Pups are off to their new homes....

Well...the time has come for all our sweet pups to go to their new homes!  We are going to miss all their precious faces, sweet puppy breath and wiggly playfulness, but we are so happy with all the families they have chosen.  :-)  We thought we would leave you with a picture of the Bates family with all ten pups.  

Thank you for choosing a Daisy Mae Golden Puppy.  

God bless, The Bates Family

Tim with Gibbs & Maisey, Tori with Sirius & Archer, Angie with Rocket & Miel,
 Jordan with Max & Maddox, Vivian with Molly & Macy.

armfuls of puppy - what could be better?!?
We love you pups, have a great life!

The Dog Days of Summer....

The Pups are getting LOTS of outdoor time lately.  Not only have we been "attempting" to potty train (which really means the more they are outdoors, the less clean-up there is inside!), but the pups LOVE being outdoors.  So we are taking them out to run, run, run in our big fenced in yard at least three times a day. There is so much to explore (as all of you who have visited know) from rocks and dirt, to plants, grass, hills and did I mention dirt?!  

Daisy Mae gets creative with nursing those ten pups!  

(She has done SO well with all of them, we are so proud of her!)

Hands down, the FAVORITE play spot....LOTS of dirt.

Lots of freshly washed Pups!  Hanging out and drying out in their play yard set up on the deck.  With playing in the dirt, comes lots of baths.

Precious wet face.

Super sweet, wet pup!

What to do on the HOT dog days of summer?  
Kick most of the water out of your water dish and lay in it, of course!!

Pups get Picked!

First Born, "Patriot" (Red Boy) is now happy to be,  " Gibbs" !

"Precious" (Turquoise Girl) loves her new name, " Molly"

It was so nice to meet the puppies' new families.  We are so happy for these pups ...they've chosen their forever families! Congratulations to all!! 

Adventurous "Squeakers" (Orange Boy) is now "Maverick"

"Sweetie Pie" (Lt. Pink Girl) is excited to join her new family!
(not yet named)

Playful "Lewis" (White Boy) is now"Max" 

"Precious" (Green Girl) is now "Maisey"

Playful "Blue Boy" (Blue Male) has been named, "Sirius"

"Dreamer" (Dark Pink Girl) is now Miss Macy.

Our last puppy, "Piggy" (Black Male) is now ARCHER! 

Yellow Boy "Wiggles" is now ROCKET!

Pups Play Outside!

The yard outside has opened up a whole new world for the puppies!  They aren't quite sure what to do with it, but they think it's great fun!  We just started taking them out once a day for a little     sniffing around time.

A few minutes of exploring and they are pooped! (no pun intended)
Then they all crash and fall back to sleep.

Curious Pup wants to know what that
 black thing is in my hand that keeps
getting pointed at him! (my camera)

 
                               Puppy Portrait 
          (he sat very nicely for his picture being taken)

Play Yard & Puppy Food

Oh, the pups are so excited!  They go in their new play yard several times a day for playtime AND puppy food time! The new play yard is set up in our family room and with plastic sheeting on the floor underneath, it's a great place to feed them and/or let them run around.  Here are some pics of them in the play yard and a short video clip of one them eating.  

little red boy - the first born

 Messy...but that's why there's plastic! ;-)
Yes, they have already begun the weaning process.  Golden Retrievers start weaning at 3 weeks old.  The first day we gave them puppy food (soaked in water and mashed), we thought they wouldn't know what to do.  Often puppies will just walk right through it, play in it or ignore it.  Not these puppies! They all went right to it and knew just what to do - what smart little puppies! ;-)  We are feeding them puppy food two times a day and they still get plenty of nursing time with Daisy (still their primary source of food).  

As you can see...some are quite enthusiastic and like get right in there! 

Pups want to know what's going on outside of the playpen too!

Short, but sweet little video clip of one of the little ones in the food dish.

Bathtime!

Most of the puppies love their "bath" which
consists of a wipe down from head to toe
with a warm wet washcloth (just warm water,
 no soap of any kind at this point) and then
a rub down with a dry towel.

Puppy "bath time" happens nearly every day.  With ten little puppies piling on top of each other all the time, things can get messy pretty quickly!   We thought you might like to see some pics of a precious wet puppy.

 It magically makes them fluffy and sweet all over again!  

One sweet clean puppy!

Puppies at Play (2 weeks)

It's been a few days since we've posted anything....its' been a furry (I mean flurry) of activity around here. ;-) We thought we would post a few updated pictures of the pups and a video showing them "play" together. We also wanted everyone to know that the littlest females are doing GREAT! They are gaining weight by leaps and bounds (we only had to bottle feed them for a few days) and now they are keeping up with the big dogs. ;-) They are SO much fun! Fun to watch, fun to cuddle and so much fun to see them change day by day.