So I have now heard from all but 2 of Della's "G" puppies' PR's. They are, of course, scattered all over the country. However, this time there are actually 3 puppies staying in the Bay Area, making it easier to keep in touch, and I actually get to see them once in a while! :-) So, without further ado, here are the puppies' known locations:
Galen- (COC) Oakland, CA
Gaius- ?
Gordan- VI ?
Gillian II- Virginia
Gemma V- Panama City, FL
Gaylor II- San Jose, CA
Ginny II- Fremont, CA
Gypsy V- Colorado Springs, CO
Gilden- Evergreen, CO
Godwin- ? (but I have heard from her PR)

Galen (now called Ginger, so she can have a girl's name) came to visit over the weekend with her new family. I couldn't believe how much she has grown. She is almost as big as our Brittany already! I finally got to check out her mouth. She does indeed have a fair amount of overbite. Her new family is going to take her to a dental veterinary specialist in S.F. to take care of where her lower teeth are hitting her palate. She is doing great and is in good, loving hands.

Della has calmed down from her PPP and is doing great, already back to her pre-pregnancy weight and looking trim and muscular. I think that it really helps her physical recovery having Siri, our labradoodle, to romp and tussle with. Especially in the winter when it is too wet to go to the enclosed, grass (read MUD in the winter), dog park. It is hard to believe, but Della already has puppies turning in this month. Clementine and Cyrano, both in Florida, are turning in. My how time flies. I don't know about the pups in the other regions, but I do know that Cecil and Cressida, both in NWR, won't turn in until May. Still too soon for their PR's, but I know that Angie felt a little better about her turn in date when I told her how early SER turned in.

Not much else to say. I will be sure and let everyone know as soon as Della goes into heat again, or I hear more from her PR's.

P P P!!!

That stands for Post Puppy Psychosis and that stands for Della. I don't know how other dogs in the program react after their puppies go up to CCI, but Della seems to spend the whole next month reverted to puppyhood. She barks, she bounces, she chews up anything lying on or near the ground. She did this last litter too and ate up a number of the kids toys (that'll teach them not to put their stuff away!!). This time I was expecting it and bought her several soft toys that she could destroy. Still, I would love to know why she does this. You would think she wouldn't miss the puppies. She pretty well ignores them once they wean and she is very jealous of the attention they get when they are here. Then she gets all crazed when they go. Go figure........

TTFN "G" litter

The house seems so empty (and quiet, clean and good smelling! :-) ) with our little "G"'s all gone off to their PR's. To paraphrase Gilbert & Sullivan (Pirates of Penzance) "While individually we love you all with affection unspeakable, taken collectively you produce a mess and noise that we view with a disgust that amounts to absolute detestation." Not quite detastation, but it does get quite noisy and messy the last 2 weeks (and I couldn't resist a good G&S misquote). So far we have heard from all the PR's except those for Gaius, Gordon and Gillian. Hopefully they will contact me once the PR letter gets sent to their PR's.

The day after turn-in we had our first COC (change of career) out of 2 litters. Galen was COC'd for having an over-bite, I guess they can't pick up things as well as needed for the program so they dismiss them early and let them just be pets. Not to worry, I have a friend who is ecstatic to be getting her for their first dog. She will get to grow up with 2 great kids in a great family, and I will get to see her grow up, something I haven't gotten to do with any of the pups yet. In addition, both Ginny and Gaylor will be raised in the Bay Area, so score for me!!! :-)


Galen


Gaius


Gordon


Gillian


Gemma


Gaylor


Ginny


Gypsy


Gilden


Godwin

Names

We now have names to go with colors for all the puppies. We didn't do quite as well as the last litter, only 6 of 10 names were our picks as opposed to 9 out of 10 last litter. But we still got some cute/interesting names. Without further ado I present Della's "G" litter of 2007!!

Galen (girl)


Gaius (boy)


Gordon (boy)


Gillian (girl)


Gemma (girl)


Gaylor (girl)


Ginny (girl)


Gypsy (girl)


Gilden (girl)


Godwin (boy)

And the winner is......

Light pink. Yesterday she became the first to go overboard from the whelping pool for this litter. Della was standing outside the pool and I guess pink just didn't want to wait for her meal. Either that or Ashley has turned her into a little diva. Here is a picture of her with Ashley in their halloween costumes.



Because of the escapee the pups have moved to their new home, our 4ft x 8ft pen.


At 3 weeks of age, it is getting a little crowded at the diner....


And no one knows that better than mom!!

Orange

I think that Orange is trying to make up for being the smallest in the litter by being the most advanced. So far she has been the first to open her eyes, the first to lick, and today she is the first to really walk. Such an over-achiever! :-)

Happy (belated) Hallowe'en!!

Here are the latest, holiday pictures of Della's G litter. Some pictures are better than others, wiggly puppies are difficult subjects!! ;-) Della is still doing great and all the puppies are growing well. Purple continues to be the bruiser of the group, having topped 2 pounds by day 7!!


RED


BLUE


PURPLE


NEON GREEN


NEON PINK


BROWN


LIGHT PINK


TURQUOISE


ORANGE


DARK GREEN