re:"M" litter

We were blessed on Wed, Feb 25 with 11 beautiful puppies.
It was Ash Wed


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzpIxx8jTU

PICTURE OF THE FATHER

HERE IS GIORGIO. HE IS THE FATHER OF THE NEW LITTER.

I require all puppies not tobe neutered or spayed until after 12-14 months. Here is the best article that explains my reasoning.

http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

I do make this request in my contract.

Puppies debut at Santa Clara

Last weekend the puppies, Liahona and Leanor made their debut at Santa Clara KC. They were very well behaved. I have a video of it on Youtube. I will post a link so you can watch.
Farusca is getting very large with her puppies. We go for a xray next Wed. morning to see how many pups we will be having. I will post the results as soon as I can.

Odin's Debut

Sunday I went to Golden Gate Kennel Club dog show. It is a benched show which means you have to sit on the bench with your dog all day. The public comes and asked you tons of questions about your dogs. It can be fun but it is also grueling. I was recovering from a bad cold so it was hard to talk to long without coughing.

I took a youtube of Odin. He is a puppy from Debbi and Emmy's last litter. I will post a link so you can watch Odin at his first show. He did so well. My best friend Gail showed him for us. She did a wonderful job. Gail is great with puppies. Very gentle.

The Volhard Diet

Hi,
Anyone wanting to get a puppy from Rustyco Water Dogs needs to obtain a copy of "Dog Training for Dummies" by Wendy Volhard.

I have followed the Volhard diet for dogs since 2000. I have had amazing results with keeping my dogs on a raw diet. The unusually thing about the Volhard diet is there are no bones.(except once a week we give a raw bone after dinner. The diet is fully balanced and very healthy. What I like about DTFD is that it is a great training book plus you get the chapters on the raw diet with three different versions to use. You can make the diet from scratch, buy it dehydrated, or there is also a modifed kibble diet. It also has a chapter on minimal vaccines.

The best place to buy it is from www.half.com. They sell all sorts of books that are used. You can pick one up very reasonably. If you want to further understand the diet pick up "Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog" also by Wendy Volhard. It is the book I first read when my first water dog, Quarry had alot of health issues. The diet helped him tremendously and he was able to to live to 12 and 1/2 yrs.

good dog articles

I am always reading emails from alot of different dog people. Since I breed there are many articles that have so much information for new dog owners. I am going to post the links to some of these articles on my blog. Here is the lastest one I found on the developmental stages of puppies.


http://www.diamondsintheruff.com/DevelopmentalStages.html

Just copy and paste the above web address and then click go. It should take you right to it.

Julie