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Tonight I asked Carson to sing to me when he was in the bath tub. I had never asked him to do this before but as soon as I did he started singing his own words to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Before I took this video he had sung me about 6 different versions...it just so happened that the last one turned into a no, no, no song with the Twinkle, Twinkle theme. I just love this little-man of mine!!
Hi Everyone,
Well, today was the much-anticipated visit with the puppies. It was so much fun! The breeder's had a very nice set-up in the backyard with a kennel for the puppies to play in. There were two little obstacle courses and lots of little chew-toys. As soon as I walked in about 4-5 of the puppies surrounded me and began sniffing and tugging at my pants/shoes. A very good sign that they are developing well and are being socialized properly. It sounds like all the puppies are spoken for but we will not know which one will come home with us for another couple of weeks. At that point other breeder's will come and assess the personalities. With that information the breeder's will begin aligning the personalities with the families. We are definitely set for a female but do not know which one yet.
From talking with the breeder's today and from my own observations it appears that little yellow-female is quite the outgoing little girl...maybe a little too much for our lifestyle (but who knows this early in the game!). She was the first to greet me and definitely held her ground with the other littermates...I will say that she is probably the best-looking female of the bunch (in my opinion :). The hot pink, dark pink, and purple puppies were all very even-tempered from what I could tell and would do just fine with Carson. To be honest, I don't think we could go wrong with any of them.
Well, that is all for now...enjoy the photos and look for more to come in the coming weeks...!
From now until about 8 weeks the chewing/biting kicks into high gear. This is where the power of the pack comes in and they learn bite-inibition from their brother's and sister's. They learn what is acceptable and what hurts...and if it hurts, they let them know it...we got to see this first hand as one of the puppies latched on to another's ear. She was okay but she made sure the brother/sister knew that she didn't like that. :)
Aww...look at them wrestling...High five!!
Now that they have their puppy hair coming in it's hard to see the collars...but I think this is one of the pink puppies.
After about 30 minutes of hard play-time they all crashed at once...
Purple puppy! I do believe she was my favorite today although they are still very much coming into their own personalities. She (as well as the pink girls) all seemed to be fairly mellow but not too shy at all...just what we're looking for. 
Another purple-girl photo...
Exhausted little puppies...
And again with the purple puppy...
Now that the puppies have opened their eyes new textures are being introduced (you'll also notice new toys in the photos on the website). Here is a video the breeder's took after they put a new blanket box in the pen. I think the yellow female started it all...Too funny!
http://uncutvideo.aol.com/videos/8e758a1b2a7e8afe551ca6da520912ab?index=0
Hi Everyone,
Well, many of you know I have had my eye on a litter of puppies for a few months now. I did a lot of research and the breeders are absolutely fantastic! The Momma has done some showing in the past but is now primarily a therapy dog and the Dadda is a Champion show dog out of Arizona. They are both beautiful Goldens! The puppies were born on June 17th...4 boys and 4 girls! I get a weekly update on how the puppies week went as well as a newsletter that focuses on questions around bringing a puppy home. At around 7 weeks they have other breeders come and assess the puppies on personality and structure to help with placing them with the best home (this dog would be a good show dog, this dog would be good with children, etc.). The puppies eyes and ears have just opened up this week and their beginning to wobble around a bit. This is where it gets fun as they begin to explore and really come into their own personalities.
The last newsletter we got was on Naming your Puppy. I had decided awhile ago that her name will be "Willow" but I'm now trying to settle on a pedigree name...although we won't be showing her they like to have this name so they can know what litter the puppy came from. I've created a poll (upper right corner of the blog) and would love to get everyone's opinion. The breeder's name is Winsom and the litter is called the Magic litter so both these have to be included in the pedigree name...I'd love to see which name is the most popular :)
In the meantime, the breeder's have a website set up where they are posting weekly photos and videos. If you want to keep tabs of our future Willow this will be the place to go. The female puppies are the yellow, light pink, hot pink, and purple ribbons.
Enjoy!
http://home.comcast.net/~sbr4031/sophie_litter.htm
