The Epitome of Misery

Here is my beautiful pregnant Dixie. She is due at anytime in the next week and she is miserable. I find myself sympathizing with her, having had two children myself. She has had her last prenatal bath and her belly has been shaved, exposing her already "Used" figure. All that she wants to do is lay in the coolest parts of the house and as close to a human as she can get. When you reach down to pet her she rolls (very slowly) for you to rub her belly. I think back to when I was pregnant and my belly would itch so badly. I wonder if she is felling the same way. Sometimes when you put you hand on her belly you can fell the little kicks of puppy paws. I wonder how many there will be this time?

Mama Dog

Dixie is in heat again. Hopefully we will have a new litter in a couple of months. Check back for updates.

LuLu's Discovery

On Friday, April 10, I drove my two children to Foley, AL on the Gulf Coast. They were going to spend their spring break with their grandparents. Jonathan had to work so it was just me, the kids, and LuLu. That night we were unloading the car and LuLu discovered sand. My step-mom has some sand around the bottom of a few palm trees in the front yard. As soon as she stepped on it she stopped and looked down in amazement. She kept trying to dig in it so I took her inside.

The next morning I went outside with her to enjoy the beautiful sunshine. She found a pile of sand in the back yard and I am not exaggerating, she play for a least one hour in the sand. She would run and bounce on it to watch it fly into the air, she would dig in it and my favorite was when she would take a big bite of it and sling her head so the she could watch it fly through the air! I am surprised she didn't poop a sandcastle.

She did great on the trip. She traveled well in the car no whining, no accidents, and no car sickness. She would find a spot in the floor where the sun wasn't shining and sleep. She got along well with my Dad's jack russell, "Jack". They enjoyed running and wrestling with each other. LuLu did find a few spots that she liked. Her favorite was between these pots. The concrete was cool and shaded and the best part was Jack couldn't get her. she enjoyed her trip but was glad to get home and she her Mama!

Update on Auburn "Miley"

We had two of Dixie's puppies that were named "Miley" so I refer to this one as "Auburn Miley" since that is where she lives. Her owner sent us some pictures so I thought that I would post them. The first one is from her first night in her new home. I guess she was tired after her long trip. I know that I am bias, but these are just the cutest puppies I have ever seen!

Puppy Update

I know that it has been a couple of weeks since I posted an update. Me and my family have been under the weather so when I have had an extra minute I have just chilled out. We have sold all of the puppies. We sold one girl on Thursday, April 2 to a family in Weaver. I believe that they named her "Goldy Baby". They have a male golden that was so excited to have a new buddy.

On Friday a girl came up from Auburn, AL (home of the my Tigers, but that is another story) and bought our last female. She named her "Miley" and she was so excited to have her.

Saturday morning, Jonathan delivered our last male to a home in Saks, AL. This man had owned a golden before and was looking for a buddy. He had already planned to take his new puppy on a fishing trip.

We had sold one of the puppies at 6 weeks old, and we were keeping the puppy until April 4th. This puppy was a birthday surprise for a 10 yr. old girl who had been wanting a golden retriever. Her parents said that she had been researching on the computer what breed would be best for her and her family and she decided that the Golden was the best fit. We had been calling him "Green puppy" because we put a green collar on him since we were told that was the little girls favorite color.

The only puppy left at our house is our "LuLu". She has been so sweet. She is paper trained and partially house broken already! Her and her mother Dixie love to play and wrestle. It is so much fun watching them together!

The newly named Harper

We got a phone call yesterday from a family in Birmingham, AL. They have children 10 and 9 almost the same ages as mine. They wanted one of our little girls to join their family so we took the three females and Dixie to Birmingham. We decided that we would combine a puppy visit with a visit to my sister-in-law and family. They took this precious little girl. Her name is "Harper".

These are the other females that we have left. They had all just woken up so they look kind of groggy. They just sat and cuddled with us until the family got there.

Playing Outside

I told you that they were curious about my camera! This one was sniffing it out and about to attack.

Attemps of Individual Photos

I thought that it might be a good idea to take individual photos of the puppies after they got their baths last Thursday. We only got two of them taken. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Jonathan had to get under the white blanket and hold them to keep them from getting my camera. They really like to chew on the lens cap!

And my personal favorite! Jonathan was holding the back of it's body. It make me laugh everytime I look at it!

Seven Weeks Old

I just realized that I failed to post an update last week. We have had two puppies go to their new homes in the last week. One of our little boys went to live with a couple in Biloxi, MS. One of our little girls went to live with a family in Centre, AL. This family has a precious baby boy that I am sure the newly named "Miley" will love. The puppies are so cute when they get out and play in the yard. Here are a few pictures of the last week. These first few where when Tanner spilt some puppy food in the floor. He was sweeping it up and this little boy was so happy eating it right out of the dust pan. I wish that you could see that little tail wagging. It was going 100 mph.

After this I took all the puppies and bathed them. After that was done I let them play in my bathroom while their pen dried out. I had cleaned out the pen and the floor was soaking wet. My favorite was the one that fell asleep with it's nose inside my stinky shoes.

Apparently ripping up a feminine product wrapper is exhausting!

Six Weeks Old, Mar. 18, 2009

Puppies are now six weeks old. I can't believe how quickly they grow and change. They went to the vet this week and got their shots and a check up. The vet said that it was the healthiest litter of Golden Retrievers that he had seen in years. Jonathan was like a proud Papa showing off his brood! We did sell one of the males this week. He will be a birthday surprise for a nine year old girl who has been wanting a Golden Retriever. He will be with us until the day of her birthday party in two weeks. Since we cannot tell them apart, we purchased several different color collars to place on the puppies that are purchased. Now if we can figure out how to keep them from pulling them off! They are so cute and so playful. Here are a few pictures of us playing in the yard last night.

Five Weeks Old

The puppies are now five weeks old and just keep getting funnier and funnier. They are running clumsily, wrestling with each other, and licking everything. I didn't get to take as many pictures this week because my camera died, but I did get a couple.

Four Weeks Old, Mar. 4, 2009

To celebrate the four week old birthday of the puppies, we decided to play outside and enjoy the warmer weather. They had a blast and so did we. In the beginning they were kind of confused by the grass but they soon realized that it was a fun tasty snack! Dixie was a little uneasy at first but as long as she could butt in and get some of the attention she was okay. The only problem she had was every time she would lay down or get close to the puppies they would try to eat. They played for about an hour and then went to sleep. It was a good day.