My new dog room floor!

The new floor is finally finished! The room is freshly painted too. It looks so much better. This is my future whelping room. The ceramic tile surface should be impervious to puppy pee and poop. Winston, Clyde, and See See seem to like it already. Now that they are all grown up, I am trying out the dog beds. Hopefully they will not get all chewed up.

Winston is next to the big crate. Clyde is next to him, and See See is across.
Apparently the dog beds are interchangeable. That is See See getting her face up in the camera.

Yet another GSD ear taping

This 4m old male GSD puppy has flying nun ears, and they were developing a crease on the inside. I advised taping them. With his owner’s assistance, I taped them up, and he adjusted beautifully. Patricia will monitor them daily, checking for the slightest sign of inflammation or infection.

Before
Before
No problem adjusting.
Gorgeous boy with fully taped ears.

Thank you to Virginia Kennel Club for allowing us to use the grooming table for the ear taping.

Kemy’s ears are UP!!

Kemy’s ears have been taped up for two weeks. We took the tape off yesterday, and lo and behold, they look great! And by great, I actually mean on their way to being great. They will need to be taped again!

They are leaning in here, but very upright.
Here she is with her owner’s friend Kevin. You can see that the ears are flopping some, but popping back up.

Kemy’s right ear had a small area of inflammation near the inside edge. Because of this, they cannot be retaped immediately. (NEVER tape an ear with any sign of infection or inflammation.) Josh will clean them daily, and in a few days they can be taped again. I expect them to flop a little more before we can tape again, which is normal at this stage.

Go Kemy! Overall, I am VERY pleased so far with the outcome given the way her ears originally looked. (Scroll back to previous posts.)

Birthday pics!

Here are some pics of the puppies that are two years old today. If you have a puppy from this litter, please send pics. I will add to this post as I get more pics.

Ranger, formerly known as Maverick
Ranger, formerly known as Maverick
Loosy (Appaloosa) at the OBX
Loosy (Appaloosa)
Loosy (Appaloosa) at work with Dad
See See enjoying Clyde’s attention
See See enjoying Clyde’s attention
Clyde and See See on their 2nd birthday
Clyde, age 2
See See age 2
Cash, aka “Pony”, not to be confused with sire of litter ( GCH Trademark’s C’mon Cash Machine ) with same call name, “Cash”

Practicing GSD handling in Petersburg

I got together with some friends today and practiced handling Clyde and See See. They are 2 years old 2/6/23. Here are some pictures of the two of them stacked. Thank you Kevin, for taking the pictures.

It’s cool to compare them. Clyde has a better croup, and See See has more rear angulation. See See has better pigment, and Clyde has better ears. Clyde has great bone, and See See has a nice front. Clyde definitely has a masculine look, and See See is definitely feminine, which is desirable in the breed.

See See
Clyde
See See
Clyde
Lol, who stacked me?

Kemy gets her ears taped again

Kemy came back today for a retaping. I had hoped her ears might stand a little bit more since yesterday, but instead they were more droopy. But at least we know the bases will stand. I think with a real concerted effort we can get this puppy’s ears up. The old school wisdom is “If they’re not up by 6 months you’ll never get them up.” But I have proven that wrong before.

Kemy and Josh after 3rd taping

Josh really wants this to work. So we will keep at it until they come up.