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The Pups:
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Kaplan
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Kasha
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Keaton
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Kelso
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| Gender: |
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| Time of Birth: |
6:30 am |
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8:10 am |
8:50 am |
| Birth Weight: |
1 lb, 0.9 oz |
14.9 oz |
15.8 oz |
15.5 oz |
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Tri-Color |
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Tri-Chestnut |
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Click on any of the photos to super size them. Hold mouse over photo for caption.
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Puppy #:
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Kenji
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Kindle
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Kinnick
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Krystal
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| Gender: |
Male |
Female |
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Female |
| Time of Birth: |
9:15 am |
10:10 am |
11:30 am |
1:27 pm |
| Birth Weight: |
15.6 oz |
13.9 oz |
14.1 oz |
14.7 oz |
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Tri-Color |
Tri-Chestnut |
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Miscellaneous Photos - Birth Week (Click on the small photo to supersize it, hold mouse over small photo for caption)
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Video Clips: (Click on the thumbnail to view the video clip in a separate window on YouTube)
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"Kindle" (Puppy #6) Being Born
February 8, 2012
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"Kinnick" (Puppy #7) Being Born
February 8, 2012
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"Litter K" on their Birthday
February 8, 2012
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The Scratch Reflex
February 10, 2012
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First Steps
February 19, 2012
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Snapshots from the LIVE Puppy Cam: (Click on the thumbnail to supersize, hold mouse over photo for caption)
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PUPDATES - Web Log (Litter K): (from most recent at top)
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Week 1
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02/19/12
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It's amazing how fast the puppies are changing at this age, because if you blink, you can easily miss the "very first time" the pups have done something. For instance, they are now up on all fours and walking, even before their eyes are open! (see new video clip: First Steps) They are now pooping on their own, whereas before momma had to stimulate them to potty. Their eyes are opening and as promised I would give an "eye opening update", so here is today's report:
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Kaplan
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1/2 open
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1/2 open
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Kasha
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1/2 open |
starting |
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Keaton
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1/2 open |
starting |
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Kelso
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1/4 open |
1/4 open |
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Kenji
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1/2 open |
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Kindle
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starting |
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3/4 open |
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starting |
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02/17/12
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In honor of Valentine's Week, I've done something special as I mentioned earlier... This week's puppy portraits are themed with Valentine's Day flair. Hope you enjoy!
Can you resist this box of chocolate?
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02/16/12
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Today as I was weighing the pups I noticed that the little pink noses they had at birth are now spotted with freckles as well as their little tummies. Their hair is very thin on their bellies, so the spots are easily noticed. These spots on their tummies as well as their backs will someday grow colored hair which will make their coat "ticked".
When I do the Super Dog exercises, that ritual also gives me the opportunity to look the pups over real well and check them for skin conditions and monitor the healing process for their dew claws. As I mentioned for Week 1, the milestone is that the pups eyes will be opening very soon, in fact I've noticed that the crease between their upper and lower lids is deepening and will be cracking open soon.
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02/15/12
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The pups are growing like weeds, and still gaining at least 1.5 to 2 ounces each 24 hour period. Here's how the pups measure up after one week of life:
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Kaplan
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1 lb, 14.0 oz
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Kasha
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1 lb, 6.3 oz
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Keaton
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1 lb, 10.6 oz
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Kelso
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1 lb, 10.6 oz
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Kenji
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1 lb, 8.5 oz
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Kindle
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1 lb, 7.1 oz
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Kinnick
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1 lb, 8.0 oz
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Krystal
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1 lb, 9.0 oz
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This week's developmental milestone: Eyes will open!
This week the pups have an exciting milestone to "look" forward to, their eyes will open and then their little faces will take on a whole new dimension. Usually the process starts at about 10 days after birth and for most pups, the timeframe from start to finish will be relatively the same, but we will provide an "eye opening update" each day so you can follow along.
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Birth Week
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02/14/12
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! In honor of Valentine's Day this week, I've got something extra special planned so stay tuned!
Puppies are doing great and growing like little weeds! They are all healthy and strong and some are even getting up off their bellies already. Their individual personalities are already starting to show and I can tell you that Kinnick is the biggest complainer of all the pups. He always seems to be the one that has the most to say, so far... HOPE is still being a very diligent and protective momma. Benelli (her daughter from "Litter I") is very curious about the noises and smells coming from the puppy nursery, so there are many times you can catch her standing outside the door with a cocked ear listening intently. When the door opens, she peaks in and tries to catch a glimpse, but if her momma HOPE catches her, she gets a very stern stare with an evil eye as if to say "Stop right there and don't come any closer or else!" Benelli does not dare challenge her mother! Pack dynamics are so fun to observe!
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02/11/12
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Today we started the Super Dog program, (read about it) whereby we perform different neurological stimulation exercises each day between the ages of 3 to 16 days to help boost the dog's performance later in life. Also, the pup's dewclaws were removed today and I'm happy to report at this morning's weigh-in, all the pups are steadily gaining weight! Here's how they measure up today:
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Kaplan
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1 lb, 4.8 oz
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Kasha
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1 lb, 0.8 oz
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Keaton
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1 lb, 3.4 oz
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Kelso
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1 lb, 2.2 oz
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Kenji
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1 lb, 2.2 oz
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Kindle
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1 lb, 1.2 oz
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Kinnick
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1 lb, 2.2 oz
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Krystal
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1 lb, 2.0 oz
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I just posted some miscellaneous litter photos from the birth week. Most of them are also on Facebook, but there are a few here that aren't on there. I've got to leave something special for my website, right?
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02/10/12
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WOW, it's been a whirlwind since the "Litter K" wigglers have been born. I've been weighing them twice per day as a few of the pups actually lost weight since birth. The pups should gain at least one ounce or more in a 24 hour period. Last night I felt I needed to bottle feed the ones that lost weight or didn't gain enough, at this age they can go downhill so quickly that I didn't want to take a chance with them. I used Pro-Biolac which is a powdered milk replacer for puppies that is reconstituted with warm water. I fed them out of a regular human baby bottle using a Stage 1 nipple, however the thick milk kept clogging the hole, so I had to switch to a Stage 2 nipple part way through. The pups don't take to the artificial nipple very easily because it's made of hard rubber and it's difficult for them to latch on because it doesn't mold to their mouths like momma's natural nipples do. Bottle feeding these tiny babies takes persistance and patience, but eventually they usually take to it and start suckling vigorously. Once they realize that it's GOOD STUFF, their bodies get rigid and they start suckling like they are in a pie eating contest, shoveling it down as fast as they can go. I have to be very careful not to let them overeat and get a bad gut ache or worse.
I just posted the Birth Week puppy portraits and a couple more videos. By the way, I created a new "channel" for Hickory Hollow puppy videos on YouTube, our channel name is HickoryHollowLlews: (http://www.youtube.com/user/HickoryHollowLlews?feature=mhee) . Feel free to subscribe to our feed so you won't miss our videos. Of course I will also post links to the videos on this page and on our Facebook page.
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02/08/12
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PUPPIES ARE COMING!
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Throughout the night I monitored HOPE's temp and it is still above the red line, however at about 5 am she wanted outside to go potty, and was frantically running around the house, she kept going into and out of her kennel and was whining. I assumed puppies were coming, even though I had not seen the textbook temperature drop that I was expecting, sure enough, she started having contractions around 6 am and the first pup was born
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6:30 am
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1st pup
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male
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Tri-color (white/black/tan)
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1 lb, 0.9 oz
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7:00 am
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2nd pup
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female
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Tri-color (white/black/tan)
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14.9 oz
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8:10 am
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3rd pup
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male
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Tri-chestnut (white/chestnut/tan)
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15.8 oz
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8:50 am
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4th pup
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male
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Tri-chestnut (white/chestnut/tan)
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15.5 oz
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9:15 am
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5th pup
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male
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Tri-color (white/black/tan)
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15.6 oz
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10:10 am
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6th pup
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female
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Tri-chestnut (white/chestnut/tan)
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13.9 oz
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11:30 am
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7th pup
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male
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Tri-chestnut (white/chestnut/tan)
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14.1 oz
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1:27 pm
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8th pup
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female
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Tri-chestnut (white/chestnut/tan)
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14.7 oz
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Several photos have been posted to our Hickory Hollow Llewellins facebook page. They will eventually be posted on this page as well, but that will take me a while to get that done. Facebook makes it so easy. I have also uploaded a video (more to come) to YouTube and have embedded them in the Video Clips section of
this page.
I'm doing something a little different with the videos for this litter, I got a new HD video camera and I've decided to post the videos on YouTube instead of on our site using QuickTime. I'm hoping this new option will allow me to provide better quality videos for everyone to enjoy.
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| Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 |
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Tonight HOPE refused dinner for the second night in a row and she is acting like she's going into labor with heavy breathing and restlessness. I keep taking her temperature every hour or so to monitor the situation. Her temp is registering right at the red line or 98.4 and hovering just above it. Usually when the temp drops, it goes well below the red line into the 97 degree mark, but hers has not. I will continue
to moniter her throughout the night tonight and get the nursery ready for puppies, just to be sure.
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| Sunday, February 5th, 2012 |
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HOPE's x-ray is scheduled for Thursday February 9th @ 2:40 pm. Then we will have an official pup count so that I will be ready on whelping day.
Puppies are really squirming around in her belly now and are very easy to see. I measured her waist tonight and she measures a huge 31"!!
Time is drawing near since we are in the final week of HOPE's pregnancy. I am taking her temp every morning and night watching for the tell-tale temp drop that indicates ...whelping will begin soon. Today is day 58 of gestation, pups can be born at any time now and chances of survival are really good. If born before day 58, the chances of survival are greatly reduced, however between day 58 and 63 is ideal. HOPE has had a track record
of delivering close to or on day 63. Stay tuned...
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| Sunday, February 5th, 2012 |
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Well, we are in the final week of HOPE's pregnancy, so we are officially in the final countdown. HOPE is now nesting, her milk has come in and she's showing signs that whelping is near. You can now see the puppies moving around in her belly and when she lays on her back, you can see her belly swirling with puppy movement. The pups seem to be the most active in
the evening. HOPE is still carrying the puppies
very high in her belly and you can feel them moving when you lay your hand on her. I have felt puppies up as high as underneath her ribcage, no wonder there's not a whole lot of room for food in her tummy. I hope to take her to the vet this week for an x-ray to get a final puppy count, but I would venture to guess that we have more than four puppies in that big 'ol belly of hers!
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| Friday, January 27th, 2012 |
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HOPE is doing great and is expanding like a balloon. Today we have started to feed her twice her normal daily ration, half in the morning and half in the evening because her stomach doesn't have enough room to hold it all at once due to the growning puppies in her belly.
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| Monday, January 16th, 2012 |
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Hey everybody, sorry it's been a while between posts but there hasn't been much to report lately. HOPE is coming along nicely and is now starting to "show" her pregnancy as her belly is expanding which causes her tummy hair to point out in funny directions instead of laying flat, LOL! She is now being fed about 1 1/2 times her normal daily ration since she's now feeding more than just herself.
I received an e-mail recently where one of our viewers asked when the LIVE Puppy Cam would be available and how to access it, so I wanted to share this information with the rest of our followers. The LIVE puppy cam will go online shortly after the puppies are born and the page can be accessed by a huge link at the top of this page and also from our Home page. I've just added a "place holder" graphic in the spot
where the live link will go. Believe me, you won't miss it!!
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| Saturday, January 7th, 2012 |
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GOOD NEWS!! Today's ultrasound showed that HOPE is definitely expecting a litter of puppies in 5 weeks! "Litter K" is due on Saturday February 11th. The vet said that she saw at least 4 puppies but her "guesstimates" have always been on the low side so we are hoping for more than that. We will probably do an x-ray in about 4 weeks to get an exact head count. The ultrasound machine
printed some photos from today's procedure and the vet gave them to me so I have shared them with you below. ENJOY! :0)~
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| Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 |
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The time is near to find out whether or not HOPE and Jimmy are expecting. I have an appointment scheduled this Saturday (Jan 7th) for a pregnancy ultrasound. I will post right away after returning from the veterinary appointment whether or not we will have puppies in February. Stay tuned!
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| Sunday, December 18th, 2011 |
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We are heading back to Iowa today. HOPE readily jumped in the truck and snuggled into her travel bed for the 5 hour journey. She seemed content to leave her playmate behind and get back to Hickory Hollow. Now we wait for about 4 weeks until we can perform an ultrasound to determine if HOPE and Jimmy will become parents! Stay tuned!
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| Saturday, December 17th, 2011 |
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We traveled back to KC today to get HOPE. Jimmy's dad indicated that HOPE knew we were coming for her today as she had been waiting anxiously by the doorway and looking out the window for most of the day. Needless to say she was glad to see us when we arrived and barely left my side for the rest of the evening. Jimmy's dad said that HOPE was wonderfully behaved during her week-long "vacation" and that Jimmy had really
enjoyed her company. I'm sure Jimmy and his family will be sorry to see HOPE go.
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| Sunday, December 11th, 2011 |
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We've decided to leave HOPE with Jimmy for the week and come back to KC to get her the following weekend. We thought it best to try and allow for good timing between breedings and thus Jimmy's gracious parents and hosts agreed to keep HOPE for the week.
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| Saturday, December 10th, 2011 |
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Today HOPE and I, along with a welcome guest, traveled to Kansas City to meet Jimmy. Since Jimmy had once been a part of the Hickory Hollow Llew Crew, HOPE and Jimmy were like reuniting two peas in a pod! HOPE was always Jimmy's favorite girl and they played and got reaquainted rather quickly. It was like old times, but it certainly didn't hurt that HOPE smelled really good to Jimmy too. We had our first breeding within an hour
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| Friday, December 2nd, 2011 |
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HOPE is currently in heat and appears to have just started her cycle. We are planning to breed her to James on December 10, 12 and 14 because we specifically want to target days 8, 10, and 12 of her cycle. The theory is that if you breed on day 8, the litter may contain more female pups, also if you breed on day 12, the litter count may be higher. We've tried this before and the theory seems to hold true.
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Pedigree:
Litter "K" Pedigree - Hickory's Hunting with HOPE x Sir James of Galloway
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Parents
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Grand Parents
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3rd Generation
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4th Generation
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5th Generation
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Sir James of Galloway
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Mickey Aces Flush
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Eastfork's Count Toby
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Awbonnie's Bull
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Assrah Wily 1293321 |
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Bondhu Tiny 1268306 |
Chappy's Little Ginger
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Chappy's Buster Bondhu 1402455 |
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Chappy's Susie Bondhu 1323599 |
Windem Grouse Lady
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Dashing Windem Sam
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Dashing Iron Ike 1456148 |
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Wind'em Babe 1430809 |
Chappy's Little Peg
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Dashing Iron Mike 1386582 |
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Bob's Dashing Maggie 1363828 |
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Precious Little Ann
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Bud Deuce Bondhu
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Dashing Ringold Bondhu
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Dashing Will Bondhu 1252053 |
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Dashing Babette Bondhu 1171705 |
Dashing Bluelyn Windem
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Ozark Chunker Bondhu 1382664 |
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Rachael's Pepper Lyles
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Straight Creek Spot
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Jack's Highstyle Bondhu 1408008 |
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Straight Creek Cricket 1430803 |
Bob's Dashing Maggie
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Count John OfAvon 1344347 |
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Straight Creek Dottie 1298364 |
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Hickory's Hunting with HOPE 1601122
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Sillman's Hank Boy
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Henry PrinceOf Pause
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Irishking Bondhu Ashly
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Machad Ambassador 1164918 |
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Bickers Bondhu Ann 1226855 |
Dashing Janette Bondhu
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Dashing Ringo Bondhu 1061838 |
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Dashing Setette Bondhu 1137664 |
Chris Blue Babe
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King's Bomber III
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King's Bomber II 1326133 |
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King's Gladstone Dinky 1324678 |
King's Gladstone Moll
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King's Tony O 1289428 |
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King's Royal Alicelle 1289511 |
Duchess of Adena
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Eastfork's Count Toby
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Awbonnie's Bull
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Assrah Wily 1293321 |
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Bondhu Tiny 1268306 |
Chappy's Little Ginger
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Chappy's Buster Bondhu 1402455 |
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Chappy's Susie Bondhu 1323599 |
Windem Grouse Lady
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Dashing Windem Sam
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Dashing Iron Ike 1456148 |
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