10/18/2024
Big Days!
Big accomplishments!
Puppies starting to go to their new homes, new lives. What a blessing and a wonder it's been!
Tomorrow Paddy-Bracken goes home, and I'm taking Andrew and Solly to see who is best fit - and do I wish them all well!
Zorro has a new name, Aki, and will be going home in another couple weeks, as will Aimee/ Sterling, to Skamania. Bernard is now Griffin and has a big pack of his own, including his Papa Hickory! and Great Auntie Stella-Dottie from Peggy and Jackie's litter, in January 2020.
The thing with holding these guys close for so many weeks (But it goes so fast!! ) is how you get to track their development. When you let them outside for the first time, who holds back? Who walks on out with confidence? When they play,who initiates play or chase, and who hangs back? How do they settle differences? is it amicable or noisy and do you ever have to separate pups? (Not with these.)
And over days and a few weeks you see who is who. And you try to do the best job placing them.
We do the best we can, and sometimes things shake up on their own and we find the gems.
It is so hard to tell people to not focus on the looks of one little face, or someone's color; especially with collies- the nose will grow, the ears will move about, the legs will grow, and grow, and even coat color willl ... will blow your mind.
I do plan to repeat this breeding, of Rosie and Hickory, and if you were curious about a pup, reach out to go on a waiting list. This is an exceptional litter, thank you Hickory and Janelle! And thaks for giving Griffin a new pack and a new Auntie
