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welcome to the kennel blog
these are John's newest puppies out of Joy, Martin's daughter
See the Available Pups page for more info.
Dec 23: ... Wishing everyone Merry Christmas ! from the Ynda Gang... welcome home to Audie who has arrived from St Francis...Thanks to Ann O'Mara who is finding Pie that perfect home... My people mom had a house fire last week and is staying with us for a while. Luckily she is fine. All the rest is just 'stuff.' Count your blessings....
St John celebrates his litter of at least 6 expected in Illinois. Ru-grr is pregnant ! Way to go Ru, and we look forward to those beautiful pupsters. See more under Available Puppies at left.
St John also celebrates his litter of pups at Solace Labradors. Yellows and Blacks on the ground now. See that Available Pups at left also.
Hawkeye is looking forward to 2 girls coming to him in the early spring -- 1 litter for St Francis to be bred by Dr Pam Hand, and the 1 litter at Pacesetter. You go Hawkeye.
Hoss is growing beautifully and has quite a coat. Will try to get some new pics soon.
Lewis is officially a United Show Champion and received his certificate recently. Yeah, Lewis!
Since we now have 20 dogs at home, we will put off breeding Jeannie yet again. We only pray that the time will come when we can breed our beautiful, perfect darling girl!
Sat: Nov 29: ... hope you all had a great Thanksgiving ! we were busy with travel to family for the day but all had a wonderful day, including the 'turkey' treats dispensed here for the doggies ..
Ynda's Sweetie-Pie, litter sister to MoonBeam and Hunter, desperately needs a new home .... she is spayed and up to date on all vaccines ... her person, Frances, needs to go into Assisted Living and there are no pets allowed. Pie is used to being a house dog, sleeps in her owner's bedroom, and is a wonderful companion. Please apply if you are interested. This is a wonderful 6 year old girl who has many years of love to give a family or person. We are concerned to find the right home, not to sell this dog at a big price.
Monday Nov 24, 2008: Today Rascal visited a group home for adults with special needs. She had a wonderful time greeting folks and made instant best friends. It was our first outing together in a 'helping' capacity and what a great day we had.
We also received a letter today from Achilles puppy raiser. What an unexpected surprise! and it is so good to learn about how well he is doing. Last week we got a letter about puppy Alpha. So we feel completely in touch with our latest service-puppies.
Hoss continues to grow and learn and be just a fabulous little guy.
Sunday Nov 23, 2008: due to popular demand from our puppy blog readers, we have started the whole kennel blog ... please send comments and feedback !
Thursday afternoon we had a visit from the Episcopal Bishop of Southwest Virginia, Neff Powell and his wife, Dorothy. We attend the Church of the Good Shepherd which is Episcopal and Lutheran. Our Episcopal Bishop makes a yearly visit to each congregation in the diocese. Our participation with St Francis Service Dogs and our prison ministry Christmas in July program is what attracted the attention of our Bishop. Puppy Hoss interacted with the guests and reminded them he has 2 brothers -- Alpha and Achilles -- in puppy training with St Francis. Holly, Lewis and Morella reminded us that they have 3 brothers -- Happy, Toby and Audie -- in training. Audie and Toby are at Bland and Achilles is at Bland, too.
We have welcomed home Rascal and Holly. Holly is doing very well and is keeping company with her grandfather, Lewis. They are very charmed with each other and really seem to enjoy each other's companionship. We wanted Holly to have level and stable footing, so she is safest in the big kennel and big kennel yard. She seems thrilled to have a place to run and clearly enjoys play with Martin. She is eating puppy chow and will continue to do so until her sister Morella comes into season.
Rascal has joined the house pack of girls. She has easily fit in the group and gets along well with everyone. She is Imp's daughter and half-sibling to Hoss. Rascal enjoys her playgroup which is Imp, Hoss, Jasmine and June. Rascal is looking forward to her new role as my CGC demonstration dog. She loves to show off her skills.