First of all, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I hope it was a wonderful day for all of you, surrounded by your loved ones, enjoying great company, laughter, food and time to connect with the people who matter most.
We had a lovely Thanksgiving. It started out with a visit to the puppies! Janice & Jim were so sweet to let us come up today and visit again on our way to my mom's house. The puppies are now exactly 5 weeks old and nearly twice the size/weight they were just 1.5 weeks ago! Their personalities are starting to show even more. It was an extra special treat for me as I was able to get "headshots" of each one for Janice's website. The puppies have color coded collars in order to tell them apart so I will just post one image of each of the 9 pups and list them by collar number so you can check them all out.
Here's a few shots from our amazing morning cuddling and playing with them. They are all so amazing and we wish we could take them all home but we have narrowed down the field to three puppies so that is a good start.... The pups get their stress/personality tests done at 7 weeks so that will basically be the thing we will use to help us make that final decision. Good thing too because there is NO WAY we could pick right now between our final three.
I'll start off with Mr. Dark Blue Collar:
Mr. Light Blue Collar:
Mr. Green Collar:
Miss Red Collar:
Mr. Black Collar:
Mr. Lime Collar:
And the first of our top 3 picks, this is Jason's favorite, he really bonded with this girl. She is the darkest red-wheaten toned one of the bunch and SUPER cute. She makes your heart melt when you look at her. She is considered a SHOW pup (Miss Pink Collar):
Our next favorite, she is the friendliest of the bunch. Very people-oriented and wonderful disposition. I think she has the prettiest face too. VERY good with the kids. Because she only has a partial ridge on her back she is considered a PET (vs. show potential). She cuddled Gavin for the longest time and did all our "posing prop shots" at the end. Very sweet girl.
And last but certainly not least of our top 3, miss "I know I'm a show dog, watch me pose and I'll prove it to you, Miss White Collar." OMG, she is sooooooo hilarious. This pup KNOWS her destiny is to be a show dog. Good thing she qualifies as a show dog because she has the personality of a show dog. We sat her down on the chair and instead of looking all confused about what was going on, she immediately struck a pose. Didn't need any prompting to sit up or look my way... just locked into "show dog" character. LOVED the camera (so, yeah, I'm a little biased naturally for this one based on that alone) and just was totally posing for me. Seriously. I got so many pictures of her because she just sat there looking beautiful and staring right at the camera with so much confidence. :) She is also SUPER cuddly and sweet natured. So, I've got three of her I had to post. Bear with me. She is a light-wheaten toned dog with a dark muzzle. Stunning.
Check out my profile, yeah, I'm that good looking. I know.
Let me strike a pose for you. I'm just that kinda show dog.
I love these next ones with the kids playing with the pups. Heart, melting. Here Gavin is having a conversation with his favorite pup (yellow collar).
Which prompts a kiss from her.
And a smile from Gavin.
Ellie was in love with them all. She kept saying "can we get this one" each time after she held one.
Then Jim took a few pictures which was really sweet so I even get to make an appearance. I was getting some serious lovin'.
and giving lots and lots of kisses!
So cute when they eat out of their trough!
And a super quick T-day pose using miss yellow collar for Janice to post on her puppy blog!
