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Black/Yellow Litter Repeat Breeding - Pups Born 8/31/2009 |
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Scroll down for puppy pictures/updates on this litter. Sire: FC AFC Small Craft Advisory (FC AFC Teddy's Ebonstar James x FC AFC Dutchman Gold Midnite Eve MH) Rough qualified for the National Amateur Retriever Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and the National Open Retriever Championship in 2007. Although he is only seven years old, Rough has 79 Amateur All-Age points and 23.5 Open All-Age points with a total of 11 all-age wins. He is amateur trained and handled and at home is a spoiled and very friendly house dog who loves to climb into your lap for a rub. Rough has OFA Excellent Hips, normal Elbows and Eyes, and is CNM and EIC clear. He weighs in at about 80 lbs. While his pups are still young, several have derby and/or qualifying level field trial placements. AKC#: SR00437501 Dam: Cypreesknees Ramblin Mae JH is the daughter of 2xNAFC FC Candlewood's Ramblin Man and granddaughter of NAFC FC MD's Cotton Pick'n Cropper. At 59 pounds, Mae is a compact, beautiful yellow Lab who is always eager to retrieve or play. She is quiet in the house, and wonderful with children and other pets. In the field she is focused and eager. Her line manners are excellent, her blinds solid, and she does well with both double and triple retrieves. Mae now runs at a senior level and should complete her AKC senior hunter title in this fall (after being detoured by heat and pregnancy) and hopefully move on to run at the Master Hunter level. Mae has passed three legs of her HRC Hunting Retriever (Seasoned) title and three legs of her AKC senior title. Two of Mae's siblings have achieved "qualified all age" status in field trials and another littermate has passed 25 Master Hunter tests at the age of five and qualified in the 2007 and 2008 Master National tests. One of Mae's sisters, Illini's Miss Tara***, has 11 points toward her AFC and competed in the 2009 National Amateur Retriever Championship. Mae's hips are rated OFA Excellent, her elbows are OFA Normal, her eyes are clear of genetic defects, and she is CNM and EIC clear. Based on parentage, all puppies in this litter will be both CNM and EIC Clear. AKC#: SR13346301 Pups from this litter should be capable of performing well in hunt tests and field trials. They should also make outstanding hunting dogs and companions around the house. Both parents are quiet in the house and good with children. These pups should be highly athletic and need families that will provide them with basic training and lots of exercise. Pups are covered by a 28 month guarantee against genetic problems of hips, elbows, eyes, CNM (Centronuclear Myopathy) and EIC (Exercise Induced Collapse) as well as a general guarantee that they are in good health at the time of delivery. Pups will receive early neurological stmulation. They will have dew claws removed, be microchipped, vet examined and have initial shots, and be well socialized with children, adults, and other animals. They will be exposed to birds, water, gun fire, crates, travel in vehicles, and leashes and collars. A $300 deposit is required to reserve a pup. This is a repeat breeding. Photos of a couple of the pups from the prior litter (now seven months old) are shown below. This litter includes 12 puppies: 3 black males, 1 black female, 4 yellow males, and 4 yellow females. Scroll down to see photos. The photos to the left are from the first litter by Rough out of Mae.
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***Pups From First Breeding***
Daxi (5 mos) and Cash (6 months)
*** Going Home - 7 Weeks ***
Maggie (YF9) and Homer (YM11) at their new homes. All the pups are now gone with the exception of Bella (YF10) who will be staying with me to be trained for competition. As of yesterday -- seven weeks and two days -- Bella was retrieving live pigeons to hand so she seems to be living up to her breeding. As people send me photos, I will continue to post them here as a record of the progress of this litter.
***Pups at 6 Weeks -- Almost Ready to Leave***
The pups were six weeks old as of Sunday and will soon be readying to go to their new homes. We spent Saturday at Blue Springs Kennel in Winslow, NJ where my own dogs are trained. It gave the pups some fresh fields to run in and ponds to at least wade in. I didn't push them to actually swim since temperatures are now a little chilly for such young dogs. Driving down to Winslow with 12 puppies and three adult dogs in the truck was a little noisy but not too bad. After the first few minutes, the pups slept the rest of the trip. All puppies sold!
***Pups at 5 Weeks -- Rogue's Gallery***
This will be the first set of photos showing each puppy in the litter. They have now reached an age where almost every photo is blurred by their rapid motion. The pups are now fully weaned. I will be taking them down to Blue Springs Kennel in Winslow this weekend for a little variety,some travel experience, and some swim time. Pups are shown in order of birth: YM1 (Yellow Male 1), BM2, BM3, YM4, YM5, YF6, YF7, BM8, YF9, YF10, YM11, and BF12. Pictures are taken with a supoer wide angle lens from distances of a couple of feet. That can make heads look much larger than normal than they are in real life.
*** Pups at 4 Weeks ***
At four weeks, the pups are showing some real personality. As is often the case, the two smallest pups are showing the most "attitude" with no fear of anything. I've been taking them around to different places so they get exposure to traveling in the truck and in crates. They have also had their first exposure to a live pigeon (they are still to young to really care) and their first exposure to wading in water. Mostly they are now beginning to follow and respond to excited "pup, pup, pup" sounds. They are largely weaned although Mom doesn't want to give up nursing them completely. I have to lock her out of the room and may soon take her back for a vacation with my trainers to get her dried up. One yellow male remains available.
Checking out a new baby on the way.....
*** Pups at 3 Weeks ***
The puppies are now three weeks old. They ate their first "solid" food yesterday. Their eyes have been open for 4-5 days and are beginning to lose some of the blue tinge that you see when they first open. They are also at the point where at about 2 AM they all decide to hold a "town meeting" with enough noise to wake the entire household. Fortunately, that stage tends to end once they have adjusted better to regular food. The problem now is that their teeth have begun to emerge and mom is not willing to feed as long as they would like to be fed. All but a few of the pups have now been sold. A couple of yellow males and a yellow female are still available to the right homes. Over the next week, pups will be fully weaned and begin to go outside to play. Return to this page for updated notes and photos as the litter grows.
*** Mae and Pups at 9 Days ***
Mae is looking pretty good for a dog who has been feeding 12 pups for the last nine days. The pups are doing well also. With such a large litter, some of the puppies were definitely on the small side at birth (8-9 ounces), but everyone has been gaining weight well and they now weight in at between 17 and 27 ounces. They are starting to move around more. Over the next week they should begin walking and opening their eyes. Photos are Mae, the yellow females, the black males, the black female, and the yellow males. Once their eyes open they will begin looking less like slugs and more like dogs.
*** 12 Puppies Are Born!!! ***
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