OKC Show - Yoyo and Cocoa Do Us Proud

We attended the OKC show here in Ottawa this past weekend, after a hiatus this summer.  There are some new competitions, one being a Baby Puppy (pups 3-6 months of age), and a Bred By Exhibitor Competition (must be the breeder and the handler).

On the Friday we showed our baby puppy "Yoyo", and all three days in the classes our "Cocoa", and were proud at how they did.

 Shelamo Yakima V By Ruffleith

(MBPIG Ch Ruffleith's Barolo DiRiondo x MBPIG Ch Shelamo Riding The Wind)

co-owned with Penny Woodruff

"Yoyo" won Best Baby Puppy in Group

(add by Penny on Sheltie Strut)

Shelamo A Moment Of Tyme

(Ch Shelamo Sugar Rush x Ch Shelamo Tyme Descends)

Was Reserve Winners on Friday, and then Best of Winners on Saturday & Sunday to start her on her way to her Championship.

(pictured with judge Mr Luiz Ribas Silva)

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The Gang All Together ~ an Xmas Post Card

The gang @ Marylou's this year

Sadie, Harley
Cocoa, Gem (good Duck stick treat!), and Timbit
(Timbit had learned his stay really well this past yr, along with posing for the camera! Nice training Rachel & Matt)looking mighty fine

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Tyme Pups - Ready For SantaPaws

Ch Shelamo Sugar Rush x Ch Shelamo Tyme Descends
(they'll be 9 wks Xmas Eve)

Only 2 more sleeps before SantaPaws visits Gem & Cocoa. They are anxiously awaiting their 1st Xmas day.
Thanks Marylou for this cute pic of the two of them and seeing that they enjoy this festive season.

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Tyme's Girl 7.5wks - Cocoa

Meet Cocoa, growing up here. She is from our Ch Shelamo Sugar Rush x Ch Shelamo Tyme Descends litter. She was named at just 11 days old by the girl we had here on the day, 'take a kid to work '. It's stuck!

"Cocoa"

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Puppies - Bite Inhibition

In one of my previous posts I said I'd try and get pics of puppies play fighting and learning bite inhibition. They all start to learn this as early as 2.5 wks of age, before the puppy teeth come in.

Can we do rearrange this together?

Here's the Bliss litter around 4 wks of age. They've decided the way I made their bed needed rearranging. Yes, they thought this play time was fun, but they were also learning how much pressure was needed & physical force to move this item, which didn't yipe back at them.

Maybe I should train them to make our bed!

I got you~ no you don't, I got you!

Two of Tyme's girls in a play fight. At 6+ wks their teeth are fully erupted and their jaws are getting stronger.

Now I've got you .... nope, I got you!

Sheesh, all this learning is tiring.

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Tyme Pups ~ 5 wks 4 days

I'm tardy by 2 days in getting these pics up, but it just goes to show you how fast pups start to mature in their abilities. Tuesday was their 1st day of trying out running ... well it really wasn't running it was a hop, hop type of movement.

Yipe!

See the girl on the right ... she's just a hopping to beat the band and thinks this new found motion is so NEAT!
Their problem ... the back end doesn't always go where the front end wants to, especially when stopping or slowing down is required.

their 1st experience with chewies
and those orange things you see, they're Goldfish, the human kind ~ love them as treats
also the tops off the the brown paper rolls make good play toys ~ they're tough

play toys now have to be larger and more durable

humm ... I can now not only carry these sticks, but lucky me ~ I can squeeze them in half!
(sorry Linda ~ it was the day for some broken ones ~ gotta bring out the large ones)

and my day starts and ends this way

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Tyme Pups ~ 5 weeks

Pups are now 5 wks old and waking/play time has increased to about 1 hour at a time. Since their mobility has increased it was time to introduce them to the hoop, right at floor level. They were quick to investigate this new 'toy', and not an issue to go through it.

Crate training begins .... 5 pups in a small crate

No one's told them yet that Plough---ing to the other end of the plate isn't better food ~ you just get your feet all wet!
Guess it's time to bring out the round metal food bowl ~ tomorrow ~ then they can't plough thru it as easily.

We have more play fighting happening, more standing over one another in a dominant posture ~ will try and get a pic of that ~ more things in their mouths!!! like dust bunnies when they're out to play!

In comparison, here's the white faced girl of Bliss (sire Whistler) 11 days younger. This litter is just starting to get up on their feet with a bit of mouthing. Sleep & nursing are still their priorities.

something furry to cuddle with ~ makes them feel secure

Clean, clean, change, mop, launder are the words of the day, even more now ~ mom isn't doing much of the work now!

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Learning Really Starts to Ramp Up Now

Many people don't know how puppies start out day by day in their abilities, and how it starts to escalate week by week as they mature. Hopefully I can shed some light as we follow Tyme's litter along. I'll do my best to post these changes.

Tyme's pups are almost 5 wks and their abilities to do all kinds of things are starting to ramp up. They can't run, just waddle. They are just starting to explore spaces that are a bit larger, but that can be scary, each time they are out to play they get more confident. Toys are still small as they can't do too much damage with their tiny teeth and lack of jaw power. They don't know how to carry items yet either. Small toys that make noise, like rattles for babies is good. Just like babies, everything goes into their mouths.

They are still at the point that if they are uncertain, they will drop and stop, just as if they were in the wild and a bird of prey flew over head ... get down, stay low and still ... it's in their genetic make-up.

Bite inhibition starts now too as they play fight with one another.

They are still on softened puppy food mixed with baby pablum, although the percentage of soft puppy food is being increased each day. Mom is not with them on a regular basis now, but spends on/off time with them during the day, sleeping in her crate at night.

checking out the taste, texture of a shoe ~ does it squeak, yelp, with this amount of pressure? Let's try it.

human skin ... humm .. what's it taste like?

the MOP!!! funny smell ... texture ... OMG it can move! wonder if we can stop it?
What can I say ... Yes, I'll admit it, between the mop & the broom keeping their life tidy & clean - it's the only bad habit my puppies learn! Owners must 'undo' this once the puppy comes home or they'll help you house clean in ways you don't want. It's an easy fix with consistency.

hummm .... this moves and makes a noise

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Xmas Count Down

Tyme's pups are now just over 4 wks and it was time they were moved into a large x-pen area. After exploring, playing with new toys ...

Oopps! who put that in my way!

hummm ... will it squeak? maybe a treat in there?

time for everyone to crash ~ 31 days of sleep till the Big Red Man called Santa Claus comes

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Tyme Pups 2.5 wks Old

Still a warm day for early November, the sun shining at the moment, so I took Tyme's pups out in 2 groups to get some pictures of them @ 2.5 wks of age. We've now progressed from Saturday with their eyes opening then, now their ears are opening and they are able to hold their heads up better. They still can't wag their tails! I had a hard time picking which pictures to put up.

3 of the smaller girls from Tyme's litter

sun feels so good

this pup now able to hold her head up is sniffing the air ~ one of the best things they do from birth

hello pretty one

the 2 larger girls
"Cocoa" named by the "take your kid to work day"

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Tyme Pups 2 weeks old last Saturday

As we follow Tyme's pups as they grow, here are some updated pictures of them @ 2 weeks of age. Iif you remember, they easily fit into this red donut bed; they now fill it!

eyes and ears are still shut

warmth, sleeping, mother's milk and huddling are their activities in life at this stage;
they also have a twitch, flicking their limbs, which is the body's way of exercising at this stage if you don't see it, then a pup is in trouble.

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Tyme/Rush pups 1 wk old

Our Tyme puppies turned a week old on Sunday. They've all almost doubled their weight and now they take up the whole space in this red bed. As you can see they still want to nuzzle in.

~ pups eyes won't open till closer to the end of this week ~

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Our Rush x Tyme Litter is Here

Our Rush x Tyme litter arrived successfully on Saturday, Oct 22/11. All 5 girls were born, during the day, within 4 hours from the time her labour started. They weighted in between 4.1 and 5.6 oz. It has meant that couch duty was called for the last two nights to ensure the 2 smaller ones could navigate properly. As I post this, they've all gained good weight, with last night being uneventful, hopefully with eyes on everyone today, I'll be able to get a nights sleep in bed.The gang is all here.

Yes, that is a handful of 5 pups!

everyone snuggling in @ 2 days of age

~@ 2 days of age it's just a pile of pups~

at this age it's nurse, stay together, and keep warm
pups have higher temperature needs at this age and can't regulate their own body temp till they are closer to 2 wks of age

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Expecting Fall Litter

We can confirm that our girl "Tyme" is expecting. She's been bred to our Ch Shelamo Sugar Rush, who has produced two Champions in one litter. They are sisters, with one being "Breeze" MBPIS BPISS Ch Shelamo Flash Forward that we've had so much fun showing this yr.

"Breeze" in the Junior Handler competition @ the Ste Foy Dog Show with Justin

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Opal is 13 years old today - Happy Birthday Sweetie!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our foundation girl Shelamo's Party Pack ROMC. She turns THIRTEEN years old today - May 21, 1998. She has a long list of decedents that make our kennel what it is today. This list includes some very versatile dogs, doing all kinds of fun things with their owners.

pictured in 2005

Isn't retirement grand! 2010

they just don't make beds big enough! December 2010

Opal in 2009

Her decedents that have earned titles

1st generation

BPIS Am/Cdn Ch Shelamo's Prospector
Ch Shelamo's Sure Fire CD, RA
Ch Shelamo's Show Case
Ch Shelamo Party At The Palace
Ch Shelamo Play For Kix
RBIS Ch Shelamo Sugar Shack
Shelamo Truffle Delight RA
ATCH Shelamo's Highland Eagle ADC RN-MCL, RA-MCL, AGN, AGDC, ADDC,AGN, AGI, SMADC, SMTRDC (May 19/11 earned his Expert Standard Bronze & Bronze Versatility Award @ 10+ yrs old)

grand kids

BPIB Ch Shelamo Heart's Delight (Sugar Shack daughter)
Ch Shelamo That's Amore (Sugar Shack daughter)
Ch Shelamo Sugar Rush (Sugar Shack son)
MBPIB Ch Shelamo Jumping Jelly Bean (Sugar Shack, son)
BPIS Ch Shelamo's Changing Winds (Party At The Palace son)
BPIB Ch Shelamo Winds At My Back (son of an Opal daughter, sired by Changing Winds)
MBPIB Ch Shelalmo Tyme Descends (Prospector daughter)
Ch Burleigh The Excavator (Prospector son)
Shelamo's Main Sail RN (Prospector son)
Shelamo Excuse My Dust CD, CGN (Prospector son)
Saravan's Silhouette At Shelamo CD (Prospector daughter)
Shelamo's Precious Cargo HIT (Kix x Sure Fire, daughter)

Great Grand Kids

MBPIG Ch Shelamo Riding The Wind, 2011 ASSA 2nd Placement (Tyme Descends daughter)
BPIS Ch Shelamo's Riding The Sky HIC (Tyme Descends son)
Ch Shelamo Sands of Time (Main Sail daughter)

Great Great Grand Kids

BPISS MBPIG Ch Shelamo Flash Forward (Riding The Wind daughter)

and if those aren't enough .... Shelamo dogs seem to do some awesome things

Shelamo Autumn Dream
who LOVES to ride shot gun in his own motorcycle trailer

the Morin's with Casey in his trailer
a BPIS Ch Shelamo Changing Winds son

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