We are half way through the early puppyhood journey of the “U” Litter prior to their departure to their new families. I am going to be honest, I am struggling with my email traffic right now. Normally I can turn around responses in 24 hours, but between keeping in touch with these new families, trying to stay on top of my breed parent club responsibilities and responding to new contacts, it is taking me a few days to get back to folks via email. So if you are patient with me and want to talk Griffs at some point in the future, feel free to shoot me an email at bluestemkennels@gmail.com.

Here is this week’s video. It was shot in the twilight of a long day of getting the kennel and the puppies moved outside, then cleaning up the whole mess inside. So the puppies are acting in this video how I feel!

I feed them canned food twice per day, but now that they are outside and around kibble, that transition to kibble-only just happens naturally. They will also nurse when Sally lets them. Now that they are outside with more space, they will get stronger and more sure on their feet. They will go from hardly being comfortable outside of the dog house to wanting to bust out of the kennel as much as possible within the next week.

Here are their individual pictures. Once again, they were done at the end of a long day, so some of their poses are awkward and less than ideal.

Females:

Unique

Unique, female, face
Unique, female, back
Unique, female, side

Unity

Unity, female, face
Unity, female, back
Unity, female, side

Ursula

Ursula, female, face
Ursula, female, back
Ursula, female, side

Uma

Uma, female, face
Uma, female, back
Uma, female, side

Uschi

Uschi, female, face
Uschi, female, back
Uschi, female, back

Males

Ulysses

Ulysses, male, face
Ulysses, male, back
Ulysses, male, side

Uriah

Uriah, male, face
Uriah, male, back
Uriah, male, side

Upman

Upman, male, face
Upman, male, back
Upman, male, side

Well that is all of the puppy news for this week. On Saturday, Duke earned his NAVHDA Utility Prize III at the Carolinas Chapter test with Charles as handler. I don’t know if anyone got any photos, but we don’t have any as of yet. It isn’t a bad prize for a dog who just turned two. They will have another go at it at the end of April.

I’ll be back here next week with another update. Take care until then.