Special Visit

Clockwise: Pam, Julie, Ann, Treasure w/pups

 

Pam and Julie picked Pippin up for the shows in Fitchburg late yesterday afternoon and we really had to twist their arms to come in and meet the pups. It's true we rarely if ever have anyone beyond ourselves in with the pups this early but Julie brought several new beautiful puppy blankets, and of course Pam was anxious to see what her Gibson had sired. Taking cues from Treasure, we visited first with her and she recognized two of her favorite friends right off.  We followed her into where the pups were and watched to see what her reaction would be.  The floor was covered with protective paper and we all used the hand sanitizer for health precautions.  Treasure indicated all was well and I reached for the two most mature pups at this point in time, the two who were a little less fragile than the others at just 72 hours old. Julie said she'd never held a newborn puppy before and really enjoyed the experience.  Pam's smile was even brighter than it usually is as she looked proudly upon Gibson's pups.  And John and I were blessed by the experience of knowing how much our friends love our Brittanys too.  It was a brief visit, Treasure did begin to pant a little bit so we didn't want her to become anxious.  Outside in Julies van I visited with the Bullet Man and Miss Paris.  Pippin soon bounded out the door and into the crate with Bullet for the ride to Fitchburg.  I was sitting this one out.  We did hear today that although Pam and Julie liked the judge and the judge liked all the Brittanys she didn't like Pippin, Bullet, and Paris as much as they would have liked her to!! 

 

I'm working on a 7 minute introductory video of each of the pups.  It's uploading to YouTube but it will take all night and I'm going to bed!  It should appear tomorrow sometime.  I am so happy we have made it through the first 72 hours with great weight gain, good skin tone and elasticity, some vocalizations, intentional movements and interaction with each other, great suckling ability and so much more. My next benchmark will be when they double their birthweight, something I like to see by 10 days old.  Then we'll watch for eyes to open 10 - 18 days average.  Lots of development going on!  Take care and God Bless you all, look also for an updated confirmation/waiting list for this litter. They are all sold as you know!

John, Ann and ATB