Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Dog Mothers who are a part of the GDB Breeding colony! You've given me three wonderful pups!

 Retired Mama BELLE (Freya)

Belle, a retired black lab breeder

 Mommy PEACH (Rocco) 

Peach, a yellow lab breeder

 Mother AQUA (Hilly)

Aqua, a black lab breeder

 And Happy Mother's Day to the new breeders!

Miss REANN (Rocco's sister)

Reann, a yellow lab breeder

 Miss HESTIA (Hilly's sister)

Hestia, a black lab breeder

Belle's Litters:
1. Sire: Neo (BL) DOB: 4/29/2006
Pups: Sahara (BL) - CC'd, Sangria (BL) - CC'd, Sarabelle (BL) - CC'd, Sentinel (BL) - Guide, Sheffield (BL) - Guide, Sierra (BL) - CC'd, Sola (BL) - Guide, and Sully (YL) - CC'd
2. Sire: Norbert (BL) DOB: 7/10/2007
Pups: Dennison (BL) - Guide, DeSoto (BL) - Guide, Destiny (BL) - CC'd, Diamond (BL) - Guide, and Diva (YL) - Guide
3. Sire: Dylan (BL) DOB: 10/11/2008
Pups: Falla (BL) - Guide, Faulding (BL) - CC'd, Foothill (BL) - CC'd, Freeway (BL) - Guide, and FREYA (BL) - Guide
4. Sire: Jay (BL) DOB: 2/3/2010
Pups: Eaton (BL) - Guide, Eli (BL) - CC'd, Elmer (BL) - CC'd, Enrique (BL) - CC'd, Epic (YL) - Guide, Esprit (BL) - CC'd, and Estee (Breeder)

Peach's Litters:
1. Sire: Atrus (YL) DOB: 1/20/2010
Pups: Reann (YL) - Breeder, Regina (YL) - CC'd, Rocco (YL) - Guide, Rocky (YL) - Guide, and Romy (YL) - CC'd
2. Sire: Flamenco (BL) DOB: 8/21/2010
Pups: Keanu (BL) - ?, Kensington (BL) - IFT, Kia (BL) - Guide, Kipton (YL) - CC'd, and Kyla (YL) - CC'd

Aqua's Litters:
1. Sire: Dylan (BL) DOB: 3/23/2010
Pups: Halette (BL) - Guide, Hana (BL) - CC'd, Hanalei (BL) - CC'd/Assistant Dog, Havasu (BL) - CC'd, Hermes (BL) - Guide, Hestia (BL) - Breeder, Hibachi (BL) - Donated or CC'd, and Hilly (BL) - CC'd/Pet Ambassador
2. Sire: David (BL) DOB: 5/25/2011
Pups: Shannon (BL) - PIT, Schneider (BL) - PIT, Spruce (BL) - PIT and 5 others

Reann's Litters:
1. Sire: Alonzo (BL) DOB: 11/27/2011
Pups: Becky (BL) - PIT, Brie (BL) - PIT, Brooke (BL) - PIT and 2 others

Hestia's Litter:
1. Sire: Joplin (YL) DOB: 3/11/2012
Pups: Farley (?) - PIT, Fienna (?) - PIT, Filmore (BL) - PIT, Finney (YL) - PIT, Franko (?) - PIT, Freesia (?) - PIT, Fuji (?) - PIT and 1 other the name of which I cannot remember

Estee's a Mommy

Well, Momma Belle has got some grandpuppies out there! I've just seen pictures of Estee's first litter! They look so cute, but what puppy doesn't? There are five yellow puppies and one black puppy. I find it quite interesting that there is only one black puppy, but she was bred to a yellow boy. And, hey! I knew that the Breeder Keepers were hoping for some more yellow puppies. They sure got them!

I can't wait until I see pictures of little puppies in the play yard!

Fifth Phase Report

Rocco 4Y13 LAB M 3

Rocky 4Y14 LAB M 4

WOOT! Look at those boys go! We always knew Rocky was the more focused, less goofy boy. So proud of both boys (though if Rocco wanted to speed up a little I wouldn't mind one bit). Belle puppy EATON is in phase 1 this week!

Fourth Phase Report

Rocco 4Y13 LAB M 2

Rocky 4Y14 LAB M 2

That's my boys! Don't know what held them up for a week in phase 1, but they've moved up a phase and I'm sure they're having fun! :D No word on their sisters yet. Hopefully they'll be in on next recall.

Also, the first of Belle's last litter, the "E" litter is on the phase report! GO EATON! And one is in for Breeder Evals. GO ESTEE!

Happy Mother's Day

A very Happy Mother's Day to

Momma Belle

and

Momma Peach!

Thanks for giving me such wonderful, good looking pups to raise.

No More Puppies...

OK, not no more puppies forever or anything like that. I don't think I could live without a puppy.

No, you see, I got this email yesterday from Belle's breeder custodians. I really like Ken and Nancy. They're just wonderful people. I mean, I got a CD of pictures of Belle's "F" litter. A lot of the great little puppy pictures of Freya I have are from that CD. And when the "E" litter was born I expressed the want to have who would later become Epic. It might have totally worked out too if I kept my receive date the same. But this is only somewhat beside the point. The point is that they recommended me to the puppy raising department to raiser Epic. Of course I didn't end up with another Belle puppy this time, but I got the CD of their first 2 months of life all the same. So you can imagine my sadness when I get an email saying the Belle is going to be retired from the breeding program. So, no more Belle puppies. They had a whole bunch of options and opted to retire Belle right away with, I believe 4 litters. It might be 3, but I'm pretty sure she had one in between her "D" litter and her "F" litter.

So, no more Belle puppies for me. I guess it's a good thing and I am totally excited about it, but Mama Belle is a wonderful dog and I'm sad that her genes sort of stop here. Unless one of the "E" puppies is chosen as a breeder. I don't think any of the black ones are on breeder eval, so I guess that means our hope is in Epic.

I am a little sad because I would have loved to raise another Belle puppies, but it's time. She's almost 7 years old, so she's probably ready to retire.