The girls are doing marvellous! They weigh a little more than 3 kg's each, they eat "real" food already with excellent apetite but Thara is still nursing them and they are running around and playing. The girls have now started to spend more and more time with our Spanish waterdog puppies and they like it a lot as they have more friends to play with :)
The girls have also been outside and the first time they acted as they would always have been outside. Especially nice it was when lunch was served outside, Thara nursing them on the lawn but also the real lunch was served outside. Unfortunately the weather is now quite cold and very rainy in Finland so during this week I have not had a chance to have the puppies outside :(
Now You can start to see character differencies; Caffe Espresso is the most active, she is everywhere and she is very curious, Caffe Doppio is the most like their mother = not in a hurry and very gentle and Caffe Latte is something between these two other girls.
The girls are also showing some signs of them being spoiled by their breeder. The girls have gotten used to be up in the bed for a few minutes every evening, just before I go to bed and I pet and cuddle with them and now they are telling us that they would like to be even more up in the bed ;)
lauantai 29. toukokuuta 2010
tiistai 11. toukokuuta 2010
Newest pictures
The little Indians, age: 2 weeks
Hiawatha and Pocahontas
Hiawatha and Pocahontas
Cherokee, Cheyenne and Pocahontas
Caffe Espresso
Caffe Latte
The Coffee -girls
Puppies two weeks old
The puppies are doing fine and enjoying their babyhood - eating, sleeping and again some eating! They have all come well up in weight , they are very even.
The puppies have now developed very fast during the last few days. They are becoming lively "real" pups - they don't just sleep while not eating. Of the Spanish waterdogs Hiawatha and Cherokee were the first one to open their eyes at the end of last week, Pocahontas and Cheyenne opened their eyes during the weekend and now also the Coffee -girls eyes are almost open. The pups are also learning to walk instead of crawling, still the butt is too heavy and they fall down on their butts but their are practicing hard.
All the puppies have had their nails clipped twice and don't seem to mind that much, at least when you do it when they are asleep. During the upcoming weekend the Spanish waterdogs will be served "real" food for the first time, most likely also the Coffee -girls will also get to taste some meat.
The puppies have now developed very fast during the last few days. They are becoming lively "real" pups - they don't just sleep while not eating. Of the Spanish waterdogs Hiawatha and Cherokee were the first one to open their eyes at the end of last week, Pocahontas and Cheyenne opened their eyes during the weekend and now also the Coffee -girls eyes are almost open. The pups are also learning to walk instead of crawling, still the butt is too heavy and they fall down on their butts but their are practicing hard.
All the puppies have had their nails clipped twice and don't seem to mind that much, at least when you do it when they are asleep. During the upcoming weekend the Spanish waterdogs will be served "real" food for the first time, most likely also the Coffee -girls will also get to taste some meat.
keskiviikko 5. toukokuuta 2010
Age a little more than a week and weight a little more than one kilogram
Labour day went quietly beside the puppy crates, or more specifically, it went on the sofa between the puppy rooms watching TV.
Last weekend I seriously thought that can gluttony be inherited? ;) The little Indians were eating too much the whole last weekend and over eating was, of course, causing some stomach pain and then the little Indians were whining and crying. We got the situation solved by taking Thyra out from the puppy room so that the Indians wouldn’t eat continuously and now the puppies are eating normally again. But I was thinking if gluttony can be inherited as this very same has happened to our litters earlier, as a small puppy Thyra sometimes ate too much, in Thyra’s last litter there was one who used to eat too much and now we had two that were eating too much. Thyra’s mother Zogi is also very greedy as well is Thyra :)
Little Emmi-girl has protested over the weekend, probably seeking for attention, although we have tried to give both Emmi and Aatu more attention than usual. Emmi begun over the weekend, as soon as our eyes avoided, to use our bed as her toilet. So, the only option currently is to keep the bedroom door closed which, of course, is a bummer on Aatu’s behalf because he likes to sleep on our bed or underneath the bed. Emmi’s other idea is to jump on the kitchen table, which of course, is not allowed. She has also started to steal things from tables which is not so nice either. We need to figure out something that she will stop with these things.
The little Indians have now for a few days been practicing to walk but yet is very wiggly. The ears are little by little starting to “open” and you can notice that they already can hear very loud noises, like to other dog barking. Also the barbet ears are starting to open but they can’t yet hear anything or if they do, they don’t show it. The barbets are still crawling, no intentions on starting to learn how to walk.
Both litters have gained weight excellently, all barbets being more than one kilogram now and three out of four Spanish waterdogs being more than one kilogram.
The barbets weigh now:
Caffe Doppio (brown female with white asterix on chest) 1060 gr
Caffe Espresso (brown female with white paws) 1070 gr
Caffe Latte (sable) 1125 gr
The little Indians weigh now:
Brown male 1065 gr
Black male 1170 gr
Brown girl 1010 gr
Brown little girl 805 gr
I have today started the registration process at the Finnish Kennelclub and the official names of the puppies will be:
Barbets aka Coffee –girls (http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/types-of-italian-coffee.html)
Hapiberg´s Caffe Doppio
Hapiberg’s Caffe Espresso
Hapiberg’s Caffe Latte
The Spanish waterdogs will be:
Brown male: Hapiberg’s Cherokee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee)
Black male: Hapiberg’s Hiawatha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiawatha)
Brown girl: Hapiberg’s Pocahontas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas)
Brown little girl: Hapiberg’s Cheyenne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne)
When we were breeding rottweilers we followed the alphabet but now with the waterdogs we have had different themes and we continue with that.
Last weekend I seriously thought that can gluttony be inherited? ;) The little Indians were eating too much the whole last weekend and over eating was, of course, causing some stomach pain and then the little Indians were whining and crying. We got the situation solved by taking Thyra out from the puppy room so that the Indians wouldn’t eat continuously and now the puppies are eating normally again. But I was thinking if gluttony can be inherited as this very same has happened to our litters earlier, as a small puppy Thyra sometimes ate too much, in Thyra’s last litter there was one who used to eat too much and now we had two that were eating too much. Thyra’s mother Zogi is also very greedy as well is Thyra :)
Little Emmi-girl has protested over the weekend, probably seeking for attention, although we have tried to give both Emmi and Aatu more attention than usual. Emmi begun over the weekend, as soon as our eyes avoided, to use our bed as her toilet. So, the only option currently is to keep the bedroom door closed which, of course, is a bummer on Aatu’s behalf because he likes to sleep on our bed or underneath the bed. Emmi’s other idea is to jump on the kitchen table, which of course, is not allowed. She has also started to steal things from tables which is not so nice either. We need to figure out something that she will stop with these things.
The little Indians have now for a few days been practicing to walk but yet is very wiggly. The ears are little by little starting to “open” and you can notice that they already can hear very loud noises, like to other dog barking. Also the barbet ears are starting to open but they can’t yet hear anything or if they do, they don’t show it. The barbets are still crawling, no intentions on starting to learn how to walk.
Both litters have gained weight excellently, all barbets being more than one kilogram now and three out of four Spanish waterdogs being more than one kilogram.
The barbets weigh now:
Caffe Doppio (brown female with white asterix on chest) 1060 gr
Caffe Espresso (brown female with white paws) 1070 gr
Caffe Latte (sable) 1125 gr
The little Indians weigh now:
Brown male 1065 gr
Black male 1170 gr
Brown girl 1010 gr
Brown little girl 805 gr
I have today started the registration process at the Finnish Kennelclub and the official names of the puppies will be:
Barbets aka Coffee –girls (http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/types-of-italian-coffee.html)
Hapiberg´s Caffe Doppio
Hapiberg’s Caffe Espresso
Hapiberg’s Caffe Latte
The Spanish waterdogs will be:
Brown male: Hapiberg’s Cherokee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee)
Black male: Hapiberg’s Hiawatha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiawatha)
Brown girl: Hapiberg’s Pocahontas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas)
Brown little girl: Hapiberg’s Cheyenne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne)
When we were breeding rottweilers we followed the alphabet but now with the waterdogs we have had different themes and we continue with that.
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