Litter - 12 August 08.

Puppies available to experienced Border Collie homes, where the pup will be trained for competition. Perminant, loving homes where you are not out to work all day only.

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Raven has been mated to Rosmarinus Gin Cooler (Ag.Ch. Forbyfor Turbo Diesel x Rosmarinus Pimms.) All English pedigree. Black, Tri-colours possible. Should be a good size (not small). Suitable for Agility &/or Obedience. Should be fast, nimble and intelligent. Very high drive.

Pups will be CEA Normal by parentage.
Both parents are BAER Hearing Tested Normal.

Jax has a loving and bidable personality. Easy going, bold, quite low ranking, loves his toys. Very well put together dog with good angles, excellent forearm, straight and sound limbs, tight feet, beautiful head, long tail and good quality coat.
Hip score 6,8. See photo of him below.

10 puppies arrived on Tuesday evening (The Glorious Twelfth.)
2 Tri girls, 3 black/white girls, 2 Tri boys and 3 black/white boys.
1 boy has a black face and 1 girl has a white face. The rest are fairly classically marked.
Pups ready to go w/e of the 4-5th October.

Litter pedigree via Anadune.

In birth order...
1) Black/white girl. 9 3/4oz - Sold
2) Tri girl. 9 1/4oz - Sold
3) Black/white girl. 9 3/4oz - Sold
4) Black/white boy. 12 3/4oz - Sold
5) Tri boy - Sold
6) Tri girl. 11 1/2oz -
7) Black/white girl. 6 3/4oz - Dot is looking for a special home with people who have a sedated pace of life. Preferably with a smaller breed of dog who will not bully her. Please contact me if you are interested.
8) Black/white boy. 12 1/2oz - Sold
9) Black/white boy. 12 1/2oz - Sold
10) Tri boy. 10 3/4oz - Sold

Dot's Diary:..................
Puppy 7) is not thriving like the rest and has had minimal weight gain so I am suppliment feeding her every 2 hours. She is a little fighter and very determined. Only time will tell her fate...

Up date on 'Tiny Dot (puppy #7). Day 12 and Dot has just made 12oz. Still having 2 hourly supplimentary feeds during the day and 1 extra feed in night.

Day 14: Tiny Dot is doing well and has just hit 15oz. She is managing to feed off Mum unaided, provided she can sneek a nipple to herself. She can now make a proper seal so that the milk goes down the right way and not back up her nose. She has not got a cleft pallet or any visable problem.
Everyone's eyes are begining to open, however this is not an attractive time for photos, so will wait a few more days.

Day 16: A few new pics at bottom of page.
Tiny Dot is now 17 1/2oz. Doing well. Strong and very mobile. Still having 3-4 extra feeds via a plastic syringe during the day, and help to get a 'top-nipple' position at normal feed times.

Day 19: Dot now 20oz. Pups had first Readybrek mixed up with formula milk.

Day 22: Dot 24oz. Lapping milk from a small dish.
Day 23: Dot 27oz. I think she likes Readybrek!
Day 24: Dot 28oz.
Day 25: Dot 29 1/2oz.
Day 26: Dot 30 1/2oz
Day 27: Dot 33oz.
Day 28: Dot 34 1/2oz.
Day 29: Dot 38oz !
Day 30: Dot 39 1/2oz.
Day 31: Dot 40 3/4oz.
Day 32: Dot 42 3/4oz.
Day 33: Dot 44 3/4oz. = (2 lbs 12 3/4oz)
Day 34: Dot 48 oz. = (3 lbs)
6 weeks: Dot 4lbs.
7 weeks: Dot 5lbs 8oz.

Pups 6 weeks old: All the puppies, including Tiny Dot, passed their eye examination at The Animal Health Trust at Newmarket.
Dot, as I had expected, has Normal hearing in her right ear but none in her left.
She continues to develop well as she gradually catches up with her litter mates.

4 weeks today so new photos. Some just love the camera and some clearly don't...

New toys from Dog-Games. Especially desinged with different colours/contrasts, textures, shapes, sounds and weights to stimulate puppies senses and experiences.