Having Puppies

Momma's to do list...

the "H" litter

Due Date July 25th

could be anytime between the 20th to the 29th

ultrasound June 28th

count puppies, either do or don't open the reservation list

(part of the ultrasound they give me an estimate size of litter and how far along she is)

give personality tester heads up approximate date of delivery/date of testing

updates on blog each week with pictures and/or videos

measure girth

last week of pregnancy each inch from non-pregnant girth (16") is approximately one puppy

(for a standard litter is usual, this litter will be off due to moyen size pups)

La Roux gets her special meal every morning of raw dog food and Life's Abundance

start taking her temp from about the 20th on

keep a close eye on her

a drop of temp to 96-97 for two readings puppies should arrive within 48 hours

(several rule of thumbs and our best guessing what's going on in there for the safety of momma and babies, anything out of the normal we take them to the vets)

About two weeks before puppies are due

we will have a guessing chart for how many boys and how many girls and color (light to dark reds, apricots) as we do each litter, the person closest to the correct # of boys and girls and color gets a prize ... it's just fun ... open to anyone, of course we post everyone's guess.  You don't have to be on the reservation list to submit your guess.

Puppies to do list...

delivery posted on blog

nicknames & color coding of each puppy for ID'g later

send out email announcements to reservation list

schedule personality testing with tester

schedule facility for personality testing
send in the AKC registration for the litter

weight and progress for the litter's chart

measure and weigh puppies twice a day for the first week

then daily, then weekly

put pictures, videos on the blog

puppies tails docked and dewclaws removed three days old

About one month old, take stools to vets to evaluate for parasites

Week 6

take stools in to evaluate, most likely worm puppies

payment is due in full for picking reservation list

once paid puppy packets go out to the people waiting to pick out their puppies


before the personality testing puppies will be graded
each puppy's price will be determined
see our website for general prices

a caniche moyen poodle is designated as 14-18" at the shoulders

Week 7

About Day 49 is the www.volhard.com testing
everyone on the reservation list is invited to the testing

take them there, have a good time, bring them home

send out emails to reservation list with puppy scores

Call owners for their picks

put available puppies not chosen on blog/website

mail out the puppy's AKC registration papers

Week 8
The day they turn 8 wks old they go to the vets and get wormed and their first puppy shot, vet checked, each puppy comes with a copy of their visit as their health record.


any puppies that need to be shipped will need a health certificate ($75) and a crate ($50 unless you want to mail it back, I can have the crate without charging you).  If the vet or the crate is less or more we charge accordingly, we don't charge you a handling fee.  Jim schedules the flight, I take them to the airport live cargo, they weigh them and give me their charge, they fly out C.O.D. to their new family.  I come home and email the tracking # and info.  I ask their new family to call or email me to know they got there safely.  We track their flight until we see them landed, but we still like to hear from their owner to know they are fine ... we are very connected to these puppies, we want to know they've been received well and any feedback how the puppy was received  by the airline.


After first shots and worming, puppies are ready to go home.

what do you do with the puppies?

neurally stimulate puppies daily from birth

bath them weekly, trim their nails weekly

hug them, cuddle with them, carry them around the house

play with them outside, play in water, let them taste grass

change locations, temperature, textures

play with them in different areas in different ways

encourage puppies to use the potty park

let pups experience outside and pottying without the potty park

and everything in between

Nicknames

This is the "H" litter

I can't seem to think of a theme for this "H" litter

hillbillies... hellions ... LOL 

I think we will just use favorite names or celebrity names

I nickname them as they are born and give them a color collar identification

I don't put the collar on them if I can tell them apart

the identification is to keep track of their growth, if a puppy starts to loose weight it's easier to catch right away what could be wrong when I'm weighing them every day.  I can supplement a puppy that's not as big to get enough food, so ID'g them is very useful.

not to worry, we rarely have problems with the puppies, but I'm pretty hands on

a lighter colored girl will be nicknamed Honey

would be fun if people have some "H" nicknames, please post what you like

Here's my nickname ideas, I'll post the final top ten for the boys and girls

Honey

Haleigha (almost named La Roux) pronounced Ha-leah

Highla

Holly

Haven (Roosevelt)

Hiliary (Clinton)

Happy (Rockefeller)

Hunter

Honor

Hero

Hogan

Hummer

Harlan (means red)

Hal

Hugo (Carter and movie)

whoo that will last us a few days,

enjoy