FoxHaven Retrievers

05/12/2022

Raini with her 14 week old son, Zephyr

27/10/2022

27/09/2022

It’s a beautiful day especially when Mom is still letting us nurse. 5 weeks old.

18/09/2022

23/06/2022

Ranger on his way to his “fur-ever” home. We will miss the little pistol ♥️

16/02/2022

Last posting for Raini’s litter. This is Ranger on the right and Tucker on the left. These two are staying for a couple of months

09/02/2022

Chow time

05/02/2022

The big dogs out for an afternoon romp! Loking for anything edible, like muskrats, voles or ducks. Maybe deer droppings.

04/02/2022

Mid day nap for thr big dogs

02/02/2022

Mad because they don’t have rhe run of the shop while the older dogs are eating. One of life’s lessons

22/01/2022

We are now in the shop

22/01/2022

Getting ready to go to new digs

21/01/2022

19/01/2022

Intro to toys.

19/01/2022

3 weeks old.

17/01/2022

Cuddle Puddles

15/01/2022

Update: weights today 3.8 - 4.5 #. One BM just surged into the lead but only by 1 oz topping the two yellows.

15/01/2022

Clean digs. Eyes are open but still only seeing light and dark, no focus yet. 3.2 - 3.14 #. The two yellows are the heavy hitters

11/01/2022

Happy, happy

06/01/2022

Our little yellow male weighed in at a whopping 2.2 # surpassing his sister who is just over 2 #. That’s him sleeping by Raini’s back leg. He obviously had enough to drink. All the others are steadily gaining weight. They are tenacious. Beginning to put their feet under them instead of just swimming to move. Exciting to see their daily progress. Eyes will begin to open in the next few days.

06/01/2022

WHEN I AM OLD
When I am old...
I will wear soft gray sweatshirts...and a bandana over my silver hair...and I will spend my social security checks on my dogs…I will sit in my house on my well-worn chair and listen to my dogs breathing…I will sneak out in the middle of a warm summer night…and take my dogs for a run, if my old bones will allow...When people come to call, I will smile and nod…as I show them my dogs...and talk of them and about them...the ones so beloved of the past…and the ones so beloved of today...I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping and feeding them and whispering their names, in a soft loving way. I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel, and I will be an embarrassment to all...especially my family...who have not yet found the peace in being free, to have dogs as your best friends...These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your footfall...and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to greet you as if you are a God, with warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will always stay, I'll hug their big strong necks...I'll kiss their dear sweet heads...and whisper in their very special company....I look in the mirror... and see I am getting old....this is the kind of person I am...and have always been…Loving dogs is easy, they are part of me. Please accept me for who I am. My dogs appreciate my presence in their lives...they love my presence in their lives...When I am old this will be important to me...you will understand when you are old, if you have dogs to love too.
-Author Unknown

04/01/2022

Dew claws removed this morning. Fortunately they have all forgotten. Doing great. Gaining weight and scouting around the whelping box. Will begin “Early Neurological Stimulation” program tomorrow. The lone little girl eating will be named “STORMY”.

02/01/2022

Day 3. Growing each day. Spending a litle time without Raini while she gets some exercise. Has been very cold but today much more moderate. Great start to 2022