Happy FIRST Birthday to Maple x Rumple's babies!

I had a wonderful visit from the owners of Noodles from this litter and he is delightful!  A gorgeous coat and a very happy guy.  It was such a treat to see, touch and take pics.  :+)

An email was sent to all the owners, but I only received two pics to share; and would you believe it was the parti patterned pups in the litter that sent pics.  Thank you, wish there could have been more.

This is lovely Molly.

 

Here is Onyx with her two adoring owners.

Handsome Noodles.

Some birthday news for one of our past litters today!

A picture of lovely Stella from Maple Sugar and Rumple's litter of this same day two years ago served as a reminder!

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Stella, Riley, Emme, Reuben, Finley and Seamus!  I am sure all your owners have planned something special for all of you today.

Won't it be something if Olive's litter arrives on this day as well?  Keeping my fingers crossed that it does.

Be well and have a wonderful day!


I just received this adorable pic of Finley!  I believe she has celebrated her birthday in fine style!  Just love the fluffy  birthday hat!!!  :+)

Maple's litter have all gone home. (Tillie, too!)

Another litter has been successfully placed and from reports seem to be doing very well. I want all of you to know that I am always here for you to answer questions or to listen to concerns. This is what our program is all about. Care and concern does not end just because they are no longer here at Annabelle Doodles! :+)

I spent the afternoon shopping for some shrubs to plant in our pool area and enjoyed perusing through all the brightly colored flowers. Once I finish bleaching the puppy room tomorrow, I will get to play in the garden.

Camden is enjoying her guardian family and they are learning all about puppy behavior. Severe allergies kept this family from ever owning a dog, so this is a 'first'. We are keeping our fingers crossed that all continues to go well.


This seemed to be the litter for allergic families! These happy folks are all smiles to enjoy their first doggie as well! Lots of controlled visits and perseverance has paid off. Finley will also have the pleasure of playing with her sibling, Seamus, as the two families are very close.


Emme will continue to always provide lots of smiles for her new family. She also gets to enjoy life both in the suburbs and the Maine coast - lucky girl!!


Seamus was a surprise birthday gift to this couple's adult daughter. They came to visit with their friends and ended up with a pup that became available at the last minute. There is lots to love about Seamus in size and temperament.


Funny how things happen. Diane accompanied her friend Dina, to view my previous litter as Dina was getting a pup. It wasn't long after they left that I received an email from Diane asking to be placed on Maple's list. Diane lived through the Annablog twice - once for Dina and then for her bundle of fur, Stella. :+)


What a great college graduation gift! It pays to be a good student! :+) Amy will be taking Riley with her to teach at a private school that is very dog friendly. I don't think Riley will be alone much at all with a dorm full of students who will want to walk and play with her.


Rueben has been doing extremely well with his guardian family and they love him. He left at 11 weeks to be with them. We have high hopes that he will join our stud list one day.


Lastly, little Dancing Matilda, lovingly called our 'resident duck' because she loves the water has gone to be with her guardian for a few days. We will be taking turns with her for a bit as our schedules work themselves out. Tillie is the daughter of our stud, Rumple and was my pick from a litter he sired for another breeder. She has quickly captured our hearts. It is Joanne's and my hope that she will become a Therapy Dog.

Maple x Rumple litter 'Before and After'

I thought it would be fun to show the Maple x Rumple litter differences from pics taken at 5 weeks compared to their 12 week pics. Some are easy to identify, others changed a lot! :+)

Here is Miss Kelly Green who has blossomed into...


Miss Finley.


Miss Pumpkin at 5.3 weeks has grown up to...


become Miss Stella!


Miss Rose at 5.3 weeks will be hopefully staying in our program and is...


now known as Miss Camden Rose.


Mr. Spot at 5.3 weeks. Another hopeful for Annabelle doodles and is known as ...


Annabelle's 'Reuben' on Rye! This is his guardian mom. :+)


Miss Fudge at 5.3 weeks old is anxious to go to her new owners who call her...


Miss Emme. :+) Aren't those eyelashes to die for?


Navy Boy at 5.3 weeks old has really grown and grown....


and is known as Seamus. He was always the largest pup in the litter.


Miss Lavender at 5.3 weeks old and now ...


Miss Riley and will be keeping lots of kids busy.


Let's not forget little Dancing Matilda! Tillie joined our family here at Annabelle Doodles when she was 7 weeks old. This is a pic of her at five weeks of age. Her daddy is Rumple.


And she has grown, but not terribly much! She is also a week younger. Will definitely remain a mini size!

We will be 12 weeks tomorrow but celebrated today with a pool party!

It is a very warm day and the humidity is high, so I decided to throw a pool party for the furry kids in their water boat! This will be the last set of pics for our litter from Maple and Rumple until pick up days at the end of this week.

I hope you enjoyed their journey from the announcement of the pregnancy, their birth and the adventures we shared as they grew and grew and grew!!

This is how it is done says our resident 'duck', Tillie. She is always the first one in the water closely followed by Finley!


I don't think I will go in says, Riley. However, Finley takes the dive.


I plugged the drainage hole with a candle. :+) It never fails, the pups find it almost immediately and try to dig it out.


They are asking me to come in, I pleasantly said that they could have it all to themselves. :+)


However, their siblings answered their invitation!


Some are still trying to decide if the water is all that appealing.


Riley has definitely made the decision to be a land whale.


Not so the others.


It is hard to keep Tillie out of the pool.


There is nothing like the coolness of the shade with good poolside conversation! Don't you agree? 'Okay, where are those drinks with the little umbrellas?' asks Stella.

Sitting pretty for lunch!

I had been working with the litter on sitting and thought I would do a test. Trust me, when dinner is being served, the pups go nuts!

So, I made them a very special dinner of hamburger, our chicken mix and some peas and brought the platters in and placed them on my grooming table.


I put a bib on every pup even though they were dancing and jumping like crazy because they could smell the food and asked them to sit. Is this not adorable?? ( Emme is wearing the rose colored bib, Impatient Stella has the Light Green bib, Seamus is sporting the bib with the airplane on it, Riley has her tongue hanging out and has the lavender bib on, the striped bib is on Camden, Finley has the purple bib with the eyes on it and Dancing Matilda is tripping over the light pink bib).


Of course it was gone in a matter of seconds, but boy were they a happy group afterwards! (Me, too!)

Better late than never! Here are some pics of those

11 weekers! They finally got to go into the play area after being cooped up in the paved pens. I wanted Seamus, Riley and Stella to heal a bit after their surgeries WITHOUT being in mud!

Here is Stella stretched out on the grass. Seems she missed it an awful lot! (13 and 1/4 lbs.)


Camden Rose will be added to our program here at Annabelle Doodles. We hope to find a guardian home for her. :+) She weighs 9 and 3/4 lbs. (Dancing Matilda hangs around with Camden a lot!)


Always the biggest pup, Seamus tops the scale at 16 and 1/2 lbs. He is an armful!


Emme loves to be in the middle of everything that is going on. Even lying down, you can see that she is ready to spring up and join in the fun! (11 and 3/4 lbs.)


Taking a break after playing chase, Riley is re-grouping. (13 and 1/2 lbs.)


Harriet Potter was playing with the pups and tired out most of them including Finley. (13 and 1/2 lbs.)


It seems to me that this looks like 'Ring Around the Rosy, pockets full of posies........'


Sadly, I said 'Goodbye' to Rueben today. His guardian mom picked him up this morning. We are hoping that he will become one of our studs in a year or so.