Amelia to be Bred in the Fall

 

This is Amelia, pictured here at 6 months of age. She

just had her hip and elbow X-rays evaluated by the 

Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and was certified

to have "Excellent" hip conformation. (Only 3% of dogs

are found to have excellent hips.) My plan is to breed 

Amelia (Blue Run's Willing to Work) on her next cycle,

probably this fall. Amelia is curly with Irish markings

and the "ideal" 19.5 inches at the withers. I will be 

working on finding the best stud to complement her.

Porties Aren't for Everyone!

After, in "off switch" mode

 

Before

This active puppy was rehomed after his first family found him
more than they bargained for. His new family thinks he is terrific!
The video shows how active these puppies can be. Fortunately,
as Porties get older, it is easier to find their "off" switch. But
puppies....they can be a handful! When I interview families, I am
trying to gauge if they are up to dealing with an active pup. They
are not appropriate for very young children and the frail elderly.

Bacchus Gets into the Winners Circle

 
Bacchus is almost two years old and he is out showing this
spring. This picture shows him getting his first point toward
his championship. He is Blue Run's Willing to Serve.

Blue Run's Willing to Play Ball

This pretty girl is growing into a lovely adult and looks just like her
mother, Lilly. After Mays has her hip X-rays done in May, we hope to
get her out showing in the conformation ring.

Nico Joins Libra in Bench Sitting

Nico is very proud of himself as he has managed to get up on the
bench for the first time to help his aunt Libra guard the back yard.
Nico and Libra have identical markings but Nico is curly. He
adores Aunt Libra. I think Nico may have used the piled up snow
to climb on the bench but he is still very pleased with himself.

Blue Run's Just for Keeps

These are the Amber/Skee puppies born in December. The
curly puppy second from right is named Nico and he is the
new member of my pack, trying to fill the big paws of our
wonderful Dante who died in January at age 14.5 years.

Clicker training/ 3 month old puppy Haggis

I'm a big fan of clicker training. This video shows
Haggis, only 3 months old. Notice how willing she
is. No "jerk/release" training for Blue Run puppies!

The Blue Run Thankful Litter born 12/04/2014

These pretty puppies are all in their new homes where everyone
got "the best puppy ever". They are now Nantucket, McCormick,
Haggis, and Korra.

Blue Run Dogs Love The Snow

        Kaibo is having a ball. You can tell by his big smile.

Home Work is Assigned to Future Owners

Before bringing home puppy, new owners
are asked to research what items are
dangerous to puppies and what things are
potentially poisonous. Here is Abby's list.
And Lucy, an excellent typist, has submitted
her list as well.

Video of the 5 week old Orlando puppies

 

This is a short video of three of Isa's puppies, now 5 weeks old.

The Orlando beauties

The Orlando puppies are now three weeks
old and ready to start on cereal. The three
pups on the left of the photo are Irish marked
with a boa around the neck. The big black
girl on the right has a beautiful head even
though she doesn't have her siblings flashy
white markings.

Amber's Fab Four

Pictured are the four puppies in Rockville out of CH Blue
Run's She's a Caution (Amber) and CH Kimlyn's Olympic
Mogul (Skee) born on December 14th, 2014. There are
three boys and one girl. All are currently being tube fed as
after the c-section, Amber never brought in any milk. They
are thriving and fat as butter balls.

Amber and Yaya delivered

Amber had four lovely puppies, also requiring emergency
c-section on Sunday night. Thank goodness for wonderful
repo vet Dr. Dove who delivered all four babies without
incident. One puppy was an astounding 18.25 ounces. Ouch!
I don't think Amber could have gotten this big boy out on
her own.
Yesterday, beautiful Yaya produced 6 pretty pups all on her
own. She was helping nurse Amber's brood because Amber
has no milk and Yaya has been leaking milk for weeks. While
visiting, Yaya started to deliver her puppies and three of us
sat on the floor for 9 hours while she brought her two girls
and four boys into the world. Her last litter was born in the
back seat of my van so she is being consistent, fooling us
each time.
So the final count is 5 girls and nine boys with the Orlando
family keeping a boy and me looking very covetous of the
one curly boy who looks like my next show puppy. I hope
never to have 3 litters again in such proximity as it exhausted
me and my wonderful helpers. We always say "it takes a village"
and we really saw the truth of that this week.

Isa's puppies are here

Isa has 4 stunning babies, two boys and two girls. Three
of the four have Irish markings and one is all black. Isa
had to have a C-section and we are still waiting for her
milk to come in. Meanwhile, the babies are gaining well
on bottle feedings around the clock by Isa's co-owners
Ruth Ann and Stephen. It is times like this that we remind
ourselves that breeding is not for the faint of heart.