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All the pups! Curly Coated Retriever

Meet the whole group!

6 weeks and 2 days old
11/21/2001


Liver Boys Black Boys Liver Girls Black Girls

Green Collar

Green Collar

Red Collar

Yellow Collar

Blue Collar

Blue Collar

Yellow Collar

Pink Collar

Red Collar

Orange Collar


11/21/2001: (Day 44)
Today we took a trip into town. (approximately 30 minutes each way) where we took our first set of stacked puppy pictures. The pups not being photographed spent time in an X-pen in an unfamiliar building. The whole outing took about 3 1/2 hrs. Considering standing for pictures in a stacked position is not anything the pups are used to, and is not fun, I think they did very well. To make it easier to tell who is whom, I kept the collars on, and stood the boys on a blue towel, the girls on a pink one. Click on any pups picture to see a larger image. Only one pup made a mess on the trip into town. No one made a mess on the way back. Everyone was quiet and sleepy on the trip home! (not so on the trip there!) This is good practice for the pups first trip to his or her new home.



11/21/2001 Water Water Everywhere!

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Croghan NY 13327


About the Book

Follow a litter of puppies from birthday until they go to their new homes. The diary contains lots of pictures, tips on puppy rearing, some breed specific information, and lots of information on the care of any breed of dog.

I started doing an on-line puppy diary since many of the people that would be getting one of my pups would not be able to travel here to see the pups. I did not want to put a bunch of cute puppy pictures online, and encourage anyone to have a litter just because they wanted to see cute puppies! Breeding dogs, if done the right way, is a lot of work. Lost sleep and sometimes heartache. It takes a lot of time, effort and money to raise a litter of puppies. Once I started doing The Puppy Diary, I realized I had a captive audience. These people logged on every day to see the pictures, and read what was happening. I used this opportunity to cram as much education into each day as I could. Health, Coat issues, grooming, feeding, socializing, vet care, puppy evaluations, shipping puppies.... you name it! I tried to put it in The Diary. It was suggested that I make it into a book. Well here it is! There are 560 pictures and over 300 pages of living with and watching one litter grow up.

I am sure may conscientious, caring breeders raise litters similar to the way I do. Its is a good look into the time, money, commitment it takes to bring up a litter of pups. Some of the things that go on behind the scenes, that the eventual puppies owners (family), never realize go into the litter. Enjoy my litter as I see them. Day to day

Contents

Chapter One (Week One) ... Page 1

Seger comes into season
Happy Birthday!
Removing the Dewclaws
Start of the Bio Sensor program

Chapter Two (Week Two) ... Page 48
Coat issues.
Tail Gland Hyperplasia
Do Curlies Shed?

Chapter Three (Week Three) ... Page 94
End of Bio Sensor Exercises
Worming The puppies
Eyes are open
First pup escapes from the box

Chapter Four (Week Four) ... Page 130
Weaning. The great food fight!
Introduction to the puppy play room
Shark Cage

Chapter Five (Week Five) ... Page 156
Field dog? Show Dog? CPE?
Happy Mothers Day!
First Stacked pictures

Chapter Six (Week Six) ... Page 195
Toys! Toys! Toys!
What’s In A Name?
Kids and Dogs
Introduction to Wings

Chapter Seven (Week Seven) ... Page 236
About Puppies and Retrieving
Socialize your puppy
First Shots & Vet Visit
Splish Splash, first bath!

Chapter Eight (Week Eight) ... Page 286
Shape up or ship out!
Requirements to ship puppies
See all the pups!


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