Almost 5 Months Old

Niobe keeps getting bigger and bigger and smarter and smarter. She's doing very well with potty training and is starting to give signals that she needs to go out. She's pretty good with all of her basic commands, always motivated by a meal or an ice cube. She's getting quite vocal with her grownup bark and likes to protect us (and scare the neighbors) from car horns, reflections, shadows and ordinary objects used in new ways (watch the video of the attack of the food bowl). We will be starting one or two new classes in a couple weeks- a continuation of obedience and an introduction to agility. We'll see if I'm up for two classes or not. Here's some new photos of the little darling and a couple videos of her antics.
Awwww.
Demon Dog.
This is approximately 90 seconds after receiving this toy for the first time. Note the early distruction.
Here she is at Adam's grad party, taking everything in.




This is how Niobe likes to repay us for buying her a fun new toy- destroying it and trying to break the TV.


This is how a scary, attacking food bowl gets treated in our house. Niobe doesn't take any crap from inanimate objects.

Up to Date

Here's the latest on Niobe.
We just went to the vet and she now weighs 20.8 lbs. Her ears are down to "breathe" and we put them back up right after the outdoor shots were taken.

Playtime.

With one of her favorite toys.

What a cute face.

What a scary face.

Who, me?

Ryan's favorite thing about puppies.

But he still loves her. How sweet.

Crazy frisbee dog.

Playing with her FAVORITE toy, the most expensive type, of course- the stick.

What a cute belly.

Last Week

Stupid ears.

New Pix

Here's our little girl at 10 weeks old.

What a pretty profile.

Here's the shirt I bought as a surprise for Ryan and she grew out of it right after this picture. Ha ha.

Listening to Daddy, like any baby girl should.

No News Is Good News

Hi all. (Whoever might be following the life and times of my dog.)
I will get some new pix on the site this weekend. She has gotten SO big you will hardly believe it.

Video

I posted a cute video of Niobe. Okay, it's not really that cute, but I thought you should see her in action. She was doing something much cuter five seconds before this. Oh well.



Maybe this one's cuter.
(Please ignore the unrelated dialogue about parasites and their disease carrying potential.)

Introducing.... Seven Hills' Weeping Niobe

Here's the sweet little baby!



Isn't she the cutest thing?
Raggedy ears and all.


We're so sorry baby.

Another view of the torture.


Being so cute is really tiring.

And so the story goes...

We've had quite an emotional two days. We encountered some confusion and communication mishaps that had both Ryan and I pretty upset yesterday. We found out that we wouldn't be able to get the dog that we were leaning toward. So we spent the day trying to decide if we would still get one or would wait for the next litter. Of course, I am ready for anything with four paws at this point, but Ryan wasn't so sure he wanted to compromise. Ultimately we came to terms with the fact that we will love any of them the same and will be happy to have a red female to call our very own. So when you're looking at the pictures take note of the girls - with yellow, light and dark green collars. They just had their temperament testing yesterday and all did well. We are in a very lucky situation in that the breeder has lots of people at the house handling the puppies on a regular basis, so they are getting a good early dose of socialization. They are getting their ears cropped on Tuesday, I think, and will be evaluated again (for showing purposes) and the breeder will choose her new breeding/showing bitch and then we can choose and take home our little girl in as little as two weeks.
Yea!

BIG Babies

I forgot the camera for our last visit with the pups, but they were getting around much better than at two weeks. They were up and moving, figuring out the nuances of life. Well, since then, they have grown SO much!

Quite the greeting.

Light green girl is ready for her close up.

Purple boy is trying to steal her limelight.

Clair brought out the rugs for Ryan or me to sit on, but the puppies decided it was clearly meant for them.

Waiting (not so patiently) for lunch.

Lunch on the go. (I never knew how they made the puppies on funny home video shows spin, but they do it quite naturally.)

Oh good. A chewer.

Playing.

Not our baby.

Our baby?

They're all ready for agility training.

A little fun in the yard.

It's Almost Time

Well, the babies have been here for seven weeks now. Just in case anyone forgot, this is what they looked like at two days old.



And here's what they looked like at 15 days.

Introductions are as follows (counterclockwise from top left): Purple boy, light green girl, little blue boy, yellow girl, orange boy, dark green girl and teal boy.



Mom looks hungry too.