Puppies?

Not so much anymore! Man how they've grown and time has flown by. Sorry I didn't get any of Tee by herself. I thought I had this amazing picture of her but once I got it uploaded it was all blurry, so I'll have to try again later.

Dixie

Tee in back Dixie in front

Banjo

Ace

Ace is a really nice pup and is an excellent prospect for sheep or cattle. Check out his sire, Blaze, and his dam Tess' pages for more info and see the past trial pages for his parents trial accomplishments. Blaze and Tess were both DNA tested clear for CEA. I kept four pups from this litter because I can't decide who I want to keep and train and my husband says we've got to get down to two eventually and since he's keeping the other male, Ace is looking for his new home. Ace has been started on some basic obedience. He's learning to sit and walk on a leash and is kenneling up well now. He's also finished with his puppy shots and has been on heartworm preventitive. These pups have been handled more than daily since birth and are well socialized and love to be with people. Please email us for more information and to set up a time to come out and meet Ace and see his parents work. $350 to working home only. Sports homes will be considered with a neuter contract. http://www.baxterbordercollies.com/

My Excuse

Here's my excuse for being late on the pics. Or better yet, several of my reasons. All the nasty weather is here and I only have 4 ewes left to lamb. I was hoping they cross their legs and wait for warmer weather, but that was not the case. Three of the four decided today was the day. We had 2 sets of twins and another set of triplets. Total lamb count as of this moment is 23 lambs from 11 ewes, with one left to go. Plus 3 bottle babies. Please Frosty wait until it warms up, but with a name like that it seems highly unlikely.

Jaycee examining a new lamb

One of my favorite ewes and her triplets. We bought a ram and 2 ewes 3 years ago when we first got started and she is one of them. She has been an awesome producer for us and gave us a nice set of triplets this year, two ewe lambs and a ram lamb. The other ewe we bought with her just had triplets this morning.

This is the above ewes daughter, and is from the first set of lambs we ever had born. She was a triplet and this is her first set of triplets.

This is Alfalfa, one of our Little Rascals themed bottle lambs we got from Susan. Jaycee is being quite the mother hen, or mother sheep shall we say. Jaycee says thanks Susan! Not pictured: Spanky & Darla.

Puppies at 5 Weeks

Sorry the pics are a little late. Pics of the reason I've been busy are to follow. :)

Female 1

Male 1

Female 2

Male 2

Female 3

Male 3

Puppy Update

I cannot believe these guys are over a month old already. Where the heck did February go? Not that I miss the cold dreary weather. Bring on Spring! The sure signs of spring are popping up, or should I say out, here at our little ranch. Our first lamb hit the ground yesterday morning and the ewes are promising many more to come.

Taking the first steps out the door for the first time.

Female 1

Male 1

Female 2

Male 2

Male 3

Female 3

We Have Eyes!

Yep, the pups are a little over 2 weeks now and have eyes and ears open. They are starting to look more like puppies and less like little hamsters. :) They are starting to toddle around and are very curious everytime someone goes in or out of their room. We spend a lot of time everyday out with the puppies, like it or not. Which of course we do like it. :) Jaycee is absolutely wild about them and can tell them all apart already. I can't wait for another couple weeks when they are really mobile and get to see her enjoying them. When Josh and I took her out there Mon. evening and their eyes were all open you'd have thought it was Christmas all over again. She hollered and jumped up and down and said, "Momma, I can see their eyes!" Then of course that called for every pup to have a thorough exam by Jaycee to make sure they could see well. Having pups was always a ton of fun for me in the past, but now getting to share this experience with Jaycee makes it incredible. More pics next week.

Salon Pics

Wow! I'm on a roll. Two posts in one day, I'm sure that's probably a record!

The View From the Front Door

No Picture of Foo-Foo Dogs in My Salon! LOL

My Cage Banks

My Grooming Area With a View to Jaycee's Room

The Bathing Area

Puppies!

So I'm a week late updating the blog, what else is new? Puppies! That's what's new. Tess gave birth to 6 beautiful pups on Feb. 7th. There are 3 males and 3 females. Three of them are black and white and 3 of them are black and white tricolored. What a perfect little litter they are.

Tess got started about 9:30 that night and I was watching her on the monitor from the house and knew she was having hard contractions and starting to push. I let her be and didn't bother her for a little while and I decided I needed to go check things out because as much as she was pushing, there should have been a pup. So I bundled up and out I went and sure enough there were back puppy feet and nothing else. I let her alone and seen if she got any further on her own and I decided to take action when those tiny toes started turning blue. I grabbed a towel and pulled when she pushed and after a lot longer than I was comfortable with we finally got her out. She wasn't breathing and I was fearing the worst. I did all the puppy shaking and slinging skills I learned from working at the vet's and assisting in c-sections and finally got the little girl to take a couple breaths and then that was it, I thought she had given up on me, but I wasn't about to give up on her without a fight. So I continued on and within another couple minutes she finally came around and started breathing regularly. At the time I was so focused on getting her going that I didn't have time to panic, but after she was laying with Tess getting cleaned off it finally sank in that I'd almost lost her. I was so releived! The next 2 pups came without any assistance and it was smooth sailing. She took a rather long break between the 3rd and 4th pup and the 5th pup came about an hour after the 4th. At this point, I was completely exhausted and decided to leave the rest to Tess since all seemed well. I knew she had at least one more pup in there, but I figured it would come when it was ready and headed into the house around 3 or 4. When Josh got up to go to work (I had already scheduled the day off) he told me she still hadn't had it. When I woke up that morning I figured I'd be getting dressed and rushing Tess in to the vet to get that last pup out, but thankfully, there was the entire happy family nursing and doing well. So to all the folks that think I'm crazy for staying up with my girl and not "letting nature take its course," I would have lost the first pup for sure and possibly the rest had I not been there. I planned the breeding, I was there when it happened, and I take full responsibility for all the lives I had a part in creating. So what's a few hours of lost sleep when there are 6 healthy pups because of it?

So without further wait....

The Happy Family

The black and white girl I almost lost.

Tri-colored Male

Black and White Female

Tri-colored Male

Black and White Male

Tri-colored Female

One Very Happy Jaycee!