling over; but they run, romp, and go up and down stairs too.  They have enjoyed exploring the puppy obstacles in the yard, as well as creating obstacles and having adventures of their own making.  They have discovered the joy of playing with toys, as well as wrestling together even more roughly than before!  They have graduated from eating puppy mash (dry puppy food soaked in goat's milk, egg, and cottage cheese) to eating puppy food mixed with coconut oil to keep their coats healthy and glistening.  Their little teeth are like razors so you'd better keep your toes inside your shoes when these little rascals are around!  :o)  They are still very sweet and snugly and don't mind being held and coddled.  They love their time with Momma, but find they enjoy being independent and free most of all.  Mom still takes great care of them and has not tired of her nurturing role.  We love these little puppies so much!

Males

Females

5 Weeks Old!!!

These puppies are so fun and this is our all-time favorite puppy age! We really love them! As a litter they are really enjoyable. For the most part, they are pretty calm, playful, curious, super friendly, loving, and responsive to the activities we do with them. When you get them one-on-one you see more of their personalities coming out. Some are definitely more dominant than others, but all are going to make really excellent companions and family members.  A couple of them REALLY love to eat and are just growing like weeds compared to their siblings.  The largest puppy (black collar male) is 6.5 lbs and the smallest puppy (orange collar male) is 4.5 lbs.  However, all are extremely healthy, good-natured, happy puppies.  We are in love!

Kobe, the water and rock loving doggie!

This is Kobe, age 13 months, from our last litter. His "aunt" shared these pictures with us and we love them! She says, "He is just the sweetest. My brother really lucked out getting him from you guys and he loves him so much and they are a great pair. I get to tend Kobe every once in a while in St. George so I love him like he's my own!"

We are always so happy when we hear great reports back from our previous puppy's families. They are all so loved and well cared for. It is very gratifying to know that they bring such joy to their families. We feel blessed to be a small part in bringing happiness and love to people through these amazing, intuitive, and nurturing Dobermans!

Kobe's daddy said Kobe had to take his favorite toy to bed with him....his rock!  Such a silly puppy!

4 Weeks Old!

4 weeks old and half way to being ready for their new families! They get cuter and more playful everyday! These little ones are so sweet. They've had some big milestones this past week: starting potty training, starting solid foods, graduating to a different puppy pen, baths, and lots of visitors. They are handling everything like champs and we are loving their temperaments and personalities that we are seeing coming out. Mom still takes great care of them but they are definitely becoming more independent and ok about having her away for longer periods of time. They still love her snuggles, kisses, and mommy time, though.

Pepper Jack Playing Ball

This is a video of Sgt. Pepper Jack Dancer, age 13 months, a puppy from our last litter.  He is just as ball crazy as his mama!  He's such a happy, smart, playful guy!  We love to see our past babies loving life and so doing well.  Thanks to his daddy Mike for keeping us regularly up to date.  We love it!

3 Weeks Old!

How can it be that these little sweeties are 3 weeks old already?  They get cuter and more playful and fun by the minute!  We sure love having these little ones in our home.  They love to snuggle with us and their Momma.  But they especially love playing and wrestling with each other.  They experiment with every sort of vocalization possible (barking, howling, whining, growling, humming, etc.) and they sometimes create quite the ruckus! Everyone's teeth are coming in and they will have their first experience with eating puppy mash today.  They will love it!  Momma still dotes on them and takes excellent care of them, but she is also enjoying having a little more time to herself as they have become more independent.  What a fun group of puppies!