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.

Eyes Wide Open!

Look, I'm 12 days old and I'm the first one to open my eyes!!!

Puppy Progress

Right from birth, we identified the puppies in order of birth by marking them each with a different colored string around their necks.  This is useful to identify them so that we can weigh them and keep track of each one's progress.  We enter the weight into a spreadsheet, to keep track on this graph below:

Week 1 progress - they are all doing well!!

Puppy's are 1 week old!

Well, it's been a busy week here at the Bates' household!  

Our biggest puppy!!

We've been doing extra laundry, making sure Daisy has plenty of food and water, outdoor time and alone moments with her family while babies are sleeping.   While she steps out for a moment, don't think those puppies are left alone for long!  Our whole family can't get enough puppy time. They are SOOOOOO sweet! Daisy Mae has proven to be a VERY attentive and excellent Mama!  We are constantly amazed at the individual care and gentleness she gives to those 10 little puppies. 

Every morning and evening the puppies get weighed to make sure they are progressing nicely.  We have had a bit of a challenging week because two of our lowest weight females were not gaining at all.  We were giving them extra time alone nursing (a head start) while the others waited patiently in a separate heating pad lined box.  After a visit to the vets, we've been bottle feeding every two hours, day and night.  Needless to say, we are tired, but we're happy to announce that for three days in a row they each have been gaining at least an ounce - which is HUGE for them!  Yay!!  All of the other puppies are growing by leaps and bounds.  Our biggest puppy was 17.6 oz. at birth and as of today is 25 oz!  It's quite amazing how quickly they grow and change.  Here are some 1 week old photos. Enjoy!  

Our smallest puppy being burped
after bottle feeding

Second to the smallest female
being bottle fed

the two smallest puppies - now up 3 oz.!!! 

another picture of the smallest female puppy - absolutely adorable

Puppies for Sale!!

Daisy Mae's Pure bred AKC registered

Golden Retriever Puppies

4 Females, 6 Males born Monday, June 25, 2012 to go to new homes the week of August 20^th.

$750

Daisy Mae is a red, three year old Golden Retriever and this is her first litter. She has had both hip certifications, the Penn Hip and the OFA. Daisy and the sire are both AKC registered and the puppies will be as well. A genealogical study back four generations was conducted. The sire's name is Colby and he is a light gold Golden Retriever.

      Please call to be placed on a list. 

                   (603) 542-4372

 We will call you when the puppies are ready for a visit (end of July).  If you would like to pick out a puppy, we will put a collar on the puppy marking him/her as yours with a $400 deposit due at that time.  We encourage you to visit the puppy several times over the next 3 or 4 weeks so that he/she gets to know you.  The remaining $350 will be due upon picking your puppy up to bring home the week of August 20th.  

Meet the Bates Family

Tim and Angie Bates and family 

                               (no, this isn't our home....just the last family picture taken this Spring)   ;-)