Hello Folks
Wow, were has the time gone, first between storms-Snow Storms-Wind Storms-Freezing Rain Storms- Power has been off at least once and the drifts are so bad this year..
We have new lambs and new kids in the barn, all are doing well but keeping me very busy, my bottle lambs and kid are just about getting big enough to be weaned, so within a short time hopefully that will be one less chore to be done a number of times per day.
The new litter of bunnies are doing well and growing well but also require regular checks at this point as one of them got out of the box and its just way to cold to have this happen so we raised the height of the ledge that keeps them in the inside box. Its working well so far.
The puppies are amazing and when I am not doing chores inside and outside on the farm, I seem to be spending a great deal of time by the whelping box, and have started the neonatal stress tests for the puppies and they are doing great. Everyone will have doubled their birthweights by total, almost there last night on the daily puppy weigh -in.
I had to laugh at Jason last night because we were snuggling puppies on the bed, one each and Jason said, o my god look at how light it is behind this puppies ears, normally its a deep dark red starting at this age behind the ears, but as these are Chincilla factor puppies, they are in fact going to lighten as they grow up, and become a wonderful rich cream color (think heavy really cow's cream) and as they are our first Chincilla puppies, this was the first time Jason had seen this and he found it quite amazing. Blackmore's Tan is already coming in, she is showing her tri markings under her tail, on her legs, and one her face already, she still appears to be a long hair.
What pretty puppies they are, so flashy and I must admit to being thrilled to see just how even this litter is in all ways, I have a feeling they are going to turn out to be a litter to watch.
So Greenstone Fire an Ice really needed to get out and get some show training so we slipped off the farm for the ottawa kennel club show on March 16th, and I put a photo of Duchess with her Handler Linda in the show ring, she is just six months and this was her first show.
Greenstone Fire an Ice took Best of Breed, Best Puppy in Breed and Group 2nd..
Well, I had better get back to work, I will be taking new photos of the puppies on Thursday, and will post them then.
Have a great day from the Waggy Tailed Icelandic Sheepdog Gang
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