We just received pictures of the potential newest member to our family. We are hoping to get the lone male blue merle (spotty color) in this litter. However, when you choose your puppy from a litter, it's important that the puppy also "chooses" you. Meaning, if we show up and the boy is not interested in us, or openly friendly to us, but another puppy is, it may be best to put our specific desires aside and go with the one that chose us. Of course, it's also up to the breeder who will know the personalities of the pups way better than we could from a short visit. But let's be honest, any way you split it, we'll end up with a (second) beautiful, athletic dog. Good fruit grows from good trees.
I love the big, black spot on his side, as well as the little tiny specs on his ears. I think he'll be breaking hearts in no time. We're still working on names for the guy, partly because personality will play into it. We have a good list going, but I am not going to give any spoilers.
Here's one last picture of all the brothers and sisters laying together to stay warm. Our breeder has been doing Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) every day to increase performance abilities later in life. Also, she's been feeding the pups a dab of yogurt each day which aids in stronger digestion and immunity defense. We're very pleased with everything the breeder has shown so far, and look forward to finalizing everything sometime within the next 6 weeks so we can officially prep our house (and the pets) for the new arrival.
Bud - The process you are going through for the new puppy is exactly like the process we went through with you - even the ENS! Many people thought we were being cruel to you, but I said, "No! These electro-shocks are going to help him be successful. You'll see." And I was right!
ReplyDeleteWe even waited to see if you liked us before we took you home. At the end of the day it really didn't matter we took you home anyway.
Love you guys!