Moxie and Thriller's litter Born July 1 2008
CH SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams CGC, WC, RN, RA, JH and CH Down DaTrail Hunting Thrills CD
Moxie and Thriller's litter
+ Total hearing/visual capacity
+ Will investigate anything
+ Can't respond yet to name
Canine Socialization Period (21 - 49 Days):
Interacting with his mother and littermates, the pup learns various canine behaviors. He is now aware of the differences between canine and human societies.
Human Socialization Period (7 to 12 Weeks):
The pup has the brain wave of and adult dog. The best time for going to a new home. He now has the ability to learn respect, simple behavioral responses: sit, stay,
come. Housebreaking begins. He now learns by association. The permanent man/dog bonding begins, and he is able to accept gentle discipline and establish
confidence.
Everyone waiting to get out!
August 14th, Day 44
It's going to be a nice day today, so the boys are loaded up in the puppy truck for a trip outside
The girls hang out in the play room, and will go out later
they get to help mom with the dishes
They boys have finished breakfast
Now to get down to some seriouse play time!
August 15th, Day 45
Let us out and feed us!
Liver girl after breakfast
Black girl likes to sleep on top of the big stuffed catapiller
So does Moxie, but she doesn't fit!
Pictures will be a little late today. I hope to get the pups up to camp! It has been so rainy here, they haven't had the chance to go to the lake. (Nor have we in a while!)
Well, it turned out to be another rainy day. Can't get a break here!
So we didn't make it up to camp with the pups. They got to run around the yard quite a bit in between showers.
Chasing mom was the focal point of most of the games!
Hide and seek in the trees was another good game
August 17th, Day 47
Wake up sleepyhead! time to go outside!
Some of the pups checking out the crates
I have three pens hooked together. One has a door. The pups start out by trying to get through the pen wall. Then they learn if they follow it around, they find the door.
They soon get very good at finding the door!
The taller pen has a shade tarp over it.
| At the puppy evaluations, Eva brought me a copy of Dogs In Review magazine. Moxie (CH SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams CGC, WC, RN, RA, JH) tied for 2007 Dogs in Review's top Dam for Curly Coated Retrievers!
Among her offspring are:  CH Softmaple's Pheasant Dreams WC, CGC, RN, RA, JH also won the Brood Bitch Class at the 2007 CCRCA national Specialty. She was pregnant with this litter at the time!
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August 18th, day 48
Morning pictures.
Blue boy, dunking for toys
Day 49!
We had puppy evaluations today. The pups went on a 2 hr car ride, spent all day at Grace Farms
I just got home, and will post the stacked pictures, and a little run down of the puppy evaluations and testing tomorrow.
I was happy with how everyone did. Not a lot of surprises in the test. The two girls did much better than I had thought they would do. Even though they have the bodies of younger pups, they have the minds of 49 day old pups. :-)
And now we must all take naps!
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The Puppy Diary thrugh PayPal for $19.95
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Cathy Lewandowski
8282 Soft Maple Road
Croghan NY 13327
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!
