A day at the park

We took the pups to Robert Sibley Park and had a great time! The pups learned to play with the frisbee and met other dogs. More pictures can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/brigettelowe/DayAtSiblyWithThePack

TIME IS TICKING

Jon wants to find homes for the pups and Hazle in the next 7 days. If you know anyone who would like to adopt any of the pups please have them contact me at 925-330-8899 or brigettelowe@gmail.com

Custom dog collars

Raw Dog Leather is based in Eugene (my old stomping grounds) and makes amazing custom collars for dogs. We found them on Etsy but the complete site is here.

These are 100% hand-made in the USA dog collars and leads. They even posted a message about our pups to help find homes up north in Eugene area.

Another good custom place is Moxie and Oliver from Seattle.

We are working on a custom collar for Diablito since all the ones in the stores are overpriced and under-quality.

Disk Dogs Doing Tricks

This crazy disk dog looks a lot like Aggie (but I think Aggie will be taller when full grown). Look at that crazy Raccoon tail!

These boys need a home

We are still looking for someone to adopt both Aggie and Hercules. They have so much fun together and have bonded over the past 3 months.

I took some new pics of Agamemnon and Hercules today. They are looking quite handsome these days. They are growing out of the cute puppy stage so fast and are showing signs of what they will look like when they are mature.I have been asked how we named these two pups. We named some of the pups after Greek Gods.


Agamemnon

Agamemnon is pronounced: ag-a-MEM-nahn

Agamemnon is possibly derived from the Greek meaning "very resolute, very steadfast". In Greek mythology, Agamemnon is one of the most distinguished of the Greek heroes.

Hercules

Hercules is pronounced: HERK yoo lees

Hercules means grandiose gift;"glory of Hera" from the name of the goddess Hera combined with Greek kleos "glory". This was the name of a hero in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alkmene.

We took the pups to Sibley park for a walk in the trees. They met a pack of 6 older dogs and had a nice time meeting them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

The pups are 3 months old today.

Hazel is a great mom!

Hazel and George. George is the only dog who has the same markings as his mom.

Hazel after she had the pups.
She looks so tired. For two weeks she would only leave the whelping box to run into the front yard to relieve herself. She would be back in the box in under a minute. She would not even get out to eat. I had to keep her food and water bowl next to the box so she could lean over and eat.

We would let the pups roam around in the kitchen and block them in with a plastic storage container. She would check in on them often.

Here she is nursing the pups at 9 weeks old. She is still trying to nurse the pups and they are 3 months old! She will run out to her "spot" (an area in the back yard) and stand with her legs all spread wide, sort of bracing herself for the pups tugging and sucking. Now they just smell the milk fountains and run away. She looks around, waits a bit and then starts to play with them. She loves to play with her pups.
The pups had an accident the other day in the kitchen. I saw Hazel cleaning up the mess like she used to do when they were very young. I told her to stop and I cleaned up the rest of the mess. I tell her all the time what a great mom she is. I hope she understands what I am telling her.

Aggie and Hercules are available for adoption

Aggie and Hercules are looking for a home. They are great friends and I want them to live together. Aggie is very attentive to everything around him and Hercules is starting to show signs that he may be a great herding dog. They are both very sweet and will melt your heart.

George, Aggie, Lefty and Hercules getting ready for bed

George, Aggie and Hercules

Hercules checking out the park

Aggie and Lefty playing at the park

Lefty and George have been adopted!

Lefty and George were adopted yesterday.They will be living in Junction City, CA. Looks like great place from Google MAPS.
The boys are living on lots of land and have a Jack Russel for an older brother. They also live with 3 Peacocks!!! They are fitting in well and LOVE the new home and lots of land to roam. They are two lucky boys.

Lefty meets his new mom.

George is so handsome

Ranger has been adopted and Priscella is his neighbor

er
Ranger was adopted early this week. He lives near Priscella in Canyon, Ca. Ranger is going to learn how to herd goats. I am so glad that I found two great owners for both Priscella and Ranger. The best part is that since they live so close to me, we can meet up for hikes in the trees. Diablo will be so happy to play with his brother and sister.

My Lefty

Lefty has been adopted. I have a broken heart...

Brown Deer Berries

Diablo went to the park with us last weekend. We were teaching recall (come when called). I had taught him come two days before and figured we'd go for a hike. He did really well, I could call him from 50 yards, uphill, etc. and he returned really well.

Hazel knocked him him down a hill and he rolled in the grass about 8 times -- ended up all wet.

Brigette got this great pic of us with my cell phone:

From Misc2

I don't know what we were discussing -- maybe it was something about eating brown deer berries, gotta put a stop to that right away ;).

He also went to Sherman Island for some kitesurfing today and went for his first swim -- he really liked it which is good.

Aggie and Hercules are back!

Ranger, Aggie and Hercules

Jon received a call on Sunday from the person who adopted Agamemnon (Aggie) and Hercules. The owner felt that the pups were not getting the attention and guidance that they need to be good, well adjusted dogs. They had 10 acres to roam on but needed more time with owners. We tell everyone who adopts that pups that we will be more than happy to have them back if things do not work out. We are glad the previous owner realized that the pups needed more than he could provide and that he called us before deciding to call anyone else. We picked up both pups on Sunday afternoon and brought them back home to the pack. They we so happy to see Momma Hazel again! They had some re-adjusting with the rest of the pack and are doing well.


We are now looking for good homes for Aggie and Hercules as well as Ranger and George.

Priscella has a new home.

I dropped Priscella off at her new home yesterday. She is living in beautiful Canyon,CA! She will have lots of room to roam and will be living with an Australian Cattle dog- German Shepherd mix. It was sad for me to see her go, but I know she has a great new home.
When I returned from delivering Priscella to her new home, I went straight to my computer to check email and found that Priscella's new owner had already sent me an email:

Dear Brigette,

Thank you so much for the beautiful gift you have given me!! Right now she is sitting in Christopher’s lap watching baseball while I cook her food. I found a fresh sweet potato to add to it... She has "met" 2 of the cats and so far so good!! Also, she just met girlfriend, the 6 year old female Aussie and German Shepherd mix of my sister's who lives downstairs. They sniffed and wagged tails!! I took her outside twice and she sniffed around and both times ended up nose down headed straight down the driveway. I swear she was following your scent!!

It was great to know that she is being loved and had lots of new friends and room to roam. The best part of all is that she only lives about 20 minutes from us. We are planning to meet up again soon to take Priscella, Hazel and Diablo out hiking in the Canyon forest.

Canyon is one of the only places in the Bay Area that seems like you are not in the Bay Area. Its a very small town with about 200 people and is mostly hills and trees.

I wanted to take pictures of the Priscella's new home, but the camera is broken.

This is a Google map image of Canyon

As you will see, Priscella is one lucky girl. Just think of all the good smells and land to explore!