Riska’s puppies are now just over a week old and really thriving. All I need to do is keep Riska topped up with plenty of high quality food and puppy milk and let her get on with rearing her pups, so life is pretty easy for me at the moment.I love having puppies and get […]
Category: Breeding
Riska’s pups have arrived!
Riska (FTW Fletchingly Annraidh) whelped two bitch pups and five dog pups in the early hours of this morning, and the puppies are a strong, even litter. It is always a huge relief to come through a whelping with no problems and all the puppies born alive and healthy. The sire is FTW Bellspaddle Roscoe, […]
The puppies know best
The last week has seen the puppies leave for their new homes, and as usual, some of them have had long journeys, including Cambridgeshire, Somerset and even a somewhat rough ferry crossing to the Isle of Wight, but they have mostly taken their first car journey in their stride.It’s sometimes hard for the new owners […]
Tigger on steroids
Imagine living with Tigger if he had been taking steroids, then multiply the energy levels by nine, and you will get an inkling of what life is like with a litter of puppies in the kitchen, but I love them just the way they are, and will miss their antics and joie de vivre when […]
Boxing puppies
The puppies have been indoors a lot more this week because of the wet weather, so I have had to find ways to keep them amused. Cooking has proved a popular pastime, and they all stand on tiptoes clustered round my legs while I prepare dinner, which means that I have to shuffle across the […]