Puppy Update

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