1-20-10  --  This is Amigo (Lime collar) and he will be going to his new home in Portland the end of this month.

1-22-10  --   Teal - now known as Roscoe - he will be going to his new home in Grants Pass the end of this month

1-22-10  -- the yellow collared girl (Darcey) trotting off towards the boys.

1-22-10  --  Darcey in the middle - they're off on a mission.  Darcey is the puppy we will be keeping.

1-22-10  --  Roscoe looking at the waterfall and pond.

1-22-10  --  Roscoe drinking out of the pond.

1-12-09 - Pups are 9 weeks old today and starting to go to their new homes.  As you can see, they've made a mess of the puppy play room.  Some pups quietly sleeping in the crate behind.

1-12-10  --  Pups woke up and are out of the crate and scattered around the room and playing.  We've had nice enough weather that we've been able to leave the sliding glass door partially open so the pups can also play outside.  In and out access is good for the puppies at this age. 

1-12-10  --  "Hannah" (red collar) and "Slick" (black collar) will be leaving for their homes in California on Sunday.

1-3-10  --  Purple trying to climb over Norah - guess he likes that purple shirt ; )

1-3-10  --  Emma and Norah from Portland visiting the pups.  They'll be back in a couple of weeks for "Lime."  Yes he soon will have a new name.  Looks like Yellow is trying get Emma to hold her.

1-1-10  --  Now the tent is flat.  They had such a good time with that tent.  It's a child's tent and we must say with 8 Rigeback puppies playing tug of war with it - it is very durable!  Guess it's time to open the door and let them play outside!

1-1-10  --  The pups were busy this morning.  They moved the tent across their room and over the bed that was in it!

1-1-10  --  Then the they had the tent turned over.

12-29-09  --  Snow barely covering a few of the puppy obstacles.

12-29-09  --  We ended up with about an inch of snow, but it was gone the next day.

12-29-09  --  Snow covering the grass.

12-29-09  --  A head shot of Yellow at 7 weeks of age.

12-30-09  -- Three of the puppies checking out the snow on Wednesday - not yet ready to get on the grass!

1-1-10  --  This is the way the puppies pile into one bed to get warm after coming in from outside.  Think that is "Green" showing off his chest and paw...and giving you the "look."

1-1-10  --  We're thrilled with this litter and love the way they look.  How do you like "head upon head?"

1-1-10 --  It was sunny New Years Day and the pups got to go out and play in the yard.  This is Purple.

1-1-10  --  This is Red checking out something very interesting.

1-1-10  --  Slick and Teal playing in bed after the other pups brought the tent down!

1-1-10  --  Teal and Purple on the move - looks like they're intent on tracking something down.

1-1-10  --  Teal and Purple on the move.........

12-29-09 -- We had a surprise snow fall on Tuesday - it was cold, but some of the pups ventured out.  This is the puppy yard.  We rented a chain link fence to prevent the pups from going all over the 2 acres ; )

12-20-09  --  Puppies playing in the kitchen - pulling on a bungey cord.  We have to find all kinds of different "projects" for them. Left to Right - Teal, Yellow, Red

12-20-09  --  Purple and Blue getting into something while playing in the kitchen.  This is a good shot of their ridges.

12-20-09  --  Well, all eight puppies are in this bed.  They sometimes use all five beds - we'll see one puppy in one bed, maybe two in another, etc.

12-20-09  -  One of the five beds that the puppies have in their room.  They sometimes like to cuddle though.  They also have a small bed, the whelping box bed and a bed in the "tent."  They are mostly litter box trained - so they do keep their room clean.

When the puppies were out for the first time they seem to take right to the tunnel.  This was before we moved the tunnel into the kitchen when it was too cold out.

Back yard area for the puppies with their tunnel.  We also rented a portable fencing so the pups would be restricted to one area of our yard.

Green likes to untie shoe laces.

Green coming out of the tunnel in the kitchen,

Green stretched out resting in the whelping box - is he sniffing toes?

Puppies around the food bowl when they were 4 weeks old. 

Yellow's ridge.

Blue and Red showing off their ridges while eating.

Purple - eating - but this is a good way to see his ridge.

Red and Yellow playing with the Christmas Bunny.

Red and Yellow with the bunny - it's amazing that they have ripped it apart yet.

Red sleeping with her Christmas bunny.

Another photo of Red and the bunny - She was dragging the bunny around and got it close to the bed.

Red and Teal - such cute puppies.

Red sharing her bunny and bed with Teal.

Red and Blue checking out the "Giggling Robot" - a remote controlled moveable object.

Yellow and Green checking out the remote controlled Maserati.

Red "skating" on the remote controlled Maserati...

Blue and Red pulling the tail of the Jingle Bell dog.

Red and Blue still working on the Jingle Bell dog.

Yellow pulling the Jingle Bell dog away from the other puppies.

Puppies playing in the kitchen with the toys and running through the tunnel.

Red really likes that Maserati, but looks like Teal and Yellow are going to take it away from her.

Slick had a busy morning playing in the kitchen; then he fell asleep on top of the Jingle Bell dog.  It's amazing that it still plays Jingle Bells - the pups love that toy.

Can't get as many puppies in the bed when they share with their Christmas bunny.

This is the puppy play area (our former dining room).  They have access to the whelping box, litter box and all their toys.  When it warms up a bit they can go out in the yard.  In the meantime we allow them in the kitchen for "supervised" visits.

See the puppies do have more places to sleep - they don't all have to get in that small bed.  They also have their big whelping box.

This is the main part of the whelping box where the puppies mostly sleep, but sometimes they bring their toys in and play.  The other part of the whelping box is the "litter box" filled with pine and cedar shavings.

Yellow leaving the tent/tunnel combination.  There is a bed in there and some toys.

One of the many children's toys that we provide for the puppies - they love them!

12-09-09  --  Yellow trying out the baby toy.

12-09-09  --  Green coming through the short tunnel - his first time trying the tunnel.

12-09-09  --  This small puppy bed should hold one comfortably, maybe two; but four seem to fit in o.k.

Now the puppies seem to be real cozy - didn't believe they could fit seven in that little bed!

12-09-09  --  Now we have five in the bed....

Yes, just keep on counting - there are seven in that bed.  Pups were just over 4 weeks old.

11-09-09  -  And now we have a puppy pile of six!

12-09-09 -- The little puppy bed in the play area.  Puppies trying to see how many they could get in there - how many do you count?

12-07-09 -- The puppies were out of the whelping box and into the play area this morning for the first time. A new experience for them. Green got tired and decided to rest on top of the Jingle Bell dog.   The puppies love this plush toy - it's soft, cuddly, makes noise and the ears and tail move. 

12-07-09  --  When I was in the play area with the puppies, my first reaction when I turned around and saw this puppy sleeping - was - get the camera!  Don't think we'll top this for our Christmas photo this year. . . but then you never know when you have eight puppies running around.

12-06-09  --  Got them all sitting still and at attention for a minute.  Left to Right - Teal and Yellow in the back; Black (Slick), Green and Blue in front.

12-06-09  --  Yellow in the back; Black (Slick), Green and Blue.  All the pups are doing well.  We feed them individually to get them started on eating by themselves.  They really liked the Baby Rice mixed with goat's milk that they had today.

12-06-09  --  Playtime - Yellow taking on Teal; and Green heading to take on Purple.

12-06-09  --  Yellow knocked Teal over and Green now has Purple down.  It's so much fun to watch them play and bark and growl at each other. 

12-06-09  --  Yes these puppies had a busy day and are all now resting.  We feed them once a day, Tori feeds them off and on 24/7 -- poor girl, but she is still looking good.

12-06-09  --  Yellow and Black resting on Blue.  They've had a busy day of playing and eating.

12-04-09  --  Don't think this is what the "pig rail" was meant for - guess "Lime" thought he was on the "balance beam" - don't think he'll make a good gymnast ; )

12-04-09  --  We put this "Christmas Dog" toy in the box with the pups.  This "Dog" sings Jingle Bells and the ears go up and down and the tail wags.  The ears and tail have bells on them.

12-04-09  --  The puppies watched and listened to the "Dog"  and Red climbed over it.

12-04-09  --  Now more pups are interested in the flapping ears and tail and of course the sound.

12-04-09  --  Looks like Red is back to attack it from the rear and Slick is going in to the front.

12-04-09  --  Yes, the puppies get all kinds of toys to play with and lots of individual handling and testing.  Today they had their front toenails trimmed with the dremel.  They were all very good.  

12-02-09  --  The "Puppy Pile" - all doing well, lapping up a little goats milk and learning to eat baby food.  Tori is still the good mother cleaning and feeding the pups while we give them individual testing and handling everyday.

12-02-09  --  Yellow asleep on one of the toys with brother, Purple, next to her. 

12-01-09  --  The pups are three weeks old today and they are really starting to play with each other.

12-01-09  --  See how they grab each others faces.  Growling and barking too.

12-01-09  --  See how this pup is really going after the other.  This is the age that they start to assert themselves.

12-01-09  --  Yellow has just finished pulling on Blue.

12-01-09  --  Now we have Yellow resting on Teal.

12-1-09  -  This shows the whelping box with the "litter box" at the other end.  We decided to put shavings in the whole box instead of just a small box in that area.  Makes it easier for the puppies.

12-01-09  -  Right now we have a "ramp" between the two boxes for the puppies to climb up and over.  In a few days we'll remove the pig rail in the whelping box and that will make it easier for the puppies to get into the litter box.

All resting quietly after eating and playing.

All resting - with one stretching out.

11-30-09  --  This is the Princess (Yellow) trying on a jacket - it was the extra small size so too small for her.  Due to the damp weather here the end of December and first of January, we are getting the pups jackets to wear when they go outside to play -- silly - right??!

11-29-09 -- Moving Day!  Moved the puppies from the bedroom to the dining room.  In the process they had to "go to jail"

11-29-09 -- They did not like "jail" and tried to make a break for it - but couldn't get out.  They were only in there a short time - enough time for us to move the whelping box and add the "play/potty" part to the box.

11-29-09  --  Here they are resting in their new location after being stuck in "jail" for about 20 minutes.

11-29-09  -- This is the "two-part" whelping box.  One area for sleeping and one for potty and sometimes play.  It's amazing how they are learning the difference between the two sections of the box.

11-29-09  --  All the pups resting.

11-29-09  --  This time "Teal" is snuggling by Tori's head.

Yellow, Blue and Teal all sleeping.

11-27-09  --  Gave the pups a few squeaky toys today - a couple of them acted like they heard the squeak.

11-27-09  --  Puppies trying to walk and check out the toy.

11-27-09  --  Puppy finding the toy a bit interesting.  At 17 days old they are just learning to walk, talk and play.

11-27-09  --  Pups are just starting to play and "talk"  - that's "Red" with her mouth open and telling off the boys.

Thanksgiving Day - Slick and Tori - another Mother - Son moment.

11-26-09 -- Pups enjoying their Thanksgiving Dinner.

11-25-09 - "Slick" showing off.

11-25-09 -- "Slick" sleeping in a normal positon.

11-25-09 -- Blue in a close-up.

11-25-09 -- Blue sleeping - of course that is what these pups do at this age.  Next week we'll have movement photos : )

11-25-09 -- Green sleeping.  These are individual photos of each pup.

11-25-09 -- Green sleeping on his other side.

11-25-09 -- Lime (formerly pink) sleeping.

11-25-09 -- Lime sleeping under the "pig rail" - all the pups like to sleep under that - don't think they'll fit under it much longer.

11-25-09 -- Purple sleeping.  Pups are growing, eyes are open and they are trying to walk.

11-25-09 -- Purple sleeping on his other side.

11-25-09 -- Red, one of our two girls, sleeping.

11-25-09 -- Red trying to show off her nice ridge - you can almost see the crowns and paddle.

11-25-09 -- Teal - you can see the shape of his ridge.  In a few weeks the ridges will be more defined.

11-25-09  --  Teal sleeping.  All of the pups are gaining weight, have had their nails trimmed, and are being handled.

11-25-09 - Yellow, this is our big girl, weighing in at 4 lbs. today.  Several of the other pups are close behind.

11-25-09  --  Yellow showing off her markings.

11-23-09 -- Here are the puppies at 13 days old.  Boys on the right and the two girls on the left.

11-23-09  --  Another angle of the litter.  Eyes are starting to open and all are gaining weight.

11-23-09 -- Boys all piled on top of each other.

11-23-09 -- The two girls, Big (yellow) and Little (red)

11-19-09   Blue, Teal and Yellow up close with Tori.

11-19-09

11-18-09 - All they do is eat and sleep.  In a couple of weeks we should have some really cute photos of them trying to move around and play with each other.

11-18-09  -  All spread out so you can see them a little better.  Except for the two pals in the middle ; )  
We love these colored collars - helps us distinguish each pup at a glance.  They come from boykins4me@yahoo.com - their web address is http://www.crittercollars.com

Table for all the puppy necessities -
scale, first aid kit, baby thermometer, baby nail clipper, clipboard with chart of weights, etc.

A "Mother-Son" moment in time.
"Tori" and "Slick"

11-17-09 - Tori with the pups and Slick still curled into her neck.

Uh-oh - I can't move...don't want to disturb a sleeping pup.

11-17-09 - Puppies at one week of age.

11-17-09 - Green and Pink resting with the other pups.

11-14-09  - Tori nursing the puppies.

11-14-09 - Close-up of the puppies nursing.  All of them weigh over a pound today.

Another view of the puppies nursing.
Slick is full, so facing away from the other pups.

Photos taken 11-14-09.

Tori checking her puppies.

Mother Tori checking and cleaning each puppy.

Another photo of the Four-Day old pups.

Blue and Green puppies at Four Days of age.

Pink and Red & head of Yellow, the three girls on 11-14-09

"Slick" our one Ridgeless puppy.  The other seven pups have beautiful show ridges. 

Teal boy.

Yellow and Purple resting after eating.

Tori with her puppies the day after their birth.

Puppies in the corner of the JonArt whelping box with the ceramic infra red heater.

All cuddled up in a little pet bed - about 12 hours old.

11-11-09  - Tori checking on the puppies - making sure they are clean and eating.

The Fab Eight with Tori watching over them.

The Boys are wearing these color collars:
BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE, TEAL & BLACK
The Girls are wearing these color collars:
PINK, YELLOW & RED

Tori on a free stack after winning Best of Breed over the No.1 male RR in the country.

Rowan in a candid shot at a dog show.

Tori - candid shot at a dog show in Tucson where she went Best Opposite Sex

Rowan - one of his many win photos

Tori on the beach in Santa Barbara
photo by Carol Beuchet

Rowan - look at that beautiful gait.

Tori - "all four off the floor"  - chasing the bunny ; )

Rowan "chasing the bunny" - lure coursing.

Tori running on her own -
". . . where are you Rowan?"

Rowan - "Tori are you hiding from me?"

Tori at 2 months of age.  She's come a long way since those puppy days!

"Rowan" as a puppy - isn't he cute?