11/3/03—Puppy Visit:
Today was the puppies’ first day spending all day outside. When I arrived they all ran over and started nibbling on my ankles—real
anklebiters! It was a mistake to wear Topsiders because they thought the laces were chewtoys. Yogi lost two of his sisters yesterday, the first two to leave the litter. He comes home with me on Thursday
evening. I took some video tonight so sooner or later I’ll be able to post some clips of the puppies playing together.
10/28/03—Puppy Visit by Paul with Chris & Joyce Gettings:
Yogi was a bit subdued last night—either he wasn’t feeling well or was just tired. But he didn’t mind being held at all. I held him
while Meg gave him his medicine, which was no big deal. Meg and Roger said that he’s more likely to come over and say hello after the rest of the pups have had their chance. They also said that Yogi
likes to crawl over the other pups when they’re sleeping and wake everybody up. He’s going to be a character, that’s for sure!
He’s grown about twice as big in the week since I last saw him. He’s not the smallest of the litter, but he’s not the biggest, either
(which is a good thing). Some of the black ones with big grey feet look like daddy may have been a German Shepherd. Chris and Joyce seemed to like the smallest black one the best; they’re already talking
“Christmas present” for Harlot and Vixen ;>)
10/25/03—Report from Yogi’s doggie “Mom” Meg:
We [Meg and Roger] took Yogi to the vet today. He was peeing blood and we got an oral antibiotic for him. It's unusual for a pup that
young to have that problem so the vet asked if the pups were suckling each other because they might be scratching each other. I told her that I've seen them biting weenies--and she said that if he was
bitten that he might have gotten an infection from that. Marcie held him when we got home and he took his medicine very well. I haven't seen any bloody urine tonight (whew!), but I am keeping an eye out
to see how he does.
The vet was very impressed and noted how calm Yogi is. She checked him out and felt for his testicles. One hasn't dropped yet, but he
does definitely have two. He weighs 5 lb 6 oz. I am taking them to Coolridge Animal Hospital in Maryland and the owner, Dr. Puschek, is a friend of our friend Traci and Ryan. She held Yogi when he first
came in and said she didn't feel anything wrong internally--so he got a double dose of vets this morning. She was quite taken with him, too. He gets a lot of attention being so handsome!
The vet also said getting their shots next week is too soon, so we rescheduled to the 15th. Ellen is coming down here on Saturday the
8th and I didn't want to make her sit at the vet while we get them all shots. You are more than welcome to take him home before that, you'll just have to get his shots at your vet.
I think Dazey has stopped feeding them--I have not seen her feed them in about a week. She might be doing it at night or during the day,
but she has definitely slowed down. They are now eating puppy chow twice a day--thankfully Marcie got them started on puppy food over a week ago.
Today was his first ride in the car and he whined about it. I think it's because we were in a traffic jam on the beltway on the way
back. He rode in a box on the way over and on the way home sat in my lap. He was quite interested in looking out the window and climbed up my shoulder to get a good look at everything!
10/21/03—Puppy Selection Visit:
The puppies seemed much more dog-like this visit than the first time I saw them, when they were a week or two old and just opening their
eyes. Of the three yellow pupsI chose the one that’s a little darker, with some red in his coat, rather than either of the two that are much lighter colored. He seems a little smaller and calmer.
9/24/03—Puppies Born:
There were 12 total, but the last one, a yellow male, was stillborn. That leaves 8 black and 3 yellow.
The story goes that even though Mama (Dazey) has her papers and is a thoroughbred yellow Lab, they don’t know who the father is.
Apparently Dazey was left outside in a dog run and she must have gotten pregnant through the fence! True! So we don’t know how big they’ll get . . .
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