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The ongoing photo journal of Katoba Dobermans' 2009 "Miss & Mister" Litter ~ DPCA Futurity Nominated for 2010

Thursday, October 8, 2009

The puppy's "Aunt & Uncle Emeralds" are now 2.5 yrs old. Before they went to their homes, Todd captured a card full of photos of the puppies and I playing in the back yard ~
was able to get one photo with all 12 of those pups in the same photo with me. Today, we tried to do the same thing. These are some lively pups. I had so much fun with them
today. There is so much work to be done when you whelp a litter of pups ~ the clean up and bathing and dremmeling and training and feeding and weighing and training and
socializing and training and vet care and record keeping and training and ... playing. Sometimes it does feel like the real, 'no-work-involved-me-&-pups-playtime' can be too far
down on the list. I always seem to be trying to incorporate some sort of learning tool or connection to 'work' in every game I play with the pups ... today was ONLY about
silliness. And while I wanted desperately to get a nice photo with the puppies, it turned into something quite different. The makeup was gone, they hair was disheveled, and
there were NO formalities after all. The "little dogs" remind me what it is like to be carefree and silly ... and they take me to that moment where NOTHING these matters.
What a spirited, refreshing and therapeutic "gift" they are.

"Goonight Moon"

While not the clear photos of the pups that
I was hoping for ...
... they are actually something much better ...
... "FUN".

WEIGHTS

Violet              18.10
Breeze           17.70
Rhyme           16.70
Erica               17.50
Soleil              16.50
Louis              19.30
Braun             17.15
Mischief         17.0
Zzzen             18.11

Sleep well, babies ... tomorrow we leave for our big weekend adventure ~ including the last pre-crop evaluations, and then on to get the ear crops done.