Natara is in her forever home..Tandy is here..and we miss Quebecy..

Natara & Quebec

Well, once again I have been bad at updates!

Natara was CCed a few days after little miss Q..Natara for distration issues..We were able to place Tara in an AWESOME home not too far from us with a mother and her 3 kids. They had been secretly hopeing to get Tara for a while and have already brought her in to play at daycare where we work..she is SOO happy and spoiled and looks GORGEOUS in her many many pink collars!!

Last Saturday we picked up puppy #5 (for me) and #15 (for Bethany)..Tiburon/Geraldine pup, Tandy..She is 10 weeks old and a very sweet girl..She seems fairly low energy and likes to cuddle with people and dogs..I was very sad to see that she is a very light yellow as I had expected a DARK Tiburon pup, but she is a sweetie and seems to fit in nicely..



TANDY
Quebecy is still waiting for her forever placement..We miss her very much..


Claudine's sister had puppies this week!! 7 of them! We can't wait to see/hear about them in a few months! We really really want to raise one, but who knows where we will be in the world of puppy raising by then????

THE perfect puppy that will never be a guide dog..

Well, Quebec has been career changed..Her strange health issue isn't getting any better-nor is it being diagnosed for certain..Basically, her joints are swollen and her body seems to be attacking itself..She is being put on prednisone for the short term and we are looking for the perfect home for the PERFECT puppy...

Because the whole house should be sick at once..right?

Claudi, Sidney & Quebec

Two weeks ago we came home to a very sick puppy..limping, crying, swollen legs..Little did we know that this was just the beginning of what seems like a never ending weeks of vet visits, carpet cleanings, trips to Guide Dogs, daily medications, waiting by the phone and on and on...

It all started with little Quebecy..What we thought may be pano turns out may be something more serious...What? We're still waiting for test results..but we do know that the poor puppy is on antibiotics, 2 different pain meds and is still a sore and sad puppy..

Quebecy..

Then there's Claudi our perfect little princess of a career change..our girl with IBS..our girl who has absolutely zero control of her IBS attacks when they happen..the girl who should be the cover girl for a carpet cleaning company..I guess Claudi didn't want to be outdone by the puppy because she ended up at our local vet with a severe IBS attack a week ago Friday..some blood tests were done and off we went...until Sunday...Claudi was one SICK pup...6 hours and $300 later we were home from the ER vet with a humpback lab pumped full of IV fluid!!

Swollen Claudi!
Oh but Wait! Natara could not be outdone by either of these pups! While we were in a rush to get to the vet we had left miss Natara alone in a room and needless to say a bored puppy is trouble! Tara decided to chew up part of a picture frame...2 days later miss Tara was throwing up etc and made her own little trip to the vet just to be safe...She was fine, but sent home with some meds...Because 2 dogs on meds in the house isn't enough...


Natara & her brother Niguel

As of today we await word on Quebec and took Claudi in for some new meds...an hour later Claudi is sitting here like a chipmunk-her face all swollen up from the prednisone that is supposed to be helping her poor stomach...Oh this poor dog...Wait..Poor Raisers!!

Our 5 girls..

Natara, Sidney, Claudi
All the girls in our house are growing, keeping us busy, eating lots and doing all things puppies do!

Quebec is 3 months old and 21 pounds..She is SUCH a good puppy..She loves the other dogs, sleeps through the night, is basically potty trained, looks ADORABLE in her coat, plays with her toys on her tie down, cuddles, comes when she is called, etc.. She is very much like our Emmy!

Natara is 9 months old and 50 pounds of craziness..She is still an energetic girl with as mind of her own..She has been going on puppysits more frequently and has been getting to go to highschool.

Tara going to her bed...


Claudi is 22 months old and a great big sister :) She couldn't be a happier CC..Claudi has gotten even quirkier with age and shown us so many reasons why she would not have been a happy Guide dog..

Pet Dogs Sidney and Fizz are 15 months and 10 years old..Sidney loves her gdb sisters-especially the littlest one! Fizz, she could take them or leave them all!

Sidney..

Photos from our crazy house...

We are puppysitting "Avani" this weekend....She is a 3 month old Bruna/Bingham pup that fits in nicely with our crew..

And then there's the one moment in each week that we get Natara AND the chihuahua to sit still at the SAME time...

Pet Dog Sidney and CC Claudine Pose for the Camera :)

My Baby Girl is 3 years old today..

Emmy "Monkey"

Our Guide Dog Emmy is 3 years old today..We miss her SO much, but are very happy she is guiding an amazing man in Missouri!

Since we can't hop on a plane and go see her I thought I would post some photos of our monkey girl...

Such a pretty girl..

We Love you Emmy!!

New Puppy....

QUEBEC

We are officially CRAZY!!:) We now have 4 dogs under age 2 and a 10 year old! On Tuesday we welcomed starter puppy "Quebec"!

SHE is a 8.5 week old Female yellow lab from Bosworth/Della! She is our first puppy in 5 years to not be related to Simon! We are thinking we will have her for 2-3 months..

So far she is very sweet, cuddly, and slightly soft..She really likes people and gets along well with our zoo. Did I mention that she is GORGEOUS!?!?!

Quebec & Claudi