Month: September 2022

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Time To Say Good-bye To Finley, Our Sweet Singleton Puppy

8 weeks old

Eight weeks have passed since our sweet singleton puppy came into the world. Remember how tiny she was – I could hold her on the palm of my hand. Echo has been a wonderful mama caring, loving, and teaching her baby. Finley has learned so much over these past eight weeks. I have enjoyed helping Echo raise her puppy to the point where she is ready to join her forever family.

Substitute Littermate – The Snuggle Puppy

Finley with her “Snuggle Puppy”; her substitute littermate. Look how much she has grown over the past eight weeks!
Finley was not too impressed with her bath and wanted no part of the blow dryer. I had to let her dry off in her puppy pen.

A Look Back At The Past Eight Weeks

This video looks back on the past eight week – how quickly puppies grow. Finley has grown into a Beautiful Girl!

Off To Her Forever Home

Our sweet puppy left for her forever home on Wednesday. Finley is a lucky puppy to be joining a wonderful forever family. Her forever family already have a dog Charlie (red collar boy from Ellie and Brinkley’s 2021 litter). Finley and Charlie will be great companions, playmates, and best friends.

Even though Finley was a singleton pup without littermates to keep her company, I am so happy that she will always have her brother Charlie as her companion. She goes from Finley the singleton to Finley and Charlie the duo! Good-bye sweet Finley girl, we wish you a long and happy life full of love, continued learning and, lots of adventures !

Finley is already getting comfortable in her new home. Watch as she plays tug-of-war with her big brother (Spoiler – Charlie wins this time LOL!)
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Raising a Singleton – Week 7

Seven weeks old
LOOKING BACK

Echo’s baby is now seven weeks old. Finley continues to grow bigger and more adorable each day. She is full of energy and curious about everything. Finley is a smart puppy – she knows her name, the sit command and is doing well on recall. Finley had an exciting week experiencing more firsts. Sunday she met her forever family who will soon be her world. Her forever family includes one of our puppies from Ellie and Brinkleys 2021 litter – red colour boy now Charlie. Big brother Charlie didn’t show too much interest in her other than a few sniffs every now and then but Finley was very cautious of this new dog. She hid under a chair when Charlie came to investigate her. I am sure that they will quickly become best friends playing and exploring together.

Finley meets her big brother Charlie

Outdoor Play

Finley, our 7 week old singleton puppy loves spending time outdoors! She has lots to keep her busy: running and exploring the yard, playing with my grandchildren, learning from the big dogs and wrestling with her mama.

Finley thinks that she is a big dog drinking from our elevated water bowls LOL

LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK EIGHT
  • Puppy will start eating dry kibble this week
  • Puppy will continue exploring and playing inside and outdoors as weather permits
  • We will continue to work on Recall with “The Puppy Call”
  • Puppy will continue learning from her mama Echo and our other dogs
  • We will continue to encourage puppy to use potty area 
  • Puppy heads to the Vet on Saturday for her wellness check, first set of shots and her microchip
  • Puppy will continue to get lots of cuddle time
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Raising a Singleton Puppy – Week 6

Six Weeks Old

Echo’s puppy is six weeks old today. As I mentioned in our previous post, her forever family has named her Finley. We have had another busy week introducing Finley to so many new things. All the challenges and hard work for the first three weeks of raising a singleton puppy has paid off!!! Finley continues to grow bigger and stronger and may even be ahead of our previous puppies from normal size litters navigating the yard because she tries to keep up with the BIG dogs.

This past week, Finley was introduced to the outdoors and enjoys exploring the yard during this time. She is always keen to join the big dogs outside. If she hears the bells on our sliding door jingle, she lets me know she wants outside too. All our dogs are giving Echo a hand keeping watch over Finley in the yard and teaching her dog manners.

Echo is weaning her puppy – she feeds her in the “standing position” for a very short time and then makes a quick get-away. Finley has now progressed to eating softened kibble.

Learning to Submit

Echo has a laid-back personality and is not as strict as some of our previous mama’s. I have never heard Echo growl at Finley for discipline. Not to worry, our other dogs have taught her what a growl means – LOL! Echo is getting a hand from the nanny Maui in teaching Finley to “submit”. The goal is to get the puppy to lay on her back in the “submit” position.

Learning Commands

Teaching Finley her name and working on some commands – sit and come.

FUN OUTDOORS
LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK SEVEN
  • Puppy time spent awake will continue to increase
  • Puppy will begin dry kibble by the end of week seven
  • We will continue to encourage puppy to use potty area
  • Puppy will continue to socialize and learn from our dogs
  • Puppy will continue exploring the outdoors as weather permits
  • Puppy will continue learning from her mama as she disciplines and teaches acceptable behaviour (dog manner) 
  • As always, puppy will continue to get lots of cuddle time.