What a difference a week makes, the puppies all have their eyes open, are starting to try walking around and are all showing personality now. Here are the pictures we took this morning.
At one week old the puppies are starting to change, getting more roly-poly and looking less like sausages. Happy had her bent tail and dew-claws removed 2 days ago and the rest had their dew-claws removed yesterday.
Merle Farm Collies are practically unheard of, especially when both parents appear to be non-merle. In this post we will explore where the merle came from and which of the puppies are carrying the merle genes. Hidden merles? We were surprised and elated to see the first puppy was a merle girl because we had [...]
Here are their close-ups in no particular order. A little about the runt: Happy was our surprise when we got up this morning, she had been born long after we thought Shasta was finished. She is the runt and has a kink in her tail, we will have her tail docked in a couple of [...]
We had a long night here, Shasta was in labor most of the night and delivered between 1:30 this morning and sometime before dawn. We couldn’t be happier with this litter, not only are they registrable as Old Time Farm Shepherds with the NKC and are fully 44% Allison’s Old Bob-Tailed Shepherds but to top [...]
My trip to Tennessee in September is bearing fruit. Shasta is now obviously pregnant and I received her paperwork from the NKC recently so we should have a litter of NKC Registered Old-Time Farm Shepherd puppies before too long. We are really excited about this litter because they will be 44% Allison’s Old Bob-Tail Shepherds, [...]
Parents GrandParents Great-GrandParents Great-Great-GrandParents Great-Great-Great-GrandParents Ford’s Chesney Buddy Breeder: Sheryl Chesney Owner: Burl Ford ESC Reg #: UKC: P495-323 IESR: ARF: DOB: 2003-09-22 Color: Sable & White OFA Hips: PennHIP DI (L/R): Chesney’s Dr Vestige Rebel Breeder: Owner: Sheryl Chesney ESC Reg #: UKC: IESR: ARF: DOB: Color: OFA Hips: PennHIP DI (L/R): Dunrovin’s Ole Shep Breeder: ESC Reg #: UKC: IESR: ARF: Color: [...]
Tonya (who is much better at getting good pictures of the dogs than I) took some real nice pictures of Rainier last week. You can see them at http://gallery.me.com/andypaulward#100016&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=3 His breeder has posted a photo gallery of Rainier’s litter, you can see it at http://gracehavenoldfashionedfarmcollie.shutterfly.com/aug122009