The puppies continue to learn, grow, and thrive thanks to the amazing care of momma Fiddle. We introduced a litterbox for house training, and they continue to try and escape the nest box if we are not careful. Every day is filled with new experiences, from road trips, to yard time, to the introduction of … More Team Rocket is 4 Weeks Old!
The puppies still continue to grow and thrive! The puppies got their first nail trimming. Today is the last day for early neurological stimulation and early scentwork. Jessie reacted the strongest and best to all of the scents, with the boys being slightly more neutral. Meowth protested the ENS more than the other two, but … More Team Rocket Puppies are 3 Weeks Old!
The entire litter doubled in weight by day #8. There eyes are open, and they are really starting to motor around the nest box. We continued to do the early scent work, the early neurological stimulation and made sure we introduced new situations to the puppies every day. Lots of new textures, sensations, and more. … More Team Rocket 2 Weeks Old
Everyone is growing really well, and is almost double their weight! We have started the Early Neurological Stimulation, Early scentwork introduction, including Grass, garlic, cloves, and soil! Fiddle is doing very well, and they are moving around the nestbox like crazy. We also introduced them to the crinkly duck, toilet paper brush, and different textures
I really am so excited about the prospect of this litter! It really felt like everything went wrong with this breeding, and I am thrilled that this frozen breeding resulted in 3 puppies! They were born via C-Section on September 12, 2024. Vin is a sibling to Fiddles maternal grandmother Spaders Vaquero Annie. I am … More Fiddle Puppies!!!
There really is no better way to spend a holiday weekend then herding with your husband and friends at the lake! It was a HOT weekend, but we practiced so many things with all of the dog, including penning, large flocks, running the PT course with Brie and Rory, worked geese, ducks, and sheep with … More Back at Herding at Isle of Calais
So, it was time to breed Fiddle for her very last litter, which involved making the trip out to Symbiom Genetics in Abilene Kansas. Since I used to live out in Kansas, I ended up visiting all of my old haunts near Manhattan, KS. I had Fiddle and Mazikeen with me. It was… ungodly hot … More Trip to Kansas!
So, I guess this probably comes as no surprise that I wound up keeping a red one? This time, I swear I wanted the blue one, but I think fate is conspiring against me? He was clear in all his health testing, carrying the color blue, was confident and bold in herding (was the first … More Introducing Sue (was Meowth)!
After working the wonderful sheep in Jamestown, we hit the road back up to Hemlock to work cattle. Chunky and Rory split a spot, with Chunky starting in the HT field and graduating to the arena, and Rory staying in the HT area. Mazikeen spent the three days in the arena. We are really starting … More Cappy Pruett Cattle Clinic – Hemlock, NY
After the trial strategies clinic ended, we continued to work on driving lines, control of stock going towards the draw, and building to bigger gathers and cross drives We were at the clinic for 3 Days, and I worked Mazikeen, Fiddle, and Chunky in the big field, and Rory in the round pen (for one … More Cappy Pruett Sheep Clinic – Jamestown, NY
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