Monday, 27 August 2018

Kushi x Lucy pups 6 weeks



With the weather being nicer, the pups had some more outside time away from the barn.
They got to hang out with another older sarplaninac pup and some sheep.
The pups were more interested in exploring all the smells and wrestling with each other than hanging out with the sheep.
Finally, the sheep mooched over to inspect the new pups.







Purple male

Purple male

Purple male

No Collar female

Pink female and purple male

Purple and pink

Purple male

Green female

Yellow female

Pink female

Yellow girl

Pink and no collar females

Purple and little male

No Collar female

Blue male

red male


No Collar female

No Collar female

Yellow girl

Green girl

Green

Blue male ( I think)

Red male

Red male

Red

Purple

Pink

Purple

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Purple

Little male and no collar female

Purple male

Yellow girl

Blue male

I see that Blue, Red and Green did not get as many photo's this time around.

Little Character descriptions of the pups so far, these do change almost daily where some pups are a little quieter and others are more outgoing. 

Purple male is fairly bold, and adventurous.  Red is a little more independent and likes to sort of do his own thing, while the blue male is more quiet, watches what is happening and is perhaps a little shyer. The small male is people orientated and a friendly happy pup.

The females are more similar in their reactions. Yellow takes a little while to warm up to new situations but once everything looks okay she is happy to venture out. Green is perhaps the most caustious of the females, preferring to wait things out to see how the other pups fare when a new situation arises. Pink is fairly people shy, but is perhaps the most adventurous in exploring her surroundings. No Collar is somewhere between all the other pups. Also a little quieter in her approach, watching before being overly brave in new situations.

This is an interesting litter as they were all very quick to develop in their walking and movement. they were walking properly sooner than most litters. They left their whelping box sooner and started to eat and react faster than other pups we have had. They are also more independent in general. The are however, quieter and a little more cautious in their approach to new things.  They are not a rowdy litter of pups and also are not really vocal in their playing and wrestling with each other.

Some pups look physically more like their sire and others more like their mom. The distinction is fairly clear.  

It is going to be a tough decision which pup to keep back.

Friday, 10 August 2018

Lucy x Kushi pups 4 weeks old

After a very rocky start with a very sick female, and a number of pups that did not make it, the remaining pups are doing great. Lucy had 12 pups of which we have 8 left.
One puppy is still a bit touch and go and is still very small and not thriving as the other pups are.
Lucy has since started to make a recovery and this will be her final litter.
The pups learnt to start eating very early and they now regard  feeding time as their highlight of the day.
What is noticeable in this litter is that they are very active and strong little pups. When most pups are still just barely crawling, these pups could climb. They left the whelping area sooner than most, and have now the run of the barn.
I have not posted much about them simply because I needed to see if they would survive and do well.

The males are red, purple and blue. (The small male pup did not participate in the photo session.)
All three males are big, strong strapping lads.
The females are yellow, green, pink and one naughty pup lost her collar. Pink and green are the bigger of the females and yellow and no collar are slightly smaller.

So, this is their first official photo shoot and it is great watching their characters develop.

Female, no collar

Red and blue boy.



Red male

red male

Blue boy

Purple boy

Blue


No collar female

Yellow girl


Pink

red boy


Blue boy

Yellow girl


red boy

Yellow girl

Green girl

Yellow girl





Pink complaining

no collar girl.

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