"M" Litter at 26 days old!

The puppies are growing so fast! Their eyes are open, they are walking now, and beginning to play with each other. It was hard to get them to pose for pictures, but we did our best!

Maisey!

Malone!

Merika!

Elise and Merika!

Mailyn!

Mercury!

Morrison!

Macray!

Here is Maisey! Her eyes are opening! (day 16)

Elise and Malone are doing the "Licking Test!" I should stop calling myself the breeder caretaker, because it really is Elise doing most of the work. I am just overseeing! She has been doing a fabulous job and I am so proud of her!

Mercury and Malone!

I don't want to give away too much personality information here on the blog, mostly just really cut pictures. I want the puppy raisers and Graduates to be able to get to know their dogs without any preconceived ideas from me. However, some pictures might give some clues, and that I can't help!

This is Mercury; he almost always sleeps like this!

Isabel is very patient with all the pups! They are getting so big it is hard to believe they all still fit to nurse at the same time!

Today, they are 21 days old(this pic was taken today, the others earlier this week).

The puppies are finally starting to get the idea not to "go" in the sleeping area! We are very glad to see this!

The names have been chosen!

Here is a great example of how much the puppies have grown. This is the same laundry basket! the first picture was taken on day 1 and the second on day 15! So very cute!

We have the official names from CCI!

We are very excited to start calling them by their names instead of their collar color.

Here they are:

red/ Maisey II

blue/ Malone

purple/ Mercury

neon green/ Mailyn

neon pink/ Merika

brown/ Morrison II

light pink/ Macray

Go easy on us, we chose all the names except Morrison. We made a list of everyones suggestions, then we picked our favorites for the short list. Needless to say, Brian chose Maisey & Mercury; I chose Malone, Mailyn, Merika and Macray, and none of Elise's' names were chosen. She wasn't very happy about that but likes the names they did get. It was a fun process!

Mercury, Mailyn & Morrison!

(I'm not sure who is on top!)


Isabel and Morrison!


Below is Isabel with all the pups! They are all doing great!


Mercury was the first to double his weight, and they are about to triple it in the next day or so!

They are beginning to open their eyes and are trying to walk around! They are so wobbly; it is just about the funniest thing to watch!
I will add more individual pictures as soon as their eyes open!

Introducing Isabel's "M" litter!

Introducing Isabel's "M" litter! Yes, Purple sleeping upside down; that's just like Isabel!
Red female
Blue male

Purple male

Neon Green female

Neon Pink female

Brown male

Light Pink male

And yes, they have each other's paint colors all over themselves! Messy, but cute!

Isabel has her puppies!

Here is Isabel the afternoon before she has the puppies!

I think she looks great!

I thought she would be bigger(I think she rolled her eyes at me when I said that!) Here is Isabel and Red puppy #1!

Her first puppy was born at 11:18pm on April 26th, 2010!

This was also the 40th birthday of our whelping midwife Karen! Happy Birthday Karen!

How sweet is this?

The funny thing about this picture is that Red didn't nurse until we really worked at it.

Seven healthy puppies!
We were very excited to see all seven because one of the puppies didn't show up completely in the x-ray. So, we were preparing ourselves for a stillborn pup. I think we all said a little prayer before light pink was born at 3:25am, another healthy puppy!

All in all, Isabel's whelping experience was very amazing! Karen, my daughter Elise, my husband and myself were all present to witness the miracle(s) of life! Thanks to Isabel for being the greatest dog ever, and now the greatest Mama dog ever!

The Ultrasound!

It was finally the day for Isabel's ultrasound! Since Auburn also needed and ultrasound, we took her with us to Santa Rosa. We stopped to play and walk around at Howarth Park. It was overcast but, luckily, it didn't rain on us! We have never had two dogs before, but we realized that when they are as well behaved as Isabel and Auburn it would be easy to do!Here Isabel is being such a good patient! The kids were fascinated by the whole thing!

The ultrasound showed at least three puppies. I am sure there will be plenty more!

Here are the dogs in the back of the Yukon! Sooooo Cute!! On the way home they had to share their space with the stuff we will need for the puppies. I don't think they minded the close quarters. However, the crate kept falling on them, which they didn't really like. Eventually we got the stuff arranged so everyone was happy!

Here is Isabel in her Breeder Cape!

A close up of her cape!

Now we wait for the fun to begin!