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Puppy Page
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"TRAVIS"
CH. RIVERCITY'S TRAVLIN' MAN, JC,
ROM -- CHIC
OFA - Hips Excellent, Elbow Normal,
Cardiac Normal, CERF, Thyroid Normal
Sire: CH. Pheron's Connor Mestizo (sired by Gitano)
Dam: CH. Starlands Amanda Snnugglewith, JC (sired by Rio)
Travis - Winner of many Breed, Group, AOMs
at large shows & Specialties .
Sire of many Champions.
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"TORI"
CH. TRIGGERHILL'S NOTORIOUS DOUBLETAKE, JC, CGC, HIC,
CHIC
OFA - Hips Good, Elbows Normal,
Thyroid Normal, CERF,
You can read all about Tori on this site.
This is her first litter and we are very pleased with all the pups. You'll see a few of them in the show ring, agility trials, on boats sailing the ocean, and as full time companions to their wonderful owners.
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"Hondo" & "Ruby" (now "Rita")
Playing in one crate on their last night together when we were at the Del Monte KC Dog Show in Seaside (near Monterey, Ca), 7/14/07
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Hondo and Ruby at 15 weeks
During their Ridgeback play in our office.
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Looks like they are really vicious to anyone that hasn't seen Ridgebacks play. It's amazing that they don't get hurt.
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"Uncle Hunter" (1-1/2 yrs old)
with Hondo and Ruby (15 Weeks Old)
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"Ruby" at 14 weeks.
Learning to free stack.
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"Ruby" walking on a loose lead.
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"Ruby" also sits nicely on command.
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"Ruby" with John
walking on the dock at Cub Lake
in Bear Valley Springs
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"Hondo" looking off to see the lake.
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13 Weeks Old
Uncle Hunter playing with the two pups
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13 Weeks
"Ruby" likes to climb in the patio chair.
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13 Weeks
"Ruby " resting in the chair - one of her favorite places.
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13 Weeks
Another shot of "Ruby" in her chair.
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12-1/2 Weeks
Pups having fun in the office!!
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12-1/2 Weeks
Really having a good time with their toys
and the old "toy box."
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12-1/2 Weeks
Sweet and innocent "Ruby"
Yes, I was just watching them make a mess -
they were having so much fun.
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12-1/2 Weeks
This is the Teal collared puppy that we were calling "T" since he really didn't have a name yet. He finally has a name - "Hondo"
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11 Weeks Old
From L to R: The Regal "T" sitting. "Carly" walking away from her leaping sister "Ruby"
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11 Weeks Old
The girls picking on the lone boy.
"Carly" is holding "T" down as "Ruby" comes in to see if she can get in on some of the action!
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11 Weeks Old
"Carly" and "T" together. He's probably wondering when she's going to attack him next!
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11 Weeks Old
"Ruby" with "Uncle Hunter
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10 Weeks Old
"Uncle Hunter" palying tug-of-war with the three puppies.
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10 Weeks Old
Two of the three Sisters
"Carly" (Black) and "Ruby" (Pink)
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10 Weeks
Pups laying on the table in part of their yard.
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10 Weeks Old
This is the"Pink" collared girl.
"Ruby"
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10 Weeks Old
This is the teal collared male puppy
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10 Weeks Old
"Teal" boy playing with the ball in our office.
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10 Weeks Old
This is the "Black" collared girl,
"Carly"
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10 Weeks Old
"Carly" playing with the toys in the office
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9 Weeks Old
Black collared girl sunning herself
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9 Weeks Old
The "Black" collared girl looking forward
to going to her new home June 9th
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9 Weeks Old
Pups in their play area - lots of agility equipment
Future agility dogs????
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9 Weeks Old
This is the "Pink" collared girl.
Sitting on one of the ramps going to the table.
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8 Weeks
A sequence of 3 photos, with Jaymme,
the pet sitter, trying to teach the puppies to go in
the water. Hunter sometimes goes in, but mostly
just drinks from the pool.
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8 Weeks
The Teal and Red collared male puppies.
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8 Weeks
Sleeping puppies after playing hard.
As you can see, they have lots of toys!
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8 Weeks
Our beautiful dark masked
green collared male puppy.
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8 Weeks
Head shot of the pink collared girl.
She has a very nice body too.
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8 Weeks
Photo taken before "Eliza" (yellow collar)
went to her new home in Ontario, CA
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8 Weeks
This is "Riley" (purple collar)
before going to his new home
in Carlsbad, CA
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8 Weeks
This is "Zeus" (orange collar) squeezing into
a small bed a few days before going to his new
home in La Mirada, CA
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8 Weeks
Two puppies playing with their toys
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8 Weeks
Two Brothers
Green and Blue collars
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8 Weeks
The three sisters
L to R: Black, Pink and Yellow
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8 Weeks
Three nice looking puppies!
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7 Weeks Old
Enjoying the sun.
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7 Weeks Old
A couple of puppies enjoying the sun
from the "lowered" agility table.
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7 Weeks Old
Orange collared male puppy
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7 Weeks Old
The Blue collared boy enjoying
his time alone on the dog bed in our office.
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7 Weeks Old
Red collared boy showing his long tongue.
Great for licking!
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7 Weeks Old
Purple collared boy.
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7 Weeks
Our pet boy "Hank" (lime collar) will be going
to a wonderful home in Malibu, CA
"Triggerhill's Malibu Adventure"
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7 Weeks Old
Yellow collared girl.
Not a good stack, but she does like that cheese!
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7 Weeks Old
Black collared girl
She went into this stack quite naturally.
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5-6-07
The puppies first visit to our front corral.
So much dirt to roll and play in!!!
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5-6-07
Oh, it's so much fun to race on
this "new" ground!
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5-6-07
The "Pink Lady" found a pine cone
and is bringing it to us.
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5-6-07
She's holding the pine cone
away from the others.
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5-6-07
Getting the "herd" to head back to their yard.
The "Pink Lady" still has her pine cone!
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5-6-07
The "herd" heading home.
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5-6-07
A new toy to play with!
We try to give them something new
each day to explore.
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5-6-07
The "Pink Lady" showing off
her figure on the new "toy."
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5-5-07
"Uncle Hunter" with pups.
Yes, they realize he's not the milk machine!
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5-5-07
"Uncle Hunter" talking to the puppies.
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5-5-07
"Uncle Hunter" is quite enthralled
with "his" puppies.
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5-5-07
The "Teal" collar male puppy racing down
the ramp going into the barrel.
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5-5-07
The Green collar male puppy coming
out of the tunnel.
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5-5-07
The rest of the puppies coming out of the tunnel.
The blue collar male is one of the pets available.
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5-5-07
Puppy with a leaf.
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5-5-07
Head shots of some of the puppies.
with their collar colors.
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5-5-07
Trying to get head shots is difficult
with ten puppies!!
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6 Weeks Old - 5/2/07
The boy in the green collar trying keep
his toy away from the pups on
his left (boy) and right (girl)
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6 Weeks Old - 5/2/07
One of the male puppies playing
with one of their many toys.
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6 Weeks Old - 5/2/07
Two of the puppies on the "agility" table
Left: Girl w/black collar
Right: Boy w/purple collar
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6 Weeks Old - 5/2/07
Male Puppy with orange collar.
All pups are being socialized and
having lots of different experiences.
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6 Weeks Old - 5/2/07
Two of the male puppies having a little talk.
They're starting to look like little Ridgebacks.
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6 Weeks Old - 5/2/07
One of the girls - not a good stack,
but at least she stopped playing
for a few minutes so I could take her photo!
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4-27-07
Puppies received a new toy for their play yard.
Didn't even scare them - they just went right
up to it and started walking through.
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4-27-07
As you can see the pups enjoyed this toy.
It even makes "music."
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4-27-07
This toy was bought at a Child's store -
so it is not your normal puppy toy.
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4-27-07
They were fascinated by this toy
and the others in "their" yard.
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4-27-07
Soft plastic ball has a rattle in it.
They enjoy pushing it around.
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4-21-07
This photo was taken on their first day outside.
It shows their ridges nicely.
Of course, now they've graduated to
two dishes (5 pups to a dish)
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5 Weeks Old (4-25-07)
Coming at ya!
Agility titles in her future?
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5 Weeks Old
Taking her toys with her.
Obedience in her future?
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5 Weeks Old
Girl on Left, Boy on Right
Telling Hunter to get back
and he's minding them!
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5 Weeks Old
They played themselves out.
Now resting in the big dog bed.
What a nice group of pups.
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31 Days old
When they touch the ball it makes all kinds of
barnyard sounds. They'll be used to lots of different noises when they go to their new homes.
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31 Days Old
Playing with their noisy ball.
It really fascinates them.
Drives us crazy though!
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31 Days Old
First day outside on the grass.
This was lunch time, but they were too interested
in their new surroundings to eat much.
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31 Days Old
These two want to explore the grounds.
Boy on the left, girl on the right.
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31 Days Old
After their exciting lunch outdoors
it's time to nap.
When the pups are older we'll
have individual photos up.
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31 Days Old
All pretty uniform in color and ridges,
although some have black masks and
others just have black noses.
The girl has a yellow collar on,
all the rest in the "pile" are boys.
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4 weeks old.
"It's always good to start off the day
with a big breakfast."
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4 weeks old
You can see all ten of us have nice ridges!
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4 weeks old
Eating, resting and one going for a potty break!
Yes, puppies this age can be trained.
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4 weeks old
Sleeping and resting on their soft toys.
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4 weeks old
Everyone resting, but one looking
to wake someone up to play with.
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4 weeks old
Looks like he found someone to play with.
The pups are really getting cute now
and playing a lot.
Sleep, eat and play is their life now.
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These really don't fit on the puppy page,
but thought you might enjoy seeing
the dogs in the snow.
We had a surprise snow storm
and woke up to this Sunday morning 4-15-07.
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Hunter was out hunting birds.
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It's as if Hunter is saying
"Hooray - it's snowing"
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"I love running in the snow!"
Hunter is 16 months old.
Tori was in with the puppies staying warm!
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25 Day Old Pups
Two of the three sisters.
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Tori with 25 Day Old Pups
A female (Black & Yellow collars) on either side
of her nose. The other girl (Pink) eating.
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25 Day Old Male Pup with Tori
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25 Day Old Male Pup with Tori
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25 Day old Male Pup at Tori's ear.
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"O.K. you want to fight or talk??"
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25 Day Old Male Pups picking on female puppy.
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25 Day Old Puppies
picking on their mother.
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Tori and 22 day old puppies.
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Whelping Box and addition.
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22 day old puppies sleeping
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22 day old puppy in the play room.
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"POOR TORI!!"
Pups now at 18 days old - what a handful!
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18 Days Old
We've eaten, now it's time to play!
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18 Days Old
With ten pups, we had to put collars on
to keep track of them.
The three girls are wearing
Pink, Yellow and Black collars.
Of course, the rest are boys........
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18 Days Old
They have gained weight steadily,
weighing between 3-4 lbs.,
and all seem healthy.
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18 Days Old
The Orange pup watching Light Blue
get chomped on!
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18 Days
These pups are handled daily and
seem to be developing their personalities.
The orange & red and the teal & lt blue collars
seem to show the same in photos (all males).
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18 Days Old
O.K. now it's time to rest.
Teal & Orange collars
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18 Days Old
Lt. Blue sleeping.
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Ten Puppies at 2 weeks
Still sleeping & eating.
In the next week there will be a lot of changes.
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12 Day Old Puppies
As you can see, they are well fed .
One of them finished eating first
and is now sleeping!
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"Dogs in Waiting"
Hunter (Ridgeback), and the two Greyhounds -
Whizzy (13 yr. old) & Shadow (Black 8-1/2 yr. old)
waiting to see if Tori will ever let them in
to meet the puppies!
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Mother Tori caring for her surprise package
of ten puppies - at 1 day old!
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Tori with her 10 pups at 10 days old.
What a handful, but she's keeping them clean ,
nourished, and well loved.
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10 day old puppies
Compared to the photos taken at 1 day old -
you can see they are growing.
All have more than doubled in weight.
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10 day old puppies
This is the way they sometimes sleep
mostly they sleep spread all over the place.
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10 day old puppies
The 3 females are wearing
yellow, pink and black collars.
All the rest are males!
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10 day old puppies
Laying on the veterinarian fleece (washable)
made to fit the 4x5 JonArt Whelping Box.
This fleece keeps the pups warm and
only needs to be changed every day or two.
Of course, that's for now -
as long as Tori is able to clean them!
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1 day old puppies all sleeping peacefully
after a full feeding.
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This is a well fed bunch of 1 day old pups!
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The pups at 4 days of age.
Same position - eating!
That's all they do at this age - eat & sleep.
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"The Puppy Nanny"
Jaymme Peal, our friend & pet sitter,
watching over Tori & the pups.
She spends a few hours, a couple of days a week with the pups.
Tori loves the extra attention!
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Tori as a 2 month old puppy
"You've come a long way baby!"
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Hunter and Tori, with the greyhounds - Shadow and Whizzy
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Tori and Hunter watching the horses.
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Tori playing with Hunter when we brought him home at 8 weeks of age.
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Tori with Hunter
resting after a big day of playing.
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Hunter at 12+ weeks on the brick bridge in our back yard.
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Hunter playing in the snow in Bear Valley Springs - Tehachapi, CA
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Hunter enjoying the snow.
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At Triggerhill - 6 week old puppies
(Chobe x Kate)
Bottom Right - Tori avoiding the puppies!
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At Triggerhill - 7 week old puppies being stacked, playing and resting.
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