Goodbye Puppies!

The pups are 8 weeks today. And they are gone. It is bittersweet.

From the beginning, 3 were claimed right away. Our neighbor girl bought Gold (nail polish), the fluffy girl. Our other neighbors bought Green and Purple. Green was the fluffier curious boy, and Purple was the mellow boy. Those 3 were taken last Friday.

On Monday, BS put an ad in KSL. Within 6 minutes, Black was sold. And then 8 minutes later, 2 more! That was easy. Who knew that these puppies were in such high demand? Even mixed breed ones.

So today, a cute Grandpa and his cute grand-daughter (named Quincie) came to claim Pink and Bully. Pink was a sweet little male, and Bully the biggest and gold colored male. He is going to be huge. He was one of my favorites. We feel really good about the homes all the dogs are going to so far.

So now we are down to big Red and Black. Black is getting picked-up tomorrow. She is a mini-Daisy. The lightest color girl and a real sweetheart. I will be sad to see her go.


We are going to keep Red, a blocky light colored male. Out of all of the pups, he is the one who seems to have chosen us. He is always the one to run up to us first and follows us everywhere. Daisy will be happy to have some company, especially when we travel.

When the first puppy left, Millie (being the sensitive soul she is) started crying, saying that she feels really bad for Daisy. She was really worried about how sad Daisy was to see her babies leaving.


This has been an amazing experience for our family. The kids have loved every single second. Quincy calls them her "babies." BS and I are so glad our family has had this opportunity. Looking back at the last 8 weeks, only the last 2 weeks have been a bit inconvenient with 7 rowdy pups - keeping them contained, fed, entertained, and clean. But the timing was perfect because the weather was warm enough for them to be outside on the back patio. The As they grew and mastered how to escape, it was okay because they didn't stray far from their mom, and Daisy kept them in our backyard. She has been an awesome mama. I hope they all inherit her sweet demeanor.

Oh yeah, have I talked about the "stud" of this litter? His name is Chopper and he is a big, nice, cute Golden Retriever from the neighborhood. Turns out he got to Daisy first, the day before we took her to breed with the other Lab. But he is papered and cost $600.00. It's a good mix. We are excited to see how Red turns out. But first we need to give him a proper name...