Bluestem Kennels

Caleb enjoys a puppy attack

Everyone is happy and healthy these days, now if the weather would just decide what it wants to do.  It was nice all last weekend, until we decided to take the “E” litter puppies down to our friend’s pond, when the wind picked up and the clouds rolled in.  I managed to get some video and some still shots of our outing.  It was also good for the pups because they spent an hour to an hour and a half paired up in the truck dog box.  Good practice for traveling soon!

Pups paired up in the dog box

I took individual pictures of most of the “E” litter puppies out at the pond, but noticed once I got home that I missed a couple, so Elizabeth and Eustace’s pictures are taken in the back yard.

Esther taking it all in. She will live in Wyoming.

Edward watches the kids in the water. He will live in Minnesota.

Evangeline has her nose to the ground, she go home to Missouri soon.

Edna hanging with the kids’ stuff, she will stay in Sarpy Co., Nebraska.

Edith is hiding out from the wind, which is a good skill in Oklahoma.

Etta will continue her investigations in Colorado.

Eustace is heading to Ohio.

Elizabeth is ready for some beach time in Maryland and mountain fun in West Virginia.

Here is this week’s video.  I finally figured out some settings on the upload to YouTube that makes it high resolution (like I see it in the original video file), I apologize for the fuzzy quality on the previous videos.

The “E” litter critters will start going home in a week and a half, I can’t believe it!  They have all grown so big and healthy, I look forward to some nicer weather this weekend (it is has been a bit wet this week) to get out and enjoy some more adventures with them.  If you are a future owner, please check your e-mail to verify the microchip information to be given to the vet, along with a list of items for traveling with your pup and what you need when you get home.

Of course, the “F” litter is growing too.  I’ve finally gotten them on to puppy food and they are moving in and out of the dog house on their own.

The “F” litter having some chow

Caleb is head puppy socializer. Clockwise from left: Fern, Frieda, Francis and Flora.

Francis and Frieda peer out of the doghouse.

Here is their video for the week, just hanging out in the dog kennel.

Pupdates

I apologize for having a backlog of pupdates!!  Here is “D” Litter (Sue/Sam 2012) Gomer, having a good time in the snow a few weeks back in Illinois:

10 month old Gomer in the snow

Here’s a recent one from Whiskey out in Nevada, from our “A” litter from Sue and Sam in 2010.  Hard to believe that he is three years old.  He is pictured here with his new friend Dude, the curly horse.

Three year old Whiskey and his friend Dude

Year-old TracHer up in North Dakota, from our “C” Litter from Sam and Mae has caught and killed seven squirrels this winter.  My dogs are all very jealous because they would love to catch and kill a squirrel!

TracHer with squirrel #7

Trac’s brother, also from the “C’ Litter, Chester, is quite big stuff out in New York!  My husband received this message on the versatiledogs forum a few weeks ago from his trainer:

Greetings from the wonderous Isle of Long. (Long Island) 

We have just about put the pin in the training for a big fella, (about 75 lbs) which is one of your very own pups. We are all but finished up with the classical training, my mystical powers being used to convert the likes of a big Wooley Haired Pointing Dog named CHESTER, owned by a fella named Sal, from New Hyde Park into a well behaved gun dog. All I can say to YOU is- Nice Work…….You should be proud.

Chester is a very biddable dog, very cooperative, easy to train, hard charging, obedient….and twelve other positive adjectives. Nice Job.

All my hard (sort of) work has paid big dividends, and the big fella is now a viable hunting companion. Lord keep em so…..

By the by, he’s only 10-11 months old?

Hoss

Here’s some pictures of Chester from the retrieving clinic recently put on by the Hudson Valley NAVDHA chapter.  What a massive beast!

Chester showing off his style

Chester is definitely the coolest dog in the bunch (middle).

Showing off his retrieving skills

He is very polite on the table

Thank you so much to the owners who send me these great pictures!!  It really helps me to put scooping poop into perspective:)  All of the hard work is worth it when you can put these pups with fabulous people and watch them grow into the dogs I dream they will become.  I’ll be back next week with more!