PWAP Update

Just a quick PWAP update. This weekend we see both NEVADA and MARLEY off for formal training. Nevada got on the puppy truck yesterday when Candie picked up her newest puppy and Mary will be driving Marley up the campus tomorrow. Good luck to these two Goldens! They are just such awesome puppies.

NAPA went into season and threw off her recall date as she had to be up at campus for boarding until she came out of season which would have overlapped with her initial recall date. Luckily, she went into season right as a string of dogs were going in for formal training and the puppy raising and breeding departments were able to get her into Breeder Evals that week! So, she is currently going through week 4 of Breeder Evals instead of just starting them this weekend. That's definitely great for her raisers since Breeder Evals is a black hole and can take a long time anyway. We are currently working under the assumption that "no news is good news." Hoping for PWAP's very first breeder!

Currently ELI, TITUS, and HANK are all in phase 8 of formal training. That's the very last phase which means that they are all just waiting for their perfect match. So proud of these boys! Maybe they'll all graduate together and save the members of PWAP some gas money. Haha!

Yesterday we welcomed two new puppies off the puppy truck. Candie received a male yellow lab golden cross born on January 13, 2013 to Picasso and Toffee. His name is GALLOWAY and he is a fluffy one! He's super cute and I just can't wait to meet him! Keno was transferred to Alicia so Jen also welcomed a new puppy. She received a transfer girl, NEDRA. Nedra is a female black half lab half golden cross born on September 13, 2012 to Denzel and Jingle! She is also super cute! Can't wait to meet her either.

Galloway and Candie 

Nedra just off the puppy truck

New Puppies!

Yesterday we welcomed 3 new puppies to PWAP! I'm beyond excited to get to go and meet all of the new puppies who came while I was away.

Anyway, we welcomed HANK, NEVADA, and MARLY yesterday at the holiday luncheon! You might remember me saying that we were going to be welcoming a Miss N and a Miss M and that Marly is a fairly masculine name. Well, sometimes puppies need to be swapped before going to their raiser home. The most common reason for this is usually the puppy has really soft stools and they don't want to send the puppy home with a bad tummy. This happens a lot really and is one of the main reasons we aren't told the names ahead of time. Our group is lucky and has had pretty good names for the last three years (we keep saying we're due for a weird one) but some of the names GDB thinks of are really weird. The puppy raising department doesn't want to tell the raiser a "good" name only for that puppy to get sick and them end up with a "bad" name. Or vice versa. They just don't want us to get use to the name before we get the puppy because everything can change. Right...where was I? Ah, yes.

Well, Candie's Miss M had some loose stools so she wasn't ready to go home on the 7th and, I guess because all the other Miss Ms were spoken for, Candie got reassigned to a Mr. M. But Candie really wanted a female puppy and since this is her 30th puppy Mary thought that it would be good to give her something special. *smile* So, Mary's Miss N (Nevada) went to Candie and Candie's Mr. M (Marly) went to Mary. Yes, I've known about this for a couple of days but I was told not to ruin the surprise. Don't worry though, Nancy has her originaly puppy so that won't be confusing to explain.

So, a little sad that I won't get to meet two golden girls when I get home, but I LOVE the name Marly so I approve of this puppy swap. Haha!

I don't have pictures of the the little ones just yet. Hopefully I'll have some soon, but even if I don't I'm home in 10 days anyway so I should get some great pictures of them then. *grin* So, welcome HANK, MARLY, and NEVADA!!!!

Puppies I get to meet when home:
Eli
Shep
Terrence
Titus
Hank
Marly
Nevada