If you’d like to inquire about future litters, feel free to email bluestemkennels@gmail.com. I have been quite busy as of late and am a few days behind on responses, so I apologize if you’ve sent an email this week and haven’t heard from me. Tomorrow is email day and I’ll get back with you then.

Yesterday the pups got their first shots, microchips and veterinary examinations at Steele Creek Animal Hospital right across the border in Charlotte. I’ve been going there for my orthopedic tests since we moved to the Carolinas, but the vet that I normally use doesn’t have weekend hours so I wanted to see how these folks did. I was very impressed with the professionalism, they even checked for the boys testicles without me having to ask. All of the pups checked out with a clean bill of health, weighing in between ten and twelve pounds.

Dr. Schuver of Steele Creek Animal Hospital of Charlotte

Here is this week’s YouTube video:

Here are the last individual photos of them. We did live bird and dead bird introductions. They were smitten as expected!

Female:

Female, Victoria, checking out the live quail
Female, Victoria, picking up the dead quail

Males:

Male, Vaughn, pointing the live quail
Caleb walking Vaughn from the live bird to the dead quail station

I would have gotten more leash pictures, but I have a feeling that my telephoto lens is on its last legs and it was struggling to focus while they were walking. Each pup was walked on the leash by Caleb.

Male, Vaughn, picking up the dead quail
Male, Valentino, checking out the live quail
Male, Valentino, picking up the dead quail
Male, Vincent, checking out the live quail
Male, Vincent, picking up the dead quail
Male, Vance, getting walked out to the live quail
Male, Vance, checking out the live quail
Male, Vance, picking up the dead quail

This is the exact sequence that I’ve been following with my pups for several years now and it seems to be a good first impression on birds. Of course, the owners need to continue the process of bird and noise exposure, but at least it isn’t a brand new process starting out.

Really there is nothing left to do now but send them home! I’ll make sure to catch up on the phone one more time with all of the new owners before you head over to my house. Looking forward to meeting everyone in person and getting these little monsters home!