Hope is Golden - Golden Retriever Pups

05/22/2024

10 weeks of fun is now over. Now it’s time to catch up on our rest!

05/22/2024

Teal knows the drill.

05/22/2024

05/22/2024

Rest up big boy. Tomorrow’s going to be a big day for you.

05/22/2024

10 weeks after birthing 9 pups, Hope’s ready to get back to having fun at the park.

05/19/2024

How sweet is that!

05/18/2024

Dog whisperer Jack working on Sit training with Teal

05/17/2024

Penny (fka purple, violette, purp, puppy #9), our little surprise girl that was born kicking 4 hours after the puppy birthing was supposed to be over, arrived at her furever home today with Simone and Isaac. She has been such a sweet little girl. We’re going to miss her but we know that they already love her.

05/17/2024

Penny (fka purple, violette, purp, puppy #9), our little surprise girl that was born kicking 4 hours after the puppy birthing was supposed to be over, is getting dolled up for her home going trip later this morning. She has been such a sweet little girl. We’re going to miss her.

05/14/2024

Play hard. Sleep hard.

05/13/2024

Penny, learning how to play.

05/13/2024

Teal, learning how to play.

05/08/2024

My, my, how far we have come in 8 weeks. This picture was taken on their birthday at 1:01 pm. On that day, Hope had been birthing puppies since about 930am. When she delivered puppy #8 Roho (now Zeus) at 12:49 we thought she was done. She was exhausted and seemed ready to settle down and start feeding the brood. Little did we know that PurpleGirl (now Penny) was waiting to make her surpise debut about 4 hours later. GreenGirl (Starbie) was the smallest weighing in at 3/4 of a pound. TealBoy and Black/YellowGirl (Daffy) both weighed in at 1 pound. The others were all in between. Last Friday, they all weighed in between 10 and 13 pounds. It’s been absolutely amazing to watch them grow in size and ability over the last 8 weeks.

05/07/2024

So this homegoing story has a bit of a twist - but in a really good way.

The Oswald family visited the puppies a couple of weeks ago. They really had been admiring YellowGirl pics on this page and walked in the door with every intention of making her their dog. But after spending some time with all the pups, GreenGirl was determined to make herself noticed. She was so playful with the Oswald twins and her antics were ultimately successful in winning herself a spot in the Oswald family. The first pic below is the obligatory pick pic with GreenGirl posing with the Oswalds. The plan was for GreenGirl to move in with her new family on Saturday.

Now some of you may have noticed that in many pictures shared over the past few weeks GreenGirl and YellowGirl (originally collared as BlackGirl) always seemed to be close together. They were even together in birth order at 5 and 6. The Oswalds noticed and didn’t want to separate these sisters. And with 4 year old twins, they have experience with multiples. So at the last minute, GreenGirl was able to drag along her sister YellowGirl to join the Oswald family. That was a true Win-Win for those two pups.

As you see from the pics, the pups are getting plenty of play time and are adjusting well. Daffy (fka Puppy #5, YellowGirl, BlackGirl, Miss Daisy) is short for daffodil, Erika’s favorite flower. Starbie (fka Puppy #6, GreenGirl, Miss Greenie) is short for Starbucks, the place where the Oswald’s originally met.

How cool is that?

05/07/2024

As you see Rose (fka Puppy #1, OrangeGirl, and Tango) was quite excited to arrive at her furever home earlier today. The Hanley’s report that they are already in love with Rose and she is adjusting well. Hopefully Rose and the Hanley’s will have a good first night together.

05/06/2024

Lester, Sherrie and Molly welcomed Bella (fka SandyBrown) to their home and family today. We know they will give her all the love and attention that she deserves.

05/06/2024

A little story behind Puppy #3

About 8 weeks ago, when these puppies were born, Dawn had us ready with all the supplies that we would need. Among other things, she ordered colored collars that corresponded with a chart on which we recorded the pups birth times and weights. Within a couple of minutes after birth, each pup got the next colored collar in the pre-sequenced order. And we referred to each pup as OrangeGirl, TealBoy, etc. At 10:13am, puppy #3 was born and we soon placed the brown collar on her and she became BrownGirl. We soon noticed that BrownGirl was very feisty and talkative so within a few minutes after birth, in honor of Dawn’s mother, we began calling her SandyBrown. She is a special puppy. For those of you who may not know, Dawn’s mother Sandy Brown passed away in 2021 but lived the last 12 years of her life with a Golden Boy named Riley by her side. Their connection was incredible. The last year or so of their lives, they were going through cancer treatment together. He was an amazing boy and there was no dog more loved than Riley Brown. We miss Sandy and Riley and we’re going to miss SandyBrown.

Here’s a few pics of SandyBrown the puppy and Sandy Brown and Riley.

https://www.facebook.com/sandra.brown.1297943

05/04/2024

Here’s your free life hack for today:

Puppies (and babies) can be bathed in the kitchen sink.
(yellow)

05/04/2024

Teal wins today’s swim competition.

05/04/2024

Ranger (blue), Zuess (red), Starbie (green) and Daffy (yellow) have now gone to their furever homes. We’re going to miss them!! The remaining 5 were extended sunshine privileges for the first time this afternoon with Hope.

05/04/2024

These puppies will eventually learn that 3:30 AM is not playtime. But that is not today.

05/04/2024

When we got home from the vet, the pups were ready to play.

05/03/2024

At the vet. Puppies before the exam and puppies after the exam.

05/03/2024

Have you ever taken 9 pups along with their mother to the vet? We did that today. Thanks to Dr. Gutta and his team for taking good care of the pups and making it easy for us and the pups. Here’s few pics.

https://stjohnsaffordablevet.com/

05/03/2024

Penny (fka Purple, Violette, Purp, #9) will be going to her furever home with Simone and Isaac.

05/01/2024

Miss Daisy getting her late afternoon snoo💤

05/01/2024

The puppy pied piper leads them back to their bedroom for the night.