Wednesday, April 13, 2011

First Pictures of the Babies

The puppies and Islay have been amazing. I was so worried with so many puppies that we would have to split them up but so far Islay has been wonderful with them!





Monday, April 11, 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Islay/Shooter Puppies are Here!!

April 4th, 2011, Islay had her 12 babies, 3 girls and 9 boys.  The whelping started at 6:30 am and didn't finish till the last one came at 11 pm.  What a long day for her and me!!  Fortunately Doris Berry came for the afternoon to help me and gave me a chance to take a little nap while Islay also took a 4 hour rest in the middle of it all.  I was most surprised by the size of the puppies.  One girl was 12 oz.  But everyone else was a pound or more!!  I figured she had 15 or more pounds of puppies and afterbirth in her!!  Shown here is a picture of my poor girl a few days before the birth.

Breeder of Merit!


I have been awarded Breeder of Merit by the AKC. This is a new program for the AKC to showcase their top breeders with this classification.