This Rocket-puppy litter we named for chewing gum.

AKC Grizelda Laffee Taffee and AKC ClarkeBar Grizwold 

present the Chewy-gum Rocketpups.

Laffee Taffee is a naturally good mother and had an easy time of delivering her first litter. We had worried about this simply because this was a teen-aged pregnancy. Clarke and Taffee showed absolutely no interest in each other right up until we found them taking "the long walk in  the moonlight" together. 

Since there was no good alternative to letting the process unfold, we chose to worry instead. But it turned out this was all for nothing. 

Taffee insisted on taking care of each pup herself, but allowed Ann to clean them up, and me to weigh them and take a mug shot. Taffee spent the day laboring, but once she started the pups came out at a rapid fire (about fifteen minutes apart for the most part). Things slowed at the end, but the delivery did not take long at all and nobody yelped except Wriggly, who seems a loud little girl right from the start.

We still have wait list slots open (check out the wait list post at the top of the page). These babies will be ready about two weeks before Christmas. CreeksideFarmOregon@gmail.com

#5 was our only male. A 14.4 ounce tri color named Bazooka Joe.

#4 came at 9:40. A wonderful 11.3 ounce tri-colored female name Tutti-fruity

#3- A female tri-colored girl named Chicklet.
She is a keeper at 15.1 ounces

#2 - Wriggly - 10.4oz - tri-color - Female

The first one born was Bubblicious: a 15.5 ounce tri-colored female

Temperatures are dropping

The weather outside is sort of cold and dreary, the Fall temperatures arrived this week and with a vengeance. There never was much for Summer heat this year, which is bad for farming but good for most everything else. But this post isn't about farming, it is about puppies.

There are definite signs of a girl getting ready for delivery. Colostrum show up about ten days before, milk about five days, but it is body temperature dropping below the usual 101 degrees which signals impending labor. Today, Laffee Taffee's temp is around 99 degrees so the babies might come at any time.

Our Farm is not the optimal place to have puppies right now. We are homesteading and it took three years to get the permits (which happened last week). We built a tiny home to live in temporarily while we built the house and, while it is both spacious and comfortable, there's not a whole lot of extra room for extras. Puppies are an extra. So we have added a back porch to the house and moved things around to allow Taffee to deliver in the Laundry room where it is warm and safe. The back porch will serve as play area for the pups until at least six weeks so they will be safe.

Taffee and ClarkeBar have been sleeping together in the Laundry room for the past few nights. He is a comfort to her and doesn't mind being in the house. The two new girls are occupying the back porch until they get a bit bigger. We'll move Clarke out as soon as the babies come, the new girls out once the pups reach three weeks and need room to wander during the days.

Taffee's coming teen-aged litter is not a good thing and certainly wasn't expected or desired, but we're making the best we can of it and things ought to go quite normally (even in the reduced spaces available).

We still have openings on the wait list for those interested in a Christmas puppy. Our experience is that the slots are taken up very quickly as soon as the babies arrive. We expect five or six pups, though it might go higher, or lower. So consider taking the risk.

September 27th, 2019 A Lot of Puppy Stuff

The week has been very busy since the new girls (Abbz-Zabba and Bit-o-Honey) came. We installed them in the new back porch built to help raise Laffee Taffee's impending litter.  I won't bore anyone with the details because the pictures pretty well tell the story. The babies will come any day now, so if you are thinking about a Christmas puppy you should get on the list right away. There are still slots available and previous litters sell out in about three days once the pups arrive.

Taffee is very nervous as she enters into
her last week. The puppies are moving!

Abba Zabba is putting on some weight.
She is a natural beauty with awesome coloring.

Cinnamon has adopted the girls.

Most of the time Cinnamon Bear keeps her attention on the new girls.

Bit-o-Honey has a real adventurous streak in her.
She loves to hunt around and find new things.