Chloe's Golden Retriever Puppies at Seven Weeks Old. A Maine Photographer

We are in the final stretch before Chloe's babies move to their new forever homes!  This is a very busy week, and I have a bit of an announcement to make myself...this is another case of if it was meant to be...it will be.  Gosh, we said that when we bought our house, and some of you might remember that took 10 months, three "under contracts" two mortgage brokers, and yes, in the end we even got a peach tree...but back to the present.  In a previous post I mentioned that we really hoped to raise one of Chloe's puppies at some point in the future.  FUTURE.  That was the plan.

We miss our Chloebutt sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.

We anticipate breeding her again by the end of the year...and we just know we will miss her sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much again.

So, we have decided that the FUTURE is now, and SnowyPaws' newest guardian pup Violet will be coming home to live with us.  WE ARE SO EXCITED!!

We're getting a puppy....we're getting a puppy!!!

Hello everyone, I would like you to meet Violet :)

Chloe's pups are currently seven and a half weeks old and they get to go home on Saturday when they turn 8 weeks old.  The following set of photos are from their six weeks old birthday.  My boys finally got to visit them...and they brought a couple friends with them too.  Keep in mind, these giant puppies are 6 weeks old in these photos!

Now the remaining photos below are from last week.  Chloe's pups are almost 7 weeks in the photo, and Edy's are 5 weeks old.  I've done my best to name them, if I'm pretty sure who they are...but you know...those white golden retriever puppies...well...they all look alike!  They are all gorgeous!
I really hope my next blog post is introducing you to the pups new families, so please come back here and visit again real soon!!

   Jaxson...but it could be Beckett...

                                                                Jaxson, with Beckett

                                                                                 
                                                                                   Violet

                                                                            Jaxson

Edy's Pups at 5 weeks.

 

                                          (there are still some girls available from Edy's litter)

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The Purple Litter. Chloe's Pups. A Maine Photographer Focusing on Tails

Sometimes when I begin a blog post I sort of feel like I'm entering a confessional.  Father forgive me for I have sinned...and it's been blah blah since my last confession.

I don't post as often as I would like, and for those of you waiting on me to view your precious puppies, well...have mercy on me.

If you know me...you know I LOVE the color purple.  I have loved this color for as long as I can remember...certainly before it was cool.  Purple makes me happy, so I have a lot of it!  You know what else?  Rushell of Snowypaw Golden Retrievers loves purple too!  So, when Rushell suggested we call Chloe's first ever litter the Purple Litter, who was I to argue?

Without over complicating the facts, Rushell needs a litter name to register the puppies.  First there is a litter name, and then all the pups get a related name for registration purposes only...most folks change the names once the pups become members of their families.  For example, Chloe was from the "Charm" litter and her registration name was Third Times a Charm, but once she became a member of my family, we named her Chloe, Chloebutt, Butt Butt, etc etc...her name is Chloe to us.

If you are a regular reader you already know that Chloe was named after my sister...and you may remember that my sister collected Kaleidoscopes.  I had asked Rushell if she would consider naming Chloe's litter the Kaleidoscope litter, and then name all the pups with color names, and she loved the idea...but we both agreed that since Chloe's litter had only three pups the Kaleidoscope name would need to wait...and that's how Chloe's litter became the Purple Litter.  Our one boy is Royal (Purple) and his new family name is Jaxson.  Our two girls are Amethyst and Violet.  Amethyst has a new family with a four year old boy all her own to play with...who has already named her Beckett, and Violet is the newest guardian of the Snowypaw family and her guardian family has decided to keep that name and will call her Violet.

I planned to save the Kaleidoscope Litter name for the future.
Then, the future happened.
Chloe became the caregiver to Edy's litter.

Edy's Kaleidoscope.

 
We haven't named them yet, but we have 4 girls and 3 boys.  I have a list, but if you have a great color name you wish to suggest, please leave your comments below...I would love to hear them! Edi's pups are 4 weeks old in this photo.

The remaining photos were taken over the past three weeks, ending with the most recent.

 Beckett

 Beckett and Jaxson

 Beckett, Jaxson and Mama

 We love our Mama

                                                                         Jaxson

 
                       Jaxson and Mama

Violet at 5 weeks old

 

Violet at 6 weeks old

Jaxson, Beckett, and Violet at 6 weeks old

My Chloebutt. My Pride and Joy. A Maine Photographer Focusing on Tails

Chloe is doing great.  Today her puppies are four and a half weeks old.
Yes there is a reason I have not updated this blog sooner.
This whole Chloe being a Mommy is very emotional.

The last I posted the pups were 12 days old.
I do visit Chloe about three times a week.  The rest of my family is not so lucky.  We all miss her so much.
But we know she has a job to do, and her job took on a whole new meaning after my last blog post.

There was another Mommy-to-be at SnowyPaw and her name is Edy.
In fact Edy and Chloe ventured together to meet their stud muffins :)
Edy's heat began when Chloe was about finished...hence...her puppies were due a bit after Chloe.  Whenever I visited Chloe I first stopped by to pet Edy and say hello.  Edy was "all puppy" the way we say that when a thin women is "all baby" :)  Edy was having trouble sitting, laying, and eating.  She looked pretty miserable and uncomfortable.  Edy's puppies were delivered two weeks after Chloe's.  Edy didn't like being a Mommy, and had a pretty severe case of postpartum.

The new puppies, all eight of them, were introduced to Chloe, who I am told was very eager to take care of them...and this is where Mommy Joanne gets emotional.  Chloe is an unbelievable Mommy, and yes, even though she's my dog, in many ways my pride of her is not much different than the pride I have for my children.  OK, don't judge me here!  With that said, I've also been a bit concerned for Chloe's health.  She has three gorgeous pups of her own that she has been bathing and feeding daily, and then all of a sudden she takes on eight more. I was excited to share this news with all of you, but I've been cautiously worried too, because even though there is so much joy to share, there is also often a bit of heartache too.  Unfortunately before the week was over we had lost one of Edy's pups.  I had heard of it happening before...Mommy lays on one of the pups and suffocates it.  It was one of my worries...after all...the odds seemed stacked against Chloe...her normal weight is 70 lbs...I have no idea how much she weighs currently...but with 10 engorged breasts...I'm guessing she's feeling a bit bloated.  Not to mention EXHAUSTED.  Poor Chloe.

Since that incident Chloe has had 100% supervision when nursing...and everyone appears to be doing better. The photos I'm sharing with you today are from when Chloe's pups turned two weeks old, and Edy's pups were not quite one day old yet.  These photos are an amazing visual of these beautiful dogs and their temperament with each other. I will post again in a few days to share more recent photos.  I do post more regularly on my facebook business page so feel free to visit, like, and follow me there at Minor Moments Photography.

this is beautiful Edy

 
and, if you are a women who has nursed a child before...well...I double dog dare you to watch this video without crossing your arms!