Family in ID note family members around the feet...

Ginger cool...

Carol's future goats... ;)



and sheep too! :)

Yesterday I saw a doe that looked ready to pop. Today I saw this: :)

We got to meet Zoey Kim's great neice while away. She is 4 mos old. Ginger and Gator were especially facinated.

Took the puppies on their first roadtrip. They got a glimps of dirty snow for the first time. They were preoccupied with running with Sam though.

I divided up the herd yesterday. Samantha and Gator came with me to Joe's house. This is Joe and Carisha's dog Bear with Gator. Gator was fascinated by Bear's fast wagging tail.

While we were in town we took Suzi to the park for lunch. Gator handled the leash like a pro!

Shandi came by last weekend. It was great to see her. They moved and she has to hike up 41 steps to get to the house... eek

Gator and Bailey love to play with empty plant containers!

They got their first shots yesterday. We were noticing that Bailey (who is larger) does not go down steps but Gator does now. The vet is concerned that she is growing too fast, and we have a mild food change. 1/2 puppie food and 1/2 adult dog food 2x per day. He thinks the growth plates in her hips are causing her discomfort and is concerned that if she grows too fast she will have hip problems when she gets older.
Bailey weighed in at 13lbs, and Gator is 11.5lbs.

Well yet another name update: On the left is Gator, and on the right is Bailey. Planning on getting ID tags today, so they are stuck with these names now... hmmm


I forgot to mention, the first week we had them we took them in for a well puppy check, Gator weighed in a 7lbs 4oz, and Bailey weighed in at 7lbs 14oz. When Gator sits, she holds her paws weird, almost like her wrist is double jointed. The vet said it is a hyper extended someting or other... not anything to worry about. In watching Bailey I think she does it mildly occasionaly...
They go back next week for their first shots.

I am having problems uploading photos, but thought I would put in an update.
I have been going on "herd" walks thru the property each day. A herd walk consists of ALL 6 pets, 4 dogs and 2 cats! It is quite amusing listening to Natasha cat yell at us to wait up.
2 days ago Gator decided to tackle Louis Cat. I think Gator was attempting to play with the cat the way she does with Jaws. We did play with naming Jaws Penelope the other day, but Samantha kept coming to it, then she would get mad at Jaws for invading her space… so we are back to Jaws. She is quite the cry baby. Gator is MUCH quieter!
They day we got them We stopped by and picked up 2 collars for them. They were quiet large on them, but they already fit nicely on the smallest setting. We think Jaws is going to be a lot larger than Gator.

The puppies and kitties are facinated by eachother.

Ok, it is official, their names are Jaws shown here, and Gator...

Thought I would post this shot of the puppies for scale. Look close, Gator is taking up the rear.

This shot was taken right when they got home for the first time.

name update: Looks like Gator is going to stick,
but Socks doesn't seem to like her name, and I accidently called her Jax this morning so we are trying Jaxie for now, but it may change again.

Well, some people are not so bright! We have new family members... The cats seem huge now!



They are both girls. Their mother is part Lab, part Boxer.
Socks has the blue collar, and loves to chew on socks while we attempt to walk around, and Gator is the red collar, she loves to chew on EVERYTHING! We are not sure if those are the permanent names yet... :) They were born Friday teth 13th in a litter of 13 puppies. 1/2 were black the other 1/2 were tan.
Socks has a bit of a pink nose, and pink pads on her feet. Gator has a black nose and black pads w/ a ting of pink. Socks and Suzi clicked, but then Gator came and sat on my lap, sooooo.... oops.... :)