AKC Canine Good Citizenship certificate

Finally it came in the mail today.  I already have the sew on badge for his vest.  AND now I have the fancy schmancy certificate with the gold seal!!!  Pepsi's part of the 3 ring binder is becoming quite full with his registrations, certificates etc.  I hope his head doesn't get too big!!!

I may have to dedicate a wall in our house to him!!!  Today I ordered some ID badges, one for him and one for me.  I also ordered his official Therapy Dog vest last week.  I will have to post a pic of him in all his attire!!

I have decided to wait until the school year starts before do visitations with Pepsi. Girls will be home and there will be lots to do.  Besides, children may not accompany us on the visits!

more puppy pix.

I weigh the pups every day to make sure they are growing.  They are just sooo tiny, I want to make sure.  Chica is finally eating her Bil Jacs puppy food.  Yeah!!  Anywho, when I weigh them I take pix.  Also, today they were being so cute laying beside Chica.

Chica's new pups!!!

Well, I never imagined what it would be like to have pups this small.  They are the tiniest !!  Chica is keeping me up at night.  She needs food, water, goats milk, potty breaks.  So I am exhausted and I've only done two nights of this.

She is such a good mum but like all new mum's she won't take care of herself.  That is where I come in.  I have to make sure she is taken care of so no one suffers, her or her pups.

They are healthy and have put on a little weight.  I did try and take some pics but at this stage it is hard to get a good photo.  You can see their colouring though.

These first 3 pix are of puppy one.  First born and a little bigger then the other.

These two pix are puppy two.  Very small compared to her sister.  Both are charting (at this time) to be between 2- 2 1/2 lbs as adults.  It is way too early to tell, but Chica does have a habit of producing tiny chis!!

Chica's puppies are here!!!!

Last night around 7pm the puppies were born!!  Two little girls.  They look as if they are going to be brown with black brindling.  One has white markings on her chest and paws.  Chica took under 10 mins to get them out!! An old time record.

First one was 2 1/2 ounces and the second was 3 1/8 ounces.  WOW.  Normally they are around 4 ounces at birth!!!  They are healthy and so darn cute. 

Pepsi is the proud father and is dying to see them... he'll have to wait.  He likes to get a little too excited around pups!!

The pups were a little wet when I took the one photo so they look very dark.  Will get better pix when they are older.

professional photos

So here are all the photos of Tito.  He did whine over there...he wanted to be here with us and his Mum.  But he did very well.  Kelly took such good care of him and she held him a lot.  He was much happier when in someone's arms or lap.  As I said, he really took to Kelly's son.  So now he is back getting lots of cuddles.  As I type he is napping with his Mum, Snickie.


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Professional Photo time

Tito has gone to Kelly's house for a photo session.  He is actually staying there a few days.  Works out well for me because Chica is going to pop at anytime.

He fell in the pool (shallow end) when he got there so he knows what happens if he gets too close.  He was very careful after that.  He is such a quick learner.  He likes Bella, Kelly's chi but didn't know what to make out of her lab.  He looks huge in comparison!

Tito really like's Kelly's son.  Kelly found Tito fast asleep on his back!!!!  Of all places.  Oh, and he widdled his way into Kelly's bed last night.  She had all sorts of excuses why that happened...lol.  I think she couldn't resist him!!!

Soon he will be home again running around with Pepsi and Snickie.  I hope he has a wonderful time!!

Xrays of Chica

Today Chica had her xrays to find out how many pups she is carrying.  The big day will be either Friday or Saturday. She could have them any day now.  Anyways, we found out there are two pups!!  The xray is hard to see but I did mark them to make it easier.  The numbers are by their heads.