Not only did I have a remarkable, and memorable time raising this litter of golden doodles, these dogs went to fantastic homes and very nice people. Hunter's family even gave me a gift for raising him! I was so surprised and delighted to get this pretty package with a teapot votive from Victoria Trading Co.
This is Hunter's new family, he left on the 4th of July. The people who chose him had spent a lot of time with him previously, including a sleepover for Father's Day.
Most of the pups had regular visits from their people.
Pip's mom met him when he was just a few days old and came by every week for snuggles.
Wolfgang's dad would drop by on a break from work or with his kids and wife in the evenings. It meant a lot to me that these folks were so excited to get a new pup that they wanted to be a part of the baby's life from the very beginning. It was good for the dogs to know they were loved.
Bella's family was too far away for visits, but they sent her a blanket for the litter to sleep on, so that when she went home, she'd have their scent. That told me that they were good people who cared about the little girl.
Ashlynn Ella went to the stud's owner, who is going to sell her. I've spent some time with this breeder and know she is going to find a perfect home for our little gal, but it was hard to see her go. It helped that she was going to go stay with a dozen or so half brothers and sisters with five acres to run on before she found her forever home.
And of course, Sugar found a decent home too…
There was a lot of debate going on in my head, but I'm glad the influence of the grand fairies won out. This is a smart pup, and is much loved by us, whether we needed a fifth dog or not.
Over the last 25 years, I've had 11-12 litters of puppies, the rest all yorkies. I've been very strict with myself, keeping only Marty, and Agnes Rosebud earlier, then when they died, I kept Albie and Dorothy from Twinkle's last litter. It takes a will of steel to be able to love the babies for weeks and send them on to new homes. I thought I could do it this time too, but didn't reckon on 4 grand fairies begging to keep one.
And I wasn't prepared for how emotionally attached I'd become to everyone of these (not so) little guys!
It is a good thing there was such a strong market for the pups because if they'd been hard to sell, I'd have been tempted to keep them ALL.
If I'd had a dozen, I could've sold them all easily. But 6 was the perfect number of babies, I had plenty of one on one time with them, 6 was a manageable amount of pups to love.
It might have been the time of year, the great weather, and ideal circumstances, but having this litter of doodles will be a treasured memory and a very special time to me.
Or is it that Doods are just plain, amazing dogs?
Oh, there was some destruction, I lost a wicker rocker, one window screen, a flip flop, the Xmas lights on the gazebo, and a lot of plants from curious, little chewers. And I spent a lot of time scooping poop.
But I was so enamoured with these guys, I just didn't care.
Now that they are going to new homes, hopefully, my blog can return to normal… It has been highjacked by fuzzy cuteness for a while, thanks for your patience with all my overflowing doggie pics!
(But I did mention that we are keeping one, right? Be warned, there will be more puppy photos coming)
With such cute puppies who could object to a few photos – or dozens of them?
They’re so cute. Good thing I didn’t live closer to Kansas!
How did the momma dog do with seeing her babies go?