Lowe Dog..

Lowell got neutered last week--woohoo..We were happy to no longer have the 65 pound intact boy :)...Lowell is 9 months old and 65 pounds of solid pup! He takes after his daddy and is stubborn as any dog I know!

Poor Lowe dog has to have shoulder surgery on both of his shoulders on October 20th..He will be recouperating for a while and spend some time with a new raiser in our club that has no other dogs. We're told her will be just fine to head into training in the spring!

One of my favorite pups in our club became a breeder and was bred to Baker a few weeks ago..We can't wait to see little Tabetha puppies!

Many of the pups in our club have evals this week..Simon has had FOUR litters in the past few months and were told has another breeding date set...I can't wait to see some of them..I would love to get a Simon/Mochi or Simon/Peach puppy, but chances are slim to none since we can't request Simon pups...Hopefully some will come up to Oregon so we can see them!

Short term Puppy #14..

4 new pups arrived in our club yesterday..We will be helping with "Vannie" (6/24/11 Sarita/Hurley)..She is 10 weeks old tomorrow and we will be helping with her until her 1st time raisers can take her to school. She's a tiny little girl-seemed a little "soft" compared to the other pups, so it will be interesting to see how she progresses..

Vannie's sister, Valkyrie joined our club as her raisers 1st baby puppy, FYL Sapphire (6/25/11 Pomonoa/Marino) came to her 1st time raiser and Golden Girl Ginger (6/30/11 GEDs Mia/Patrick) came to her long time raisers as their 1st golden!

Vancouver, Lennox and Jodianne were the pups on the truck for recall (we think!)..and there were 2 more "V" pups and 2 more "S" pups headed up north..Super Cute!

Fun Day

Fun Day was a long, long day!! Was really great to spend the day with Tabetha and say goodbye to her and Zuni..Tabetha's off to California tonight for breeder evals..Zuni went in for training today..

We got to see Lowe dog's 2 brothers and a few other Simon pups as well as Vino, Jethro and Vona:)

We still have some cute t-shirts and oval stickers for sale if anyone is interested-email kimberly1488@hotmail.com

The T-shirts are grey or white and say "In the heart of every guide dog beats the heart of a puppyraiser"..

The oval stickers say "I love my guide dog puppy", "I love my career change guide dog puppy" and "Guide Dog puppy raiser"...I will post photos tomorrow...

T-shirts are $15 and stickers are $5!

Foster Pup..

Our foster pup is looking for an AMAZING home and has her own blog
www.hoppylookingforlove.blogspot.com

Lowell, Kelsa and Simon..

Last week we puppysat Kelsa for the week..She is an incredibly sweet 8 month old girl. I very much enjoyed having her hang out for the week. She is a reluctant reliever so was actually a good fit to hang out at home with me:) She's very mellow and all of our dogs liked her-which is rare as my pet dog is a bit of a dog snob!

Lowell had 2 puppysitters last week and seems to have found his inner BRAT while away..He's been VERY demanding of attention and wanting to annoy the other dogs since he came home..Maybe he missed them!?

Lowe went to graduation yesterday and continues to be scared of clapping..Such a laid back, goofy guy-we apparently need to clap more..

I've been thinking alot lately that I really want another CC Simon puppy..We don't have many Simon pups in our area, but if anyone knows one in need of a home-I'm interested!..Unlikely scenario, but one can hope!

Yesterday I took Claudi to help me work an event for Oregon Dog Rescue..She won the costume contest wearing a vikings t-shirt and purple tu-tu..Alot of people commented on how calm and good she was-she's a pretty good ambassador for GDB :)

House of Dogs

This weekend we took a break from fostering and dogsitting and had Guide dog puppy, Lugano, come stay with us! He is Lowell's brother and Claudi's half brother (simon pup).

Claudine, Lowell, Lugano

Lugano is TALLER than Lowe! We thought Lowe was big at 50 pounds (they are 6 months old)! They have alot of similar traits and really love to play!!

Lowe is such a great boy-he is very mellow, very clumsy and loves attention. He's certainly not the brightest puppy, but we got used to our big, dumb, boy after Doug Dog:)

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!
you can e-mail me photos kimlexidog@hotmail.com