Clear Bills of Health
The first vet visit is always stressful for both the pups and the rest of us. Never know what they may notice or feel or hear that we...
top of page
Chocolate Clan Labradors
To know one is to love one
Search
Pat
- Jun 16, 2021
- 6 min
Week 6
Hard to believe in 2 weeks the pups will be going home. We have continued to have a few visitors, and introduced the freedom of the deck....
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
Selecting your puppy
So this week we hope to have all the puppies selected. You have had a chance to watch them grow. I hope you have been able to join our...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Jun 11, 2021
- 2 min
Week 5
Best week ever. The first week the pups got to go outside. And the weather was so cooperative: warm. And then the pups also got to meet...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
Week 4
Well the week was full of changes for the pups. On May 23 they moved from their natal nursery (the pool), to the big nursery. This change...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- May 26, 2021
- 1 min
Week 3
Exhaustion.What a week. Hope developed Diahrea and vomiting. She would not eat. We had to rule out infections to her mamary glands and...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Week 2
As I write this on May 24, Week 2 seems so long ago, and so much has passed since then. But Week 2 was so important. It was the week when...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- May 9, 2021
- 3 min
Week 1
So happy to have had a good first week. With a new mother, it is always a marvel at how so much of what she does is pure instinct. Just...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
The Countdown
Today, April 21, was the big day to do the first puppy count! Why? Well it helps us to know how many pups to expect on whelping day. If...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
Tex, you're going to be a Dad
It is always so exciting to confirm a pregnancy. On April 6, we took Hope in for her ultra-sound, and Dr. Skylar Bieleny was able to...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
Anticipation
Every breeding is a time of anticipation. Even though there is only a nine week pregnancy, and pups stay with us for eight weeks, we do a...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Dec 15, 2019
- 2 min
Wrapping up the litter
After all the pups but Abby had been sent to their new homes, we took a week off to rest. My full intention on returning home was to get...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Oct 26, 2019
- 1 min
Week 9
Generally we don't post a week 9 blog, as all the pups but the one we have kept have gone to their forever homes. This time has been...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Oct 19, 2019
- 1 min
Week 8
The Vet Yes, going to the vet was our big accomplishment in week 8. Ten puppies into the car, and off to the vet. Dr. Cindy Nowles did...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Oct 13, 2019
- 4 min
Week 7
Three things I want to talk about as the pups are getting ready this week to go to their forever homes. FOOD We are feeding Purina...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Oct 6, 2019
- 1 min
Week 6
Okay, where has the time flown. The pups are really growing, especially feet and noses (see Teal's nose below). They were starting to...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Sep 28, 2019
- 1 min
Week 5
Wow the time is flying with this litter. It has been an exciting week. We started with some lovely weather so the pups got introduced to...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Sep 21, 2019
- 2 min
Week 4
Love to see the puppies grow, but it seems so fast. They were just beans two weeks ago, and now they walk, and talk, and do the two p's...
0 views0 comments
Pat
- Sep 14, 2019
- 1 min
Week 3
The pups are continuing on their rapid journey of growth. Eyes are all open. They are walking and sitting. And we have been able to...
1 view0 comments
bottom of page