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Kallie holding a 4 week old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon puppy Sunday

Last weekend brought a few kennel visits from some families considering puppies from future litters.  The “D” litter pups had a good time with their visitors!

Rick and his daughter pose with a 4 week old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon puppy last Friday

Most notable is that the puppies have starting exploring the area outside of the kennel, which is the subject of this week’s YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGncSlePLvI (I realized as I was posting this video that I accidentally left last week’s video where the pups are messing with the pigeon carcasses locked as private, so if you would like to go back and watch it, it is now available).  At this point I’m just opening the door and letting them check out the area just surrounding, but later this week I will take them to the back of the property and have them follow me back to the kennel, so that they can start learning the layout of the area.  They also finished their 20 lb. bag of dry puppy kibble, so now they are on “big dog” food with everyone else (Diamond Performance).

This week will also be the beginning of crate conditioning and individual work with the wing.  They have grown and changed so much in the past week, here are their updated photos:

“Doris” 5 week old female Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

“Dottie” 5 week old female Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

“Derry” 5 week old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon puppy

“Daisy” 5 week old female Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

“Don” 5 week old male Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

“Darryl” 5 week old male Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

“David” 5 week old male Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

I also received a few photo updates from some of the “C” litter puppies who are now 4 months old:

TracHer in North Dakota playing with toys, 4 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

TracHer in North Dakota attacking the camera, 4 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Belle in Oklahoma checking out a trapped armadillo, 4 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Belle in Oklahoma playing lap dog on her owner, Cliff. 4 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

So now that the temperatures in the triple digits are gone, things are pretty well back to normal around here.  Not having to soak down the kennel every couple of hours and enjoying our time outside.  Three more weeks until the puppies go to their very excited new owners!!

I’d like for you all to check out my latest project called Griffon Gear.  I’ll be adding more to it, like shirts, books, cards, stationary and training supplies, but right now I have some nice home decor items available from some talented American artists across the country (including TracHer’s mom, Susan, who is a potter in North Dakota!).  I’ll let you know as I get more “gear” available, but as of right now I’m just happy to have the site built and fully functional as well as having some great partners in the art world on this!  http://www.wirehairedpointinggriffongear.com  For future reference, the link is also available to access through the “Store” button on the top navigation bar of this site.