Our router died last week, so we have no internet access to our desktop at the moment. We do have internet access to our laptop, however we don't have access to our usual email accounts. So, if you need us, we will be checking the following email address for the next week: highpeaksamoyeds@gmail.com .
We will post here when we have access to our usual email addresses again, and when we will no longer be checking the gmail email on a routine basis.
Thank you :)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Puppies - 10 days old
Pictures of Ava and her puppies ~ 5 girls, and 2 boys (born July 17th, 2009)
(Ch. Wolf River's Heart of Mirrormere WS CGC TT "Loki" x Ch. Mystic Oz's Avalanche "Ava")
(Ch. Wolf River's Heart of Mirrormere WS CGC TT "Loki" x Ch. Mystic Oz's Avalanche "Ava")
We opted for a kiddie pool (which makes for great cleanup and is easily movable), but they will graduate into the whelping box as they get bigger!
We love taking car rides in our basket!
They are starting to get up and walk around... and their eyes are just starting to open too!Puppies arrived on July 17th!
July 16th ~ Ava was showing all of the signs of the first stages of labor (with the exception of her temperature dropping)... She was nesting indoors and outdoors, sticking to me like Velcro, and giving me the "look"...
So the girls and I crocheted some colorful collars, before going to bed, just in case...
July 17th ~ Ava woke me up at 4:00 am, to let me know she was very close, so we ventured downstairs together.
I doubled checked my supplies again, which I had set out the night before (pen and pad - with vet's number handy, hemostats and scissors that had been boiled, the new towels had been laundered, the scale was set out, gloves were on hand, stethoscope ready, Vaseline and dish soap ~ just in case a pup gets stuck, Betadine, bulb syringe, karo syrup, medicine dropper, dental floss, puppy collars, etc.. etc., etc.).
Then, I went into the office to hop online to check a few breeder sites to refresh my whelping knowledge/memory, while Ava laid down on a pile of clothes (waiting to be laundered) in the laundry room, which is directly off the office.
Here's a list of a few of those sites with helpful information regarding whelping:
http://www.labbies.com/whelp.htm
http://www.labbies.com/canine_reproduction_table_of_con.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7244/items.html
http://www.welshcorgi.com/lists/archive16.html
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/whelping.htm
At 6:00 am, Ava gave birth quietly on the laundry pile (certainly not how I had planned it), and I heard some squeaking noises. I rushed over to look, and there was Pink Girl. Ava was happily grooming her, but her placenta was still attached, so I got my hemostats, clamped off two sections and cut the cord in between. Ava then consumed the placenta, and I moved them both to the pool.
I then woke the hubby up for backup, and Adelaide, Idela, and Cole hearing the commotion also got up to assist. Shortly thereafter Morgan woke up, and watched us all curiously.
After Pink Girl arrived, I had noticed that there was a quite a bit of blood, left on the laundry, which had worried me. I knew blood in most cases wasn't usual, and I was envisioning the worst (hemorrhage, or uterine rupture).
So, I called the vet's emergency service, to inquire and notify them about the blood, and was sent through the loop of "it's after hours sorry", "call your local emergency vet", yada, yada...
I had been informed, when the time had come, not to take no for an answer, so on my third attempt I the service them to inform the vet's office that we'll be there when they open, and I hung up. So, we prepared the van for travel, loaded Ava & Pink Girl, some supplies (lots of towels, clamps, scissors, gloves) and the kids.
7:00 am ~ Once we were loaded and comfortable, in the car, Ava gave birth to Royal Blue Boy. It was a normal birth, he came out head first, in a sac, still attached to a placenta.
Immediately thereafter, one of our vets called. She said that the blood mess was probably resorption of a pup, and had me check Ava's gum's, which were fine (tuned from white to pink instantly, once pressure was released). She also reminded us that there shouldn't be any more than 2 hours between pups (which is a good thing to be reminded), and to keep them posted.
Relieved, we moved everyone back into the house, to prepare for the next arrival.
8:00 am (like clockwork) ~ Ava gave birth to Lilac Girl. She came breech, and had no placenta.
8:32 am ~ Ava gave birth to Mint Green Girl. She also came breech, but she was still attached to a placenta, which was still in Ava, so I carefully clamped, clamped, and cut, leaving the placenta inside Ava.
All was quiet for a while, and the puppies were feeding nicely (being moved back into the basket, each time Ava was having contractions/giving birth).
9:55 am ~ It hd been a bit, so I got Ava up, put the puppies in the laundry basket on the heating pad, and took Ava outback for a walk.
10:00 am ~ Ava gave birth to Ice Blue Boy. Again, no placenta.
11:38 am ~ The water sac arrived, boy were we surprised! Shouldn't that have been first?
11:51 am ~ Ava gave birth to Rose Girl. Again, another breech puppy, with no placenta.
1:19 pm ~ Ava passed a placenta.
1:48 pm ~ Ava gave birth to Grape Girl. Again, another breech, but this time with a placenta, which Ava decided to ripped apart and devour, before I could do proper cord care.
Later that day, 3:30 pm, we headed off to the Vet's for an appointment.
All the puppies were looked over, and were well, and Ava got an x-ray and pit shot, to make sure that there weren't anymore surprises, and to make sure that anything else would make its way out (like the remaining placentas).
Notes: For this birth, we opted for a kiddie pool, to make for easier cleanup (vs. the whelping box that we constructed with love, for the last litter - that happens to weigh a ton). The pool also makes for moving it easily (downstairs during the day, upstairs during the night), and it can double as water training when they get bigger. The only downside to the kiddie pool, is that it doesn't have a pig rail (to protect the puppies from having their mom squish them), but the hubby and I had planned shifts, for someone to be up 24/7 to monitor them anyways, so it wasn't a big deal breaker.
Ava's last litter was born on Groundhog's Day.
This litter was apparently born on National Peach Ice Cream Day, Crank Call Day, and 15 Minutes of Fame Day... LOL!
See some video of Ava and her puppies here...
"The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother — and they'll settle for a puppy every time." ~ Winston Pendleton
So the girls and I crocheted some colorful collars, before going to bed, just in case...
July 17th ~ Ava woke me up at 4:00 am, to let me know she was very close, so we ventured downstairs together.
I doubled checked my supplies again, which I had set out the night before (pen and pad - with vet's number handy, hemostats and scissors that had been boiled, the new towels had been laundered, the scale was set out, gloves were on hand, stethoscope ready, Vaseline and dish soap ~ just in case a pup gets stuck, Betadine, bulb syringe, karo syrup, medicine dropper, dental floss, puppy collars, etc.. etc., etc.).
Then, I went into the office to hop online to check a few breeder sites to refresh my whelping knowledge/memory, while Ava laid down on a pile of clothes (waiting to be laundered) in the laundry room, which is directly off the office.
Here's a list of a few of those sites with helpful information regarding whelping:
http://www.labbies.com/whelp.htm
http://www.labbies.com/canine_reproduction_table_of_con.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7244/items.html
http://www.welshcorgi.com/lists/archive16.html
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/whelping.htm
At 6:00 am, Ava gave birth quietly on the laundry pile (certainly not how I had planned it), and I heard some squeaking noises. I rushed over to look, and there was Pink Girl. Ava was happily grooming her, but her placenta was still attached, so I got my hemostats, clamped off two sections and cut the cord in between. Ava then consumed the placenta, and I moved them both to the pool.
I then woke the hubby up for backup, and Adelaide, Idela, and Cole hearing the commotion also got up to assist. Shortly thereafter Morgan woke up, and watched us all curiously.
After Pink Girl arrived, I had noticed that there was a quite a bit of blood, left on the laundry, which had worried me. I knew blood in most cases wasn't usual, and I was envisioning the worst (hemorrhage, or uterine rupture).
So, I called the vet's emergency service, to inquire and notify them about the blood, and was sent through the loop of "it's after hours sorry", "call your local emergency vet", yada, yada...
I had been informed, when the time had come, not to take no for an answer, so on my third attempt I the service them to inform the vet's office that we'll be there when they open, and I hung up. So, we prepared the van for travel, loaded Ava & Pink Girl, some supplies (lots of towels, clamps, scissors, gloves) and the kids.
7:00 am ~ Once we were loaded and comfortable, in the car, Ava gave birth to Royal Blue Boy. It was a normal birth, he came out head first, in a sac, still attached to a placenta.
Immediately thereafter, one of our vets called. She said that the blood mess was probably resorption of a pup, and had me check Ava's gum's, which were fine (tuned from white to pink instantly, once pressure was released). She also reminded us that there shouldn't be any more than 2 hours between pups (which is a good thing to be reminded), and to keep them posted.
Relieved, we moved everyone back into the house, to prepare for the next arrival.
8:00 am (like clockwork) ~ Ava gave birth to Lilac Girl. She came breech, and had no placenta.
8:32 am ~ Ava gave birth to Mint Green Girl. She also came breech, but she was still attached to a placenta, which was still in Ava, so I carefully clamped, clamped, and cut, leaving the placenta inside Ava.
All was quiet for a while, and the puppies were feeding nicely (being moved back into the basket, each time Ava was having contractions/giving birth).
9:55 am ~ It hd been a bit, so I got Ava up, put the puppies in the laundry basket on the heating pad, and took Ava outback for a walk.
10:00 am ~ Ava gave birth to Ice Blue Boy. Again, no placenta.
11:38 am ~ The water sac arrived, boy were we surprised! Shouldn't that have been first?
11:51 am ~ Ava gave birth to Rose Girl. Again, another breech puppy, with no placenta.
1:19 pm ~ Ava passed a placenta.
1:48 pm ~ Ava gave birth to Grape Girl. Again, another breech, but this time with a placenta, which Ava decided to ripped apart and devour, before I could do proper cord care.
Later that day, 3:30 pm, we headed off to the Vet's for an appointment.
All the puppies were looked over, and were well, and Ava got an x-ray and pit shot, to make sure that there weren't anymore surprises, and to make sure that anything else would make its way out (like the remaining placentas).
Notes: For this birth, we opted for a kiddie pool, to make for easier cleanup (vs. the whelping box that we constructed with love, for the last litter - that happens to weigh a ton). The pool also makes for moving it easily (downstairs during the day, upstairs during the night), and it can double as water training when they get bigger. The only downside to the kiddie pool, is that it doesn't have a pig rail (to protect the puppies from having their mom squish them), but the hubby and I had planned shifts, for someone to be up 24/7 to monitor them anyways, so it wasn't a big deal breaker.
Ava's last litter was born on Groundhog's Day.
This litter was apparently born on National Peach Ice Cream Day, Crank Call Day, and 15 Minutes of Fame Day... LOL!
See some video of Ava and her puppies here...
"The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother — and they'll settle for a puppy every time." ~ Winston Pendleton
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Another PUPDATE...
Here's "High Peak's Lyra" (Ch. Hawkwind's Cobalt Moonstone X Ch. Mystic Oz's Avalanche), a.k.a. Lyra, and her family.
Thanks for the fabulous picture!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The HOWLiday's are approaching!
Drawn by Adelaide, 8 years old
Drawn by Idela, 8 years old
Future illustrators? *GRIN*
HAPPY HOWLIDAYS EVERYONE!
Another PUPDATE!
Here's a recent picture of High Peak's Vulpecula (Ch. Hawkwind's Cobalt Moonstone X Ch. Mystic Oz's Avalanche), a.k.a. Norrin...
What a chip off the ole block!
Thanks for the picture Linda!
Copper places @ Samoyed Nationals!
Congrats to our girl Copper, who took 3rd in a very large Open class (entry of 40 plus) at the Samoyed Nationals, held in Topeka KS back in October!
Thank you Breeder Judge, Lia Benson, for seeing Copper in such a large group of great bitches! 
Special thanks to her handler, Linda Kitzman, and to her breeder Suzie Black for making her trip to the nationals possible, so we could prepare for our newest arrival here
@ High Peak Samoyeds...
Introducing.... baby Morgan ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
PUPDATE
Well, as you all can see, I've been neglecting the Blog for quite some time... My apologies... So, I thought it was time to give a...
PUPDATE: Where are they now?
- "Pink Girl" ~ High Peak's Lyra, a.k.a. Lyra, resides in Vermont.
- "Teal Boy" ~ High Peak's ? , a.k.a. Buster, resides in Michigan.
- "Green Boy" ~ High Peak's Vulpecula, a.k.a. Norrin, resides in Vermont.
- "Purple Boy" ~ High Peak's Pegasus, a.k.a. Peg, resides here at High Peak Samoyeds.
- "White Girl" ~ High Peak's Cassiopeia, a.k.a. Cassie, also resides here at High Peak Samoyeds.
We will consider all suitable show home prospects, for Peg & Cassie... We are still up in the air as to whether we will keep one, or both...
Copper goes BOW and takes a point under Breeder Judge Annella Cooper
06/06/08 ~ Copper goes BOW for a point at Taconic Hills Kennel Club under Breeder Judge Annella Cooper! (Picture Above)
08/06/08 ~ Copper goes BOW for a point at Saratoga New York Kennel Club under Judge Patricia A. Gellerman.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Litter theme...
Our litter theme is: Constellations....
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/const.html
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/const.html
"Purple Boy" ~ 3 weeks old
Adelaide & Purple Boy
Idela & Purple BoyPurple Boy, at birth was the bossiest and loudest of the bunch, but now he's just really laid back. He's the biggest of the boys, although his sister, Pink tops him at the scales, and is also easy to pick out of the pack because the freckles on his belly are shaped like angel wings... His favorite pastime? Sticking out his tongue!
"Pink Girl" ~ 3 weeks
Idela & Pink GirlPink is a kisser. She loves to kiss everyone! She also loves ear scratches! She's really easy going, just like her sister, and they can always be found hanging together! Her favorite pastime? Wagging her tail!
"Teal Boy" formerly known as "Turquoise Boy" ~ 3 weeks old
Teal & Idela
Teal Boy is always front and center. He is the first to wiggle on over to greet you upon looking into the whelping box, and loves to play by gently pawing everyone, humans included. His favorite bud? Green Boy. The two of them are inseparable. "Green Boy" ~ 3 weeks old
Idela & Green BoyGreen Boy is very identifiable when huddled amongst his siblings, as he has adorable freckles on his belly, and his private parts. He is Ava's favorite, and is always upside down seeking belly rubs, or playing tonsil hockey with his brother teal :) He's a real ham bone, and was first to walk and sit up.
"White Girl" ~ 3 weeks old
White Girl & Adelaide
White Girl & IdelaShe's such a cutie pie, and soooo sweet! She loves to get belly rubs, and just adores ear scratches! She also loves to spend quality time with her sister, Pink. I think she'll be the "thinker" of the bunch...
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Copper, another 4 point major!
Copper took a four point major, under Judge Wendy Willhauck at the Manatee Kennel Club, with Stacy.Sunday, February 10, 2008
Copper ~ Agility
These are some agility photos, please excuse the blurry images, of Copper and I, just for fun...
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