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Early stages of training.

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Breeze is now 10 weeks old and we have been socialising her within our family environment getting her use to family life and finding her place within the pecking order. Breeze is very bright and extremely laid back, she is excellent with the children who are very hands on.

At this early stage of training it should be done within play drive with no pressure. Everything should be easy for her to achieve and made enjoyable. We are talking to her all the time in play training giving her plenty of encouragement.

The main steps at this moment in time are her retrieving and recall, her recall at present is fantastic, as soon as you call her name she comes back to you, or when you are play retrieving she also comes straight back to you, but we are never to quick to take the ball or sock off of her, as we don’t want her to get into the habit of dropping the retrieve.

 We are also starting to lead train her, we put a collar on and attach a lead then let her run around the house. We will occasionally tread on the lead so she gets use to sudden pressure. We also let the children walk/pull her around to get her use to walking on the lead.

So many owners teach a dog to walk with a lead but not on a lead!

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Toller Puppies at 5 weeks old!

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Toller Puppies at 5 weeks old!

Chips for us!!

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Puppies have now reached four weeks of age and are very alert and responsive.

They have under gone their second course of worming and have also been micro-chipped which is a permanent form of identification for each puppy. This is painlessly inserted under the skin between the shoulder blades. The microchip contains a unique 10-digit identification number. Micro-chipping can reduce the premium of some dog insurances.

On a note of dog insurance we recommend the kennel clubs own insurance, when our puppies go to their new homes the puppies will come with 6 weeks free insurance from the kennel club which can be activated from day one.

As the puppies grow, their nutritional needs are changing. The puppies are no longer being fed weetabix and goats milk but are being fed Master Eclipse Puppy Food which is a complete and balanced diet along side mums milk and a fresh supply of water.

Week 5 weigh in.

Friday, December 21st, 2007
Pup # Sex Birth Time Birth Weight Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six Week Seven
1 Bitch 04:45am 13oz 18oz 25oz 34oz 48oz 72oz      
2 Dog 04:55am 12oz 20oz 29oz 42oz 56oz 84oz     
3 Bitch 05:10am 13oz 18oz 25oz 38oz 56oz 76oz      
4 Dog 05:30am 10oz 21oz 29oz 39oz 54oz 84oz     
5 Dog 05:39am 12oz 21oz 30oz 44oz 77oz 100oz    
6 Dog 05:50am 12oz 16oz 24oz 33oz 50oz 72oz     
7 Bitch 06:50am 10oz 20oz 26oz 37oz 52oz 68oz     
8 Dog 08:55am 12oz 24oz 34oz 52oz 76oz 108oz        

Breeze has just blown in!!

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

This morning at 06.00am we collected a puppy out of our yellow Labrador retriever stud dog, Moss who we had in exchange for a stud fee. We have christened her Breeze, she is a very outgoing yellow Labrador bitch.

 The breeders Neil & Alison Parkin have done a fantastic job of rearing her in the first 8 weeks of puppy-hood. Our plan with Breeze is to do a step by step guide of how we introduce one of our puppies to a working life as a gundog.

This will give all an opportunity to follow our step by step guide for their own use, but also for others to give us advice  if we were to come across any stumbling blocks along the way which they may have already encountered.  Watch this space!

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Video – Toller Pups at three weeks old!

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

A new video of the Toller Pups at three Weeks Old!

3 weeks old today.

Friday, December 14th, 2007
Pup # Sex Birth Time Birth Weight Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six Week Seven
1 Bitch 04:45am 13oz 18oz 25oz 34oz         
2 Dog 04:55am 12oz 20oz 29oz 42oz        
3 Bitch 05:10am 13oz 18oz 25oz 38oz        
4 Dog 05:30am 10oz 21oz 29oz 39oz        
5 Dog 05:39am 12oz 21oz 30oz 44oz        
6 Dog 05:50am 12oz 16oz 24oz 33oz        
7 Bitch 06:50am 10oz 20oz 26oz 37oz        
8 Dog 08:55am 12oz 24oz 34oz 52oz        

In the last week the puppies have become alot more active, they are becoming more independent moving around, investigating and becoming vocal.They have started showing interest in mums food so they have been on weetabix and goats milk over the last four days and will move onto Masters Puppy Eclipse over the next week soaked in warm water an hour before feeding. The puppies were given their first course of wormer over 3 days starting last friday and finishing on Sunday. They were wormed with Panacur 10 % liquid. Amber was also wormed over the 3 days with Panacur.

Toller Puppies human interaction

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

More of Amber’s Toller Pups

Amber’s Toller Puppies Feeding

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Another video for you to enjoy! These were filmed when the pups were 13 Days Old. The pups are growing fast and pretty hungry!

Week 2 weigh in.

Friday, December 7th, 2007
Pup # Sex Birth Time Birth Weight Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six Week Seven
1 Bitch 04:45am 13oz 18oz 25oz          
2 Dog 04:55am 12oz 20oz 29oz          
3 Bitch 05:10am 13oz 18oz 25oz          
4 Dog 05:30am 10oz 21oz 29oz          
5 Dog 05:39am 12oz 21oz 30oz          
6 Dog 05:50am 12oz 16oz 24oz          
7 Bitch 06:50am 10oz 20oz 26oz          
8 Dog 08:55am 12oz 24oz 34oz          
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