Simon Puppies!

3 new litters of Simon pups have gone out in the past few weeks and are going out..We would love any photos of his puppies...Simon/Dolly, Simon/Jakarta and Simon/Leslie!..We love our Simon and his puppies...His son, Lowell, is very much like his BIG daddy:-)

Simon at 6 months old!

Lowell at 5 months old!
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Photos..

Zuni-one of our starter pups-is staying with us for a while...Lowe and Claudi have the same dad...Zuni and Claudi have the same mom..It's a pretty cute family photo.

I got an email today from DOUGs new person...Doug looks so happy and has a little boy and a retired guide he is living with..I am so happy that all 3 of my pups that are working have very happy homes AND live with other dogs-I can't imagine them not having dog friends since they had so many with us!

cuteness

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i created a new store on Cafe Press with some Guide dog stuff..:-)

Goodbye and We love you Doug Dog!

Last Wednesday we went out to campus to say goodbye to Doug..He is leaving tomorrow to do his in home training with his new partner in Idaho..

Doug was very happy to see us and looked just the same-except a little fatter-as he did almost 7 months ago when we dropped him off. He still had the same confused and worried look on his face, and wagged his tail non-stop.

We can't wait to hear from his new partner and hope that he/she loves him as much as we do. He has been in foster care his entire time he has been in training, so no doubt his foster family will be missing him too-he's just a wonderful dog.

Some photos from our goodbye..

I love this puppy.

"Lowe" is just the cutest puppy! He's extremely mellow, hops when he tries to run, puts himself on tie-down even when he's not on one, is good with my other dogs and has THE best wiggle ever..Our entire house (3 people, 4 other dogs) just love him!..We are SO happy that we were able to get another Simon puppy.

Simon has been a BUSY boy lately..He had 3 litters born in March and 1 due in May! We're very happy that he is still being bred and has some big litters going into homes soon..If it weren't for potty training I would want 10 more Simon pups!

Lowe is our 5th Simon puppy..Emmy was the best puppy ever and became an amazing working guide..Claudine was a very strange puppy-very aloof and on her own schedule-Claudi was CCed for IBS and came home to live with us..Ogden was a big goofball we started-he also became a guide..Natara was a wild child and was CCed because of it and lives with a friend of ours...Lowe had some bigs shoes to fill, but he has won us all over and I know he will be a great guide, breeder or come live with us and be spoiled like his sister!

Our house now has 2 pet labs that are full sisters from different litters and 2 half siblings in Claudi and Lowe...It's just perfect!

Sidney & moxie Lowe & Claudine

Lowell..Claudi (CC).

Today was labrador playday at our work..We have breed specific playdays every Saturday and have "lab day" every 2-3 months since the labs come out in dozens! Today was probably our slowest playday to date with around 25 labs/lab mixes..

We invite all the CCs in the area as well and have so much fun/keep so busy watching them play..Our CC Claudine loves playday as well as our co-worker's CC, Riley..(they think they are king/queen of the playday)..

Here are some photos of Claudine and Riley..I think 5 other CCs were there today as well (Bonnie, Cooper, Lucy, Bordeaux, Mort).

Riley

Claudine

We carried Lowell through the room to let some friends see him-all 26 pounds of him..He's getting too big for me to carry-it's so sad!