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Week
7-8
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September
18, 2014
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The
approaching goodbye of this gorgeous
K-litter sadly now is
a reality. Because I'm an advocate
of good socialisation, I've
given this a lot of attention in these
final days. After last week's photoshoot
and the two outings to the woods, what's more now is a.o. a visit to a school
and the garden centre; all that to
thoroughly prepare the puppies for the big
world that's waiting for them...
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Day
55: together with Lisette to the elementary
school
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| At
the schoolyard: curious
for what's about to happen |
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| Lots
of attention, that is nice!! |
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| All
those children's hands, they loved it |
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| Despite
the shuffle just having a calm drink |
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| Safety
above all! Only the adults were allowed to
have a pup in their laps (here Lisette) |
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| Teacher
Carola, she was totally in love with the
puppies |
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| Everybody
clearly enjoyed the visit |
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pups passed around a lot of kisses :-) |
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| Also
mama Venice thought it was heaven! |
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| Time
to go home, the present decorators were so
kind as to lift the pups to/in the car |
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54: running around wildly in the garden of Frank and Lisette |
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| Playing
tag with Kiek (10 years) |
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The
sand hill attracted them the most!
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| But
how dirty they got there :-( |
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| Completely
grey! |
The
swimming pool didn't help much |
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| With
Emma (13 years) |
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again with Kiek |
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| Feeding
time: they have now learned to wait,
whereby I can put down the meatbowls nice
and easy! |
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| Bon
appetit! |
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| Having
a little post-meal with mummy |
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| After
that: knock out... |
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53: on our way to the garden centre (in
the left chariot male 'red' and female 'purple') |
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A
quick stop to have the tires inflated;
good that the pups experience so many
noises at such a young age!
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| In
front of the entrance of the garden centre |
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| Watching
the fish |
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| The pet department ;-) |
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| After
that at the parking
lot - between the fences -
to
stretch some muscles (in two groups) |
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| 1st
group: 'blue', 'green', 'yellow', 'orange'
and 'brown' |
2nd
group: 'red', 'purple', 'mint', 'pink' and
'black'
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| My
superhelp Emma!! |
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On
the calender!
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September
15, 2014
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What
a nice start of this final week: a true
photoshoot! A few weeks ago I got a
request to come to 'Studio Pets by Myrna'
in Aalsmeer (North of Holland) to have my
litter photographed for the BrownTrout
2016 Golden Retriever Calender. I was
ofcourse honoured and gladly accepted the
invitation! The style of this photografer
is very amiable
by the
use of soft pastel shades and cute
properties. In
due course I will get a copy of the
original pictures but since
I was allowed to take some photos
myself I can now already give an idea of
what my puppies will look like on the
calender (see below). Although they worked
through this superbly the
cardrive and the whole experience in the
studio were ofcourse quite tiresome
for the pups, but on the Saturday they
were all fresh and well rested again! In
the morning we had a visit from the
veterinarian for a healthcheck and the
first Puppy vaccination, in the afternoon
the pups went to the woods for the second
time. They liked it even better than the
first time :-). The next day we had the
third and last Puppy-meeting where all
future owners were on cloud nine because
they now know which pup they're going to
welcome in their house next week. Such
happy people all of them, just great!
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Day
52: because of the warm weather I placed a
bath for them. Without water it was rather
interesting...
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but once it was filled with a little layer
they thought it was just wet and strange! |
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'mint' actually
was the only one who found it joyful
;-) |
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| They
now also eat from their own bowls and are
doing it decently! |
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51: every evening one pup is allowed to
walk freely in the livingroom |
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| Venice
is really happy with that one-to-one
contact, now she can leisurely play
with them! |
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| Day
50: lazing in the garden |
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| With
the
veterinarian:
healthcheck and Puppy vaccination |
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| Then
on to the woods, that is big fun! (my
parents went along to help, they really
like doing that!) |
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| Rrrrrrunning! |
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| Chewing
a branch together with mummy |
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| Or
walking with her for a bit |
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| They
see and smell all kinds of things! |
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| A
few have gathered around Dyonne |
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| Dirty
snout from digging! |
My
mother receives kisses |
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| Look
how they enjoy themselves... |
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| Amidst
the flowers |
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| Venice
and my new honeygirl Elynn (Rocksett
Kilifi Beach, female 'purple')!! |
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| Day
49: in the photostudio in Aalsmeer, mummy
ofcourse is there too! |
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| Some
of the properties |
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The
kalender of 2015 to get an idea of what
the result will be like (these are not the
Rocksett-pups)
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| One
of the tricks to get the attention: a
cat's toy! (female 'pink') |
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| Female
'mint' |
Male
'red'
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| The
photographer - Myrna - with female 'brown' in
a reindeer costume |
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| Female
'yellow' |
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| Words
simply fail me, what a gorgeous image! |
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| And
finally mummy Venice posing with one of
her daughters |
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