The Puppies Are Here

Sorry for so long in getting this blog updated but we've been a little busy.  Last Thursday, January 10 was the birthday for the Rafe x Cali puppies - and they all expect you to remember them this time next year.  Cali started at 8 PM and finished up about 2 AM Friday morning.  Although the ultrasound told us to expect 8, Cali kept the real number to herself and finished up with 7 - who we will consider our "Lucky Seven"!  The final breakdown was 2 boys (1 black and 1 liver) and 5 girls (4 black and 1 liver).  All the puppies are incredibly robust and healthy.  When most of our puppies are born they weight approximately 11-13 ounces but the smallest of these bouncing babies weight 14.4 ounces and we had two that topped 1 pound each.  WOW - poor Cali.  No wonder she was as round as a beach ball.  I'll keep this post short for now because I'm sure you just want to see puppy pictures.  We have given them temporary puppy names; we HATE referring to them by their collar colors such as Blue Boy or Red Girl.  At least this way, they're starting life with a sense of identity.  LOL.  Since we drove all over creation to get Cali bred - to OH to pick her up then back to Indiana and the to Minnesota for the breeding, we decided to name them after some of the towns in our travels.  The boys are Marty (for our home of Martinsville) and Elmo (Lake Elmo, MN where daddy Rafe lives) and the girls are Laurel (Laurel, MD where Cali normally resides), Clair (we'd pick up and drop Cali of in St Clairsville, OH), Madison (WI - we traveled through on our way to MN), Indy (I think that one is fairly obvious <grin> annd Anna (for Annapolis, MD.  Annapolis wasn't really on our route but it is in Cali's home state of Maryland and it goes so well with Indy!) So without further ado, may we present The Puppies:



Anna

Clair



Elmo

Indy



Laurel

Madison



Marty