Pup is now 5 weeks old and weights about 76 oz. She was micro-shipped when she was four weeks old and is now on really puppy food. The breeder says all puppies are very alert and responsive now.
I guess I should stop calling her pup now and finally give her a name huh?
Finding a name for the little one was kind of difficult, after all it should be a name that is comfortable in both English and German. The list of possible names was long but it always came back to one name: Jessie! So I guess this will be it, little pup shall be known as Jessie from now on.
And here she is, meet little Jessie when she was just a couple hours old:
When I moved to the UK in December 2003 I had to leave my beloved cat Jacky behind as well as my nearly 2 year old Bernese Mountain dog Cora. As I only lived in a shared flat in the beginning, there was no chance for me to take them with me (and needless to say even if I wanted my mom wouldn't let me). I intended to try and get thm over ASAP but tragedy played into this, Jacky died about 6 month after I left and my mom and brother couldn't cope with Cora. My dad (who passed away in 2003 and me where the once who always looked after Cora and my mom couldn't cope with such a large dog, while working full time in different shifts. My brother on the other hand who had the time, couldn't be bothered as he had other things to do. So in the end my mom decided that the best would be to give Cora away :-( . I was sad about this but I could understand it from her point of view.
Ever since coming to the UK I wanted to get another dog. After Cora and our Collie-German Sheapard mix Rolf (he died in 1998) I was looking for a not too big dog, who is intelligent, very active, with a good temperament and working abilities. At some point in 2004 I came across the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever and this dog with it's energetic zeal for life just fit my wishes. In 2004 I knew I wasn't ready for a dog due to still living in a flat but I did research on the breed etc. to get a better feeling for those dogs and the more I researched about them the more I fell in love with them. It was soon clear to me, my next dog will be a "Toller" or no dog at all.
In Spring/Summer 2007 I was ready to start "Operation Toller" as I call it and my aim was to find a Toller by the end of the year. I got in contact with several breeders outside the UK but it is just too difficult to import a Toller to the UK, so therefore I looked at breeders in the UK. I got in contact with the Fallowfen Kennel (http://www.fallowfen.co.uk/), who had an upcoming litter that was born 30/09/2007. Unfortunately there was no puppy for me that time but they had another litter upcoming in November that I was interested in.
On Friday 23/11/2007 at around 10am I got a call from them that the puppies where born and soon there after I had the first pictures of the litter. My little girl was the 3rd puppy born. Her parents are Fallowfen Foxy Madam (Amber) and Ale Rudy Fallowfen Lis Retrover (Rudy).
The puppies are now three weeks old and from what information I get (and pictures/videos) I see all puppies are doing well. My princess is currently 38oz and all puppies are becoming a lot more active, independently moving around,investigating and becoming vocal. I am really looking forward to having her home in about 5 weeks.
I was dog sitting for a friend last week and I just missed having a dog so much. I mean yes they are a lot of work but they give so much love...
