More of growing Mavis, from northern Minnesota, with her “brother” Nelson.
Her people wrote, “Every day is a new adventure for/with Mavis.” I’m imagining that this is true for all of her littermates, too. And perhaps it should be true for all of us, too, those with puppies and those of us with grown dogs!
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What an absolute delight to see Griz (formerly Number Four) this afternoon. Griz and his person came out for some puppy hunt training (very basic) with Biff. The big dogs were also happy to see him. He’s another natural swimmer and was in and out of the pond while he was here.
Xupe (above)
Finley (above)
Chev (above)
I was in the backyard after dinner, walking what we refer to as our “dog park”, while Chev, Finley and Xupe raced around in the grass and hunted in the woods (with Reine, who is with us for another week.) I was filled with appreciation for our own three “big dogs” who weathered the summer of twelve puppies with all the accompanying distractions. We love each of those puppies, and I hope for another puppy in our future, but it is our grown dogs that are our family right now, and we are content to be at home with just them. Biff’s looking forward to some serious hunting this fall and may even take one of the dogs up to Brule for steelhead fishing and grouse hunting before the snow arrives. Life with big dogs is good!
Remmy (formerly Number Six) joins the ranks of the puppies from the litter who are swimming and who also have canine companions in their lives. Here are a few photos we recently received of Remmy. Doggy life is good!
Remmy (left) with her “cousin” Maizie, an English Golden Retriever
Biff took Chev to the American Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Association National Specialty Show in Des Moines and was delighted to bump into Mavis (Puppy Number Two) and her family. Mavis is not quite old enough for the show ring, but she was there with her “brother” who was competing.
Chev won “Grand Champion Select” today. Two of Chev’s offspring (Rizzo and Skyler) were there and won ribbons as well. Congratulations to Mary Kaiser and Kina Palmer, Rizzo’s and Skyler’s owners) for their wins.
Summer is waning and so will this blog as I shift gears to school where I will be writing a separate daily blog for parents and children. With all the puppies gone, we’re down to our three Griffs plus Reine who will depart for her Flagstaff home in a week and a half. Life for the big dogs has been good since the puppies left as they have more couch time with us in the evening and more running time with us outside. They love having humans with them when they’re playing outside, even if we’re not doing anything specific with them.
Chev and Xupe in the shade (above) and all four cruising (below)
Below is the garden in the back yard that was untended to all summer. We harvested a few spears of asparagus in spring and then I barely looked at it again while we were busy with puppies. Oh well, there’s always next year.
We’ve heard from Walter’s family who recently vacationed in Duluth and on Minnesota’s North Shore. His family wrote, “The campground we stayed at was off the St. Louis River and he suprised us by jumping right in the water following Gus and went for a swim! He’s a pure natural and didn’t skip a beat, he was a little champ. He still amazes us everyday day at how comfortable, confident, easy going and smart he is! We love him to pieces!”
We absolutely love getting updates, photos and stories from puppy families. We’ll post the further adventures of the “B” litter when we receive news and photos from you. (I’ll always ask permission first before posting.)
Here’s the roster of the summer of 2015 litter, with their AKC “registered” names along with their call names. This was our “B” litter and Biff wanted them to be named for berries. Thanks to friend Ann who did a lot of the brainstorming for names. We’re loving the call names that families chose for their puppies.
In order from Puppy Number One through Twelve:
Norling Rise’s Elderberry – “Remmie”
Norling Rise’s Gooseberry Falls – “Mavis”
Norling Rise’s Huckleberry – “Axl”
Norling Rise’s Thimbleberry – “Griz”
Norling Rise’s Caperberry – “Kruger”
Norling Rise’s Mulberry – “Remmy”
Norling Rise’s Loganberry – “Edgar”
Norling Rise’s Boysenberry – “Gus”
Norling Rise’s Hawthorn Berry – “Walter”
Norling Rise’s Juniper Berry – “Forest”
Norling Rise’s Lingonberry – “Ruby”
Norling Rise’s Saskatoon Berry – “Croix”
The last of Chev and Reine’s twelve puppies left Norling Rise today. Ruby’s family picked her up midday, a happy day for all of them but a slightly sad day for us. We know Ruby will have a terrific life (in the metro Twin Cities) and has a great family who will love, play with and care for her. It was fortunate for us that we had this last week with just her, easing our transition from twelve to zero puppies.
