Tuesday August 19 2008:  weights, news

                                                    News    (about Imp's litter)                                         Stud Dog Puppies
                                                                blog news   pics   weights   

                                        Upcoming Litters Here at Ynda/Shenandoah for St Francis
                                                                                                       - Jeannie               

pics

2 week old portraits

         
          'you know what I like'                                                                                                             'la bamba'
                  Big Bopper                                                                                                                            Ritchie Valens
  Hear Bopper sing You Know What I Like                                                                          Hear Ritchie sing La Bamba
            PURPLE                                                                                     BLUE
           PERIWINKLE

                           'that'll be the day'
                                         Buddy Holly
                             Hear Buddy sing That'll Be The Day
                                          RED                                                    

   
   
  Purple and Red                 Blue and Purple                                  all 3 amigos fast asleep

  not another picture !
Miss Imp is sitting in her whelping box, and you can see some of the 'puppy supplies' that we keep nearby, just in case they are needed.  You might be able to tell how much of her coat Imp has already lost.  As soon as mother dogs wean their pups, they lose all, and I mean all, of their coat.  I say they look like POW's, and its true.  But when their coat does grow back, it is absolutely beautiful.  Imp says she is not looking her best these days and would I please refrain from too many close up personal shots. 

weights

                            Birth       8/10            8/14                  8/15                  8/16             8/17                   8/19

Big Bopper        20.5 oz       2 lb 13         3 lb  8.5  oz        3 lb 13 oz        3 lb 13 oz      3 lb 15 oz           4 lb 4.5 oz
Buddy Holly       19.5            2      8.5       3 lb  6     oz        3      8               3      10           3      11.5             4     0
Ritchie Valens   16.5            2      0           2 lb 14   oz         3                       3        1           3     3.5                 3     7.5

*growing nicely

  News:

Don't forget the pedigree and links to parents pages are below the news text.  Click on - Imp.
If you want to read the blog entries prior to what is below click here.

August 19:  Hard to believe how the pups are growing now.  So many things have happened.  The pups are definitely hearing.  They know our voices, and those heads come right up when we talk to them.  Imp is really bonded to these pups and we often see them sitting in front of her, and one or more of them is putting a paw on her nose.  They will exchange licks.  The pups love to be picked up and held, and they will nuzzle against my cheek.  They have found their voices for sure, and Mr Purple, Bopper, has that puppy trill-growl down pat.  He practices it on his brothers if they try to engage him in too much play.  The pups will play with each other now by batting their paws in the air.  Blue tries to get the other 2 to wrestle with him, Blue Ritchie is the most coordinated at the moment.  Nails have been done for the 2nd time, and the daily 'super puppy' exercises continue.  They are each getting very good at letting me put them on their backs.  They relax pretty quickly now with that, and also with the holding in the air.  Puppy Racket audio tape starts today.  More pics and second deworming tomorrow.  Pups will be 3 weeks old.  My! how time flies by.

Click here if you would like to read about Super Puppy Exercises.

RBIS GRCH 'Imp' Our beloved Miss Imp (Reserve Best In Show winner, and a Grand Show Champion) has her litter
                                         on the ground.
                                         This is a wonderful litter of B.B. and B.Y. blacks boys, very moderate in size,
                                         hopefully with all of Momma Imp's smartness
                                         and joie-de-vivre and all of Pappa Hawkeye's carefree attitude and rugged
                                         good looks, fabulous coats, and superb substance.  Both of these dogs excel in
                                         front assembly, short coupling, head type and coat.  Both are excellent retrievers.
                                         Imp is one of our 'pupsicles' from June and Calvin.

                                                         
                                                             Hawkeye                 Imp

                                        Click here to see a Pedigree for these pups.
                                        Both parents are OFA, OFEL, CERF, CHIC, Optigen A1 by parentage.
                        Click here to visit Hawkeye's web page.     Click here to visit Imp's web page.
 

                                                                STUD PUPPIES FOR ST FRANCIS

#1  Bonnie & Harvey Henry have generously donated IAN's stud puppy from his litter to LACI:
Puppy PETRA is now a St Francis Service Dog in Training !
 Flash ! two of Petra's brothers join her at St Francis as Service Puppies in Training.
This brings Ian's sire-total to 5 currently training Service Dogs/puppies.
Ian's youngsters out of Imp -- Mac, and Ready -- are in Advanced Training.
FLASH:  Mac and Ready are in the 'partnering' process ....  What wonderful news ...

      
 #2  Our St John and Pacesetter Jazzy Blue produced 9 beautiful pups. 
6 of those 9 have gone into Service Dog Training,
including Yellow Female Puppy GOLDIE (now named GEORGIE)
donated by us as our stud puppy to St Francis. 
Congratulations to Pacesetter for such a lovely litter. 
2 pups are St Francis Service Dogs in training -- pictured above.
4 pups are Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota pups in training.
Here are the foursome arriving in Minnesota:



 

     BIS/BISS  Jeannie      our beautiful Jeannie will be mated to CH Colton's Calvin Black
                                                                             a special Thank You to Mary Ellen Walsh of Colton Labradors for sharing
                                                                             Calvin's frozen semen with us.  PEDIGREE for Jeannie/Calvin pups.
                                                              
                                                           
                                                                         Calvin                                    Jeannie

What a blessing this is to be able to use Calvin again.
During his lifetime, Calvin easily earned his AKC Championship.
He was an influential sire in New England,
producing get who are titled in several venues.
His stud work includes 8 years at stud at Guiding Eyes in CT.
His offspring have an impressive record of health clearances.

Learn more at Calvin's page.       Learn more about Jeannie

We have adored our 2 precious Calvin offspring -- St John and Imp -- and
we are so excited about the prospect of more Calvin youngsters.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Mary Ellen !!!

Meet multi-BIS/BISS GRCH Ynda's "I Dream Of Jeannie"
visit Jeannie's page

Jeannie gives me ringside kisses at Potomac

 Jeannie is every conformation person's dream come true.  In 2002 when we knew June was carrying a singleton puppy out of CH Chelon's Mac The Knight, we picked out 1 name for a male pup and 1 name for a female pup.  The 'Dream' names we chose represented the blood tie to June, Midsummer Knights Dream.  The puppy was a male, and the rest is history -- he became our beloved Martin, "I Have A Dream".  Naturally, when Martin's first litter was born (to Jasmine), we named the darling, feisty little girl the 'other name' we had held close.  " I Dream of Jeannie" thus was christened.  Her song I sing to her to the Stephen Foster tune is 'I Dream Of Jeannie with the dark brown eyes."  And every day I tell her, "I dreamed of you before you were born."  And I did.

Jeannie has always loved to travel and to be with us.  Many was the time as puppies that she and sister Ella would vie for our attention.  That's how I think Jeannie got her 'hey, look at me attitude."  You can certainly see it in the show ring.  Jeannie just sets herself squarely and wags that tail, asking for her treat AND to be noticed.  I have never had to hand stack Jeannie -- everything you see is truly her. 

Jeannie finished her United Show Champion and Grand Show Champion titles almost before she was leash broken.  She went on to earn not 1 but 4 Best In Multi-Breed Show awards AND a Best In Specialty Show award.  We take her out sparingly so as not to 'burn out' her love of showing.  Jeannie was in the UKC Top Ten in 2005 and 2006.

Jeannie at LRC Potomac showing herself off !

Jeannie is a delightful girl who is always full of herself, who loves to play and run with the other dogs, who is ready for any adventure life throws her way.  Jeannie is eager to please, wants to be with us and is always cheerful.  She is 21 inches tall, has all her clearances and is dominant black (like her parents).  Click here to see Jeannie's clearances at OFA

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