New Puppy!

Snickers is leaving for formal harness training next week. I will miss him so much, he is a fabulous puppy. I know the first question everyone asks is will you be getting a new puppy, and the answer is of course! I will be picking up a new bundle of puppy fuzz next week, I am getting a female yellow lab/golden cross and her name starts with the letter O. I am so excited for this little girl to arrive but a little nervous about the letter O, since it is unusual and there are nine puppies in this litter. So let the guessing begin!

(P.S. I will be back shortly with pictures of Tartan's farewell and Snickers last puppy class)

Little "T" has arrived!

I picked up my new puppy yesterday. My mystery "T" puppy is a Male Black lab named Tartan! I already love and and besides his need to kill all foliage is doing pretty well. Here are pictures:

The truck pulling in.

Our club received four new pups yesterday. The first off the truck was male black lab Roscoe!

Roscoe has the cutest face!

My puppy came off next

Tartan giving his new mom a kiss.

The third pup for our club was male yellow lab Athens

And the last one is male yellow lab Mozart.

Mozart and his new family.

Love his eyes!

This is Athens, he is really white and has tons of wrinkles.

The four new pups and their raisers. Mozart, Roscoe, Tartan and Athens.

Me and Tartan

This is Clyde a pup from our club who was transferred to raisers in Colorado. We wish him luck and will sure miss his presence at puppy classes. He is a stellar dog!

Tartan tries to play with a black lab named Russia but ends up on his back.

I just love Tartans dopey face!

Tartans first meal. He's definitely a lab and really loves his kibble.

Trying to get Tartan to relieve. It took until almost 12 hours later for him to go.

Tartans first bath. The pups are on beds of newspaper on the truck so they are usually pretty grimy.

Shake, shake, shake

That's it for now. I'll have more up later-ish. :)

Got my letter!

So, today I got my puppy assignment! I am getting a puppy who's name starts with the letter "T" That is all I am going to know about my puppy until I meet him/her. So, if you want to partake in a guessing game you can guess color, sex and names that start with "T" Enjoy!

Only 9 days until he/she arrives and I can't wait!!

My puppy is one of these adorable little guys. This is the Marino/Della litter and there are 2 boys and 3 girls. We had Moseley who is Marino's brother in our club last year and he was a club favorite so I am really excited about this little pup. I can't wait to hear everybody's guesses. :)

Finally Some Chocolate I like

Those who know me well know my hatred for chocolate. People often tell me I am very strange because I don't like it, but I have a good reason. . .my first guide dog Prudy got into 3 of my sisters Halloween candy and ate it all, they decided it wasn't important enough to tell me. Needless to say that was a VERY messy night involving my room being plastered in a not so pleasant substance. To this day the smell of chocolate makes me very nauseous. I can still eat the occasional brownie if it's moist and Peanut M&M's are my favorite but other than that there really isn't much in the chocolate category that I can eat on a regular basis. Why am I telling you this? Well, I am sure by now you've figured it out. ;) Today I received some chocolate that I will never get sick of!!

The Puppy Truck Story

This morning I woke up at ridiculous o'clock in the morning because I couldn't force myself sleep any longer and figured I'd just get ready. After I got ready I still had several hours to kill before I could actually leave. I sat on my bed and twiddled my thumbs for a while, tried to read a book but got to antsy, and then played on my computer for a while. Finally it was time to go. I picked up a couple other raisers and headed off. We met a few more raisers at Subway and got some lunch and then staked out at the hotel that the puppy truck stops at. We ate and chatted for a long time (we were super early so we sat there for about an hour and a half) while more and more raisers started showing up. Then the puppy truck started pulling in. Everyone quickly ran over and gathered around the door anxiously waiting for all the adorable puppies to come off.

Here is a side view of the puppy truck. It has a picture of six little puppies on the side.

There were nine puppies that came off the truck and of course mine was last so I got more and more anxious as I watched each adorable puppy come off the truck. My club got three new puppies today. The first of the three to come off went to the most awesome lady ever. She is a first time raiser and her enthusiasm is so contagious. She was so excited to get her puppy! I love the huge smile on her face in this pictures as Female Yellow Lab Antigua (An-tea-gwa) was handed to her. Antigua is a Forte/Dale puppy so she is my Fullertons niece. I am so excited to have her in the group! Little Antigua is in good hands with her new raiser.
The 2nd puppy for our group came off next. He is his raisers 2nd puppy and is an adorable Male Black lab named Clyde. I love his name and his sweet face. His raiser is going to have so much fun with him.

Finally after watching 8 other puppies come off the truck my name was called. I stepped forward to meet my little fuzzball and was handed Male Chocolate Lab. . . SNICKERS!! He is just over eight weeks old and is a Forte/Arizona puppy. Which means he is also Fullertons nephew. That made me super happy! He is the cutest little puppy ever and I am already so in love with him. He is a rather special puppy as he and one sister are the only chocolate labs in GDB's program right now. GDB hasn't had any chocolate puppies in about 16 years. I am honored for the opportunity to raise this unique little guy!

Here he is coming off the truck and being handed to me. It looks like I am about to take a bite out of my chocolaty morsel but I was just saying "Hi" to him. ;)

Me with a huge grin on my face holding Snickers.

The three new puppies in our group. It was fun because our club got one of each color lab today. Me with Snickers, Antigua and her raiser and Clyde with his raiser.

Me giving Snickers a kiss on the cheek.

He has the most amazing eyes ever! They are a bright green and contrast so well with his brown fur. He also has the stinkin' cutest face ever. I love his liver colored nose too.

I didn't get to hold him much at the truck, which was okay. Everyone wanted a chance to hold the little chocolate boy so he got passed around quite a bit. He has quite a fan club forming already. :) He did get a chance to meet Paris and already loves her. Paris was really nice and gentle with him, she is going to teach him a lot over the next year.

Paris and Snickers giving each other a good sniff.

Amanda with Kyle let me borrow Kyle's jacket to show what Snickers has to grow into. I love this picture of me holding Snickers in front of the truck with Snickers wearing Kyle's jacket. He looks so tiny in it.

Snickers sitting in the grass wearing the huge jacket. It had slid all the way down his back because he wasn't big enough for it.

Snickers got to sit in laps on the way home until I had dropped everyone off then the last little bit of the drive was just me and Snickers. He quickly made himself comfy by laying down on my seat and resting his head on my bag. Silly puppy! Unfortunately, I had to move him onto the floor but he was okay with that too.

He didn't lay down, he sat on the floorboards with his head rested on the seat and then he fell asleep that way. It was adorable.

Snickers sitting in the grass at his new home.

Of course I had to give him a bath to make him fresh after his long puppy truck journey.

He was so good during his bath and didn't seem to mind it at all. And now he smells good and is so clean.

I am absolutely in love with this super mellow little guy. He will happily collapse wherever I place him and is so content chewing on his tiny little bone. Right now he is curled up in a tiny ball sleeping, although he looks a little silly on the massive puffy green dog bed. I am so excited to see what adventures Snickers and I have over the next 14-ish months. He is a stellar puppy!

There was a tie in my name game and so I decided to draw names for the winner. Congrats to Emily & The Labradors who guessed his sex, color and name. Send me an e-mail and let me know what prize you want. ;)

Tomorrow's the big day!

Since Picassa isn't here during her season I borrowed Sugar for a few days. She is a great dog and I really enjoy having her. On Sunday we met up with Sarah and Rafferty to play in Salt Lake a bit and had a great time! Of course we went to the planetarium, it's always such a great experience for the dogs. Here are the pictures:

[Sugar sitting on a scale that tells you what you would weigh on different planets. Right now it is showing that she is 3 pounds on Mars.]
[Sugar and Rafferty on Mars with red dust and big redish rocks all around them.]
[Sugar on the moon with an astronaut behind her.]

This is one I took in my yard. I just love how pretty she is. She is a lightly coated white Golden Retriever with black eyes. Her eyes really stand out against her white fur.

In other news, tomorrow I get to meet my new puppy!! I spent all yesterday puppy proofing and dug out the baby puppy toys. I can't wait to meet the little thing, so watch for a post about it tomorrow. ;)