Today we took turns walking around with Ava. She is such a sweet and gentle girl; she's the perfect introduction for the puppies to meeting other dogs!

Claire's Puppies, One Week and Two Days :)

Claire's pups are sporting their new collars with dots to differentiate them from Nessa's litter. These puppies are doing really well, and Claire enjoys doting on them.

Boy, Girl

Boy

Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl

Girl

This is not an illusion. Claire's Light Blue boy is as big as Nessa's puppies that are one week older! Nessa's puppies weigh between 731g and 937g and this boy weighs 874g. He's a hulk! Claire's other pups weigh from 530g to 674g. 

Enjoying Spring at Hickory Tavern Farm

 Beautiful Calla Lily

 Napa and Ava exploring the farm. Ava is always a wonderful nanny to the puppies.

 Solene enjoying the river ducks in Pittsburgh during the Pittsburgh Marathon

Stunning Napa at 9 weeks

Snow Pups

Yesterday some of the dogs and I went out for a hike in the freezing cold. The snow was absolutely perfect; light, dry, fluffy, and easily navigated. I took tons of pictures of them and these are a few of my favorites.



Bobby



Nessa hits the brakes



Solene on a trail



Nessa loves the snow



Ava takes a rest



Ness looks just like her mom, Alba, in the picture



Silly Nessa



Beautiful Ava

Today at the Farm

HTF

Maximum Lark and Lark Seven - Great old Quarter Horse Geldings by Rugged Lark

Our new shop. Amazing what a hard working crew can accomplish in 3.5 days.

Smiling Ava

Skylar

Even bigger smile from Solene

And Calla is wishing someone would let her out into the big yard...

Ava's Final Summer Shed

Today Isabel and I spent a few hours removing the rest of Ava's hair from her annual summer shed.  She looks so beautiful!

Ava is a wonderful dog with the most loyal, affectionate and sweet disposition.  Her severe dry eye issues cause her to require many different medications each day.  Unfortunately there is no cure for her and she will always require frequent application of her eye drops and ointments.  Her eyes have remained stable and we continue to monitor them.

The only other option is a parotid duct transposition surgery and it really may not solve her problem. Poor girl. Fortunately she is extremely patient about her medications.