Belle’s January Litter Introduced..

Belle’s January 27^th Litter has been named for IALA registration purposes. Since Belle is so much Jeff’s Girl, we made an agreement he gets to name them. I like the whole “Liberty” theme, he tends to follow his heart. He spent a day thinking about the names and spending time with the whelp before he brings me his list. We have hooked up the puppy cam ( alive streaming video feed) which you can access through LibertyLabradoodles.com under available puppies. Both males are currently reserved. The 4 females are all available. I have yet to announce it to IALA members since I wanted to be sure they passed their first Vet visit which they did.. so; drum roll please… they January litter has been named:

Liberty Belle’s Lil’ Lady (Lady)

Liberty Belle’s Copper Fire (Copper)

Liberty Belle’s Toffee Lady (Toffee)

Liberty Belle’s Taffy Lady (Taffy)

Liberty Belle’s Mighty Whim (Whim)

Liberty Belle’s Blonde Bombshell (Blondie)

Belle’s January Whelp heads to the Vet…

Well; the puppies are back from their first every vet visit. J They all checked out great. Our Vet is Amazing! He spent over an hour and a half checking out their hearts, skeleton, head, mouth (cleft palate syndrome), reflexes, muscle structure and breathing. He looks at their skull, listens to lungs, and looks for deformities. Belle’s litter is solid, healthy and thriving.. and yes; passed with flying colors. I hope you are all lucky enough to find a vet you and your dogs love!

He looked over Belle to be sure she did alright with the birthing process. We had micro chip numbers issued for each puppy, but will not have the chips injected until their first shot series. $450 dollars later, we left knowing that we produce stunning puppies and are in good hands with our vet. And that, my dears.. to us.. is priceless.

Introducing Chief

Welcome to Liberty Labradoodles Chief!

We proudly announce our newest addition coming to Liberty Labradoodles pending all health testing.

Thank you Connie for this stunning red mini male carrying the mismarks I love. I think he will be perfect for our program.

Libby was showing him the ropes around the house and park and he fit right in with the family.

We are excited about him joining our family and our lives.

Chase get’s his boy…

Chase finally gets his boy to play with! They look happy together, don’t you think? I think this is a good match.

January 27th Belle gave birth to her new litter..

Hello World! Belle has given birth to 4 girls and 2 boys. This is a very “newborn” shot and in fact we thought we were done and cleaning up the bedding when she decided to have one more. I will be hooking up the puppy cam today or tomorrow. It appears that we have a red male (sold), an apricot male with a mismark on his chest and head, 2 apricot females, 1 gold female, and 1 crème female very much like Belle. I will be posting better pictures later today with the girls together and the boy together. Stay Tuned!

Belle’s January Litter Planning & Updates

I revised the webpage (www.libertylabradoodles.com) for the new year and put it up last night. There is still much to do on it; but I have really changed the structure and code so that older internet browsers will not “scramble” the site. I hope you enjoy it and if there are any typos or problems please let me know. I am going to next work on the Liberty Labradoodle puppy resource site and will email out all my puppy owners when it is done. Each puppy gets their own page and it will be organized by litter so you can view what is up with your pup’s litter mates.

Liberty’s Chase went in this morning for his first hip x-ray. I know I have a good vet when they enjoy going! Then again, I think Chase has never met anyone that he did not like. J He is a lover that one…

Liberty Belle’s expected whelp date is January 28^th from date of first mating. She goes in for pregnancy x-rays the second week in January to check on the embryos development and we will try to take a picture of the x-ray to post as we have in the past. We usually can get a count of puppies at that time so we can let people know how many is expected. We have one reservation at this time for this litter.

It is now very easy to feel the puppies and she is getting larger. The embryos (foetuses in the canine world) are now fully developed, walnut sized miniature dogs. It is always amazing to me that they develop from sperm to puppy in just 2 months!! We have a resource that tracks what is going on from mating until delivery called a canine calculator and we put it on our calendar.

Jeff and I had a very good discussion on our kennel goals and planning this weekend, along with other “new years thinking”. We are on the same page which is always a good thing. We are having three litters this year and will retire Liberty after the last litter. We will continue to focus on outstanding companion pet Multi-generational Australian Labradoodles; large mini to small medium in size with health temperament and mismarks or focus, in that order. We will stay small and continue to focus on home whelp and socialization to give them their best foot forward.

I worked on the “litter calendar” to prepare for the puppies this weekend as well. This is my estimated puppy development calendar from the expected whelp date to 8 weeks. We should see eyes open and teething start on Feb. 8^th with walking starting around the 12^th. We will introduce food around Feb. 21^st and we should have the puppy placement announcements around that time. We will plan on the first shots around March 10^th. De-sexing will be planned around March 17^th and expected date of possible leaving our home to their new home will be around March 24^th. Of course, this is all just ballpark as it depends on the actual date of whelp, the puppies own development, etc. but I wanted to give you the dates so you can also enjoy the development of the litter. We are also planning on the puppy cam being online which I am going to get hooked up once we get the whelp area set up again.

We are planning on incorporating more of the Monks of New Skete theories in our breeding program so that is being planned in our puppy development calendar as well.

~Here’s to a new year, I think we are ready for it! Hope you are as well.

Vicky

A Dog’s New Year’s Resolution:

This was forwarded to me and I thought I would share:

I will not play tug-of-war with Dad’s underwear when he’s on the toilet.
2. I’ll remember that the garbage collector is NOT stealing our stuff.
3. I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I’m lying under the coffee table.
4. I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
5. I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house.
6. I will not eat the cats’ food, before or after they eat it.
7. I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to throw up.
8. I will not throw up in the car.
9. I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc.
10. I will not lick my human’s face after eating animal poop.
11. “Kitty box crunchies” are not food supplements for me.
12. I will not eat any more socks and then redeposit them in the backyard after processing.
13. The diaper pail is not a cookie jar.
14. I will not wake Mommy up by sticking my cold, wet nose up her bottom end.
15. I will not chew my human’s toothbrush and not tell them.
16. I will not chew crayons or pens, especially not the red ones, or my people will think I am hemorrhaging.
17. When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down when it’s raining outside.
18. We do not have a doorbell. I will not bark each time I hear one on TV.
19. I will not steal my Mom’s underwear and dance all over the back yard with it.
20. The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mom and Dad’s laps.
21. My head does not belong in the refrigerator.
22. I will not bite the officer’s hand when he reaches in for Mom’s driver’s license and car registration.
23. I will not have a torrid one-night stand with a street-mutt.
24. I will not circulate a petition that Leg Humping be a juried competition at major dog-shows.
25. I will grow an opposable thumb, break into the pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is “too” much.
26. I will not chase the damn stick, unless I see it LEAVE HIS HAND!