Callie Pups!New homes & Teaching Moments

[Baymule]

Wow Southern, those pups are just adorable! If you have any left over and need to place one in a good home, keep me in mind. I won't be using him as an LGD, but as a companion. My Golden Retriever is 11 years old and she has tumors, so not sure how much longer I'll have her. I have chickens, and will have bees this spring, but no livestock yet. I'll make the drive there to pick him up!

Chickens are the "gateway" farm animal...... and it just snowballs from there....

 

[Southern by choice]

Her own bed in a warm house with lady servant(s) to do her bidding and all that OK, I probably deserve a good for that. Anyway... hope you got some much needed rest as well.

Wow Southern, those pups are just adorable! If you have any left over and need to place one in a good home, keep me in mind. I won't be using him as an LGD, but as a companion. My Golden Retriever is 11 years old and she has tumors, so not sure how much longer I'll have her. I have chickens, and will have bees this spring, but no livestock yet. I'll make the drive there to pick him up!

@Latestarter I wanted to let you know that first quote made me laugh... and I REALLY needed to laugh! Lady servants!

You are right , she is loving being served!
On the flip side... she is a LGD and that means when she hears the othet LGD's barking she BARKS TOO!
in the house right by my head (yes I am still sleeping in the room with her) All I can say is it is deafening! AND all night it seems. They are nocturnal you know.

She is feeling better but misses her pups terribly.
Right now she is at by feet... just got off MY mattress and she hears the guard geese.. so now she is growling... if the dogs start so will she. UGH! She is too weak for actual work and last night there was a dog on the back fenceline... we NEVER have stray dogs here... dogs were at it ALL night.
SO WAS CALLIE!

Hoping tonight will be better. We cannot watch any animal shows on TV either as she thinks her goats are in danger

As much as I want sleep I am thankful that she is up and barking instead of laying there unresponsive.
You never know what can go wrong and I can lose pups but not the mother... it is unbearable.
Truly these are all the reasons that prior to these litters it had been almost 3 decades since I bred my own dogs. I really don't like it and I really don't like placing them either. No matter how well you screen someone you will still have one that you realize later you should have NEVER placed that dog with. It is so hard. I love training and I will be focusing on that... it is my heart and I would rather work with dogs that need remedial training.

With each dog they take a piece of my heart and I am just not cut out to part with them... it is like a big hole.
I think most breeders love the 8 week stage so they can move on to their new homes and for me it is opposite... it is just the beginning of where the fun starts... they become dogs and the joy of their individual personalities, their strengths and weaknesses, their quirks, their soulful eyes, their responses... all of it is ... well hard to put into words really. Truth be told I also will always find that "one" dog in that litter and it will be my dog ... how do you part with that dog? I can't and that is a problem...
I am selfish... I like to keep the best dogs for myself

I have a litter I will be evaluating... they aren't LGD's but pets and oh my goodness... when I was sent the info they sent pics... I have already picked the dog from that litter that will be "the dog"... The dogs structure, stance, expression, order in the litter... wow... see when I see a great dog I want it! No I won't bring him home but it will be fun to see in person if the dog is what I think it will be.

 

[SueD]

Callie crashed we are working on her and are in contact with vet... giving injections, taking temp every hour.

Why do these things happen in the middle of the night?

Oh nooooo. I hope everything is alright with her.

 

[Southern by choice]

Update- Bloodwork is in and she is still low in Calcium and her Protein was down which is a little odd. White count slightly elevated.
I need to go slaughter a turkey or two.

Ya know it is pretty bad when your vet "pocket dials" you.

I guess next week we will do another draw and see what the blood work shows ... again.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Geeze louise! Poor girl, but surely she's on the road to recovery with all those little vampires taken off of her!

 

[Southern by choice]

Geeze louise! Poor girl, but surely she's on the road to recovery with all those little vampires taken off of her!

You aren't kidding! Poor girl , she is so sad about not being with them... she goes out and runs over (well actually kinda meanders- no strength for running) to the barn and stands there and looks up at me. Breaks my heart. The puppies smell her and start crying.

Can I say "no".. not again! Poor girl.

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

Ohh, poor girl. I hope she's fully recovered soon. That's so hard to separate a mama from her babies.

 

[Hens and Roos]

and for you both!

 

[bonbean01]

 

[Southern by choice]

Pups are doing well. They turned 5 weeks today!
Didn't get weights too busy..

It went down to 12 degrees last night and I think one or two got cold... we brought them in for a bit. Without momma and not nursing it is harder to keep them warm.

Will get updates soon.
I did get some pics today but I put them in another thread for you all to vote for your favorite pic... for my website and POW (website) I am terrible at POW on my site because I spend too much time here!

Here is the thread
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/pick-my-new-pups-picture.30664/

Callie is doing well... she stole pizza off the table.... just walked by and very nonchalantly grabbed it and kept walking. BRAT! I told her I saw her and said come here... she kepy going... of course I am just happy she can do that so I walked behind her and gave her a bear hug and told her I loved her. Anything for Cal right now.