Venturing outside

Its lovely to see them being inquisitive outside and enjoying the fresh air in-between the showers.
They have quickly learned that the sound of the dishes rattling means dinner time and all four of them are enjoying their food (which we soak beforehand to soften it).

Visiting Cuddles

For the last few weeks we've had a house full of friends and family, resulting in a pack of sociable pups. They are extremely spoilt with cuddles and love.

Kennel club names

We have just received confirmation of the official Kennel Club names   - it is very difficult to come up with new names that haven't been used by the Kennel Club before but our inspiration for the puppies names came from the fact that our daughter was working in the South Pacific at the time  the litter were born.  She was disappointed to miss the excitement of the birth but we decided it would be a lovely way of remembering her Fijian work trip.

Talatoka Spirit – Talatoka is the name of a family who “adopted’ our daughter over the Easter weekend and made her feel very athome in a traditional Fijian rural village. We hope Talatoka Spirit has thesame friendly, adventurous and loyal spirit as those in Fiji.

Bulah Beauty – Bula is an affectionate polite greeting inFijian.  She tellsus everyone in Fiji welcomes a stranger with a friendly and caring “Bula”…‘Hello’.

Vanuatu Velvet –  Vanuatu is another country in thePacific -beautiful countryside, rich in history and theyhave a spectacular womens beach volleyball team currently beating the odds toqualify for London 2012.

Suvanatu Stream – Suva is the capital ofFiji Islands, a diverse, exciting and important center for the Pacific Islands,with strong sporting ethos. 

Talatoka Spirit and Suvanatu Stream are the dogs names and Vanuatu Velvet and Bulah Beauty are the bitches names.  

email: yorkshirelabs@gmail.com

Relaxing

What better way to enjoy a Satuday - had lunch now relax with a cushion.

Starting to walk

Still very tentative and wobbly on her feet but I think she can see where she's going - if not, she can certainly smell her way around because as soon as Fern is anywhere near, they get very excited and think the milk bar is open for business again. They also had their first taste of worming liquid today - lovely.
The puppies email address for anyone wanting to make contact is: yorkshirelabs@gmail.com

Family tree and beginning to open their eyes

 At last we can see a glint of their eyes as they are just beginning to open and at the same time they are no longer "swimming" around their box on their stomachs but managing to stagger around on their feet a bit.  It wont be long before they are climbing over Fern's back and out of their box and begin to explore the world outside the box !
They have had their nails clipped for the first time as they were making Fern a bit sore as they tried to get a better grip on her in search of milk.

On the left is a family tree which starts at the top with a chocolate labrador (Meg) owned by a good friend of ours, Christine, and we got our first wonderful dog Barley from her.

Meg is the ripe old age of 14 and very wise and loyal, Willow is aged 10 and still gets very excited when she goes for a walk, followed by Fern who is 3 and the devoted new Mum.

What a difference a week makes !

4 days old

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is "Merv" the good-looking, well-behaved father and these are his 4-day old hungry offspring.

Fern enjoyed a 10 minute walk this afternoon but was anxious to get back to check that all was well her pups.