11/23/11

Posted the first puppy video of our current litter!

Watch it here:
https://ratsofnimh.com/puppy-videos

11/17/11

Uploaded a pedigree of the current litter to the Litters and Available Dogs page.

Grow Old With Dogs

When I am old…
I will wear soft gray sweatshirts…
and a band…anna over my silver hair…..
and I will spend my social security checks on wine
and my dogs.
I will sit in my house on my well-worn chair and listen
to my dogs’ breathing.
I will sneak out in the middle of a warm summer night
and take my dogs for a run, if my old bones will allow…
When people come to call,
I will smile and nod as I show them my dogs…
and talk of them and about them…
…the ones so beloved of the past
and the ones so beloved of today….

I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping
and feeding them and whispering their names
in a soft loving way.
I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel
and I will be an embarrassment to all…
especially my family…
who have not yet found the peace
in being free to have dogs as your best friends….

These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your footfall…
and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to
greet you as if you are a god.
With warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that
you will always stay,
I’ll hug their big strong necks…
I’ll kiss their dear sweet heads…
and whisper in their very special company….

I look in the Mirror…
and see I am getting old….
this is the kind of person I am…
and have always been.
Loving dogs is easy,
they are part of me.
Please accept me for who I am.
My dogs appreciate my presence in their lives…
they love my presence in their lives……
When I am old this will be important to me…
you will understand when you are old….
if you have dogs to love too.

~Author Unknown

11/14/11

Uploaded new pictures of the puppies… they will be 3 weeks on Wednesday!

11/07/11 Update

1.5 week old pictures have been uploaded… next time i will be taking pictures on a lighter surface, they turned out darker than i expected.

11/07/11

I’m slacking on puppy pictures, and i do apologize.  hope to get them and post them soon, WAY TO BUSY of a weekend this past weekend.

I appreciate the patience.

11/04/11

One of our most common questions from potential puppy parents are about vaccinations, our protocols and a suggested regimen.  Check back later for a new page on our site dedicated to bringing together all vaccination research and showing why we suggest what we do and why we do what we do.

10/27/11

WE HAVE PUPPIES!  Breck & Louie’s litter was born 10/26/11

Farrah, our Picard turned 1yr yesterday!

08/25/11

Added a link to our ‘anti-merle’ image:

http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/ClarkPNASMerle.pdf

08/19/11

busy busy busy around here, getting ready for my wedding  in 2 weeks!

As we suspected, Breck didnt take this heat so we are shooting for an early 2012 litter.

Will be posting our current foster dogs up on the site ASAP! Also housing a lost dog as well so if you know anyone that has lost one in Wythe Co. VA please have them give me shout!