Proud father

November 20th Boccé became a proud father of 3 males and 1 female puppy. One male is black and the other puppies are sable coloured. They are now doing fine, growing nicely, their eyes have opened and they are practising using their feet now :)

When the puppies were only few days old, Bocce went to a dog show in Jyväskylä. Judge Irina Poletaeva wrote a critique: "Compact, strong, in correct breed type, well developed scull, bit short muzzle, correct dentition, excellent topline & tail carriage, well developed rib cage, elbows fitting more closely moving, bit close behind, bit soft coat texture, excellent temperament & presentation" and he did got EXC 4 with a res.CAC.

After that, the 1st December Boccé became a father again, when Hilla gave birth to 4 males and 1 females, all sable in colour.
Unfortunately they didn´t quite understand our wishes of 2 males and several females... But we are satisfied with sable colours, which has been quite rare lately in Finland. Few of the puppies are moving abroad, some will stay in Finland, and we are trying to find a good and loving home for the rest of the boys :)

Otherways we have had a terrible weather, raining all the time and very dark, as we see the sun at this time of year only a bit more than 4 hours a day. This week we luckily got minus degrees (celsius) and a tiny bit of snow, and the weather forecasts promises more snow next week. Snow is always very expected guest, as the dogs keeps much much more cleaner when we have snow.
Yesterday we did go out to the beach with Boccé and Reba, and they enjoyed it very much. I have vacation whole December, so I hope we have time to go out to the beach several times this month. Dogs are not allowed to go to the beach during summertime, so we occupie beaches in winter in stead :)