Puppy Nursery
Jr. CH ERAS True Blue Forget-Me-Not
Jr. CH Bydand Rolling Thunder at Selah
June 7, 2010
Trista and Harley are the proud new parents of four beautiful puppies! Scroll down for more info and to watch them grow.
Trista, our lovely little princess
We are excited about this litter!! While this is Harley's first litter, he comes from 5 generations of fully health tested Champions. His grandsire and sire were both multiple Best of Breed winners and his sire was also a Westminster Best of Breed winner. Trista also comes from generations of health tested champions. This is a nice line breeding between Trista and Harley.
Trista and Harley's puppies are turning out just lovely in structure and temperament. We are exceptionally pleased with every one of them. This will be a litter to repeat!
If you would like to be considered for a puppy from this litter , please email me for more info. We do not ship puppies. All puppies must be picked up in person and may fly back with you as a carry on. We are located in Northern Michigan. At this time we still have an available puppy from this litter.
Harley, our playful, handsome boy.
This page was last updated: July 25, 2010
Introducing: Trista's Cherry Festival
Cherry Festival in Traverse City is always a main attaction in Northern Michigan. This litter has been given temporary call names of cherries grown locally. The registered names of the pups must start with 'Selah' and include 'cherry or cherries' in it. Once the pups have been sorted out, we will begin calling your pup by the name of your choice.
Suggestions for registered names:
Selah Cherry Jubilee
Selah Cherry Chocolate Cordial
Selah Traverse City Cherry Fudge
Selah Cherry Cheese Cake
Selah Cherry Delight
Montgomery - male - 5.6oz
Bing - male - 5.6oz
Lambert - male - 5.7 oz
Queen Ann - female-5.7oz
The Cherries: 1 Week
This has been a big week for the little Cherries. They have nearly doubled their birth weight! Their little eyes and ears are still closed and they spend their time eating and sleeping, just like little babies. They have grown stronger throughout the week and are now not only scooting around to find their mama they are trying to get up on their legs just a little bit. Very strong little ones! The Cherries started their Super Dog neurological stimulations this week and are being prepared to be wonderful companions who are healthy, confident and better able to handle stress.
Bing 10.0 oz Lambert 10.1 oz
Montgomery 10.8 oz Queen Ann 10.9 oz
Queen Ann has earned the nickname Miss Piggy this week since she wants to eat ALL the time and has gotten quite the pudgy little tummy! This week Queen Ann and Montgomery were the little feisty ones moving and rolling around. Bing and Lambert were the mellow gentleman, easygoing and calm even during their neurological exercises.
Two Weeks
The Cherries have been busy growing this week and are beginning to blossom. The little buds are sprouting. This week they continued with their puppy exercises. Their eyes are beginning to open and they are up on their legs very tentatively waddling around not knowing where they are going. They have had their nails trimmed twice. The Cherries are becoming more aware of their surroundings and are responsive to sound and touch. They have been though two thunder storms and not a peep was heard from them. Very nice, calm dispositions these pups have so far. They are learning to snuggle and starting to enjoy handling time. Trista is a wonderful mommy and as they grow she is relaxing more so the puppies can have more human interacting and more time to roll around on their own. They love to snuggle together and eat constantly. They are adorable little chubby puppies.
Bing 15.1 ounces Lambert 1.0 pounds
Queen Ann 1.01 pounds Montgomery 1.0 pounds
The Cherries : Three Weeks
The Cherries continue to grow into week three. They are all well over one pound now. This week they graduated from their puppy neurological exercises. They are all gaining strength as they are up on all fours walking around. Their eyes are fully open and they are becoming more and more attentive to their surroundings. They have realized human hands mean lots of snuggles and they will already seek out your hand when you reach into the box. They are moving around more and beginning to make puppy noises. They are beginning to play with each other, climbing and chewing on each other. They have also begun to sit up like a dog! It has been a week full week with so many changes. Summed up in one word..FUN!
Queen Ann 1.82 lb Bing 1.52 lb Montgomery 1.76 lb Lambert 1.70 lb
Four Weeks
This was a big week for the little cherries! They moved from the litter box into the big x-pen and had much more room to explore, toys to play with, and are very reliable using their potty pad-yeah! What smart puppies. They had several human visitors this week and are really enjoying being held. They have also been introduced to the big dogs, and are having a great time playing with them. Big dogs give nice kisses to them too! Another big change is they are now eating their puppy mush quite well and using a water bottle to get drinks. Their wonderful mama Trista is now spending more time out of the pen. The cherries are getting big!
Bing 1 lb 10 oz
Lambert 1 lb 13 oz
Montgomery 1 lb 14 oz
Queen Ann 1 lb 14 oz
Cherry Festival - 5 Weeks
Another busy week for the Cherries! Week five has found the Cherries with lots of new experiences. Early this week we had a major thunderstorm, of which they slept through. Fire works didn't phase them, they played for a while then took a nap. They have had more visitors and more time exploring the big house with the big dogs. All this they found to be a great joy. Some of their not so favorite new things this week included having their wonderful mama decide it was time to start weaning, so now they have very limited time with mama Trista. Trista wants to play with her pups, but the pups just want to snack on milk, which she doesn't think is such a great idea anymore. The other new event that the Cherries were not thrilled about was their first bath. Actually, the bath wasn't so bad, it was that blow dryer that they really didn't like. But now they smell so good and are such fluffy puppies!
Bing 1 lb 13.8oz
Queen Ann 2 lb 4.1 oz
Montgomery 2 lb 4.5 oz
Lambert 2 lb 2.0 oz
Check back in next week for more updates and watch us grow!
Six Weeks
What a wonderful week the cherries have had! Lots more fun and excitement. This week they got to go camping with the family! They had their very own puppy condo out under the awning, where they could run and play. They had lots of puppy socialization as everyone wanted to hold the puppies (but everyone had to make sure to wash their hands!). For the first time the Cherries began sleeping in a crate together rather than in the x-pen and they did great. Slept all night without a peep. They also got to go on a long car ride and no one got sick! What great puppies they are. They love their mama sooooo much and she loves them. Weaning is going well, and should be complete by the end of this week. Everyone is eating their puppy mush very well now and as their teeth are coming in small chucks are being added.
Some other exciting news: Montgomery and Queen Ann are both developing ticking, and will be parti-beltons. Montgomery already has a lot of silver hairs. He will be very beautiful when his coat comes in fully with lovely silver stripes going through his white coat. Also, Bing has begun to change colors, his root color is now a pretty auburn color. We are not sure what he will end up like, he may go a shade of silver, or may maintain the auburn color and be more of a Havana brown. His nose and eyes are very black.
Personalities are shining through! How much fun it is to watch the cherries grow. Everyone is very even tempered, easy going, playful, and snuggly. Not a bossy or whiny one in the bunch. Neurological development will not be complete for another week, so they will still continue to develop and change, but they are showing how individual they are.
Bing 1 lb 15.6 oz
Lambert 2 lb 4.4 oz
Montgomery 2 lb 8.7 oz
Queen Ann 2 lb 7.6 oz
So far it is looking like all the puppies will be in the 8-10 pound range full grown.
Bing has been a little resistant to weaning but has finally started eating his mush very well and should be filling out again here shortly! Poor Bing, he just didn't want to grow up, he liked being his mama's baby, but he is a big boy now!
