Gretta goes to a home.

As many of you know, my plan was to keep Gretta and add her to my breeding program. She actually went to a guardian home, but they felt that raising a puppy involved more time and energy than they felt they had to give. So, we took her back and I made the decision to sell her to a young couple who was ready, willing and able to 'spoil' my precious girl. :+)

Gretta happily resides in Boston and is enjoying the city life meeting lots of new furry friends, greeting new people and going to exciting places. She does not affect her new daddy's allergies and that has made everyone very glad! Sometimes, fate intervenes in the nicest ways. :+)

Kate and Gretta. Kevin was doing the dog supply shopping! Gotta love that.

Lulu Belle goes home!

Since they are now 8 weeks, I am hoping I will be able to get them to understand what that dogie door REALLLY is for - POTTY OUTSIDE! :+) They use it to go an play without a problem and SOMETIMES they use it for pottying. It is my goal this week to help them connect outside with pottying as well as fun!

For this week's pics I used a bit of 'soft' focus around some of the pics just for a change. :+)


This is our champion shrimp - Yellow Girl at 6 lbs. 3 ozs.




















Green Boy aka 'Hummer' flattens out the scale at 11 lbs. 4 ozs.




















Holding true to the medium size are the 3 muskateers with Blue Boy at 8 lbs. 4 ozs.




















Black Boy at 8 lbs. 4 ozs.




















and Stripe Boy at 8 lbs. even.




















Teal Girl is holding her own petite size at 7 lbs. 4 ozs.


















Today was a special day for this family as they had to wait another week to bring their little bundle home.

Six years ago, they made a trip up to Annabelle Doodles for their first pup, named 'Fuzzer' (on left). Today, they happily added a redhead to their household - little Lulu Belle.

The boys go home, I miss them already :+(

Well it is awfully quiet around here without the boys wrestling and running about getting things started. The girls are a bit confused but adapting well. :+) They liked the fact that they had their own lunch bowls and didn't have to rush to gobble the food down. Lulu Belle will be here one more week and then Gretta will have to mesh into our lifestyle until I decide what to do with her - keep or sell. I am in no rush and neither is she. :+)

Our Green Giant, Ralphie will be a wonderful addition to the Lynch family. I know Peter will want to get him to play ball as soon as possible and Daddy seems to have bonded with him from the getgo.


Ledley (Black Collar) will keep his happy owners quite busy with his antics and they will get lots of exercise bringing that boy up and down 3 flights of stairs for a while. Good luck!!


Tuck (Stripe) will give lots and lots of kisses and cuddles to his new family. A more sweet temperament will be very hard to find. A perfect fit for this family. :+)


Kids and their puppy - like peanut butter and jelly - it is the perfect combination. I am sure Jasper (Blue) will provide lots of laughs, steal many slippers and have lots of attention.


I sure hope when any of you are near these parts, that you will let me know and come by for a 'look-see'. I adore it when I can see my puppies growing up.

We went for a ride today.......

L to R: Ledley, Jasper, Ralphie and Lulu Belle.

to see the eye doctor. We liked putting our paws on the gate and looking out the back. So many people came by and told us how cute we are. :+) Somebody mentioned to mommy that when they were done with their visit with the doc, one of us might be gone! Mommy kept a sharp eye on us the WHOLE time!!! :+) Both Gretta and Tuck went to see Dr. Cossotis a couple of weeks ago and stayed home for this trip.

Here is Ledley showing off! Jasper asked him to keep quiet, Ralphie kept 'posing' for pics and Lulu Belle was trying to decide if jumping out would be a good idea.

















Mommy said we did very well both on the trip down (minimal crying and just a couple of messes) as well as with the doctor - who thought we were quite the fluffy crew. :+)

WOW! Do you believe next week will be 'going home pics'?

Tomorrow is going to be a very hectic day with the CERF Clinic, so I decided to post their 12 week pics today. Hopefully, no one minds. :+) I took these picks just prior to serving them lunch so used bibs. No, I did not keep them on as they ate.

Ledley was all about looking towards the kitchen where the food was wafting through the windows. He is a good eater.















Finally Stripe Boy was named and it is Tuck! Such an agreeable nature and so loves to cuddle.















RALPHIE! Our 'GREEN Giant' just sat in the tub knowing if he was good, food would follow.


















Jasper, leaned on the tub simply waiting for dinner to be served to him.

















The ever nosy Gretta was watching my husband with FOUR eyes!!!!!















And then came Lulu Belle. The last one to have lunch due to her skirmish down the alley atop the boardwalk; veered right to the pool and tried walking on the cover where she got her feet and belly wet; then dashed through the garden on the left where the dirt kept piling on and FINALLY the snapshot. Does Energizer Bunny ring any bells????? What a little monkey!

The pups are doing awesome this morning!

They are running around like Tasmanian Devils and shouting with glee that I removed their head cones! I am not allowing them in the play area where the grass is until I feel confident that the incisions are almost healed, so they are enjoying conquering the Play Skol slide and playing chase within the confines of the outside pens.

They all ate breakfast and took their last pain pill.

By the way, the trip to the vet's was a whole lot less eventful than the first time. :+) Only one pee and no vomiting! Of course, they had nothing to eat that morning either! The next big outing is to the eye vet this Sunday. Wish me luck!

We had surgery today!

The good news is that all of them are fine and the surgeries went well. The bad news is that they are so wound up that they are having way too much fun! Two of them, Ralphie and Ledley had head cones because they were licking their wounds too much. Eventually, Stripe had to be put in one as well. Only Jasper was not licking his wound hence - no cone.

They all had a light dinner, a pain killer and hopefully will settle for a nap soon. :+)

Little Miss Lulu Belle is separated because she is still tired from the anesthesia. She is sleeping on a pillow under the bench in my kitchen like a little princess. The boys are feeling way too good and were too rambunctious for her to remain in the pup pen. Later tonight, when they have all settled, she will go back.















Stripe Boy was very happy until he, too, got the 'cone head'.















It was hysterical to watch the boys go through the dogie door with the cones on their heads, but by golly, they managed it! Ledley had quite the technique!

















They were still fooling around at 9 PM!

Some busy days ahead.

Lots going on over the next few days. First of all, Miss Lulu Belle is modeling the red scarves that all the pups are wearing from now on.

With the onset of very warm weather comes the bugs. I sprayed a natural deterrent on each of the scarves and then clipped them on each pup. Hopefully, it will keep away the biting and crawling critters that seek warm bodies.

• On Wednesday, April 29th - the pups will be going in for their microchips along with the neuters and spays. I will bring them in the morning and I have planned for the inevitable by lining the back of my car heavily with newspapers for the 'spits and sputters' that may accompany me on my trip.

• Sunday, May 3rd - will be a very busy day because I will be bringing them to the Eye CERF Clinic that I am sponsoring. There will be much running around. I plan to bring them in the afternoon, but things could change.

• On Thursday, May 7th - they go back to my vets for their second shots and home exam.

• Saturday, May 9th the first pick up begins at 10:00 AM and they begin their new lives with all of you. :+)
  

Eleven Week Pics are up! (with weights)

We have been blessed with yet another beautiful Maine spring day and I took the pups, one by one, to our back garden in hopes of getting some pics with some color other than brown! :+) I so enjoyed the smell of the daffodils and so did the pups!

We are still waiting for a name for Stripe Boy! He has the gentlest of souls and is so compliant. Weighs: 12 lbs.


















'RALPHIE'! Do I not fit that name to a tee? My family met me for the first time on Sunday evening and fell right in love! What is there not to love about me? I am a hunk of butterball, kisses and kindness. Weighs: 16 1/2 lbs.

















I am JASPER! It appears my family is very big into the Twilight Series! Weighs: 12 lbs.


















I am staying around as a hopeful breeder for Annabelle Doodles! I believe I am going to be called 'GRETTA GARBO'! At least that is what I am hearing of late. She must be some famous old lady! Weighs: 10 3/4 lbs.



















Hi! I am 'LULU BELLE', or it is Bluebell??? Anyway, I am going to join my cousin, or is it my half brother? Anyway..... I will make my new little owner very happy. :+) Weighs: 9 1/4 lbs.

















My new name is 'LEDLEY'! I was named after a soccer player. How did they know I am good at playing ball? Weighs: 12 3/4 lbs.

Romping with Auntie Olive!

Now that the puppies had their first shots, I allow them in the grass area to play and romp to their hearts content! They stay out there most of the day except to peek in to see if they can come into the kitchen; get something to eat or drink; and sometimes take a nap under the fan in the puppy room. They just love being outdoors!

They have been busy pruning my shrub, digging lots of holes, pulling limbs out of brush piles, eating the daylilly leaves and generally having one heck of a time!

Here they are waiting for their friend to come out and play.















How they love playing with Auntie Olive!










Isn't that playbow adorable?












Then they pounce and try to surround her.















Olive gives them the dickens as they chase her. :+)















'Okay, we are pooped.'



















'We are too. Oi...'















ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.......

OOPS! Here are the 10 week pics!

As some of you know, Annabelle Doodles had quite a busy weekend! There was lots of company, kids, sunny weather, cameras, untied shoelaces, decisions being made and laughter!

The pups were ooohed and aaa'd over and all of them had lots of holding and cuddling going on. Today, I finally had enough of a break to get their 10 week pics done. Here they are with their weights.

Without a doubt, Teal Girl is very easy to capture on camera. I am still pondering on whether to sell her or keep her till the right local guardian home appears. SUCH a dilemma! (9.8 lbs.)















Yes, I used the old Skippy trick again and Stripe Boy obviously still enjoys the flavor! (11.0 lbs.)

















Black Boy was dashing all over the place outdoors and could not decide which place was most interesting. I was delighted to catch this shot of him. :+) (11.8 lbs.)


















Well, she has an angel above her, but I don't see a halo atop 'Lulu Belle's' head. This little sprite will keep her owners very busy. (8.4 lbs.)


















Green Boy has several families hoping to be his owner. What a sweet, lovable, CHUNKY pup he is. (15.4 lbs.)



















'Jasper'! I loved reading the 'Twilight' books and so did this guy's family. His white markings are adorable and I know he will have a wonderful time every summer at camp in Maine. What a lucky boy! (11.0 lbs.)

It was Blue and Stripe boys turn for a walk today!

And what a day it is!

It is so important to get pups out of their familiar surroundings and expose them to new things. Both these boys were a bit whiny during their walk but with more exposure to the world, they will acclimate wonderfully. There are a lot of trips planned over the next couple of weeks, including regular vet trips, as well as the Eye CERF vet. Their the last temperament test is this week with a few visitors and company coming on the weekend. So the more exposure at this time, the better!


These guys look like they are quite content, but they were not!















They are not sure what to expect.















Finally, they settle in for the ride.

A carriage ride!

Hi!

Today is LOVELY and it was a perfect time to start the pups exploring beyond the Tabor Homestead. I like to take the pups, two at a time, for a bit of a carriage ride down my street so that they are up close and personal with cars coming by and just to see something other than where they live.

Because Green Boy is such a 'Hummer' in size, I of course, decided to pair him with the little 'Minnie mite', Yellow Girl. It was sort of funny to compare their sizes but they got along just great and enjoyed their little foray.