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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Daddy's Birthday Present...Meeting his pups

The pups went outside to their newly set up lanai to relax, eat and nap.
Daddy decided the best birthday present ever would be to spend it with mom and the kids.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Video Clip of the Kids

Puppy video

Hey - We're little dogs now

Riley and Disney's puppies are growing everyday.  Lots of changes have occurred this last week.  The puppies have spots, open eyes, and opening ears.  They're toddling around, barking and howling too.  They seem to be amazed that they can bark.  I'll link a video shortly, but here are some pictures.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Puppies: week one

I can't believe the pups are a week old already.  Their eyes and ears are starting to open and I can see spots coming through.  Remember, with a Dalmatian puppy, at birth the spotting pattern is present on the skin, but the fur they grow is snow white.  A patched puppy is born with pigmented fur at birth.  Patched puppies make lovely pets and performance dogs but cannot be shown in conformation events.  Jay was born with patches under both ears.  At about 9-12 days the baby coat sheds and a new "more colorful" coat takes its place.  Black or Liver spots appear (oh please, not black and liver on the same dog!).  It's an exciting time because their eyes and ears open too.  Plus they start toddling around!!  I'll post a video of that in the next few days.  Below are some pictures...somehow, Jay did not make a showing in this batch of pictures...I'll capture him in film later :)