Introducing....

WhiteStar's Beyond Thunderdome aka Max, the puppy formerly known as Green Boy.

He's staying.



What about the girl....?

For now we are calling her Rio. If she statys for good she'll be called WhiteStar's Brazilian Carnival.



She is sweet and adorable (and too smart for her own good) and we love her but.... she may still end up going to a nice companion home sometime in the next month or so.

What have they been up to?

Raven's been teaching them what it's like to be Grown Up Puppies...



Looks to me like they have made themselves at home.



It's a Wrap

This is the last regular posting for That's So Raven. Raven thanks you for visiting and making this time so much more enjoyable for us, we love sharing our puppies with everyone!



Updates on what's happening with Rio and Max, as well as Babe and the rest of the WhiteStar gang can be found over at Babe's Blog. In fact, there are a bunch of new puppy pictures out there now! Go visit!

Winston and Blue

Do you think Blue likes her big brother Winston?



Looks like he kinda likes her too :)

Missing in Action

Sorry for the lack of new content lately. Once the puppies leave it all feels so anti-climatic to keep posting.

I did turn off the Raven-Cam earlier this week. I took down the ex-pen and put up two kennels for the two remaining puppies. They are only in the kennels at night and mealtimes and occasionaly for a nap during the day. Very unexciting to watch on camera :)

They spend the rest of their time either in an ex-pen on the deck or hanging with the big dogs. Yes, they are free to roam the yard now! I don't let them out in the yard when Kelly is out, she's afraid of them, can you beleive that?? And I have to watch them closely when Kira is out as well. Kira LOVES the puppies. She ADORES them and thinks they are the greatest thing EVER. But she is also a little rough and after about 5 minutes of playing with "big sister" Kira it's time for them to be separated.

I will make one final update here, with pictures, tomorrow... after that check Babe's Blog for continued updates on all five puppies.

Green or Yellow or Green or Yellow or....

No I have NOT decided yet.

sigh...

For the next few weeks both are staying. Both have several of the qualities I did the breeding for. I ALWAYS keep a girl... and Yellow is DARLING.... but Green is pretty cute too...

I have homes interested in both puppies, I just need to decide if they will be shown or not. And which one I am going to keep.

For now, Rio (aka Yellow Girl) and Max (aka Green Boy) are just hanging out...

Black Is Blue!

Just after noon today Black Girl's new family arrived after a long drive from Chicago. Black, or as she is to be known from now on, Blue, is going to have a really great time in her new home, she has two "big sisters" of the two footed variety and 2 big brothers of the four footed furry type.


Blue poses with Ali

Blue and Hannah

Heather, Gene and Blue

Blue, Winston and Casey get ready to hit the road back to Chicago

Rocco Settle In

Rocco looks like he's settling into his new home very well. I'm told he loves having Real Grass (instead of Buffalo Grass, weeds and dirt) to play in.


Jim, Rocco, Ryan and Dylan


Laura, Ryan and Rocco


Dylan takes Rocco for a walk

The Enchanted Puppy

Red Boy headed off to New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, with his new mom Cynthia early Sunday evening.

Cynthia is still trying to figure out the perfect name for Red Boy, it will probably be a really cool name of Eskimo origin.


Red Boy and Cynthia prepare for the drive back to Albuquerque


I think he likes his new mom, and she seems to be pretty happy with him!


Did I mention he has Siberian Husky siblings now? Here he is with big sister Tika!

Cynthia shows Tika and when Red Boy is old enough he'll be going to shows too, that means I'll get to see him pretty regularly! Yippee!!!! Cynthia also hopes to do obedience and agilty with him and maybe even some harness work. He's going to be a busy puppy!

Rocco Goes Home!

Purple Boy headed home Saturday afternoon. We don't know yet what his registered name will be, but his call name is Rocco. (Or is it Rocko?? - I didn't think to ask!)

With two kids of his own to play with, Rocco should be a very happy puppy for years to come.


Rocco with his new "big brother" Dylan


Rocco and new dad Jim

Rocco's new family plans to take him to puppy class, and later when he's older he'll join them on family hikes. Maybe we'll get to see pictures?!!???

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words....

All pictures in this entry copyright Scott Vail.







Red Boy, Yellow Girl, Green Boy

All pictures in this entry copyright Scott Vail.

KISS

What do the puppies and the rock group KISS have in common?

"I want to rock and roll all nite... and party every day......"

Pup Stuff

All the puppies got baths today. Usually I wash one, dry one, wash one, dry one etc. But today I decided to wash each one and let them air dry out on the deck until all five were washed, then I'd start drying.

Green was first to get bathed, then Yellow. After I finished bathing the third puppy, I went to put him out on the deck and noticed Green and Yellow were missing. They had somehow broken thru the "impenetrable barrier" I had created, gone down the steps and were out in the yard playing with Ilsa.

Wet puppy + yard with almost no grass = you guessed it, wet, dirty puppies. Luckily most of the dirt blew off during the drying process.

Speaking of "impenetrable barriers"... my double thick barrier between the deck and the house worked well, didn't it? Here's Black, having made it past the first layer she is working on climbing over the 2nd layer...



Grandma Kachina

Aside from Raven there's another dog in the house who is going to miss the puppies.

Every single morning for the past 9 weeks Grandma Kachina has made it a point that the first thing she does each morning is check on her grandkids.

Even before she goes out to go potty she runs into the room where the puppies are to makes sure they are all okay. When they were in the whelping box she would jump in and touch noses with each one. Now that they are in the ex-pen and she can't reach them, she circles the pen, making sure all is well, only then will she head outside.

9 Weeks Old

My how time flies.

In honor of this being the last week of birthday pictures, I did something a little different. Click on the small pictures below and one twice the size will come up.

The pictures this week were taken out in the yard while the pups were playing, so we've got some wind blown ears and hair. But Yes, Green Boy's ear really is up, that's not the wind!





Raven is going to miss these guys when they leave. More than any other Mom-Dog I've ever had she loves to go out and play with her kids...





Which puppy will she miss the most? Black Girl. That's Black climbing all over Raven in the pictures above.

Bad Dogs Part 2

So the pups are no longer Deck Dogs they are Kennel Dogs. Two days ago they started routinely climbing the barriers between the deck and the house and the deck and the yard. Keeping them inside all day is not an option. Their "sleeping pen" is in my office and they have gotten so rambunctious it's impossible to work with them going at full speed.


So they are now residing during the day in a chain link kennel in the back yard. Needless to say, they LOVE it!! Grass to chew on! Dirt to dig in! Rocks to play with!!!

Bittersweet

The 9 week pictures I posted today are bittersweet. I'm proud of how these pups have grown up. They are extremly happy, people loving, well adjusted pups. I think a lot of the credit goes to Raven and Riggs, but I'd like to think I had a hand in it as well. The first pup goes home on Saturday, with possibly another folowing on Sunday and then a third on Monday. News on who is going where soon...

They Passed!!

All 5 puppies passed their CERF eye exams with flying colors! YEAH!!! That means the WhiteStar puppies are at 100% for clean puppy CERFs since the first litter was born 8 years ago tomorrow.

My husband reports that all five pups were very good on the drive up to the dog show on Saturday. One boy (he was not sure who) cried a little bit but then quieted down. On the way home he says Black and Yellow sat up the whole way but were completely quiet.

Meanwhile......

I am still in the midst of serious puppy angst. I am back to not knowing which one to keep. Seriously not knowing. As in.... Not. A. Clue.

I'm going to level with all you faithful That's So Raven readers.... the puppy I am in love with is probably NOT the one I should keep. He was the one I wanted to keep for weeks and as of last week he seemed to be The One.... but now its looking like either of the other boys might be a better choice. And the boy that even as recently as two days ago I was sure was NOT The One is looking better and better....

The problem is that they changed enormously between Wednesday when the first two people evaluated them and Saturday when they were evaluated a second time. And now they seem to have changed yet again. Stuff I know I saw on Saturday is not there today!

Compound that with how similar they are in many ways and how unfamiliar they are to me in terms of looking like other pups I've had at this age and you have one very confused breeder.

On the Road Again....

Babe, Kelly, Kira and I are off to another show this weekend. In fact I'm leaving shortly for the dog wash, then the chiropracter and then heading to Boulder for the show, so no new pupdates until Monday.

On a side note, the pups take their first road trip this weekend. They'll also be going to the show, but not until tomorrow when my husband will be bringing them up to get their CERF eye exams. Everyone send good thought his way that he has a quiet ride.

Relaxed Puppy

8 Weeks Old

Aliy's puppies were born on a Monday so several went home the Sunday before they turned 9 weeks old so the 8 week pictures were the last ones of them.

But Raven's pups were born on a Wednesday, and none are going home before 9 weeks old. I plan on taking 9 week pictures, but if they are as uncooperative as they were this week, I'm not sure if the puppy holder (aka my husband) will have the patience!




It's pretty amazing to go back and look at all the weekly pictures together and see how fast these guys have grown.

I've decided which puppy I'm keeping (almost 100% sure) but I'm not telling yet, not until I know for sure where the others are going as well.

Ouch!!

Can you tell from the picture below what milestone in the puppies lives today was?


The puppies got their first set of shots today. And there was no OUCH! about it. Every single one stood on the table, got their shot and never flinched squirmed or made a sound!

Now Mama Raven was a different story. Raven was due for her shots on March 16, but she was pregnant at the time so we held off until today. She yelped and jumped when the needle went in. She could learn a thing from her kids.