So long R's

Duncan and I took the puppies up to CCI puppy park today. It's a looooong drive from Castro Valley to Santa Rosa with a car full of barking, whining and howling pups. They all survived the trip and were more than happy to get out of the car and stretch their legs in puppy park when we got there. Here are some random pictures I took during turn-in. Photography was difficult as they just didn't want to stop moving.

Rae

Ronin



Rizzo and Riona REALLY liked the keys......








Riona and Reena chasing Duncan into a chair


Reena


Rowan

Rube, Rae and Rajah



Rufio and Reena


Rufio and Rizzo


Reena plays queen of the hill......
Hope everyone enjoys the pictures as much as we enjoyed the puppies!!!

Post Puppy Party

We had our final puppy party today. Good crowd, around 12 people. Now we can enjoy the benefit of a successful socialization party.....the peace and quiet of pooped pups.

Here come the "R"s!!

Presenting the "R"s!!!

RUBE








REN













RAE










RIZZO







ROWAN













RUFIO










REENA










RIONA










RONIN










RAJAH

Random Photos

No one can resist our cuteness!! Now let us out to play!!

(Left to right there's Ren, Rowan and Rube)

Our first solid (sorta...) meal. Think we figured it out okay?







Here we are just before our eyes opened.

Update

Della and puppies are doing very well. Everyone's eyes are now open and they are all busy exploring their pool and each other. I can definitely see a difference in Della's attitude with this litter. She takes a lot more convincing to get in the pool and feed everyone than in previous years. I think she would have been much happier if she had had fewer puppies.

I guess I forgot to post this, but the dad for this litter is Lamont.


Look, we stretch across our entire pool!!


Too cute..........


Yep, we're part Lab alright!!


"Am I done with puppies yet?!!"

Photo time

All ready to get going. That's our new puppy, Rev, on the left. He hasn't a clue what's going to happen.


Finally, our first puppy, Red, a boy.


A little farther along.



They come out wet....


but soon they're dry!!


Della says "what, I have to do this again!! sigh............"




Here is a pic of our "surprise" puppy. His color is green (number 10), but we're calling him "Johnny" (as in Johnny come lately) for now.

Or maybe 10.............

Well, Della managed to pull a fast one on us. After having her 9th puppy over 2 hours after her 8th and then only after a shot of oxytocin, we were sure she was done. Ashley and I took her out for potty time, washed her in the tub, dried her and installed her in the Della cave with clean bedding and some food. We checked on the pups from time to time until it was time for dinner. After dinner Duncan wanted to pet the pups so we told him to sanitize his hands and count them while he waited for an adult to supervise his visit. So he goes, "1, 2, 3, 4 yellow puppies, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 black puppies". At first we thought he was joking or having trouble counting them as they were all piled together and the light is dimmer under the sheet. When he insisted that there were 6, we went and checked and by darn, there was number 10! Ms. Della had done the whole job quietly by herself while we were having dinner!! :0)