Callie Pups!New homes & Teaching Moments

[Sweetened]

Congrats on the daddy!

 

[Chivoville]

Congratulations!

 

[Southern by choice]

Quick update-

Picked up pups from airport and got in around 12:30 am. Very tired today. LOL

Pups are doing great. Have been bathed, blow dried, nails trimmed,hugged, kissed on, walked, playing in our family room and recuperating after their long long travel.

Tomorrow weights, fecals.

Try to get some pics too!

 

[Devonviolet]

Sorry guys I have been so very busy and just no time to be on.

Ok so I will give you a hint......

For all you old herdies you will remember these....

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!

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Yep- Callie and "D".

They loved each other from the start.

I could not be happier! This was the PLANNED breeding!
I also feel a lot better. I was really upset when so many being born were looking so Toli. Not that I don't love the Toli's BUT I am very careful. I do not have "accidents". I had timed the mating separated the dogs put them together separated again... all the "right" things. When I put Callie back I knew Tiggs was too young. So I guess you could say I am relieved. I was really feeling like a loser and a failure than an unplanned daddy might be in the mix.

The UC Davis DNA parentage said...
"...... qualifies as an offspring of Callie and "D". Among the 2 males given to compare (NCD27136, NCD27135), only "D" qualifies as a possible sire."

Said this for all 10 pups!

"D"'s big noggin is really showing up on some of the pups! And his chill personality does too.

BTW- I have a few extra's if anyone is needing an LGD. [/QUOTE
WOOHOO!!! I'm so happy for you, Southern! I could tell you were disappointed when you thought Tiggs might be baby(s) Daddy. But now all TEN are D's pups! That is awesome!

If we didn't have our two 5-1/2 month old pups, I would be mighty tempted to drive all the way to NC and buy one of
Callie's and D's pups!

BTW, Southern, Violet and Deo are doing an excellent job guarding their charges. Violet is Protector and Deo is Patroller. The other day I was wearing my rain jacket hood over my head, because it was pouring, and they both started barking that deep, scary bark, because they didn't know it was me GOOD DOGS!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

I am so happy for you! I know how much you wanted to have these babies.

 

[Southern by choice]

I am so happy for you! I know how much you wanted to have these babies.

You are so right Pearce and I must say they are truly the best dogs ever.

I am not tooting my own horn, but the breeding line up!
In every litter there are always pups that a breeder just doesn't like too much. Maybe that is a poor choice of words... more that there is one that just has traits that don't always mesh with what the breeder themselves does not always care for.

I like a particular "type" of dog. I can usually spot it very early on. In this litter there were quite a few that I said "this is my dog". Of course there were about 5 out of 10!

As time has gone by and the pups at 13 weeks I can say that there were the other 5 that have really surprised me. Now I am truly in a dilemma. Every pup in this litter is amazing! Truly amazing.
So why the dilemma? Because I am trying to match dogs to the proper environment and these boys are just super!

In all my years I have never seen anything like it.

Tonight I went out to move the 2 girls that flew in a few days ago ... they are so tiny compared to the boys. They are 3 weeks younger but less than half the boys size and weight... they need their own "night night " space. Free choice food for the girls right now til they acclimate ... my boys would eat everything. LOL
Anyway... after I moved the girls I took more fresh water out. It was late, after 9:30pm and I was just "stuck"...

Each pup stands when I come through but they are well mannered. They wait til I love on each one, no pushing, jumping, hogging. I squatted down and each one gave lots of kisses and then plop down at my feet, relaxed. I move to the next group. I think I stayed out there for an hour just sitting with them.

Pretty bad when your family comes out to the field to say good night and they are going to bed.

I know I don't have much longer with these guys and it really is tearing me up. This litter is just different. They are truly the most amazing pups and I have to say goodbye to them.
This will have to be my last litter I think. It is just too hard to let them go. So far the people who are getting dogs are all great and I am very comfortable ... so that isn't it.
I will stick to the training part... I love that! Another persons dog that I get to take part in the rearing but gets to go back to their forever home.

The 2 girls are adapting. They were out with all the pups and dogs.

Some pics...
This is "Spot aka Big boy" he gave himself a black mud pedicure!

The 2 girls are in the mix on the manure pile!

Silly dogs looking for fresh "berries"

"Not Leo" with "Mattie"

Mattie rather eat my boots...

"Sammie" playing with the boys.

I will miss this!
"Bernard" to the back, muddy paws is "Spot aka Big Boy" and then "Not Leo" to the side is "Lil "D"...
Lil D is spitting image of his daddy in every way! He is the biggest of the bunch and I love him!

 

[babsbag]

Those girls look so little next to the boys. Maybe you can fatten them up while they stay with you.

 

[Southern by choice]

@babsbag
They are eating well and no competition... I have a feeling they didn't want to eat on the flight. Mattie is bossy with food so we worked on that tonight and she decided it would be best to let Sammie eat with her after all.

Sammie got bit by the wire. She ran screaming to the barn. We coddled her.

Sammie is acclimating to the boys much better and faster than Mattie but "Lil Tiggs" (lol Tiggs ain't even in the picture after all) seems to want to befriend them and stays with them most of the time. Sammie likes this... Mattie snaps, bites and growls at him. He just sits there... kinda like ...what?

The girls went into their stall tonight and played in the straw. They are quiet and zonked out! The boys did great with them. I think the boys know they are much bigger because they always lay on their bellies to try and play with them. It is pretty cute.

 

[BrownSheep]

I was wondering if those ladies were visiting from Cali?

 

[Southern by choice]

aw you guessed it! I was gonna do a separate post... they are @babsbag 's Pups !!!
here they are...
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/sigueme-had-her-pups.30657/page-3#post-387068


She was suppose to tape a bay goat to the inside of the crate but she didn't.
Babs did an awesome job shipping them. Funny too because the flight was slightly delayed going through Texas and she called to let me know... as if I didn't know! We were both tracking the pups throughout the day!

I knew they'd be fine... but she was a nervous wreck mommy!

I remember the days long long ago when we shipped out of the country and there were practically no regulations. It is a wonder how some of those dogs we shipped lived. Much different today. Lots of guidelines.