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Hi Jean,
just wanted to let you know that Mish-ka is doing just fine. On our ride home, she was sleeping in less then 10 mins. By the time we reached Shediac she was sleeping on her back. Didn't get car sick at all. She woke up as we were turning in the driveway and waited very patiently in her crate as we unloaded the truck. Then I took the crate in the back yard and let her out. She did her pee and her poo right away. She hasn't done anything in the house so far. I took her outside 3 times and each time she peed. I just put her in her pen for the night and she's not crying a bit. I think she'll be just fine. I'll give you more info tomorow. Bye for now.
update:
Mish-ka slept all through the night. Didn't even hear her once. The hardest part is for me to stop playing with her and do my housework. LOL. After a week at home with her, I won't want to return to work. To bad we can't get maternity leave for a year. I'll keep you up to date.
Ginette
Hi Jean,
Hope things are well! Everything here is great! Ellie has been doing most of her "pee-pees" outside, and has not had any "poo" accidents at all! She sleeps through the night with not so much as a peep. I've attached a few pictures of her just to show how great she has been settling into our home. We truly couldn't ask for a better puppy. She loves Jayden; as soon as she hears her voice her tail goes non-stop.
She is so quirky - she makes us laugh with her big personality in such a little body. She finally won Charlie over. He was ignoring her a little bit at first but she is stubborn! She was persistent to get his attention and now they play non-stop... they play "tag" taking turns chasing one another around the house. Charlie is even sharing his bed with her. We are so pleased with how quickly they have adjusted to each other; Ellie is definitely bringing out the "dog" in Charlie and it's great to see.
Thanks again for all your guidance and wisdom : ) and we will definitely keep in touch.
Shaunna
Hi Jean,
I hope you and your husband had a great holidays. We all did here that's for sure. Even our little man Theodore. He was spoiled rotten with new toys and bones and chew toys and a new bed.
I wanted to let you know I took Theodore to the vet on Friday and got him neutered. The vet also pulled some of his baby teeth. She said it's common in small dogs that they don't all fall out and end up causing infection and then they have to put him to sleep to pull his teeth so they suggested to do it all at once. He also now weighs 8.7 lbs. He's growing fast and is just a big ball of fluff! He came home the same day and he has since been doing fantastic. He wasn't himself on Friday but that was to be expected. But no problems at all; everyone was hoping he would have to wear a cone but nope, no cone for him. He's a good boy and hasn't bothered his stiches. So he goes back January 17 to have the stiches removed.
His adult coat is in: I think for first time owners we are doing well at keeping him matt-free as possible. He has a few on his back legs that have just started since he got fixed because we were nervous to brush around his back end and he has one tiny one on his nose but I can't seem to get it. But I have made an appointment to get him groomed once he's all healed up.
We also enrolled Theodore in a puppy class and I must say he was the cutest puppy in the room and got the most attention, that's for sure. He graduated from that with all 4 stars in November.
He is 100% house-trained; no more accidents in the house, not even when I am away all day at work. He is still perfect. I also have a friend who has fallen in love with Theodore and I passed your name along to them if they choose to get a Havenese puppy as well. They are just trying to decide on a breed right now.
I was on your website and had seen pictures of Ella. She's beautiful as well though Theodore looks fluffier. But they are both beautiful dogs. He LOVES the snow; all he wants to do is play in it and we can't wait for him to get his stiches out so we can go play in the snow with him (we are just starting to get snow now). You take him out for a pee and it's like you have to bribe him to come back in - he just wants to stay out and play. He's now eating about twice a day and knows all the cute things he needs to do to get a treat and he does it without even being asked most times. I can go on and on about how special Theodore is and how happy we are that we have him. He is the perfect puppy for our family.
Thanks again and keep in touch,
Leona
Hi Jean and Rett,
Just a note to wish you a Merry Christmas and a great 2011 filled with the best of everything.
Lily would like to say hi to her parents, Chloe and Desi. She would also like to thank you for the best start a puppy could ask for.
Lily continually gives much love and attention and gets it back two-fold and more.
Lily loves the outdoors and playing with her four-legged friends as well as the grandchildren and other children on the street. Lily is very attentive when the baby makes fussy noises but would rather play with the older children. She is very smart and reminds us of her mother when she moves about the house.
In November, her favourite ball (about the size of a soccer ball) rolled into the lake and quickly started to float away. Lily ran out onto the wharf and then back to Larry and barked; ran out on the wharf again but couldn't reach it and then back to me and barked. When I figured out what was going on, we just had time to grab the long handled net and scoop up the ball as it passed the end of our 85' wharf. Lily was so pleased. She stood on her two hind paws and did her "Lily's happy dance". We received many thank yous. Lily was smart enough to know that it was too cold to swim in the water.
Lily enjoys the Christmas lights; the Christmas spirit; and is anxious to open her Christmas gifts.
She will be spending her second birthday in Florida. Hopefully, it is a little warmer there in January than it is in Nova Scotia.
We are forever thankful for our bundle of love.
Toni and Larry and Lily
Jean,
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I was really happy to hear from you. I have been thinking of getting in touch with you and letting you know how everything is with Devlin. Well to start out with, he is perfect. I love him more than ever. His personality is so him. If you see by the first picture that I am sending to you, he sports a little Iroquois haircut. I was only going to have it done once but it is so him.
I could not hold back any longer and he is finally sleeping in my bed. As small as he is he takes 3/4 of the bed and I have the last quarter. The next picture is of my daughter's boyfriend teaching him to fly, does he not look impressed? Don't you just love the little elf suit on him.
Jean, he is just so darn precious and a little tyrant all rolled into one little fur ball. I have a family of carollers that sit at the front door and it has a dog that stands with them, Jean, when I go out of the house and when I come back in, he has taken this dog and puts it on the mat and then goes into the living room and sits and waits for me to come back in. I am sure that he thinks that his dog is real and he is also waiting for me to come home. My daughter just stares in disbelief when he does it. Honest, Jean, sometimes I pick him up I almost break into tears because he just stares into my eyes as if to say, "Don't ever leave me" and I could hug him forever.
Are you all set for the holidays? It sure came upon us fast. I have been ready now since last week. My daughter and I are having our Christmas open house tomorrow and we are expecting about 45 guests. Stephen comes from Grand Manan and he makes the best seafood chowder and that is what we are having. He is working on it now. It smells divine.
I must run now. I am wanted in the kitchen. Take care and have a wonderful Christmas.
Pearl
Hi Jean,
Thanks for the kind words. We had such a wonderful trip and meeting you with our Ella was definitely the highlight. I'm sure Jillian will always remember where Ella came from and how special you are for bringing us Ella.
You would have been so proud of her yesterday as she travelled so well, without even a wimper. Everyone admired her beauty as well as her behavior and she was very free with her kisses. The plane didn't seem to upset her too much, really. She had some food while we were waiting and then a big poop. When we got home she went out again and did some more business and had a few pieces of food before bed which was quite late by then. She slept until after 10 this am and we took her out before she started to make any noise. She had a pee but didn't look as if she was going to do anything else so I took her in to feed her. Shortly after she was in she started to do her poo so I quickly took her back out so she could finish. She had a great breakfast but was not as interested in lunch. Since this morning she has not had a poo but has peed a few times. I am trying to watch her closely and take her out often.
She loves the back yard and had some fun play a few times today. She is having a nap now in her kennel. I had her in the kitchen freely for a few hours but she didn't seem to want to nap so I figured if she was in the kennel she would and it didn't seem to take too long before she fell asleep. I will take her out again as soon as she wakes up before supper and then after she eats. I know her schedule will be off a bit with the travel so I want to give her lots of opportunity to go outside. She does always squat a few times like she is trying even if she doesn't go. She certainly knows what she needs to do thanks to your time and efforts.
We really feel so lucky to have found you and now have Ella as part of our life. I'm sure you must miss her and find it hard to say good bye to all your pups but we are grateful that you can. We promise to take very good care of Ella and give her tons of love and attention. I will keep the pictures coming with updates as she grows.
She has her first visit to our vet on Thursday and they will give her her shots and deworming at that time. I will let you know how it goes.
Take care,
and thanks again for bringing Ella in to our lives, words cannot really express.
We'll keep in touch,
Joanne, Ralph and Jillian
Hi Jean,
I wanted to let you know Theodore is PERFECT!!! He is a great dog. He was excellent in the van and when we got to the ferry we took him out to play in the grass and have a drink of water and he went to pee. We made it back to the ferry in time to catch the ferry for 4:15pm. There was no line up at the boat so that was great.
He was excellent on the ferry. He was getting lots of attention!! He was a good boy; no accidents and he sat in our arms the whole way home. He had a little to drink on the boat but not much. But when we got off the boat we went home and once we got home we took him right outside, and he looked around for about a minute and then he had a poop and a pee. No accidents all the way home.
Since we have been home he did have a bit to eat, not a lot - about a little less then a 1/3 of a cup. He was outside playing with the girls, exploring the yard and he's been in the house trying to explore but he sticks pretty close to us. Everytime he sees my oldest daughter he runs to her; he has the cutest little run.
Finally around 9:00 PM, he lay under the table for a minute, looked around and got up and went to his crate and fell asleep! The first time since we had him. So after all the playing and the attention I am sure he is one tired boy and he should sleep well tonight.
The girls LOVE him! He is so cute and perfect. He has been with us for almost a whole day and he has had no accidents even with everything being new to him and all the excitement.
Thank you for everything, and Theodore is well-loved already. We are so happy to have him finally with us. I hope Chloe is doing OK since we took him away, and Ella too... Hopefully they aren't too lonely tonight. I think Theodore is too tired to be lonely..lol... I will wake him and take him for a pee before I head to bed for the night. Right now his crate is in the living room with everyone. I'm glad he likes his crate. Him going in on his own really helped my daughter realizing that he likes it and that it's not a bad thing; she was feeling like we were putting him in a jail.
UPDATE:
Goodmorning Jean,
Theodore made it through the whole night; no accidents. I woke up at 6:30 and let him out for a pee. He slept in his crate in Victoria's room and he slept the whole night. He had such a big day yesterday.
I love to tell people how great you were in helping me with questions and how you took so many pictures and sent them to us. And made us feel a part of his life even though we hadn't met him yet. Some people thought I was crazy to pay that price for a dog. But knowing he came from a great home and great people, and that you helped me with so many questions. I wouldn't have it any other way. And of course I ended up with the perfect dog!
Theodore woke up this morning being Mr. Playful. I think he will settle in just fine. I will take some pictures and send them to you.
Thank you again...
Leona, Victoria, Alexis, Chris and Theodore!!
Jean and Rett:
What a great family reunion Ty had with his sisters, Esme, Chloe and her puppies. Desi and Ty played like they were never apart. We were so happy that Ty remembered the love he received from his 1st Canadian home. We are so thankful that you brought Ty (Edward) over as a travelling companion for Esme from Budapest.
We know that Chloe has her papers as a Therapy Dog. Ty is our Therapy Dog without papers. There is a Brain Injury House across the street from our home. There are 3 residents in the home with 24/7 care. One young boy in a wheelchair cannot speak or feed himself, but can say, "HI TY" whenever we visit. He loves Ty. I hold Ty in his lap, then lift Ty up to his hands and move Ty back and forth, so that he can pat Ty. They all love Ty and give so much attention to him, but Ty also returns that attention and love. They are all so happy when Ty visits. When we all see the smile on the boy's face, it is heartwarming.There is another young man that will sit cross-legged on the floor or sidewalk to pat Ty and give him plenty of belly rubs. Ty has a wonderful personality, the same personality we witnessed with his sisters, Chloe and Esme when we visited your home last week.
Thank you for our wonderful, smart, funny and handsome TY.
Eugene and Dale
Hi Jean,
I'm sure you remember me. My name is Dexter, Dex for short, and when I'm nice I sometimes get Dexie. I am 6 months old tomorrow and I weigh 8.1 lbs and that's with no people food and lots of exercise. I'm still planning to come visit you, and I'm sure you will see a bigger difference in me than I'll see in you.
After a few hours visit you may well realize why you sent me to another province. Anyway, I'm still the best looking kid on the block. I love to go for walks with Gramps and Grammie, I love rooting in the snow and going for car drives with old Gramps. I can be a pain in the butt, but with my good looks I can get away with a lot.
See ya soon.
Love Dex.
Hello Everett and Jean,
Ty is doing great in our home.He has the run of the house and plays with lots of energy. He is so cute and we love him so much.
Ty had two poo accidents the first day he arrived, but is great now, and has never had a pee accident. He rings that bell every time to go outdoors. Ty is playing games with us right now because he knows he goes out when he rings the bell and he spends too much time outside playing and listening to every sound -- especially the birds. He has explored every inch of our property. We finally caught on and just take him out for five minutes as suggested in your puppy book. Then his play time is at another time and for a longer period of time. Ty is very good with his leash.
He is not on the eating timetable that you had him on, Jean. I stopped giving him free food today. Ty is great with his water breaks. Plays and runs to his water dish. I did give him some carrots soaked in cold water today. He ate them up.
Ty is sleeping in our bed and woke us up this morning with kisses at 6:00 am for his bathroom trip. Good poo and pee and then back in bed until 8:00am.
Jean, he loves the Blue toy bone that you made for him. It is so funny to watch Ty going to room to room, corner to corner to hide that toy. But he always know where he left it. He is so smart.
We want to thank you both for all the information and knowledge that you have passed on to us. We refer to your puppy book often, it is the best.
We will keep you up to date with pictures of Ty and emails.
Oh! Yes! Ty likes NASCAR. He sits and watches the TV. So Cute.
Eugene and Dale
Hi Jean, - (February 2010)
Dexter had his surgery on Tuesday and it did not slow him down at all. Growing and doing well went to groomers on Monday, and he was super beautiful when he came home. They thought his coat was unbelievable. Some sharp kid (an Island expression) Papers from Vet in mail tomorrow. Will plan a visit sometime soon.
Regards,
Hazen
Hi Jean, - (January 2010)
Will send pictures in a few days. Dexter is growing quickly, he is gorgeous with a beautiful coat and a happy and challenging little guy. We are really enjoying him. Now at 2.5 kilos, eating properly without any people food. Training well with usual set backs. Sleeps well in his kennel in our bedroom, and spoiled to some degree. Otherwise an adorable CHALLENGE. He sure keeps the house looking like all 4 baby daughters have returned. His coloring is changing and we may end up with a somewhat strawberry/gold blonde. Went to groomers yesterday to have his feet trimmed and to really find his eyes. They thought he was beautiful. They had groomed 4 Havenese that day. His coat is absolutely fantastic.
That's it for now.
Hazen
Jean,
I'm sitting here watching Montana and Indy (Indiana) and I almost want to cry. It's like they love each other already! I set up our living room with a penned area that Montana can get in and out of but he's sticking with Indy like glue.
We had a great first night. Indy slept in his crate for 4 hours and then on the bed for the morning. He hasn't had a single accident yet. He's also got a ferocious appetite. He's so smart! Just like his brother.
He told me to give you a BIG thanks for helping bring him and his brother into this world and he can't wait to visit and show you how much he's going to grow!
Happy Sunday
Melissa
Hi Jean,
Just wanted to let you know we had a great afternoon with Ellie. She's been giving us lots of kisses and getting lots of cuddles and play time. We've set up the x-pen with her crate in it in our family room. The pictures attached are both of her sleeping because she's been hard to catch on camera when awake. Curtis got out the video camera because she was very cute checking out her new home. She was awake and active for almost 2 1/2 hours when we got her home, so she's had several naps since.
We've been playing with her and she loves to chew on the white squeaker toy you included. I'm saving the stuffed animal for bedtime tonight to put in her crate. When we had put her in her pen alone for the first time, and stayed in the room with her, she cried a little, but then she went into her crate, sat on the blanket and pillow you included, and that seemed to soothe her. She emerged about a minute later and decided to take a little rest in her new bed. Your thoughtfulness in including those items is already helping her adjust.
She's been very good at "sniffing around" to let us know she needs to go out, and she doesn't seem to mind when I tried the harness and leash on her. She's pooed outside twice and peed about four times. She's drinking lots of water and ate her food at lunch and has been picking away at her dinner. She even got a little brushing and an eye combing and was great. We'll see how she does tonight in her crate. I'm sure they'll still be some crying for the first couple days.
I can't wait to try to make the dog biscuits from the recipe in the Puppy Book. Including that with each puppy is a great idea. It will definitely be a resource we'll keep going back to. Thanks for the call. I must have been on the phone with my family when you called. They can't wait to meet Ellie. Please feel free to give us a call tomorrow.
Talk to you soon,
Jill
Hi Jean,
Lily is settling in very well. She is a pleaser and a charmer and is doing well with her indoor and outdoor training. She is in her third pen as Lily is quite the jumper. We take her out of her pen when we are available to constantly watch her. She loves to sleep in her crate at night and during her longer nap in the late morning (when the weather is bad). She loves the outdoors and is ready for the Olympics... a great runner. She has met everyone on our street and all agree that she is adorable.
She was at the vet's yesterday for an immunization shot (not a whimper!). Lily is one of four Havanese that goes to our vet. Two from NB, one from Ontario and the most famous of all — Lily. She weighed 4.18 pounds yesterday and is doing very well.
I am currently grooming her everyday and Lily is very cooperative during these sessions. A nice belly rub will encourage her to do almost anything. A luxury that I didn't have with Harley.
She is now sleeping from 11:00 p.m. (without the bedtime whimpering) to 5:15 a.m. when she has to go outside again. She goes back to bed with some whimpering until 7:00 am. I am impressed.
The children are good to her and love her as much as we do. There is a little rivalry there but that will soon pass.
We thank you for all of the love we are receiving and for the great job that you did. The special hugs and kisses from you will be passed on.
Toni & Larry
Hi Jean,
How are you doing? I hope you all had a great Easter weekend and
also had nice weather. It was so cold here you could not do anything on
Saturday. On Sunday I had the family dinner and so rattled at the end of th
day I went to my friends house at 9:00 PM and still had forgotten to take my
apron off. Devlin decided not to entertain the family and stayed in his
crate from 4:30-6:30 while we all ate dinner. They did not really believe I had a
dog in the crate, until I took him out. He was so perfectly
quiet, I was so proud to say he was my precious little one.
Jean, he is growing so fast. He also walked the hill with me today. He
actually started the walk. He is now fast asleep on my desk. I changed his
potty spot two days ago to get ready for the fence and he has done really
well. A little confused but has caught on quite quickly. He is also ringing
his bell at the door more and this morning he slept until 9:00 A.M., he ate
all his breakfast but did not eat again today outside of a few little
treats. He did not even look at his supper. I feel that when he gets only
his one meal he will want it in the morning.
I am sending the newest pictures along. He discovered the toilet roll and I
forgot to take his picture, because Trina and I were laughing so hard at the
way he had himself wrapped in it. The one with the broom, is the day he had
everything he could get a hold of and then carried it back to his bone rug.
I purchased him the bone rug because I had to close all rooms off to him
except the kitchen and hallway and since doing that he seems to go to the
door more now to go to potty, where before he would run for the two area
rugs. I took a couple of closeup pictures hoping you can see how his
coloring are changing on his face and under his chest. I keep hoping he may
get more around his sides and back (if not it will be OK) because I love him
no matter what color. It would be neat to watch to see how it happens when
changing.
I got my pictures of Dezi and Chloe and they were really good. Chloe is such
a little princess. She is beautiful. I think now it was a good thing I took
a dark one because Devlin loves puddles,mud puddles and the dirt in my
garden. I think if he was white he would be in the sink constantly.
I want to thank you for all the wonderful caring you give to each of your puppies
I know, that you go above and beyond in the love and care that you give each of
them. I truly love my Devlin.
Pearl
Hi Jean,
Montana is doing just amazingly!! I had to take my laptop in for service last week and still don’t have it back yet but I have some adorable pictures to send you when I get it!!
We actually might have a star in the making. A friend of ours is in the entertainment business and we’re waiting for a phone call this week to see if our little darling is going to be in a TV show! His major growing pains are of the personal nature. He has a hard time pooping in the right place. He goes in the bathroom floor! We’ve tried getting him trained for outside but we live in a two story house and just this week he’s trying to get down the stairs. So until he’s big enough to go up and down we’re going to keep with the paper and I’m going to use a litter box maybe.
He absolutely loves going for walks and has few problems on a leash with a halter. We take him to an off-leash park at least once a day so he can get a good run in. He loves all the other dogs too but we have to watch that he doesn’t accidentally get trampled.
I should be able to send some photos tomorrow so you can see how cute he is!
Talk soon,
Melissa & Greg
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