Finally! It was down to a wire but I've got everybody's page updated for the week. A bit larger project than the 3-4 photo entry I typically add to their pages each week. In favor of a big slideshow mid-week, I added a slide show for each individual. I enjoyed photos with mom. Not all moms create a scene to make a photo session possible. I wish I would have thought of the idea while Majestic was having litters. I think she would've been fun to photograph with pups. Skye was my first and as far as first experience's go, it was a great one! It came to be when I discovered one of her pups had managed to escape the dog run I'd placed them in for safekeeping. I spotted them through the window and thought... "what the heck how did that happen"... Turns out Drita was a good escape artist. But what I found when I went out to correct the situation was too cute for words. Mom and pup just tooling around the property enjoying each others company. Naturally being who I am I grabbed the camera. And the rest is history. I had a photo shoot with Skye and each of her pups thinking I'd begun a new tradition for my kennel.
But my next litter, Getka's didn't go as planned. Getka had pretty much left her pups behind once the weaning process was, for the most part, complete. For her it was complete. No more tenderness from her for her pups. I quickly learned when I brought the first pup out that she'd just as soon bowl them over as to hang out with them. She was back to her running, playing self... looking to me to throw her a frisbee All memory of motherhood left in the dust she kicked up as she ran past her pups.
Remedy was good. Similar to Skye. Enjoyed her pups. She used her paws and legs to correct them where as Skye used her mouth. Skye would grab and hold by the skull apparently applying whatever pressure was necessary with each pup. Remedy left that as a last resort option. Both moms were easier on the girls than they were on their boys.
I learn quite a bit by reviewing photos... kind of amazing really. There's much that goes unnoticed when watching the pups in the flesh.... especially in a group. In this litter, I guess I was most enlightened by what I saw in photos from Remedy and Scout. Historically Scout has kind of marched to the beat of his own drummer. If ever I had to retrieve a pup who didn't follow with the group, or collect one that went astray, it was my red collared boy. I'd find him enjoying life on his own terms without the companionship of his brothers and sisters needed. I noticed too, in photos prior to the 7th week, he always kind of had his nose in the air as he looked at me. I read it as somewhat of a defiant posture. Even if I didn't see him as a defiant pup. But with mom he was anything but defiant. And the photos of them together tell the story. It appeared she tried to instigate him a time or two. But he didn't take the bait. As a result she tried a different tactic to draw him in... she played along side him rolling back and forth in the grass. His position was one of avoidance. And I was amazed when I looked at his photos and saw only one facial expression from him. Despite various surroundings. He had only one face. A poker face, hence his nickname.
And then some.... well some, have more drive than others. Most specifically one in this litter. All of them great though... and all a lot of fun!
But my next litter, Getka's didn't go as planned. Getka had pretty much left her pups behind once the weaning process was, for the most part, complete. For her it was complete. No more tenderness from her for her pups. I quickly learned when I brought the first pup out that she'd just as soon bowl them over as to hang out with them. She was back to her running, playing self... looking to me to throw her a frisbee All memory of motherhood left in the dust she kicked up as she ran past her pups.
Remedy was good. Similar to Skye. Enjoyed her pups. She used her paws and legs to correct them where as Skye used her mouth. Skye would grab and hold by the skull apparently applying whatever pressure was necessary with each pup. Remedy left that as a last resort option. Both moms were easier on the girls than they were on their boys.
I learn quite a bit by reviewing photos... kind of amazing really. There's much that goes unnoticed when watching the pups in the flesh.... especially in a group. In this litter, I guess I was most enlightened by what I saw in photos from Remedy and Scout. Historically Scout has kind of marched to the beat of his own drummer. If ever I had to retrieve a pup who didn't follow with the group, or collect one that went astray, it was my red collared boy. I'd find him enjoying life on his own terms without the companionship of his brothers and sisters needed. I noticed too, in photos prior to the 7th week, he always kind of had his nose in the air as he looked at me. I read it as somewhat of a defiant posture. Even if I didn't see him as a defiant pup. But with mom he was anything but defiant. And the photos of them together tell the story. It appeared she tried to instigate him a time or two. But he didn't take the bait. As a result she tried a different tactic to draw him in... she played along side him rolling back and forth in the grass. His position was one of avoidance. And I was amazed when I looked at his photos and saw only one facial expression from him. Despite various surroundings. He had only one face. A poker face, hence his nickname.
And then some.... well some, have more drive than others. Most specifically one in this litter. All of them great though... and all a lot of fun!
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