Diamonds In The Ruff

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Dog-friendly dog training Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can build their love and trust. It's a message that resonates well beyond the animal world.

Curious to know what these pups may look like as they grow? This is Loki, he was from our litter last year and is now a little over a year old. And he still has another year of growing left!! Thanks to his owners for sending the picture! He's a beautiful boy!

Saving the best for last, she is the last of this year's litter!

We get a lot of requests for pictures of the parents of this litter, Diezel and Khaleesi. Here are a few we took today playing in the backyard! (The white mark on Diezel's nose is actually a scar from an incident with the neighbor's horse we'll just call Voldemort)

There is nothing like being woken by sweet, sweet puppy kisses!! ( Until it slowly dawns on you that there are five little puppy kisses. And then joy is replaced by panic when you awake to realize they had gotten out of their corral somehow in the middle of the night. And your house is torn to shreds. And the cats are traumatized. And there is p**p everywhere.) Puppies!

WARNING: Interruption of puppy play time to clean out their pen and potty area may result in your DOOM. Proceed at your own risk.

This little piggy went to market..this little piggy stayed home..this little piggy went OH DEAR GOD WHAT IS THAT?!! IT'S GOING TO EAT ME!! HELP ME FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!

Pups will be FIVE weeks old this Saturday! Time flies when you're cleaning p**p! Their AKC puppy papers are already in and they will be ready to go, with their first set of shots, the last week of Jan./first week of Feb.!

So, we had a 'great' idea to take a cute picture with all the puppies in this crate. The problem is..well....just take a look! They thought it was the best game ever!

Puppy kisses!!!