Banner arrives at The Beach!

Banner was welcomed to his new state of residence by litter mate Tache, who wanted to show him all about the ocean. H arrived in the Tidewater area of Virginia just ahead of the snowstorm (mostly rain there) and got his play date with Tache this morning. He will only be living a few miles from Tache and hopefully they will get to play together frequently.

14 weeks old

I knew there had to be a reason I liked this puppy. He loves hydrangeas. Thumper pruning. Annabelles can be pruned any time and still flower the same year, fortunately.

Ted in snow; he staycationed here last weekend. 

The bunch of them (minus Ziva). They are getting bigger....!

Ted is very patient with Banner (who leaves for home tomorrow, just ahead of our impendin huge snowstorm!

Another one of Banner. Bon voyage!

12.5 weeks old!

Sit happens when you have some currency, in this case Charlee Bear treats.

The lovely Ziva

Banner left and right

Lila left and right

Thumper left and right

They are getting bigger!

Haven't posted lately, they are 10.5 weeks old in these photos and there are many inches of legs there. Won't really wantt o LOOK at them critically again for a couple of months at least!

Lila

















Ziva





Banner






Thumper, the tough guy

Sit!

Down to 4 puppies in thee household now; I will grow out the 2 blue puppies. They automatically sit when they crowd around me, fun to see how quickly they all figured out that good things came if they just slammed their butts to the floor and looked at me, and how no fun things would come their way if they didn't. They are on their way to developing good habits and I am too, after having been so lazy the past several years in shaping puppies to keep their feet on the floor and to pay attention.
From left to right: #1, Thumper, #3(Ziva) and Lila.

Let it Snow!!!!

Some last pictures...

Before the big snow and before puppies start going home.

Syd and #1 (2-Spot). Syd goes home to horse country in Virginia early next week.


2 Spot again

#3, Ziva girl

#6, Inkwell's Imagine That. He is going to Northeastern Maryland for an Obedience career and he might spend some time in the Breed ring with me. He left today.

Two of #7, Inkwell's Gift Wrap (Lila). She is staying here.

Tache, aka Inkwell's Abandon, gets to go to Virginia Beach to run on the sand and eat gourmet food.( I think I will try to go with him.) Tache is French for Spot and is pronounced Tash. And he already knows it.

#2 is Inkwell's Jackrabbit, or Thumper. He is staying here.

Painter at 1 1/2 years

A Ribbon son from her first litter; I haven't seen recent pictures of her first puppies in a while and will try to rectify that soon.  Painter lives in WV and is busy with agility and obedeicne training and will probably be back in the Breed ring in the coming year.

7.5 weeks old

Between cloudy chilly and rain, occasional dry days. At least dry enough to go watch puppies play in the back yard.

"Please just make them all leave....."