Black Diamond Dals - Jazz x Moses Blog

One final nap with grandpa

2010-02-26T19:56:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow little Miss Nova will be joining Hunter in Canada. Hunter has told us that his Canadian home is absolutely wonderful and they are willing to open their hearts and home to another one of our puppies. Nova and Hunter are the two most similar pups we have - and how special it's going to be to have them living under one roof again! Nova had a big day today, getting her pre-boarder crossing check up, rabies shot, shopping for a new collar & leash and then a trip to my office. When she got home she had to take one last nap with her grandpa.

Lock down

2010-02-18T20:52:00.000-08:00

This has been a bad week to be a puppy at our house. Sunday I sprayed the gravel around our shop with sterilant. To ensure the babies don't get sick by either picking up the chemicals on their paws and licking them; or by eating straw, etc. that was sprayed with the chemical. So they've been safe, but not very happy about the situation. We've had some pretty warm days around here and a bit of sunshine, so now all the kids are wound up beyond belief!! Anyone coming to our house this week needs to BEWARE ~ WILD PUPPIES LIVE HERE!!! :)

Monty goes to the meeting

2010-02-17T20:57:00.000-08:00

Tonight was our monthly Kennel Club meeting which dogs are invited to attend. Seeing Monty has only been in a vehicle once, back when he was 6 weeks old and traveled to have his hearing test - but never since; nor has he ever met a dog that doesn't have spots, it was his turn to go on an adventure. The ride up was a bit shaky, he whined a bit but luckily had company on the back seat, one of Pam's Whippets went with us too. When we arrived at the meeting location we practiced walking on a leash (he's very athletic and was able to get some spectacular jumps in the air), then headed in the meeting room. Seeing Monty has always been the quite one in the group, I expected him to be shy and even timid with all the strangers and strange dogs. What a wonderful surprise when he never showed an ounce of being scared, timid or shy! He LOVED everyone and everything. His tail was just a wagging the entire time. He met lots of friendly people, men and women; as well as a Beagle named Abby, another whippet, a papillion named Jazz, and one REALLY HUGE Doberman. Monty acted as if he'd been meeting stangers every day of his life. We received many complements reguarding his lovely temperment and what a charming young man he is. Good boy Monty!

Indy & Dixie hit the snow

2010-02-01T20:29:00.000-08:00

After visiting 'grandmas' house, these two lucky dogs got to head up to the mountains for some fun with their pop. Luckily he found someone to pull his truck out after getting stuck 'off roading' in all this fun white stuff!

One big happy family!

2010-01-31T13:19:00.000-08:00

It's now official, Indy has himself a "little sister". Faith/Pink from here on out will be called Dixie. Dennis is obviously doing a great job with both of these liver spots, as both are very happy and friendly Dals; and they both look great.

While visiting both dogs were not too thrilled that 'Grandma' trimmed their nails, but she then made up for it by handing out treats.

If your ever in the Milton-Freewater, Oregon area keep your eyes out for this well known group making their rounds.

Faith gets a new home

2010-01-26T19:58:00.000-08:00

Tonight we had a wonderful surprise, Dennis (Indy's owner) has fallen in love with Faith and has decided to make her a permanent part of their home. Apparently the bachelor pad enjoys a girls touch!

We are looking forward to seeing Dennis, Indy and Faith next Sunday to make everything final and to capture a photo of this happy new family.

Faith your a very lucky girl!!

Monster's Inc Patrol

2010-01-15T20:02:00.000-08:00

While we are out of town, one of our neighbor girls has agreed to care for the remaining puppies at our home. Nancy will be feeding and playing with Nova, Sky, Tordan and Monty twice a day for the next week. We've got our fingers crossed that the kids behave themselves and don't cause too much trouble for Nancy. Poor Nancy probably doesn't have a clue as to how full her hands will be with this rowdy group!

Faith heads out for a sleepover

2010-01-11T19:53:00.000-08:00

We will be heading west for a week long set of dog shows on the 15th. Originally Hunter was going to get to hang out with his brother while we were gone, but seeing he's now headed to Canada to meet his new parents - Faith got to fill his spot. Indy always loved the little puppies, so hopefully he will be happy to have a house guest for the next couple of weeks. This household full of men are going to have their hands full with this sassy little girl! Good luck guys. :)

Sky goes to class

2010-01-09T22:46:00.000-08:00

Adrian and I took Bow & Ti to handling class in Walla Walla today, and just for the experience Sky got to tag along. She had a ton of fun and got to meet lots of new people. She started off a little shy but then realized it was just one big dog party! After we worked with the two boys, Sky got her turn at trying to 'strut her stuff' - I stacked her, then we jogged around the ring and did a 'down and back'. Those watching agreed that although her front feet were a bit high now and then (she started off with quite the prance), she moves very nice and is a beautiful girl. I can't wait until she grows up and we can start hitting the ring together. I'm hoping we'll be able to make it to Nationals again this year, I think she has a shot at doing as well or maybe even better than Willow did last year!

Names

2009-12-12T22:52:00.000-08:00

Everyone is growing up, yet we still have 5 pups at the house so we've decided it's time to give them 'real' names. Of course, each pup has their registered name, but so far they haven't had a 'call' name.

Blue is now Sky
Red is now Nova
Pink is now Faith
Yellow is now Monty
Green is for now called 'Africa' as there is a chance she may be moving to South Africa.

First Snow

2009-12-12T11:19:00.000-08:00

Today the puppies got to experience snow for the first time, they clearly enjoyed it!

"Orange" 9 Weeks - available to a show home

2009-11-15T20:47:00.000-08:00

"Yellow" 9 Weeks - available to pet or show home

2009-11-15T20:44:00.000-08:00

"Blue" 9 Weeks - available to a show home

2009-11-15T20:42:00.000-08:00

"Green" 9 Weeks - available to a show home

2009-11-15T20:39:00.000-08:00

"Pink" 9 Weeks - available to pet or show home

2009-11-15T20:36:00.000-08:00

"Red" 9 Weeks old - available to pet home

2009-11-15T20:33:00.000-08:00

Blue gets re-tested

2009-11-01T21:40:00.000-08:00

When we did this litter's hearing tests at 6 weeks old, the machine acted up when we tried to do Blue's test. The audiologist said "passed but questionable", so to be sure - we took Blue to NW Vet Specialists and had her re-tested by someone else, with more reliable equipment. Blue passed with flying colors! She's definitely bi-lateral. We were very thankful for these results as Blue is one of the nicest puppies in the litter and will make a beautiful show dog. Blue is still available to a serious show home - please contact us for more info if interested.

Purple goes home

2009-10-30T22:34:00.000-07:00

Miss Purple headed off to her new home in Vancouver, WA today. She will get to live with another pretty Dal who is black spotted and about 8 years old. Hopefully she is welcomed into their pack with open arms. Purple was the quietest pup of this litter and should be pretty easy to get along with. We'll be looking forward to getting photos and updates from Purple and Jim as she grows up.

Final Week

2009-10-28T22:38:00.000-07:00

This is a big week, all of the 'girl homes' have made their picks except the very last person who is still trying to decide. Friday the 30th the first puppy will be going to their new home, and then most of the others will be leaving over the weekend and following week. Everyone will be greatly missed, but the pups are ready... they need their own people so they can start learning like little sponges!

BLACK DIAMOND HEAVENLY OASIS (Orange/M) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:51:00.001-07:00

BLACK DIAMOND DESERT SAND (Yellow/M) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:49:00.001-07:00

BLACK DIAMOND WALKS ON WATER (Green/F) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:47:00.001-07:00

BLACK DIAMOND WHEN YOU BELIEVE (Pink/F) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:44:00.000-07:00

BLACK DIAMOND THROUGH HEAVEN'S EYES (Blue/F) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

BLACK DIAMOND LEAP OF FAITH (Purple/F) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:40:00.001-07:00

BLACK DIAMOND CHARIOT OF FIRE (Red/F) - 7wks

2009-10-25T09:21:00.000-07:00

BAER Hearing Results

2009-10-19T21:59:00.000-07:00

It's been so busy around here I haven't had a chance to make the big announcement.... all the babies have bi-lateral hearing accept little Red girl who is a uni (deaf in one ear). Red will make a great pet for someone and they will likely never notice that she's deaf in the one ear; you sure can't tell right now, she's full of herself!

Sunshine!

2009-10-18T22:52:00.000-07:00

Today it was finally sunny and warm enough for the babies to get to make a trip outside. For their first trip they only got their x-pen in the front yard, but we are hoping this week we will have more days were they will get to try out the big pen out back (20x20 grassed dog kennel). Today they got to be out front seeing that's where I was working on painting the outside of our house ~ I wanted to keep an eye on them. They had several visitors, as nothing attracts the neighbors like spotted babies playing in the front yard!

Orange, Liver Boy

2009-10-17T06:45:00.000-07:00

Yellow, Liver Boy

2009-10-17T06:00:00.000-07:00

Today is a big day, everyone will be getting their BAER hearing tests - I'll send out the results as soon as we know (keep your fingers crossed).

Purple, Liver Girl

2009-10-16T07:00:00.000-07:00

Purple has been the smallest girl since birth, although she's within an ounce or two of the others now.

Red, Liver Girl

2009-10-15T07:16:00.000-07:00

Red is our wild and wooly one! She has slightly longer hair then the rest of the pups (just like her daddy) and is so adorable. :)

Pink, Liver Girl

2009-10-14T22:14:00.000-07:00

Green, Liver Girl

2009-10-13T22:01:00.000-07:00

After playing out in the living room, green couldn't stay awake any longer - the rest of the babies were playing around her, but she was catching some Zzz's.

Blue, Liver Girl

2009-10-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

Adrian and the babies

2009-10-11T13:47:00.000-07:00

Once again today, it's sunny outside but only about 40 degrees outside, so the babies have to play indoors again. Adrian loves getting to sit and play with them at this stage.

Wild babies

2009-10-10T13:05:00.000-07:00

The babies are SOOO ready to be out of their whelping box to explore the world that we couldn't resist them any longer. Normally at this stage we start putting them outside in our grass kennel, but it's been too cold for them to go outside so far. This was the next best thing, getting to run wild in our house. All the pups had a lot of fun and some even discovered you can't take corners full speed if your running on hard wood floors!

Meal time

2009-10-09T13:01:00.000-07:00

The babies are now getting Purina Pro Chicken and Rice Puppy Chow twice a day and they are loving it. They are also looking very good now that they are getting solid food along with Jazz's milk. Jazz is still nursing them frequently but they were starting to look a little thin, so we knew it was time to supplement their diets. They'll need to be on Puppy Chow from here on out until they are 1 year old.

Chew pillow

2009-10-08T13:51:00.000-07:00

The babies really love having chew toys now, they even play right up until they fall asleep - then dream about playing with their toys.

Growing pains

2009-10-07T12:40:00.000-07:00

For some odd reason, all the puppies seem to go through this stage where they insist on sleeping OUTSIDE of their pool instead of inside. There is just enough room around the outside edge of the pool to squeeze between the x-pen and the pool. Soon they will be too big for this little trick, but meanwhile they spend as much time in this space as possible. Our four month old pups love this as well, it gives them a chance to lick the little pups through the fencing because they cannot get away from their wet tongues.

2nd Cousins

2009-10-06T12:48:00.000-07:00

Hunter and Soggy are completely in love with the little puppies. Anytime they are allowed to, they are right in the puppy room, cleaning faces and even trying to play through the x-pen with the little ones. The little one's have chewed on each other's collars enough that we've had to remove them. We will put collars on them when we do their stacked photos or individual photos, but they will be living without from here on out. Thanks to their spots it's fairly easy for Adrian and I to tell who is who without their collars anyhow.

Cool clean water

2009-10-05T13:58:00.000-07:00

Here's blue getting a drink (and washing her toes). Right now we just use a pie plate for their water, which works well seeing they like to walk in the water as much as drinking it.

Full bellies and a nice nap

2009-10-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

The pups have been just a little bit on the thin side, so today they received their first solid meal. They dug right in as soon as we sat the bowel in their pen, as if they've been eating puppy chow for days. After their meal they were all very happy to take a nice long nap.

Once the pups woke up they had the full treatment: weighed, examined, nails clipped, hearing checked and wormed. I'm happy to report that all pups have brown eyes (no blues), all have complete eye trim, only a couple are missing a bit of nose trim, and all showed signs that they hear in both ears. This was also the first time I've got to see them in the daylight since they developed their spots ~ I was able to confirm this litter is 100% liver spotted babies. Although this is statistically not likely, it can happen (and has). We've been going back and forth on a few of them, hoping they were black spotted as I originally thought when born, but today in the daylight it was clear that they are all livers.

Visitors

2009-10-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

The puppies have had lots of visitors lately, but today "Auntie Jordan" came for the day and got to have some puppy time while here. She helped us work on registration names for the babies and we had a fun day. The babies were all very excited to play, then suddenly they all fell asleep - just like babies, play hard, then sleep hard!

Prison Break!

2009-10-02T21:35:00.000-07:00

Four weeks is apparently the age that Dalmatians can crawl out of a kiddy pool! Each time we walk by the whelping box lately there is a puppy on the outside of the pen. We're going to have to have to start keeping the door locked from here on out.

In this photo Ti is trying to help give Blue a boost back into the whelping box. The four pups from Izza's litter that we still have, all love Jazz's puppies. Since they were born they lick them and want to be in the whelping box with them (Although Jazz does not approve of this at all!).

Potty breaking

2009-10-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

Tuesday night Adrian set up the 2nd stage whelping box for the babies. We actually have two kiddy pools, one with the foam noodles glued to the inside to protect the babies from getting squished by their mom and one without the noodles, that has a section cut out. By using this second whelping box we are able to attach a wire crate with a dog litter-box to the backside, giving the puppies a place to go to the bathroom outside of their sleeping space. Within 24hrs we have witnessed every puppy using it at one time or another. They are very quick to learn this when they are young and makes housebreaking much easier when they go to their new homes. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to photograph it until tonight.

New collars (again!!)

2009-09-29T07:03:00.000-07:00

Last night the babies received new collars, they've outgrown another set. Too bad my camera battery was dead when we put them on, they were very bright and pretty, but this morning I can see that most of them already have snags where little teeth have been chewing on them. At least we can see these collars - the last ones would hide under their puppy fuzz and we had to pick them up before we could tell who was who. They are growing so fast, these collars will only be with them for a week at the very most anyhow. :)

First Toy

2009-09-28T20:59:00.000-07:00

Tonight the babies got to play with their first toy, a stuffed moose with a squeaker ~ although they do not have large enough mouths to squeak the squeaker. Some of the pup were very excited about their new toy while others didn't seem to pay much attention to it.

Playing pups

2009-09-27T09:44:00.000-07:00

Just a short video of the babies playing this morning while mom was outside for her morning jog.

Miss Pink

2009-09-26T19:27:00.000-07:00

Miss Pink found herself a nice cozy spot to sleep with her mommy tonight. I couldn't resist this shot. It didn't faze her a bit that her mom was still busy cleaning her brothers and sisters, she was a happy little girl.

Playing babies

2009-09-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Everyone's eyes are now open and they are learning to growel, bark and play with each other. Click play on the video above to watch the puppies learning to wrestle with each other.

Week #3

2009-09-21T19:32:00.000-07:00

Jazz's babies are now 3 weeks old. Their spots are starting to show through and a few eyes are starting to open. In another couple of weeks they will hit their peak of cuteness!! :) They are very sweet at this age, but my favorite is at about 4 weeks of age.

Enough to go around

2009-09-18T19:44:00.000-07:00

It's very nice to watch Jazz with her 7 puppies - last time she had a litter she gave birth to 10 puppies and we were frequently worried that someone wasn't getting enough to eat. With 12 nipples and plenty of milk, these babies are all growing well and never miss out on a meal.

Getting bigger

2009-09-15T21:22:00.001-07:00

The babies are all doing well tonight. Once again I got home from work too late to weigh them, but they are clearly getting bigger by the day still. Everyone is in their 3rd collar since being born except Miss Purple who is now too big for her stage 2 collar but too small for stage 3, so for now she is going without a collar. We can just start to see their spots through their hair.

Trim

2009-09-12T21:29:00.001-07:00

We are really impressed with how much nose and eye trim this litter has at 1 week old! Only one baby is missing trim, and at this stage I have no reason to think her's won't come in as well. The first photo is of Mr Orange and the second is Miss Pink.

Mom and all babies are doing very well. Today they had their first 'viewers' - 3 very nice ladies from Walla Walla who came to look at the babies. We are just thrilled that we now have one puppy from this litter going to Milton-Freewater (about 15 minutes north of us) and now one going to Walla Walla (about 40 minutes north of us!) All of our babies in the past have gone far enough that they are 4 to 5 hours away at the minimum.

New Collars

2009-09-07T21:27:00.000-07:00

One of the hardest things with puppies is finding collars that are safe, low maintenance and come in as many colors as the litter has puppies. The first collars we had on these puppies were not working out, they kept snagging their front nails in them, fraying the collars. Jazz was fussing with the fray on the collars, so they had to go - besides that, a couple of the babies kept putting their front legs through the collar. Because we changed collar types, a couple of pups had to change colors as well. White is now blue and no collar is now green.

Weigh In

2009-09-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

While weighing puppies, little red girl decided it is was a good place to take a nap. All of the puppies except yellow gained weight today.

Recap

2009-09-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a long day and with a couple of scary ones, so the posts weren't too complete. Here is a run down of what we have:
Orange = Liver Boy 14.0 ounces, born at 6:35am
Purple = Liver Girl 10.0 ounces, born at 8:05am
Yellow = Black Boy 13.0 ounces, born at 8:35am
Dark Pink = Black Girl 12.3 ounces, born at 9:45am
White = Liver Girl 12.7 ounces, born at 11:48am
Red = Black Girl 12.7 ounces, born at 1:15pm
No collar = Liver Girl 13.5 ounces, born at 1:40pm
No patches - so we may have some livers/blacks incorrect, but these are our best guess. :)

It's a wrap.

2009-09-04T15:47:00.000-07:00

Mom and babies are doing well. The grand total is 5 girls and 2 boys (no patches). All seem healthy and have lots of nose trim as far as we can tell at this stage.

Close call

2009-09-04T12:05:00.000-07:00

Well it took two hours for the fifth puppy. Debbie was on the phone with the vet when Jazz finally gave birth to her, that makes three girls. The forth puppy born which was a girl is now hot pink.

Number 4

2009-09-04T10:03:00.000-07:00

Number 4 is here and it is a girl, she is the one without the collar. Orange was the first boy, purple is the second puppy which is a girl, yellow was the third and also a boy. It has been a little over three hours and mom seems to be doing good.

Another boy

2009-09-04T08:56:00.000-07:00

We are up to three puppies now, another boy at 13 ounces. He is the one on the far right the girl is in the middle all are nursing good.

We've begun

2009-09-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

Jazz started into labor at 6:35 this morning the first puppy was a boy at 14 ounces the second is a baby girl at 10 ounces. Mom is doing good and we should have 5 more babies to go.

I had so hoped that she would wait until tonight or later to do this, but there's no stopping her! I'm supposed to be in Walla Walla to judge the 4-H dog show today, what a horrible phone call to have to make to Shonda this morning - sorry but I'm not going to make it.

Getting close

2009-09-03T09:21:00.000-07:00

This morning Jazz completely refused to eat her breakfast, so we are getting close! The last few days she has cut down to only eating about half her breakfast and dinner (which really pleases Izza and Willow who are both very willing to finish off Jazz's bowl), but this morning she just stood there looking at me with big sad eyes. No matter how much I tried to encourage her to take a bite, she just couldn't make herself do it. Hopefully she holds off to at least tomorrow afternoon or better yet, Saturday seeing I'll be spending the bulk of tomorrow in Walla Walla judging the 4-H dog show. Luckily my parents are at our home, so she won't be alone today while I'm at work, or tomorrow while I'm at the fair.

First Photo

2009-09-02T09:06:00.000-07:00

Jazz had fun at the vet this morning, everyone was loving on her and feeling bad for her seeing she is so huge! We can clearly see 6 puppies and possibly a small 7th puppy on the x-ray. I'm sure glad we had the x-ray done, as big as she is, I would have been sure she had more than 6 to 7 pups in there. :)

If you click on the x-ray it will make it nice and big so you can take a look at the puppies too!!

Day 55

2009-08-29T17:56:00.001-07:00

Jazz is on the count down... September 5th should be the first possible day that she might give birth, but she looks like she's ready to POP already!

Next Wednesday she goes in for her X-Ray so we can see how many babies we are looking at having.