It's my birthday...

... and I'll bark if I want to!


Karma



Kismet



Huck



And the amazing Zelda!

And Little Bear and Karis too!! Happy Birthday you goofballs! We definitely count ourselves as lucky to have had you grace our lives. Love you!!

Huck (formerly known as Mojo) and Football Saturday

Zelda (FKA Sara) update

Lynn & Lee write:
"Well, Zelda/Sara is getting to be a big girl! She weighed in yesterday at about 25 pounds! A huge growth spurt in the last month, it seems. She's not chubby as you can still feel the ribs and she gets tons of exercise. She is very spunky and may be a great herder, if you consider the amount of time she spends biting my ankles! We're working on this issue as well as her desire to jump on all the furniture. She loves to chase balls, bunnies, and birds as well. Early next month, after she's six months old (can't believe that) she'll be getting spayed. Zelda is a real beauty and we look forward to 4-H obedience school in the fall. Here she is on our patio bench! The ears are as big as ever."

Celie's "Mini Me"

This is Little Bear, once known around here as Bea. She's Kismet and Karma's littermate. Other than blue eyes instead of brown she looks just like her mommy, Celie.

Huck says Happy 4th!!

Deb writes:
Hi Le'o-
Huck's ears have been a work in progress! The right one has been up for several weeks but the left couldn't quite get there. After much internet investigation I decided to give him more time - up to 16 weeks. The first photo below was two days ago - I have titled it "On the Wing(s) of Love". The other two are from this morning, so it looks like our boy got the job done. He is doing great and I don't know what Sophie did without him. We call it the "Huck and Sophie Show" and it goes on all day. My 75 pound German Shepherd loves being chased around the yard by a 15 pound Corgi!
Hope all is well with your brood.
Deb

Introducing the Lucky kids

Kismet. Although it's going to be interesting what his reaction will be to "Holy Shit!" since those were the first words I said when I saw him in the dog run.
13 oz. at birth, gained .5 as of today.


Karma. 10 oz. yesterday. 11 today. The fairies gave her a special black kiss on top of her head.


Bea. Short for Luck Be a Lady. 10.5 at birth. 11 today. Guess who thinks she's the princess?


Mojo Jojo. I think his first words would have been "Excuse me Momma, you need to push a little harder. Now please if you don't mind." Such a polite boy. 10 oz. then. 10.5 now.



Sara. Short for Serendipity. Dipity works too with the splash on the ears. The biggest girl at 11.5 oz yesterday and 12.5 oz. today.




Gerta. Bear with me on this one but you try to find enough luck names for so many girls. Gerta is pretty close to the phonetic pronunciation of Goethe, who said: "Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid." So she's Gerta aka Knowing Destiny. I know. I know. Sorry Gerta.
Anyway, she was 11 oz. yesterday and is holding strong.

I couldn't be more pleased with this experience. If only all births went so well.