Luna the Barbet puppy

Meet Luna who is looking like a very promising retriever, she is rather beautiful and the daughter of Ebene and Eton.

Martha my dear

Martha has that extra ingredient which makes people smile.She is as needy as Bobby, which for me is perfect as I like dogs that I can learn to understand and I find I never ever get cross about the quirky behaviour, it just makes me laugh. Martha cannot cope with strange noises that people make when they try to attract her attention, and we all do it without realising. Loud noises, fireworks and thunder she doesn't lift her head, but a human making any sound with their lips then she is off, and because children don't generally make those noises she will greet them with no anticipation. I have to say having so many visitors over the last couple of months has done her the world of good and she was so sweet with Betsy when she was ill, you would always find her lying nearby as was Bobby, both were tuned in and seemed to know that Betsy wanted their company.  

Finally a day at home

Today is paperwork day, trawling through my emails, looking at photos, looking at videos, getting organised for the Game Fair and chilling. Life is put on hold when you have puppies, it is hard to leave the house as you have to organise someone to puppysit and we had the added terrible situation with the loss of Betsy after 2 weeks of nursing. I didn't even get the chance to tell you all that we had the BBC filming test shots here all day on the 16th April for a new documentary, as Bepop went into labour a few hours after they left!!!! so puppy news took over. To cut a long story short, the BBC will not be using any footage as Bepop gave birth before it could be filmed, they wanted to follow the progress of puppies from birth till 12 weeks. I was disappointed at the time, but now so very thankful as the thought of a camera crew here whilst Betsy was ill would have been awful and I don't think I could have held it all together.
So now back to paperwork and get ready for some more posting today as I find stuff to share

Barbet puppy travels safely

This is the rather beautiful Jacques, a lovely boy from Ebene and Eton. A very happy puppy who must be delighted to be wearing his seatbelt and to travel upfront.

Goodbye Novaforesta Illustrious

Once known as blue collar, then Novaforesta Illustrious, now know as Bobby. After all the puppy visits, watching the webcam, seeing the photos, sometimes it can be a little unreal to walk away with the puppy, but what happy faces!, finally they have Bobby in their arms to hopefully  grow into the dog that they have been waiting for.

Finally purple Barbet boy at 5 weeks

He is rather beautiful, and he started by being the most shy boy of the litter and the most sensitive, but this is changing as he gets older. He entertains himself with toys and has proper games and a couple of times has fooled me as I think he is having a scuffle with another pup but no, he is just chatting to a toy.

Mr Green Barbet puppy at 4 weeks old

Now he was funny as he loved the wet grass, but didn't like the paving, this is the only boy who has a name and its Ian, just don't tell my Father as not sure he would want to share his name with a puppy!.

Meet Mr blue, a Barbet puppy at 4 weeks old

Mr blue collar is everything you want from a 4 week old pup, he is responding to me whistling, he is readily trying to climb on my lap and he is playful with his toys and he is taking to his raw meat like a puppy should.

Alexia the Barbet puppy

Isn't she sweet? and she is very well behaved but and there is always a but, she already has the older dogs wrapped around her paws. Training her will be fun as her character at the moment is that she knows best. She is very entertaining in the way she reacts with the other dogs, she loiters for the best chairs in the house and always wins...this girl will go far, but whether I can train her.......watch this space  

Hallie is swimming like a trooper

However well she swims, she still has caution over where she enters the water. Yesterday we took her out and each time she huffed and puffed about going into the water and then she would just throw herself in, she did some impressive dives! and she loves putting her entire head under the water. So once she is a bit more confident we will take her to a lake where the water is deeper