Aruba with newborns

Puppies 2010!

Here we are again. Aruba has 6 beautiful babies born July 16th. The sire is Mikey, Am/Can Champion Cranbrooke Back to the Future. We hope some of these pups grow up and have the success their parents have had in the show ring. We hope ALL of the babies find wonderful homes, with lots of exciting adventures in their lives. My 13 week old pup, Gretchen, has already been to a parade, softball game, 5 year old's birthday party, agility classes (to observe), a kennel club meeting, and visited local youth homes.

I am slow to get photos posted because my camera and computer are not cooperating with each other. Hang in there, I hope to get face shots in the next couple days as their eyes fully open.

This litter is named for cities in Arizona. Liver girl is Sedona, Black girl is Mesa, Black boy is Chandler, Black ear patch boy is Phoenix, and the liver boys are Tucson and Winslow.

Bomshel with Tiger

Bandit, Jami and Toby in bed

Quiet house

Rich is the only pup left. Judy came from Indiana and took Big and Sugar home with her to meet their new families. Big will be showing in conformation, Sugar in conformation, obedience AND agility. Zac went home with Beth, after visiting an agility trial. He will also be doing breed, obedience, and agility. Bomshel went with Roger, Libby and Allen to meet her big brother Tiger.

Rich is enjoying the company of Bandit, my daughter's new puppy.

All but Rich

Bomshel's new family

7 weeks

Pups are 7 weeks old today. What a busy week! We traveled to Rochester, MN for hearing tests and big sister Hottie's dog show on Saturday. Hottie did well at the show, won a point AND won the Bred By Exhibitor Non-sporting group. Puppies were handled and evaluated by fellow show people.
Kevin, Rhonda, and Kami came to visit from Wisconsin, and left with sweet Rascal.
Today puppies went to my collie friend's house again. This time there was another litter visiting, so there were 11 collie pups!

Zac

Rascal with new friend Kami

Rich

Sugar

Bomshel

Big

Zac

Quiet night

We played outside, then came in to hang out while I did a few things indoors. Pups got bored while I was on the computer. This is the view from my chair:

Big

Bomshel

Great photos!

Sheryl has posted many of her great pictures from last Friday (101 of them) at this site. Check them out
http://iatervs.smugmug.com

Busy day

The pups went for 3 car rides today. The first to my Dad's, where they ran around and explored the back yard. Then we went to my friend Jeanie's house, where they were able to play with 5 six week old collie pups-tri, sables, and white. Some smooths and some rough. Jeanie also had 6 kittens that were curious about all the dogs. Wish I'd remembered my camera! Hopefully Jeanie will send me a few that I can post.

The following stacked photos were also taken by Sheryl McCormick on Friday. The liver boys were not cooperating, they wanted to run and play. Just some quick shots to give an idea of body type and spotting.

Rich

Zac

Zac

Bomshel