Countdown

You guys will notice that I've started a countdown until I come home. I'm very excited about seeing Rocco again. I just miss him so much! He's such a goofy boy and I feel that I need a little goofball in my life to make me happy. Not having a dog is simply killing me. Now, the countdown is until I fly home, I won't see Rocco the day I land in California, but I'm hoping that I'll see him a few days afterward. I know his new raiser does a holiday thing every year and she said that she would be more than happy to let me have him when I'm home for the holidays. :) YAY!

That being said I'm actually not too sure when I'll be going back. If you guys are looking at my Phase Tracker you will notice that our boy Winston is in Phase 8!!!!!!! YAY!!!!! So, we're going to have a graduation coming up rather soon. I'm hoping that it's the December 11th graduation. Why? Because I would totally come home a week early to go to his graduation. :) I'll let you know as soon as I know when he's in class and due to graduate. If his person comes along sooner then "Yipee!" but again, I'm hoping his person comes for the December graduation. :)

Picture of Pauli

So, I finally have a picture of Pauli for you guys. I don't have one of Danvers yet, but soon hopefully. I found out that Pauli is very related to Freya. His dad is a Dylan puppy so he's kind of like Freya's half nephew or something. That being said his face does look like a little like Freya's. There's a lot of Dylan in Freya and I see a bit of his grandfather in Pauli. Anyway, I think he's adorable!

9 months

Ok, so I've tried posting this twice so we'll see if Blogger allows me to post it this time. Anyway, Rocco turned 9 months old last Tuesday! I can't believe he's already 9 months old. They grow up too fact for my liking, especially when I'm not there to see them grow up. I miss the boy dearly and I can't wait to see him again during winter break. :) I'm going to take lots and lots of pictures of our short week or so together.

Anywho, I can't really give you a 9 Things at 9 Months but I can tell you that I've received a few little tid-bits here and there about how he's doing. I'm told that his raiser absolutely loves him and that he's behaving himself and is an absolute gem. That's something every raiser likes to hear when their puppy goes to a sitter overnight, but it's even more exciting when my puppy has gone on to another raiser. She keeps telling me that I started a wonderful puppy which is just wonderful to hear.

Here are a few pictures I've gotten of Rocco over the past month and a half.

Rocco (L) and his brother Rocky (R) at a fair.
Rocco, Rocky, and puppy Leroy taking a break at the fair. I'm pretty sure that Rocco is in the middle because of the stripe down his back and I know that Rocky is on the far right.

Rocco in Judy's car. Judy stole him for a day because she was in between puppies. She loved how he slept in the car. I must say I miss driving around my Mini Cooper with him in the front like this so I can reach down and pet a puppy at a red light.

I'm told so far the only problem with him is that darn tongue of his. his new raiser agrees with me in thinking that it has a mind of its own.

GDB UK

I heard back from someone here in the UK. I still don't know if I'll be able to puppy raise or even if I really want to in this little space, but I'm excited to be able to start helping out again. I might just be doing fundraising things this year, but maybe next year when I have a bigger place I'll be able to raise a puppy. :) We shall see though.

Mostly Wordless Wednesday

A few of my favourite pictures of Rocco and my step-dad...

I like that Rocco is almost mimicking his facial expressions. :)

New Puppies

I don't have any pictures yet, but as soon as I get them I'll post them.

Please welcome...

Danvers, a 10 week male black lab Peidmont/Saga puppy

and

Pauli, a 10 month male black lab Danny/Finesse puppy

New Puppies for My Group

On Sunday my group, PWAP, is receiving two new puppies.

One is a transfer puppy. We are receiving a 10 month old Male Black lab (Yes, I know which one)

The other is a 10 week old Male Black lab born to Peidmont and Saga. He is a "D" puppy.

Here are my guesses:
Deiter
Demetri
Dante
Draco
Dracula
Demeter
Declan
Dragster
Digger
Digby
Digatri
Dan
Dagger
Desmund
Delaware
Denny
Dennis
Defiance
Differ
Divination
Duncan
Donald
Donnie
Dale

So, let the guessing begin. You can guess 5 "D" names for our new little one and once for our transfer puppy. You can guess his parents and his name. I haven't decided if there will be prizes or not seeing as I'm so far away, but we'll see. And it's always fun to partake in guessing. :)