Katcha Pups 1 week old

The pups are 1 week old.
All,  have more than doubled their birth weight.
Katcha and the 9 babes,  have settled into a routine of sleeping, eating, sleeping and eating.
Katcha is relaxed and calm,
 and the pups have ample time to snuggle in and have a feast.

All the pups have colored collars to help me keep track of them.
The boys have boyish colors and the girls,
well, they have pretty pinks and yellows..

The pups are content, growing, healthy
 and at this stage, that is perfect.

For more information on the pups please visit our website at
www.grazerie.com/sarplaninac

The Perfect Christmas Tree

Perfect, is perhaps a stretch,
but every year Eric and Roy normally go out into our woods,
 to look for a Christmas tree.
As Roy is away in Europe this Christmas,
I decided to go with Eric this year to see if we could find a tree!

Now,  when Eric and Roy go out,
 they cut a great big spruce down,
then later just cut out the top of the tree,
 to bring into the house.
However, this year I asked for a smaller tree,
 that will actually fit into our house.

So, out we went..

No this one is too small,
too big,
too lopsided,
too young,
too old,
too..

It was the moment, when I truly realized,
that I am such a tree-hugger,
that I could not bring myself to commit to cutting one tree down,
(We have a forest full...)



I suggested that maybe,
 we just get a fake one.

That did not fly with Eric.
So, we settled on a little tree,
 that would have battled,
 to make it into a big tree due to its poor position,
 next to a bigger spruce.

I made peace with myself,
and accepted that perfection was not attainable.



Eric cut it down,

He posed with his trophy,



tied it down onto the  front end loader of the tractor,
 and we headed back home.



On the way back,
growing along our fence line,
 was a bigger and better candidate,



so Eric, hopped off the tractor,
saw in hand
and de-limbed this spruce,
and by doing this,
the spruce could live on,
 and grow big and tall.
The severed limb will go on to be the Christmas tree for his office.



A future Christmas tree candidate?

Once home, the tree was placed in its traditional spot,

and the decorating could begin.

Puppies Katcha x Vuk

SQWEEEEEEEE

We bred Katcha to Vuk for a winter litter of pups.
On the 14th Dec, Katcha whelped 9 pups, 5 girls and 4 boys.

Katcha is pretty tired,
but is doing well with all her babies.

Here are the first pictures from  day 1 and day 2.
You can see them growing, already!

Day 2:
all the pups are color coded.
Girl colors and boy colors.

All the pups are very even in size.

Katcha Ste Kot North, is an import from the Czech Republic,
and the father of the pups is Sharmountain Vuk, an import from The USA.
Both parents work as full time LGD on our sheep and cattle ranch,
and some from the previous litter ( same combination) have gone on to be wonderful loyal family and home guardians.
We have a few pups still available to suitable homes.

For people who are wanting more information about the Sarplaninac (Sharplaninatz) breed you can visit our website:
www.grazerie.com/sarplaninac

For information about our puppies, how we "do it", and other information please visit our
Puppy policy page:

http://www.grazerie.com/our-policy-about-purchasing-a-puppy

I will post regular updates on these little tykes!