Introducing Annabelle's Maple Sugar aka 'Mae'!

Since most of my posts have been of Harriet Potter's brood, I thought people should know that Annabelle's beautiful pup 'Maple Sugar' should also share the limelight. :+)

We are looking for a local guardian home for our new treasure who has a gorgeous shade of apricot/red coloring thanks to her parents. She will be a medium sized girl with strong boning and has a broad head which I always look for. I expect her to be approx. 18 inches tall and around 35 lbs. or so at maturity. An Annabelle clone for sure. :+)

I have not picked my girl from Harriet's litter yet, but will be looking for a second guardian home for my choice from her litter as well. Such fun!!!

ADDENDUM: Maple Sugar has an adoption family right here in town! She and one of Harriet's little ones will be moving in with the Schindler Family! Plenty of love to go around there. :+)

We are a week old now and sleep, eat and......

These handsome boys are packing on the weight and are very content. All are over a pound each. :-) The ultra creamy one on the right is Black Boy, I forgot his collar.

Here is Chocolate Girl, Yellow Girl, Flower Girl (the cream one) and Multi Girl (black one). They are always cuddling and snuggling amongst themselves.

A close up of the different coat types.

Now this is called a girly 'sleep over, under and between'!!!

The Nursing Mothers

Harriet is relaxing with her seven girls. The noses on some of them are just starting to shade a bit as it develops to black. Some of their coats are developing more waves, while others remain more straight. It is so much fun watching them evolve. :-)

P.S. - I have taken the orange collar off of the chocolate girl as she 'stands alone' in the color department.



Annabelle has taken in Harriet's three boys without losing a beat. She takes her role as surrogate mommy very seriously and nutures the four of them with panache! Annabelle's only biological child is the dark apricot/red one. Since she will be added to our program, we are looking for a local guardian home placement.

Is this what you call satisfied?

It is not my intention to always focus on Yellow Girl, but you gotta admit, she sure is a ham!! When I took this pic the Rolling Stones' famous song 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' crept into my head. I thought, 'well, this girl is sure satisfied!' :-)

The entire litter is plumping up nicely as poor Harriet slims down. She is eating, but is producing sooooo much milk for her baby chubs! Once weaned, she will add some pounds back on. (Oops!, not what most women want to hear!) LOL!

A carbon copy of Annabelle is born!

This little miss is a replica of her mommy, Annabelle, right down to all the 'baby markings'! As Annabelle grew, the marks disappeared except her patch of white on her chest. This little girl is a doll!!

Annabelle's surprise!

Guess what? At 11:15 this evening, tucked under our canopy bed, Annabelle delivered a gorgeous deep apricot female puppy! Now, remember folks, this is the girl that had two x-rays that said...SORRY, NO PUPPIES! Surprise indeed! :+) Pics tomorrow!

The first of five! Individual pics of the litter!

Yellow Girl

Pink Girl

Multi Girl

Black Boy

and Orange Girl

Whew!