August 29 2010 Rose gave us seven healthy beautiful puppies.



#1~Female (Solid)






#2~Male (white/brown)





#3~Female (White/Brown)






#4~Female (White/Brown large spot on shoulder)






#5~Male (Solid)





#6~Female (White/Brown)










#7~Female (Solid, larger white spot on neck)




















Packing the puppies up for there first vet visit.

















Rose Woke us up at four thirty in the morning. Whining, her whelping box was all ripped up, and we knew today would be the day. There has been lots of in and out the door, and anxiety for her. Around noon she finally lie down and our first puppy came.

Meet'Stubs' Our Sire

I was lucky enough to find Stubs in an ad. His owners are fabulous to work with. Stubs Is AKC registered Champion Bloodlines. He lives on a dogs dream farm. I found him to be very obedient. Also, loved how he would heal on my left side. This caused problems with getting pictures. But, I see it as a very important trait. Stubs is an avid hunter and a proven sire.

June 18 2010, Rose starts to bleed, she is in heat. I didn’t want to have puppies right away after her first litter. It has been two year, we are ready to do this again. First thought, I need a sire. This time we are doing it right! It helped that the hubby was out of town. Then accidents are less likely to happen. Of course, I got his permission before I breed his dog.

Rose was bred on June 27th. I was not sure if it caught. Only signs were the bleeding subsided and she was tired. Sleeping all the time, very abnormal. I wasn’t sure tell week five. Rose got a little swollen and her appetite went south. I started her on vitamins as soon as her heat started. That, and spoiling her with canned food seemed to help. All and all, she has had a healthy pregnancy.

We are now moving into week nine. Puppies can come any day now. Rose sleeps most the day. Our whelping box is ready. I was going to go with a swimming pool, but found boxes to work fine. Rose already finds comfort in it. I think the height on the boxes makes her feel safe, like hiding. She has also been packing around a stuffed animal. Our poor mail lady was also scared this morning by her protective bark. The natural instincts are kicking in. The vet has been called,we are ready, now we just wait.

When I started this blog I started looking for the owners of this litter. I was lucky enough to get a couple responses. Because it is just not common to keep in touch when the person you bought your dog from. I just wanted conformation that Roses’ puppies continued to be healthy. Remember, this litter was a mix breed of German shorthair pointer and a wirehair pointer.

My first contact was Wayne. He and his wife are a young couple with small children. He took one of my females. His dog does live inside and outside of there home and he said she does very well in both environments. When I ask if her hair got wirehaired he informed me that she looked very much like a short hair. Wayne has a love for the bird hunt. Having a good dog makes the hunt that much more fun.

My other contact is Jim and Lisa . I was completely intrigued by there enthusiasm when they came to pick there puppy. They even played fetch with Rose, and enjoyed her spunk. Jim was full of questions, so I gave him my email address. This made contacting them easy.

My first response from Jim after he took home his girl.


'I thought GSH's were very independant. This pup wants to be played with or held ALL the time. She loves sitting & sleeping w/ my daughter. She's going to fit in well with our family. Thanks for a great dog.' Jim





'Hi Sherri. Here's the latest pic of Gretel. She's a great dog & growing fast, her feet are huge! She eats twice a day, about 1 1/2 cups each time. Devours it all in two minutes. Really smart too- very easy to train if you stay consistent. How did you make out with the rest of the litter? Sell them all or did you keep a couple? Thanks again for a great dog.' Jim


She is getting big, I see you got the AKC duck toy. That is a great one, Rose loves her duck. I’m thrilled she is doing so well for you. Our last puppy left us today, it was sad to see her go, but I feel they have all gone to appropriate homes. Their appetite was getting huge, we defiantly upped there morning and evening meals here also. Gretel is a sweet name, the girls love the pictures. Thanks for the updates. Take care, and have a lovely weekend.

~Sherrie

Two years later I sent an email back to Jim. This was his response, with pictures, fabulous!



Hi Sherri,
Jim passed along your email to me since I had some good pictures of Gretel. I will send more but I wanted to make sure you got this one first and I had the correct info. We all adore her!!! She is so cute and full of energy. Quite the crack up too. She has a better army crawl then most soldiers and is the fastest Dog in the park no one comes close to her she is all legs. When did her Momma stop being so hyper? Thanks for thinking of her good to hear from you. Again let me know you get this and I will send a few more pictures.
Lisa





Wirehair, and all legs.





--- On Sat, 8/21/10, wrote:

Subject: Gretel Pics

'Hi Sherrie. Here's a couple more. Gretel thinks she's a mountain
goat as well as a Ferrari. We have a chocolate lab that live behind us. Gretel & him check each other out
regularly. Great Blog.' Thanks, Jim


I love your analogy!! We always think of Rose like a deer, because of her graceful sleek run. Also, the way she can bound over the fence to get her frisbee and jump right back. Luckily, she only does this when she must have her toy. I can also see Ferrari and mountain goat working well. ~ME