Puppy Pickup Will Commence!

Airline tickets are bought, so I feel safe enough to show photos of our litter. Here are the little darlings at 6 weeks. One of the girls in this batch will be ours, and brian will be flying out to his home state to pick her up on June 21st.

Here they are at 5 weeks. This was a “Z” litter for the breeder, and while the jury is still out as to a theme, it did throw a kink into our naming plans. Maiwenn for the longest time wanted the name the dog Tinker Bell. God, no! I was determined to thwart this. For  awhile I had her talked down off the cliff by compromising and saying we could name the dog Pixie. But then when we found out the dog was coming from a “Z” litter.. well. That’s kind of special isn’t it?  A “z” name just hit us like lightening the other day.  It seems really appropriate considering everything this dog search has given me during this difficult time.  We still need to meet her to make sure it’s going to fit, so I will hold off in revealing it quite yet.

Here they are at 4 weeks.

Next week is the last week before they get to go home to their new owners. Our breeder said she’ll be posting individual puppy photos then, and probably figuring out who’s going home with who. She probably be evaluating their temperaments and giving them their final series of shots.

Its been a long journey trying to find one of these guys, but the search is over.  Now the truly hard work is going to begin. A friend and I were lamenting how in a big way, this process for me has been very analogous to all that time preparing for the birth of my first child. All the hours, researching… more researching..anticipating..joining message groups.. networking… stressing and then finally getting to the point of having one. I remember that morning in the hospital holding Maiwenn in my arms and thinking “now what?”  But we learned fast. And i feel we are more prepared for this learning curve than we were parenthood. It’s going to be fun. I can’t wait!