17 Nov 08
The five whelpings I assisted friends with prior to whelping my own puppies was done to help my friends and to give me experience with my own whelping. But, after helping them, I went home by day 4 or 5, so I am now in unexperienced territory. Plum is being finicky about eating, so I've had to become a gourmet dog food chef. The puppies are calm and growing and are getting even cuter. We started the Bio Sensor exercises and the first day they Did Not like being on their backs or being upside down. By today they didn't mind at all. I'm still sleeping next to them and getting up a few times each night to see who is yelling and why. Usually it's one who needs to be pottied and Plum is sound asleep or one who crawled behind her and can't find the way out. I should be able to go back to my own bed in a day or so.
11 Nov 08 PUPPIES!
Plum started panting about 9:00am on the 10th. Just panted off and on all day in the whelping box. At 12:20am today, she had her first of 6 puppies. She was all done at 3:20am. She made it look so easy. We took her and the puppies to the vet this morning to see if she needed an oxytocin shot, but the vet said everything is healing quickly and that she is in amazing shape: good muscle tone, shiny coat, no discharge, not too thin. She weighed 10.5 pounds less than she did 4 days ago, and that is still 3 pounds over her normal weight. She has 3 males and 3 females, all weighing between 11 & 13 ounces. Meant to weigh them in grams, but the puppies were coming so fast and I never got a chance to read the directions to the new scale. I kept expecting her to have her puppies on the 12th, and thought I still had time to do those types of things while I was waiting for puppies. Couldn't have done without Jack's help. He was great!
7 Nov 08
The xray shows 6 puppies. Plum has gained 12 pounds and the vet said she is doing very well. Five more days!
3 Nov 08
The puppies are growing quickly now. Plum looks like she swallowed a watermellon. She is not as interested in eating, but is tempted by the addition of yogurt on her food. She is getting fed smaller portions throughout the day. She will get a bath on Thursday, and on Friday we go to the vet for an xray to see how many puppies she is expecting. I'll start taking her temperature tomorrow, and check it daily. A drop in temperature can indicate whelping is expected within the next 24 hours. She has started looking for a place to have her puppies, so we got out the whelping box for her. She settled in and took a nap, then chewed on a Nylabone for a bit. Puppies are due in 9 days - give or take a couple days.
21 Oct 08
Plum is getting plumper every day. 22 days until her due date. Today we went around the outside of the house and blocked any little places she might want to try to dig a den. Don't want her instincts to cause her to get into a tight spot we can't get her out of.
8 Oct 08
Ultrasound shows Plum is carrying puppies!!! Hip-Hip-Hooray :)
27 Sep 08
Birch got his first 2 points at the Upland WSS Club's Supported Entry at the Monroe Kennel Club with me handling!!!! He's really looking good - finally grew into all his parts :) I had such fun spending the weekend with him at the show and at our club meeting and lunch. It was wonderful to see WSS friends I don't get to see often. Birch especially loved being surrounded by all the beautiful WSS girlies at the Upland meeting.
23 Sep 08
Attended a seminar by Dr. Carmen Battaglia about breeding better dogs. Very informative. I especially love his color-coded pedigree sheets, along with the health pedigrees, and all the specific breeding information. I bought his book and his Choosing The Right Puppy DVD.
21 Sep 2008
Jack, Birch, Cedar and I had a field training lesson today in Howell, MI, with Paul Morrison of the American Water Spaniel Club. Much to learn, but the dogs did better than we expected. Lisa Sinke was there training with Ripley and Adam, too. Lovely cool autumn day. Stopped at local orchard and bought fresh picked apples on the way home.
12 Sep 2008
Got to meet Riitta Jaakkola-LaBorne at Sandy Holmes' lovely home. Great fun to talk dogs and watch dog videos!
31 Aug 2008
Field training with SMSSTC today. Lisa Sinke was there with her WSS Ripley and ECS puppy, Adam. Came back to our house afterwards for lunch and let the dogs swim in the pond. Nice to have Lisa and her dogs here.
24 Aug 2008
The Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of the UK has graciously put my website link on their site. Thank you WSSC!
24 Aug 2008
Field training with SMSSTC today. Dogs are doing well; we are learning. Had fun!
14 Aug 2008
Betty Oister has 2 male Field Spaniel puppies ready to go to pet homes. Sire is Ch Nautica's Skylar Del Prado TD and dam is Ch Manasquan's Foxy Lady.
(540) 856-3475
5 Aug 2008
Plum and Birch pass their CERF (eye) tests again.
25 July 2008
Joined Southeast Michigan Springer Spaniel Training Club to help us field train the dogs.
20 July 2008
Field training with the American Water Spaniel group and Lisa Sinke. Great fun and the dogs did very well.
27 June 2008
Plum's OFA results: Hips Good; Elbows Normal; Thyroid Normal.
18 June 2008
Plum passed her thyroid test.
4 June 2008
Had Plum's hips and elbows Xrayed at MSU. Result NORMAL. Waiting for OFA score.
29 May 2008
Betty Oister's Field Spaniel, Ch Manasquan's Foxy Lady, had 6 puppies - and I helped! Five males and one female. Beautiful solid liver puppies out of Ch Nautica's Skylar Del Prado TD. Contact Betty about puppies at eoister@shentel.net.
24 May 2008
Plum is a CHAMPION! Thanks Chris Berg & Kellie FitzGerald for the wonderful job you did handling our special girl from January to May.
11 May 2008
Plum won her Open class at the Macon Kennel Club show (a WSSCA Supported Entry) in Perry, GA.
10 May 2008
Birch won his class (15-19mos) in the Sweepstatkes at the 2008 WSSCA National Specialty.
8 May 2008
Plum went Reserve Winner out of the Open class at the Columbus Kennel Club show, a WSSCA Supported Entry, in Perry GA.
29 April 2008
Starting to work on this website. My first! Hope to get it running online by June 2008.
The five whelpings I assisted friends with prior to whelping my own puppies was done to help my friends and to give me experience with my own whelping. But, after helping them, I went home by day 4 or 5, so I am now in unexperienced territory. Plum is being finicky about eating, so I've had to become a gourmet dog food chef. The puppies are calm and growing and are getting even cuter. We started the Bio Sensor exercises and the first day they Did Not like being on their backs or being upside down. By today they didn't mind at all. I'm still sleeping next to them and getting up a few times each night to see who is yelling and why. Usually it's one who needs to be pottied and Plum is sound asleep or one who crawled behind her and can't find the way out. I should be able to go back to my own bed in a day or so.
11 Nov 08 PUPPIES!
Plum started panting about 9:00am on the 10th. Just panted off and on all day in the whelping box. At 12:20am today, she had her first of 6 puppies. She was all done at 3:20am. She made it look so easy. We took her and the puppies to the vet this morning to see if she needed an oxytocin shot, but the vet said everything is healing quickly and that she is in amazing shape: good muscle tone, shiny coat, no discharge, not too thin. She weighed 10.5 pounds less than she did 4 days ago, and that is still 3 pounds over her normal weight. She has 3 males and 3 females, all weighing between 11 & 13 ounces. Meant to weigh them in grams, but the puppies were coming so fast and I never got a chance to read the directions to the new scale. I kept expecting her to have her puppies on the 12th, and thought I still had time to do those types of things while I was waiting for puppies. Couldn't have done without Jack's help. He was great!
7 Nov 08
The xray shows 6 puppies. Plum has gained 12 pounds and the vet said she is doing very well. Five more days!
3 Nov 08
The puppies are growing quickly now. Plum looks like she swallowed a watermellon. She is not as interested in eating, but is tempted by the addition of yogurt on her food. She is getting fed smaller portions throughout the day. She will get a bath on Thursday, and on Friday we go to the vet for an xray to see how many puppies she is expecting. I'll start taking her temperature tomorrow, and check it daily. A drop in temperature can indicate whelping is expected within the next 24 hours. She has started looking for a place to have her puppies, so we got out the whelping box for her. She settled in and took a nap, then chewed on a Nylabone for a bit. Puppies are due in 9 days - give or take a couple days.
21 Oct 08
Plum is getting plumper every day. 22 days until her due date. Today we went around the outside of the house and blocked any little places she might want to try to dig a den. Don't want her instincts to cause her to get into a tight spot we can't get her out of.
8 Oct 08
Ultrasound shows Plum is carrying puppies!!! Hip-Hip-Hooray :)
27 Sep 08
Birch got his first 2 points at the Upland WSS Club's Supported Entry at the Monroe Kennel Club with me handling!!!! He's really looking good - finally grew into all his parts :) I had such fun spending the weekend with him at the show and at our club meeting and lunch. It was wonderful to see WSS friends I don't get to see often. Birch especially loved being surrounded by all the beautiful WSS girlies at the Upland meeting.
23 Sep 08
Attended a seminar by Dr. Carmen Battaglia about breeding better dogs. Very informative. I especially love his color-coded pedigree sheets, along with the health pedigrees, and all the specific breeding information. I bought his book and his Choosing The Right Puppy DVD.
21 Sep 2008
Jack, Birch, Cedar and I had a field training lesson today in Howell, MI, with Paul Morrison of the American Water Spaniel Club. Much to learn, but the dogs did better than we expected. Lisa Sinke was there training with Ripley and Adam, too. Lovely cool autumn day. Stopped at local orchard and bought fresh picked apples on the way home.
12 Sep 2008
Got to meet Riitta Jaakkola-LaBorne at Sandy Holmes' lovely home. Great fun to talk dogs and watch dog videos!
31 Aug 2008
Field training with SMSSTC today. Lisa Sinke was there with her WSS Ripley and ECS puppy, Adam. Came back to our house afterwards for lunch and let the dogs swim in the pond. Nice to have Lisa and her dogs here.
24 Aug 2008
The Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of the UK has graciously put my website link on their site. Thank you WSSC!
24 Aug 2008
Field training with SMSSTC today. Dogs are doing well; we are learning. Had fun!
14 Aug 2008
Betty Oister has 2 male Field Spaniel puppies ready to go to pet homes. Sire is Ch Nautica's Skylar Del Prado TD and dam is Ch Manasquan's Foxy Lady.
(540) 856-3475
5 Aug 2008
Plum and Birch pass their CERF (eye) tests again.
25 July 2008
Joined Southeast Michigan Springer Spaniel Training Club to help us field train the dogs.
20 July 2008
Field training with the American Water Spaniel group and Lisa Sinke. Great fun and the dogs did very well.
27 June 2008
Plum's OFA results: Hips Good; Elbows Normal; Thyroid Normal.
18 June 2008
Plum passed her thyroid test.
4 June 2008
Had Plum's hips and elbows Xrayed at MSU. Result NORMAL. Waiting for OFA score.
29 May 2008
Betty Oister's Field Spaniel, Ch Manasquan's Foxy Lady, had 6 puppies - and I helped! Five males and one female. Beautiful solid liver puppies out of Ch Nautica's Skylar Del Prado TD. Contact Betty about puppies at eoister@shentel.net.
24 May 2008
Plum is a CHAMPION! Thanks Chris Berg & Kellie FitzGerald for the wonderful job you did handling our special girl from January to May.
11 May 2008
Plum won her Open class at the Macon Kennel Club show (a WSSCA Supported Entry) in Perry, GA.
10 May 2008
Birch won his class (15-19mos) in the Sweepstatkes at the 2008 WSSCA National Specialty.
8 May 2008
Plum went Reserve Winner out of the Open class at the Columbus Kennel Club show, a WSSCA Supported Entry, in Perry GA.
29 April 2008
Starting to work on this website. My first! Hope to get it running online by June 2008.
One of Betty Oister's Field Spaniel puppies. She has 1 male for sale. Beautiful!!
Her ph: 540-856-3475
Her ph: 540-856-3475
