Dottie x Tony

Diary of Dottie's puppies

born October 10, 2007

Dottie x Tony

Riverdance Dorothy of Aldebaran JH RN x CH Topform Clayburn Barolo WC

We decided to use Tony with this breeding because of his structure, temperament, birdiness, and trainability. I first saw Tony when I visited Sherry Anderson in December of 2005. What a handsome boy and what a pedigree. In Tony's pedigree are MH producing bitches and sisters of MH. Tony goes back to the first CH/MH bitch, CH Broad Reach Trace of Grace MH. The pedigree also has many BISS (Best in Specialty Show) dogs in his pedigree as well. Some of the BISS dogs in the pedigree are CH Waifin's Wing and a Prayer, CH Dickendall Arnold, AM/CAN CH Linrays Over the Top, CH Tabatha's Drifter at Dickendall JH, and CH Balrion Over To You. The BISS bitch in his pedigree is CH Wiscoy's Disquise The Limit CGC.

To see a picture of Tony: go to my "links" page, click on the link to Sher-Mi Labradors, and on the Sher-Mi website go to "our boys" page to see Tony and his pedigree.

This breeding was a surgical insemination using frozen semen. Dr. Perger performed the surgery on August 12, 2007 (day 16) at 2pm!!!

We measured her abdomen in three places over the course of her pregnancy for comparisons to future litters.

Dottie's pregnancy was confirmed on 9/11/07 via ultrasound, just 4 weeks and 2 days after she was inseminated. Ultrasound can be done as early as 4 weeks after insemination. I took pictures and a video clip and will upload them for you to enjoy at a later date .

The light colored spot inside the dark spot is a puppy!

You can see the pup in the dark spot in the dark circle to the upper right part of the picture.

Dottie was weighed 10/9/07 and weighed 72.2 lbs, full of puppies! We also took audio clips of the heart beats of pups that will be put on the site as well!

Dottie full of pups!

Another view of the Mom-to-be

Dottie's litter was born October 10, 2007!

Dottie and pups are doing well! This was an all black litter: 2 females and 6 males!

10/11/07 Day 1

Red day 1

orange day 1

yellow

green

blue

purple/sparkle

multi/maroon

pink

Day 2

10/13/07 Day 3

Day 3-16 we performed the early neurological stimulation program with the puppies. You can go to Diary of a litter to see what things are done during the program.

10/13/07 Day 3

day 3 group

Day 3

10/14/07 Day 4

10/14/07 Day 4

Day 4 Dottie with maroon

10/15/07 Day 5

Day 5

Red

orange

Orange with Ron

Yellow

Green

Blue

Purple

Maroon

Pink

1 week old!

otter tails indeed!

where does Dottie end and where do the puppies start?

Orange and Momma

red

kisses for red

orange

yellow

green

blue

purple

maroon

pink

2 weeks!

This is the week the pups began opening their eyes!

These two weeks I've felt like I've been in a haze.....

Red

"Hey, I'm just waking up!", says Orange

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Purple

Maroon

Pink

Pumpkin patch!

zzzzzzzz

Dinner!

Puppies in the kitchen!

Teddy, Green, and Yellow!

Elephant and puppy!

"Help, I'm surrounded!" says Pooh.

Momma on guard.

"Hello, who is there?"

Snacking in the kitchen.

Pink and Ron with Dottie watching over it all.

Maroon with Ron

Dragon, Tigger, and Pooh watching over the pups.

Nap time. It was a big day today!

3 Weeks

The pups were wormed this week with Nemex-2 and we began feeding them softened dog food. This was the first week they were taken outside for some lawn time. In addition they were introduced to pheasant wings.

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Purple

Maroon

Pink

Chow hounds!

"What's this?"

Pink in the leaves

Green in the grass

Tiggggger

Yellow teething on the ball

Green teething on Tigger

4 Weeks

The pups were wormed with Nemex-2 again this week.

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Purple

Maroon

Pink

"Nighty Night", says Pooh.

"Pooh"ped Puppy

Ball of fun

Never enough toys!

Let's play outside!

Yahoo! A slide and castle!

"I've got a leaf!"

"What you lookin' at?" says Blue

Green is a Little Tyke.

Pups in a row

"I'm King of the Castle!"

Anyone for a snack?

Dinner on the lawn

5 weeks

11/14/07

Pups were wormed again with Nemex-2. This week the pups were introduced to duck wings. They were not introduced earlier because we are upland hunters and did not have duck on hand. They loved them!

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Purple

Maroon

Pink

Dinner!!!

6 Weeks Old!!!!

11/21/07

Red

Orange

Yellow, just waking up...

Green

Blue

Purple

Maroon

Pink

My great niece, Ayla, and Pink

Over Thanksgiving my nephew and niece brought their two children, age 2 and age 4, to visit. What a fantastic socialization opportunity! The pups were pooped every night!