And away they go!

The adventure continues! The D pups turned in today to CCI in Santa Rosa. Tomorrow many of them will be winging their way around the country. The pups will be all over the country north, south, east and west.

Here is the beginning of the journey into the next phase of their lives. Off to puppy raisers!

Into our crates, in the car


Out of the crates at CCI, into the transport bin


Off to Puppy Park!


Puppy Park!!







Bye, bye D pups!! Mama Tamlyn and your BCs wish you all the best on your journeys into the future! You've been a "D"elight start to finish. Have a great time, puppy raisers! We'd love to hear about your adventures with the D's. You can reach us at tamlyn@knkweb.net

Because of the storm!

The pups spent their last evening with us playing in a makeshift "outdoors" in our family room since the storm made it impossible to be outside. A large tarp became the floor and a couple of x-pens created the boundaries. We added some toys but the pups most favorite toy of the evening was Tamlyn...

Before the storm....

The remnant of a typhoon has travelled across the Pacific and will apparently slam into our area tomorrow with an unusually heavy October storm. So, no "great outdoors" for the pups on their last full day with us. They got their final experience of outdoors with us today. Afterwards, we need to tear down the pen and tie down what's left--strong gusty winds come with the rain tomorrow.

Downside: no outdoor time for the pups on Tuesday. Upside: the storm will clean the patio for us!




Next outdoor time will be at Puppy Park!

Gettin' ready to go...

The pups are spending time each day getting used to crates in preparation for their first great CCI adventure: turn-in to Santa Rosa and then off to puppy raisers. The pups will be taken to the CCI campus on Wednesday, 10/14, and, as best we know, will be off to puppy raisers far and wide the very next day. Some of these pups will head north, others east, others to the mountain center, others to the southwest and still others to points unknown (to us that is! :-) ). These pups will be raised all over the country!

Here are the pups practicing their "traveling digs":






As always, the pups are under the watchful eye of Mom!

Starring.........The D Pups!

The pups have been growing like crazy and are developing into their own little persons (dogs?). To give a bit of a sense of each one individually... Lights, camera, lots of action...

Presenting the D Pups on Parade!

Tunnel Away, Daya!!

Rock and Roll, Dre!!


Juggling Jugs, Dan!!


Big Chew, Dionne!!


Go for the Ring, Doreen!!


Climb, Climb, Climb, Delight!!


Stretch, Desmond!!

Special note: Desmond was the last pup recorded and all of them had been playing for quite a while. So you'll find him stretching for a snooze--much like the other pups about the same time. He's a lot more active as a co-star in some of the other videos...


Center of the Action, Delmar!!


Have a Ball, Diamond!!

Litter Picture

Today the D's had their litter picture taken. It's quite an extravaganza! Here's an unofficial copy--the names are not official until after the litter turns in and may still be changed. The "official" picture won't have names.

Many thanks to Peggy Keefe, the photographer extraordinaire!


Of course, nothing is as easy as it seems. For a shot with nine puppies, step one is to spend vast amounts of puppy energy playing before the picture. The pups played in the great outdoors and on the lawn for about an hour before the picture was attempted.






Even getting the picture is an adventure! The most favorite spot besides in the cart is.... on the move... and out of the cart...



So, it takes many puppy wranglers to get a litter picture. Many, many thanks to the D Litter wranglers: Doreen Contes, Teresa Hart and Kristin Shahan!


And, just like everything else puppy, this adventure ends with a snooze...

The Great Outdoors, Continued

The pups continue to have fun playing outside. Every day they get a bit bigger. We introduce new toys and other object for them to check. Here's part of the great outdoors on Saturday.