Hi everyone, we trust you all had a good Christmas & new year!
Well, we had a very busy one, we moved house 2nd December, then some kind person hit my PARKED car on the 7th and that same night Nell went into labour!
The next day 6 precious gifts were born by section ~ 1 yellow dog, 1 black dog & 4 black bitches, oh bless… all were over 1lb at birth! You’ll be pleased to hear that mum & puppies are all healthy & were safely delivered. SO that was our December and now we’re glad that’s over & what a relief!
Our new home is wonderful, the dogs love it and there’s so much room for them to
run around in. We are looking forward to the Spring, in early April our point of lay chickens arrive, we have ordered 12 of them, they will be free range and will have a large enclosure to keep them our of reach from interested noses.
Now we are nearly at the end of January the puppies are now 6kg each in weight & are huge! All of them were reserved before birth and their new owners are eagerly awaiting the day they collect them. All bar one will be leaving us for their new homes around 3 & 4th of Feb, it will be a very hard week-end for us, many tears will be shed.
We are keeping a black bitch to show ourselves, we have named her Ida. When she reaches 6
months old she will begin her show career & join Teal & half sister Hettie in the show ring. But that’s a long way off yet, however she is already is being shown how to stand & is a natural.. Ida stands square on all 4 feet and is always wagging her tail, bless her!
We have not forgotten about out other dogs and have worked hard to keep them occupied despite all eyes being on the puppies. We have been out training with the working dogs, practising blinds & on long distance control, they are doing so well and hardly make a mistake.
Well we must go now, mouths to feed and time to make the most of the pups before it’s their time to leave us. Thank you for reading our blog, we hope everyone has a lovely time with their dogs. Pics of Nell & puppies on very shortly.
Take care everyone!
BENELDYS LABRADORS
