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Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16418]

Fri, 22 May 2009 18:55

b_twin_1
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Location: Victoria, Australia

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Here be puppies!!!

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Fri, 22 May 2009 19:07

Robin
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I wondered if you'd manage to post yourself! Ha!)

YOu mean this *perfect dog* had her puppies where you WANTED her to have her puppies? How did you manage THAT? All the bitches I've known, you make them lovely nests somewhere PRACTICAL and they have their puppies . . . in the middle of your bed. In the closet all over your shoes. In a stall with the HORSE still IN it. . . . And furthermore she had them at a REASONABLE HOUR? You should wake up at 4 am or something because of Weird Stuff going on in the bed next to you . . .

Are you going to KEEP ONE? Didn't you get into this originally because you wanted another Belle to train? Didn't you go back to her breeder for the dad? Does the breeder want a puppy?

Have you had any SLEEP yet? :)

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Fri, 22 May 2009 19:26

Ithilien
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They are seriously CUTE! I thought the first two pictures were adorable, but you clearly saved the best for the blog.

So how did shearing go? Are you going to keep one/all of the puppies?

(And I was going to suggest "Beau" as a name for one of the boys, given as it's the mirror of "Belle" and all, but now that I'm here and reminded of Con's arch-enemy, I'm conflicted...)

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16428 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Fri, 22 May 2009 19:44

holmes44
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lovely puppy pics and congrats to belle.don't they look adorable when they all pile together like that.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Fri, 22 May 2009 19:53

shalea
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Beautiful babies! (Ahem. SQUEEEEE. Ahem.)

Sorry. Pink puppy toes, you know. Very Happy

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Fri, 22 May 2009 19:55

Robin
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Pink puppy toes utterly squee-worthy. :)

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16433 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Fri, 22 May 2009 20:49

EMoon
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OMG, puppies! A pile of puppies! A pile of puppies too adorable to endure. Puppy squeeeee!

What an incredible bitch, too! "OK, all done, home now--where the !**! is my whelping area?.....thank you, that's fine just step away from...ahhhhhh."

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Fri, 22 May 2009 21:08

Maren
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YAAY PUPPIES!!

Congrats Belle and B_twin_1. Very Happy

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Fri, 22 May 2009 21:13

Melissa Mead
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Aww, puppy cuteness!

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Fri, 22 May 2009 21:33

southdowner
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Isn't Belle amazing? Such a collie work ethic - work until 10 minutes before pups due, go to appointed place and immediately produce son and heir; what happened to 6 months paid leave? Very Happy

... you'll give the rest of us a bad name - I've had puppies born in a car on the way to the vets, puppies stuck half in half out (and backwards), and of course the luxurious whelping box hand made for me (Tallis actually *g*) which made Tallis clamp shut, and since I couldn't cope with the worry, she DID have her puppies on my bed... Razz

hugs to Belle - she sounds as if she's going to be a wonderful mum Smile

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Fri, 22 May 2009 22:42

Creek
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hooray for adorable puppies!!

"remember, it's called a play... that means you should PLAY"

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Sat, 23 May 2009 00:17

katinseattle
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Location: Seattle

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Awwww.

I have now bookmarked your Live Journal. I look forward to pictures, many pictures.

Awww some more.

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16446 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Sat, 23 May 2009 02:46

Susan from Athens
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Well done Belle! and congratulations Belle's mum. I wish them all long and healthy lives and sane owners! Now I can melt into a pile of cuteness goo! (particularly from the distance with no cleaning up to do!)

_{“I have always imagined heaven to be a kind of library.” –Jorge Luis Borges}

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Sat, 23 May 2009 04:50

judith
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Oooohhhhh! Beautiful brand-new babies all fresh from the factory!

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16449 is a reply to message #16420 ]

Sat, 23 May 2009 07:23

b_twin_1
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Robin wrote on Fri, 22 May 2009 19:07

YOu mean this *perfect dog* had her puppies where you WANTED her to have her puppies? How did you manage THAT? . . . . And furthermore she had them at a REASONABLE HOUR? You should wake up at 4 am or something because of Weird Stuff going on in the bed next to you . . .

I don't know.... she was in labour... I told her to go into a nice darkish den-like place and then I sat there with her (and held her paw... LOL). Didn't seem odd at the time! (But I was VERY GLAD she didn't have them on my bed!!)
I could tell you a theory about timing of labour and the level of trust with the human....
And I did wake up at 4 am. And decided that further sleep was useless so got up. Having the squawking going on was enough Weird Stuff. Wink

Robin wrote

Are you going to KEEP ONE? Didn't you get into this originally because you wanted another Belle to train? Didn't you go back to her breeder for the dad? Does the breeder want a puppy?

Have you had any SLEEP yet? Smile

YES I am keeping one (or two). The aim of this whole business was to have more minds to ~~subvert~~ train for trialling competition now that I know more than I did when I started with Belle. I went back to the place where Belle came from to find her a suitable match. (They don't need any more puppies!!!)
Sleep. Hmmm. Well I did get a little more last night. Being a light sleeper with squeaking pups and a bitch that needs to exit the room RIGHT NOW meant I didn't get as much as I really needed. (I don't have kids - I'm inexperienced... haha) Fingers crossed for tonight.

EMoon wrote

What an incredible bitch, too! "OK, all done, home now--where the !**! is my whelping area?

LOL That's a pretty good summing up of what happened. I was told that Belle was rather put out(to put it mildly) that her bed was not in its usual place (it was airing in the sun!)

She has surprised me at her first-time round mothering ability. She is so attentive to them. They are scrupulously clean. Feeding them with no problems. It's not that I expected trouble - although I wouldn't have been surprised if she had shown more confusion with the situation. There were a couple of times however, right after they were born, that she looked at them and the look on her face was as if she was thinking "WHAT THE FRELL ARE THEY????" LOL

And yeah. I squee over the puppy toes too. It is amazing watching how fast they grow. Already their paws and legs are bulking up and looking sturdier.

There will be more pictures - later. Smile

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Sat, 23 May 2009 10:36

Black Bear
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Mazel tov!!!!!

Awesome. Ain't life just grand? Smile

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16454 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Sat, 23 May 2009 17:59

L.R.K.
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Location: Sweden

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Oh, congratulations b_twin_1 and Belle! Scritches and squeezes - if she will allow... Smile

We definitely expect more pictures! Smile

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16467 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Sun, 24 May 2009 01:30

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Gorgeous Puppies! All their little heads and bellies and toes and noses are so irresistably small and round and soft and perfect I just can't contain my glee! Congratulations!

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16470 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Sun, 24 May 2009 08:45

Jeanne Marie
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Location: Kansas City

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Awww! Cute puppies! Thansk and congrats to mom Belle and b-twin!
Smiles, and Squees!
Jeanne Marie

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16485 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Mon, 25 May 2009 01:15

Diane in MN
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I had wondered if puppies were happening at your house. . . yay Belle, great job, six beautiful black and white babies! And nicely delivered, too. She's very considerate as well as being a good mother.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16489 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Mon, 25 May 2009 02:21

Fake Frenchie
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Location: France

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Puppy squeeeeeee! I love puppies. Unfortunately, they grow up into dogs, of which I am less fond. I don't have the patience for dogs. They need to be walked every day twice a day. On the other hand, they do make great pillows. Wink

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16495 is a reply to message #16489 ]

Mon, 25 May 2009 12:00

abigailmm
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Cats aren't very good as pillows, but they do excellent afghans. And don't need walks. Here at this house I am moving to (in stages) I am keeping all three inside, for the sake of the birds. This is probably going to be possible because they are all adult now, though every now and then they go on a "thunderkitty" rampage around the house, up the stairs, practically off the ceiling. I was trying to keep them indoors at the old house, but at the point where I had two adolescent one-year-olds, the energy level was just TOO MUCH. Fortunately the only thing they seem to be very good at hunting is indoor flies bumbling on windowpanes.

This is the painted bunting that occasionally turns up at the feeder, the chief reason I don't want to add predators to the yard.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/10/871458/paintedbunting2.jpg

Abigail

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Mon, 25 May 2009 14:49

Fake Frenchie
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Location: France

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Oooh, Nice Birdie picture.

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16500 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Mon, 25 May 2009 18:47

holmes44
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Location: Sutton,Quebec

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pretty birdie.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Re: Guest blog by B_twin_1 [message #16520 is a reply to message #16418 ]

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:41

L.R.K.
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Oh, that's so cute! (And it really does look like it's been painted, doesn't it? Smile

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Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

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