SUMMIT DALMATIANS/Mazie x Bond Puppies

NEW PUPS AT SUMMIT!

2011-09-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

To stay up-to-date, on the newest litter of dalmatian puppies, here at SUMMIT DALMATIANS, follow this link to the Mazie x Ely puppy blog.

New Homes/New Lives!

2010-12-27T14:22:00.000-08:00

This post has taken me a while to get up. All the pictures of pups and their new owners, were either on my camera, or in different files on the computer, and I guess I was just to lazy to hunt them down. After the Christmas Holiday, I finally sat down and searched for them.

8 puppies are in their new forever homes, with Taylor, staying here at Summit Dalmatians with Dru and me. 7 out of 9 puppies are in show homes, with 3 of them being co-owned by me.

Below are pictures of all of them, and their new owners. All of their names have changed, except for Redford's and Taylor's. I'll give some info, on each picture below.

Puppies are now just over 4 1/2 months old, and most have gone or are going to, puppy kindergarten class. Everyone of them is fitting well into their new homes, and I do keep in contact with all of them and enjoy receiving new pictures and updates on them.

Each show puppy, also has a page on my website, at www.summitdalmatians.com in the "New Stars" link.


Meeka (Novak) lives in Denver, with her new people, Paul and Dyann.

Burrito (Rooney) with Dr's Chelsea and David. They all live in Denver, CO.


Lily (Garbo) makes her home with Dale and Wendy, in Highlands Ranch, and is co-owned by me. Look for Lily to make her debut in a show ring, this coming February. She is also in training to be a therapy dog.

Dazie (Temple) is in a show home in Montana, with Laurie. Laurie is new to the dog show world. Her and Dazie, are enrolled in puppy classes and confirmation classes, up in Billings.

Redford, with his new family, Dr. Carol and her two children. Redford will be shown and is also co-owned by me.

Cleopatra, or Cleo for short (Harlow) with Tina and Jim, along with half brother, Dune (Mazie x Ely). Cleo will also be in a show ring soon!

Callie (Bardot) is the second Summit Dalmatian for, Ann Marie, Christy, Bruce and her Uncle Tex. (Mazie's brother) They are new to the dog show world, but are excited about getting her in the ring and learning.

Little Miss Ava (Monroe) with good friend, Deby Harber, of Polaris Dalmatians. Deby owns Ava's grandpa Walker (Mazie's sire), and her Uncle Zak (Mazie's brother). Ava is co-owned by me. Her show debut will be in March.

Me and my beautiful Taylor!

SISTERS This is Ava (Monroe) and Taylor, right before Ava went with Jim and Deby to her new home.

8 WEEKS, ALREADY!

2010-10-04T20:08:00.000-07:00

WOW! Time has flown. Not sure that I'm ready to say goodbye, to this beautiful litter. What fun they have been. There's never a dull moment!

Garbo, getting her BAER hearing test.

Hearing test went very well, and I'm very pleased. We have 7 bi-lateral pups, and 2 uni-lateral puppies. NO deaf puppies in the litter. Every puppy was micro-chipped, and the results will be sent into the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, (OFA). The vet and her technicians, had lot's of fun playing with them.

Last weekend, Lori Finalyson- (Bond's owner, Dalmino Dalmatians) my co-breeder Deby Harber- (Polaris Dalmatians) Rebecca Shallanberger- (Trailspotter Dalmatians), and Wendy Carver-Harbert, came down and helped with the difficult task of narrowing down the show puppies. We prevailed, and all four black/white girls, will hopefully go into their rightful show home, where I know each of them will be successful.

After much deliberation, I decided to keep Taylor. She's a little pistol, and I think will be fun to show. Look for her first show, this coming February, in Denver, CO.

8 week stacked photo's are in the link below. For some reason, the album mixed up some of the order I had them in, but they are all labeled.

Enjoy the beautiful view!
8 week stacked photo's

Link to 6 week photo album

2010-09-23T20:23:00.000-07:00

6 week photo album

The Visitors!

2010-09-23T19:39:00.000-07:00

What could be cuter, than grand kids and puppies?

Last weekend was a big one for the puppies. The weather was gorgeous here, and they spent a good part of each day outside. Friday thru Sunday, there was almost a constant flow of people and kids, stopping by to see and play with pups. By late afternoon on Friday, puppies were like little rag dolls, in the arms of kiddos. They were exhausted! When we brought them in, late afternoon, we didn't here one little "peep or wimper" out of them until the next morning.

I'm still having a hard time, deciding which puppy to keep. I like different qualities about several of them. Probably by this time next week, I hope my decision will be made.....I hope!

Friend of mine, Jeannie

Amy, by boss' daughter, in the midst of spots.

Grand kids and pups

Grandson, Christian, with a sleeping Garbo

Allie, granddaughter of a friend

Cute, cute cute!

Drs. Chelsea and David

Jim, Tina, Dune (Truman from the Mazie x Ely litter) and Harlow

Smitten!

Puppy lovin'!

6 weeks! Backyard playtime!

2010-09-21T09:42:00.001-07:00

5 week stacked photo's

2010-09-12T17:16:00.000-07:00

Today, the puppies had two sets of visitors. The first, was Rebecca Shallanberger, of Trailspotter Dalmatians. (Wilson's owner, from the Mazie x Ely litter) Becky was kind enough, to drive all the way down from the mountains, about 1 1/2 hours, and help me with photo's, and the first assessment of the puppies. She was amazed with this "once in a lifetime" litter, and I quoted her on that. All day, I kept hearing, "that is one heck of a nice litter! I can see why you're having a hard time deciding which one to keep!"

The second set was Dyann and Paul, from Denver, who are getting a pet puppy. To be determined whether it's a boy or girl, liver or black. I love "pet" puppy people like that, who can appreciate either sex or color and will be thrilled with either.

This morning, Becky and I took several stacked photo's of pups. Some were very cooperative, others....not so much....but they'll all learn how to "be a show dog" in the next couple of weeks!

I'm very happy with what we saw today, but still am no closer to making a decision on which puppy will be mine. What a problem to have!

Pups hearing test are scheduled for Monday, September 27, two hours north, in Ft. Collins, CO. Shortly after that, Becky, myself, and hopefully sire owner, Lori, and co-breeder, Deby, will be able to come and help us do the final assessment of pups We will also be checking movement, so the next couple of weeks, I've got to get them somewhat used to being on a leash. Wish me luck!

Enjoy the pics below, remember, they are still learning how to "stack" and keep all 4 feet where placed without moving! Forgive the messy faces, they loved the peanut butter!

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Bardot, Orange girl (L)

Bardot, show side, orange girl (L)

Rooney, gold boy

Rooney, show side, gold boy

Redford, light green boy, (L)

Redford, show side, lt. green boy (L)

Harlow, purple girl, show side (L)

Temple, orange girl, blue eye-non show side

Temple, orange girl, show side

Garbo, light blue girl

Garbo, lt. blue girl, show side

Monroe, red girl

Monroe, red girl, show side

Taylor, teal girl, blue eye-non show side

Taylor, teal girl, show side

Novak, dark blue girl (L)

Novak, dk. blue girl, show side (L)

4 1/2 weeks!

2010-09-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

Dru and I spend lots of time up in the puppy room, cleaning, changing soiled newspaper, feeding, putting down clean water and bedding, but most of all, we sit on the floor and play with puppies. It's so entertaining to watch their antics and silliness with each other.
Every evening, when things settle down, we bring them downstairs, by 3's, to spend some time with us, and also to explore some new surroundings. They've all taken to it very well, and enjoy smelling and climbing up on new things.

The Great Outdoors!

2010-09-05T15:13:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, and today, all nine puppies spent some time outside. They're still a little apprehensive about the wide open spaces, but are starting to get a little more comfortable with it. All of them love smelling the green grass, and are starting to explore, the mysterious world, known as, "under the deck!" It seems to be quite enticing to them. Perhaps it's their ancestery coming out, (as in wolves) to seek out a cave or den.

There are some new videos, of the puppies and their first outdoor excursion, on utube. They can be accessed from the homepage of my website, www.summitdalmatians.com

Today, I put all 9 puppies in the laundry basket, to carry them all outside. It was rather heavy!

I believe this is Redford, in the forefront, and Bardot.

Rooney, in the back, and Temple. Notice the heart shape of spots on her shoulder?

Taylor, "help!"

L-R Monroe, Bardot (pronounced, Bar-doe), Harlow, and Garbo in the front

All the pups caught up with their mom, Mazie. In the background, are Ely and gr'ma Bailey.

YUP, WE'RE CUTE!

2010-09-02T21:20:00.000-07:00

Not much new to report in the last couple of days, but I do have some cute candids!

Puppies are lovin' the new "chow", and have tried drinking out of a water bowl for the first time. Mostly, it's just in their way though!

We're certainly not lacking for entertainment in this house!

Garbo, trying to get her beauty sleep, while Bardot looks on.

Redford. He sure is lookin' more and more like his gr'pa, Walker

All 9 puppies, gathered 'round the food bowl!

They're really getting into chow time!

"There's that pink thing, in our way again!"

"Back off sista! This ones mine!"

Harlow

Redford and Monroe, sharing secrets.

WE HAVE NAMES!

2010-08-29T21:38:00.000-07:00

I'm just amazed how fast these puppies learn things. Only a week ago today, their eyes were opening, then hearing came in, and almost immediately after that, they started walking on all four's. Now, they're starting to play and become more aware of their litter mates, they're exploring their new surroundings, plus they're starting to bond with Dru and I a little more each day.

After eating, several of the girls crawled up in my lap and fell asleep, while the rest cuddled up to my leg.

Another first for pups today, was the introduction of puppy gruel. I spent over an hour grinding up their dog food , in the food processor. I'm hoping I made enough to get them through this next week. Puppy gruel, is finely ground dog food, (I use Canidae, Lamb & and Rice, All Life Stages) with enough goats milk and water added to make a mush. In a day or two, I'll start adding cottage cheese or yogurt also. The puppies took to it instantly, feet and all!

A new hang-out/sleeping area, was also put in today. The whelping box (or pool) was taken out, newspapers put down on the floor, a large kennel brought in, and also some pads laid out on the floor, for them to lay on, if they don't want to be in the crate. All of this is surrounded by two x-pens hooked together to make a large space for pups to play in.
They should start eliminating on the newspapers, and not on the bedding where they sleep. Fingers crossed on that one!

Below, you'll find new pictures of each puppy, along with their new "call" name. Some of the names might stick with them for life, others will be changed. It's totally up to their new owners, what they'd like their puppy to be named.

Black/white boy, Rooney

If you watched the video, from my previous post, you know the talent Rooney possesses while nursing!

Liver/white boy, Redford

Black/white, teal girl, Taylor

Liver/white, dark blue girl, Novak. Novak has "hand painted" spots.

Black/white, light blue girl, Garbo.


Garbo and red girl, Monroe, learning to play.

Black/white, red girl, Monroe

Liver/white, green girl, Bardot

Black/white, orange girl, Temple

Temple, sleep and eat!

Liver/white, purple girl, Harlow.

Harlow, notice the heart shape on her nose.

The acrobat!

2010-08-27T12:21:00.000-07:00

Day 16-18, finds the puppies exploring their surroundings. All 9 puppies hear, but I won't know if any are uni's until later. When they're about 7 weeks old, they'll be getting their "official" Baer Hearing test, also at which time each one will be micro-chipped. All eyes are open, although what they see right now is blurry, but they can detect movement. I've not determined yet if any have blue eyes.
This morning, I put my finger in a couple of mouths, and we have teeth coming in (poor Mazie).

Next Monday, puppies will be starting on Gruel, or finely ground puppy food, with goats milk and water added. They usually take to this pretty enthusiastically. You can be sure that I'll get videos of them eating at some point.

Speaking of videos, I thought I'd share one that I took on Wednesday, (day 16) of all the pups nursing. Watch for the black/white boy, to attempt a cartwheel!
They're all pretty cute, and Dru and I spend lot's of time just sitting and watching their antics, which will get crazier by the day!

2 weeks old!

2010-08-23T20:47:00.000-07:00

Puppies turned 2 weeks today! Already time is going way to fast. Spotting patterns have appeared, eyes are opening, and hearing is beginning to come in. I can't tell yet if there are any blue eyes, and I've gotten some hearing response already, in 8 of them. All puppies are walking, not gracefully, on all four's and trying to sit at times. Lot's of noises, little barks and woofs can be heard! Also lot's of moaning and groaning while they nurse contentedly from their mom.

We've had one color change, which I'm excited about. After being gone from them for almost four days, I was quite pleased to see that little miss green girl, had turned liver! She didn't really "turn" colors, but her nose trim started coming in this past weekend, and it's brown. At this point in time, if they have deep pigment in their spots, it's hard to tell black from liver until enough trim comes in. All of the puppies have enough eye or nose trim now, to tell what color they are, liver or black, so....here's what we have, 3 liver girls, 4 black girls, and one of each color for the boys. That's final....no changing my mind from here on out!

Red girl, (black/white)

Took lot's of photo's today, and a video or two. I sound so silly in them. I need to figure out how to add loud music to it! Enjoy everyone!


Purple girl, (liver/white) and Orange girl (black/white)


Puppy pile!

Teal girl and Red girl, both black/white

Light Blue girl (black/white)

Light Green, liver boy

Orange girl, black/white

Purple girl, liver/white

Dark blue and Green girl, both livers.

The smallest puppy, dark blue girl (liver)

Green girl, the "newest" liver!

Can you hear me now?

Color Change!

2010-08-15T16:28:00.000-07:00

Mazie x Bond puppies are 7 days old now. Some spotting is starting to appear, under the white haircoat, eye trim is totally in on several puppies, as well as nose trim. As their trim has started to come in, my mind has been changed, as far as what colors we have. As of right now....there are 5 black/white girls, 2 liver/white girls, and 1 black/white boy, and 1 liver/white boy. The trim is being slow on a couple of the livers, so as that comes in, I could change my mind about their color also. They are growing fast, and all have doubled their birth weight.
Tomorrow, we start doing the Bio Sensor stimulation exercises, once a day, for the next week.

http://puppystimulation.blogspot.com/

Here are a few more new pics, of the little cuties! New "Old Hollywood" names will be added to each puppy soon.

Orange girl, black/white

Liver/white girl, (purple)

black/white girl (green)

Liver/white boy, (light green)

Puppies, ....4 days old!

2010-08-13T10:01:00.000-07:00

Puppies are gaining weight and growing fast. By the time they are one week old, they all should double their birth weight. So far, all are on track to do just that.

Yesterday, they had their very first outing. At 4 p.m. yesterday, they had an appointment with my vet, to have their front dew claws removed. He joked about "docking" their tails....NOT funny!

Still, at this point in time, I'm not sure what color one of the little boys is. What I'm thinking we have as color, so far, is 3 liver girls, 4 black girls, at least 1 black boy, and the jury's still trying to decide on the other boy. Only time will tell, so hopefully in a few days, I'll know.

Haven't decided on names to call them yet, but I'm thinking of town/cities, in Colorado, or after old time Movie stars. I'm kind of leaning toward the latter. Of course none of the names we call them, has to stay with them after they are in their new homes.

A dedicated mom, nursing her babies

All 9 puppies are visible

Little dark blue girl, bunking on top of two of her bigger sisters!

Light green boy, enjoying his chow time.

101 Dalmatians! Well......almost!

2010-08-09T13:29:00.000-07:00

     Just one day ahead of schedule, Mazie delivered 9 beautiful puppies, between the hours of 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., in just less than 3 hours! Boy, did she keep Dru and I hopping! I don't know how I would have ever done this by myself, without the assistance of my super husband, Dru. He was great at handing me ribbon, the suction, towels, and newspaper, right on cue. Thanks honey! We did have a 10th puppy, a little liver girl, that was stillborn.
     As of right now, we have 7 girls, 2 boys, and NO patches. The nose trim is starting to appear gradually, as will the eye trim. I still have no idea what color they are, ie. liver or black. This evening, when we weigh them, Dru and I will try and decipher that, but just know that it could be subject to change!
All the puppies are vigorously nursing. Right now, they're pretty good at taking turns. Half of them nurse, while the other half is sleeping.....so far, it's working. Keep it up little babies!
      For more info on the puppies pedigree, Mazie or Bond, check out the website,
SUMMIT DALMATIANS

An exhausted Mazie. She did great!

Almost done, notice all the birth gunk on Mazie. I almost looked that bad myself!

The whole puppy pile!

I still haven't been to sleep, in over 30 hours. I think I'm to wound up from all the excitement here at Summit Dalmatians, to be still for very long.
Check back soon for more pictures and puppy progress!

The "count" down has begun!

2010-08-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

Mazie, at 8 weeks

We have a puppy count. Mazie went to the vet's with me this evening for x-rays. We saw nine, possibly ten puppies. I was guess-timating eight to ten, with as big as she's gotten this time. Her temperature is starting to drop a little, and I am to start calling the vet's office every morning with her temp reading, so they can stay in the loop, in case their services would be needed with the whelping.
The pictures I posted, are from a couple of days ago. Poor girl is getting uncomfortable!

8 weeks pregnant, 1 more week to go!

There is also a new picture of the sire, Bond, on my website/Litterbox page, www.summitdalmatians.com He is one gorgeous boy!

3 MORE WEEKS!

2010-07-22T19:05:00.000-07:00

Mazie is now 6 weeks along. She's gained, so far, 5 1/2 inches in her waistline. Poor girl! I've upped her food rations, by about 1/2 cup a day, and she is also, getting one egg daily, for the extra protein and zinc that the puppies need for healthy development.

In another week, I might be able to start feeling the puppies moving around in her tummy. I'm looking forward to that. Summit Dalmatians

We're having puppies!

2010-07-09T14:32:00.000-07:00

Due to unforeseen circumstances today, I canceled Mazie's vet appointment. I was going to have her palpated to confirm puppies, but her pregnancy has become rather obvious. So far, she's added 3 inches to her waistline, and it's only day 31 post breeding. I'm still mulling over the thought of taking her in late next week for an ultrasound, to kind of get an idea of how many spotted babies to expect.
On her last litter, she wasn't nearly as big as she is with this one. Not sure what that means....possibly bigger puppies, or she could be having more than she had last time, which was eight, or...it could mean nothing at all. I do hope the pups are a little bit bigger at birth, this time, so we're keeping our fingers crossed on that.

As you can see from the pictures, she's got a definite pooch, and has lost her tuck-up. Looking down from the top, she's lost her waistline. From this point on, she'll start getting bigger, almost on a daily basis.
Dru and I are getting excited, and I'm planning on taking at least one week off from work, when Mazie delivers puppies. They should be here in approximately one month. Wow....I better get busy!

We're Back!

2010-06-12T19:59:00.000-07:00

We're back from Tulsa! Mazie and I spent over a week there. Either I was a little early in my calculations, going off of last time, or Mazie was a little late. I think it was the latter. Anyway, we got it done, with 3 breedings to the handsome Bond, who is a Best in Specialty Winner. They were quite smitten with each other, and it was pretty cute to watch Bond's unique courting technique.
If the breeding takes, we should be expecting puppies around August 10th, with both liver and black pups expected. I'll be taking Mazie in to be palpated, around the 8th of July, to confirm pregnancy.

Keep checking back for updates and pregnancy progress.

Oklahoma, here we come!

2010-05-27T12:18:00.000-07:00

Today, Mazie came into season, a little over a week earlier than I had expected. We'll be leaving here one week from today, to head to Tulsa, where the handsome Bond lives. Dru, along with Bailey and Ely, will be holding down the the fort here.
This afternoon, Mazie has an appointment with her vet, to get her shots updated, a pre-pregnancy exam, brucillosis tested, and also get her front foot looked at. She started limping yesterday, and I can feel something like a big splinter in it, but I can't see it really well, (she won't hold still) so I'm afraid to pull on it without knowing for sure what I'm pulling on.
I'm looking forward to this trip, as I'll get to see good friends, Jim and Debey Harber, along with Lori Finlayson, who owns Bond. On the way home, I'll swing down to visit my folks, in Weatherford, Oklahoma, for a couple of days. Then it'll be back to the old grind, and wait for puppies to get here!

SUMMIT DALMATIANS/Mazie x Bond Puppies

2010-04-23T13:19:00.000-07:00

Mazie, Ch Cimarron Summit Baby Im Amazed, will be bred to Bond, Ch Dalminos Devil May Care, early June, 2010. Mazie is a sweet sweet girl, with many breed wins, plus a specialty Best of Opposite Sex win, to her credit. Bond is also a multi breed winner, and this past March, he was Best of Breed, at the Houston Dalmatian Specialty. Both of these dogs are awesome movers and have outstanding temperaments. Both of the pedigrees, contain many great champions of the dalmatian world. We are very excited here at Summit, to see the outcome of these two gorgeous dalmatians.

CH Cimarron Summit Baby Im Amazed "Mazie"

Keep checking back for updates and puppy progress

BISS CH Dalminos Devil May Care "Bond"