Rise & Shine…It’s Puppy Time! (Updated – Pups 8 Weeks: 7/8/16) !
Written by Pam on June 16, 2016
A Magnificent Pairing:
GCH CH Zinfndels Markers Mark, SR66206909 +
HomeGrown Trilogy’s Koko Kawaii Hito, SR63043210
This will be the blog that we update weekly for pictures of the puppies – you will be amazed as to how quickly they grow :@)
FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE A HOLD ON A PUP FROM THIS LITTER, KOKO+MARCUS, YOU NEED TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE FOLLOWING HGT PUPPY EVENTS!
- Deposit Hold Check must come to us – after the grace period of 1 week of submitting your questionnaire. If you need more time, please call us so we can accommodate this request.
- Pick-a-Puppy weekend: This will be scheduled after all the pups have their first series of vaccinations. Currently the date is set for: Saturday, June 25th and Sunday, June 26th. A schedule will go out closer to that time. Each family will be invited as to their placement on our lab list.
- Pick-Up your puppy weekend: This is the time when you come and pick up your puppy. Currently the date is set for: Saturday, July 9, 2016 and Sunday, July 10, 2016. A schedule will go out closer to that time. The puppy will be ready to start its new journey with its new family. We will have started the initial puppy training. At this point, we strongly suggest that you have already ordered (from our website) the Life’s Abundance All Stage – Green Bag – dog food. The pups will be on this food and should stay on this food. We honor an extended health guarantee as long as we can track the food purchases from our website and see that the pup is on Life’s Abundance. (If you have scheduled vacations and cannot pickup your puppy during this weekend, you will need to call us and we will try and accommodate your pickup request.
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Below you will see the progression of HGT’s: 4 females followed by our 8 males
We are so pleased with this pairing. As you will see, the sire imprinted very nicely into this litter. On May 14, 2016, Koko whelped 11 black lab pups and 1 yellow lab pup. The yellow lab puppy is already spoken for :@) But there are a few puppies still waiting to be placed. Please call us or fill out our questionnaire today.
Thanks.
7/8/16: Tomorrow is the big day! The pups will start their new journeys with their forever HGT families. We are so delighted with each pup – they have proven to us to be as we could have imagined. They tested very well with our temperament testing – some very similar in reactions and some very independent and different. All the pups enjoyed one more bath tonight and they love – love – love the water. In a small basin it was fun for each puppy but in a lake or pond – we just want to caution all the families – they are not ready yet and still need to learn how to swim and complete their vaccination regiments first. Bring all your questions tomorrow – we have a few things to go over with each family before the puppy leaves us.. We have really enjoyed this litter and want to wish you the best of luck raising such great labs!
7/5/16: We were given some Tugg toys to test. Well for our HGT lab pups it only took a moment or so to challenge their senses – and surprisingly each had a slightly different way to approach and play with a relatively large ball and thick string! Some did the pulling, some did the dragging, some went right in to taste the string and some just tried to prop themselves on the ball…(see pics below :@) The pups are almost 7.5 weeks so we decided to capture the moment so everyone can see how wonderful their pup has grown! See you all in a few days when the pups turn 8 weeks!!!
7/2/16: One more week and counting until the pups turn 8 Weeks – it is so hard to believe – 8 weeks! In this blog we have added some updated pictures of the pups trying out their stacking skills – still young but they are learning to ‘watch me’ and to stand still as I try and stack them. All the pups did a good job. I also want everyone to start gathering supplies for your HGT puppy. If you have not read my recent blog- Must Haves for your Puppy – go to the Blog section of our website and start reading – many of my blogs will discuss things that are must haves, some nice to have and others are suggestive reading materials to help you develop a HGT grand puppy! Looking forward to seeing you all again on 7/9/16 for Picking Up your HGT Pup! Remember if there is a balance due on your puppy, we will need a cashiers check from your bank made out to HomeGrown Trilogy. You can call us with any questions. :@)
6/27/16: Children & Puppies are the REWARDS in Life! I love this quote that I just saw recently and wanted to share with our HGT families. I took the liberty of editing in a word or two! This is an African proverb, that is very special – and truly speaks volumes to me! I want to also thank everyone that came to our Pick-A-Puppy weekend. We had so much fun meeting all our new HGT families, answering all your questions and showing you what we help produce here at HGT. Remember to mark your calendars for Puppy Pick Up – Saturday, July 9th. Everyone left with a time slot. Should you have to change the time, please let us know as soon as you can.
6/24/16: We are very excited to meet all our HGT families at Pick A Puppy tomorrow Saturday, 6/25 and Sunday, 6/26. We have posted pictures of the pups below so everyone has a chance to see them running around on our deck earlier tonight. If you see the ‘held back’ designation this means that the after the vet visit it was determined that the pup is still small for its age/weight class and will need to be held back a week or two before release to make sure it catches up to its siblings. Also the held back designation means that the breeder or co-owner has decided on the puppy and had the right of first refusal.
6/17/16: Surprise: I know the HGT families cannot wait to see the 5 week pictures of the puppies, so we are posting pictures one day early. We will be sending out invitations to Pick A Puppy Weekend next week – look for our email from Customer Service @ HomeGrown Trilogy!
6/16/16: Enjoy the pups waiting for their Mama Blair gruel grub… I guess they now know when to expect breakfast – around 4 a.m. in our house! Not too bad – it used to be @ 2 a.m.!!! On Saturday look for new head/stack shots of the pups when they turn 5 weeks!
Picture taken on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 – Is this LOVE or what! Nap time at HGT…
Video taken on Thursday, June 2, 2016 IMG_2406 (1)
6/11/16 4-weeks pics: Below are the updated pictures of each puppy – we tried to use more props – like a beautiful woven basket, but the pups did not want to pose inside it so we resorted to the stand or sit position – next weeks picture update will show how the puppies start to stack! All the puppies vary in size – they range from 1.75 lbs – to 3.5lbs. We have separated the group so that everyone gets fair time with Koko and scheduled gruel feedings around their favorite slow feed litter bowl. This happens with larger litters :@)
PURPLE Female/Reilly’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
PINK Female/He-He’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend!
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
A Held-Back Pup(*)
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
LT GREEN Female/Bella’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
DRK GREEN Female/Bruschi’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
BLACK_Male Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
A held back pup (*)
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
A held back pup (*)
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
GOLD Male/Leo’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
LT_BLUE Male/Nico’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
ORANGE Male/ Brody’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
RED Male Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
A held back pup (*)
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
TURQUOISE Male / Finn’s Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
WHITE Male Brag Corner:
3 days old 1 week old_5/21/16
2-weeks old_5/28/16 3-weeks old 6/4/16
4-weeks 6/11/16
5-weeks 6/17/16 Stack + Head
6-weeks 6/25/16 Pick A Puppy Weekend! 7-weeks 7/2/16
A held back Pup (*)
7.5 Weeks challenging the doggie senses 8 Weeks Old!!
Video Posted 5/24/16 The Pups are almost 1.5 weeks old – Look at how they wag their tails. Their eyes and ears are still closed although they are able to smell and enjoy our touch :@)
If you have already filled out our questionnaire, you have made it to our lab list. I will be calling everyone soon in the order in which you are on our list. If you initially were on our list for a HGT chocolate lab pup but have decided on a black lab pup from this litter, we will need to hear from you.
If you are interested in a HGT puppy from our next litter, which will be an all chocolate litter, you will need to go to the contact heading of our website and fill out our questionnaire in its entirety. Once we receive the questionnaire, we will add your name to our list for that litter.
We have a number of families already listed on our lab list as we had the lab book open for the last couple of months. I will be calling everyone on this list to make sure there is still interest. Once I know that the interest is still real, I allow all the families another week to really think about the joys and the hard work in developing a great HGT lab. After that time, we ask for a $200 deposit to hold your pup. At their 6-week mark and after their vaccinations, everyone of the families that have a deposit-hold on a HGT puppy, will be invited to our Pick-A-Puppy weekend to adorn the puppy with a red ribbon to symbolize that the pup is taken and ready for their rite of passage with their new families. Only at or after the pups 8th week and after the balance due on the puppy is received, then you will come back to pick up your next furry-great…Friend!