Archive for August, 2009

I choose a good night’s sleep. When Primo came home last December, he was on track time. At 5:30 he was up and rarin’ to go, ready for first turn out. Much to my chagrin, he’s since trained several other dogs to share his alarm clock duties. They wander around and whine. And whine....
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The puppies are now 6 weeks old and I’m trying to expose them and their little malleable brains to as many interesting, different and new things as possible  that will challenge all of their developing senses.  Between 6-12 weeks of age, the puppies are starting to learn about the world around them at a rapid pace....
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Happy 6 Week Birthday to the Hoochie boys! The puppies went for their first vaccinations today and a follow up wellness visit. The GREAT news is that they can all see!! Ken and I were sure they were seeing really well last weekend, but the vet confirmed it. Everything else checked out ok. No worms, hearts...
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I went kinda crazy with the camera yesterday and took a TON of pics. They’ve finally started doing cute thing after adorable thing after hilarious thing…up to this point they really havent’ done much beyond sleeping, eating and poo’ing. I also can’t believe how BIG they are! I think they are growing by the...
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I have a GREAT pupdate this week! After the puppies poo’d out a disgusting amount of roundworms  (Thank doG my wonderful DH cleaned up the bulk of them! I still won’t be able to eat spaghetti for a year ) they really started perking up! And what a difference a week makes....
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The Hoochie Mama puppies celebrate their one month birthday today. And, to celebrate, they went for their first (non-emergency room) vet visit. I’ll start with the good news. The good news is that they are all at the proper weights, are eating well and gaining weight well. They nurse fine and socialize...
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Quilty had her check in with the vet today to see how her blood sugar levels were and have her official weigh in. Her blood sugar seems to be pretty stable at the insulin dosage level she’s at now (10 units twice per day), so she didn’t even have to stay all day to...
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Ken pulled up the tarp we had down for the first few weeks the puppies were here and replaced it with a sheet of precut vinyl flooring I picked up at Lowes. I figured the vinyl flooring would be a lot easier to steam mop a few times a day and looked a little...
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Bunny has completed her re-training program on the farm and has been hauled back to Southland Greyhound Park, where she’s settling into racing kennel life. Her trainer at the track, J.T., will start her schooling in a couple weeks once he determines she’s ready. I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do and if...
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