Almost ready to head to their homes.... new photos

This weekend was a big weekend- puppies were temperament tested, which will allow us to start to assign them to those on the list, as well as let us know which puppies are still available in the next week. They were bathed, dried (with the big dryer just like at the groomers) clipped and then photos were taken.

We also hunt tested the puppies.  All of them showed great interest in the bird wing including carrying it around. Those who also showed good retrieve and stability with noises should make some nice gun dogs!

White Puppy: Female Phantom Will be Black/Cream
This is an independent puppy who is happy to go out and do her own thing. She showed a good retrieve and is a bold puppy.

Purple Puppy- Female- will be Blue/Cream
This girl is a nice puppy with a personality that will make her successful in all things she tries. Her personality testing showed her to be a dog who likes being with people and is pretty laid back when it comes to things like sounds and sights. She showed a good retrieve.

 

Tan Puppy: Female- Will be Black/Cream
Another lovely middle of the road puppy with a bit more energy. She showed a good retrieve. 

 Red Puppy: Female: will be Black/ Cream
This girl may be a bit more cautious around new people but she still wants to make friends. She is brave when it comes to things like sight and sound giving them little care. This girl would love to have a person of her own and will be very loyal once she does!  This girl is not available at this time and will be staying at Ravenwood to grow up a bit.

Green Puppy: Male: Black/Cream
This is another nice middle of the road puppy.  He is brave boy who is ready to tackle challenges he's faced with.  He should be a great performance dog in obedience or agility.  He showed a nice retrieve. With his braveness around sounds and the interest he showed on our hunting test this boy would be a great gun dog! 

Brown Puppy: Male: Cream
This is a lovely puppy who is going to make a great family pet. His temperament testing showed him to like people and just be a happy boy. This boy is not available.

Black Puppy: Female: Cream
This girl showed us that she can be a bit unconfident at start but quickly gains it as she gets used to a situation. She showed a retrieve and was good on the tests with sights and sound. She will be a great performance dog for the person who spends some time to build her confidence.  She reminds us a lot of Bella in her personality.

Burgundy Puppy: Female: Silver/Cream
This girl's coat is going to end up silver making her very eye catching in color.  This girl really likes people and has shown herself to be a softer dog. However her soft personality doesn't keep her from being brave when it comes to sights and sounds.  A nice family pet for the active family.

 Orange Puppy: Male: Blue/Cream
This boy has shown to be just what we thought.  He likes people, is a nice middle of the road puppy and brave in new situations. A good retrieve he should be a good performance pup for obedience or agility.

 Blue Puppy: Male: Black/Cream
This is a lovely bigger pup who is quite laid back and sweet.  A nice middle of the road pup he will be a lovely family pet.  He showed himself to be a bit sensitive to sounds so his family must work to build his confidence withthat. He showed a nice retrieve.

Grey Puppy: Male: Black/Cream
Another lovely laid back boy.  He is one of the larger pups in the litter and is a total cuddle bug. This boy showed to be pretty easy going and a nice middle of the road puppy. He has a nice drive to toys- but likes to go play with them. A great family pet in the making.

 Yellow Puppy: Female: Blue/Cream
Lovely larger girl she is a nice middle of the road puppy. She showed good retrieve and is steady when it comes to sounds and sights. A brave girl she will be a great family pet or performance dog.

 And we don't have great photos- but a shot of one of the puppies carrying the wing around- they all did when they got to it

Seven weeks old- Videos

wow does time fly.  They are getting so big and love to wrestle and play now.  It's been raining for two days so their indoor time has been more then we'd usually like. So tonight to give them a good play time I opened up their pen to make it bigger so they can run and play in the house.

Today we also started doing some crate game work with them.  It takes a long time 5-10 minutes per puppy at a time. Which with 12 puppies means a lot of time!. Every puppy gets at least one session of crate games and some time alone in a crate before they head to their new home.  Over the last couple of weeks they have also been spending time in small groups in kennels to get used to the idea. So far everyone is doing well.

Puppies have also now been introduced to walking on a leash and will do so again before heading to their new homes. This weekend we will be temperament testing which will then allow those currently on the list to choose their puppies. In the next week or so we will have a list of who is still available.

7 week old video

Yes it's been a crazy week or two here at the Ravenwood household.  Between puppies and school being back (For me and the kids) Pictures have not been taken. However here is a video to tide you over.  Saturday plans are doing our temperament testing, which will give us a better idea of the innate characteristics of each puppy and help us offer you the best matches for your families needs.  As well we will be bathing, shaving and taking pictures.

Homework helper

Miss White was sure she could help me write my paper

And hush had to get in on it too. 

Six weeks old tomorrow

This video was done this afternoon- right after they had their afternoon meal. They then spent some time in a kennel while we were out for a short time and will continue to do so in groups and then on their own over the next few weeks.  As well we'll start working on crate games over the next two weeks to make them really like their kennels!

5 week old photos!

Most likely we won't get pictures again until they are 7.5 weeks old. So today was as usual for our weekends 4+ hours spent bathing, drying and then photographing puppies.  Today puppies got to meet a new dog (Thanks Dobby for coming to visit) and got to cuddle and snuggle with some new people!

Black Collar - Female

BlueCollar- Male

Brown Collar- Male

Burgandy Collar- Female

Green Collar- Male

Grey Collar- Male

Orange Collar- Male

Purple Collar- Female

Red Collar- Female

Tan Collar- Female

white Collar- Female

Yellow Collar- Female

Another Video- Puppies introduced to the tunnel

Poodles make fabulous agility dogs.  Seriously fabulous agility dogs. You can't start jumping puppies until they are closer to a year but until that time foundation work can be done with puppies to set a foundation of confidence, focus and strength for when their body is ready to start doing the physically harder stuff like jumps.

We try to expose our puppies to many things in their weeks with us. The goal is to give them positive confidence building experiences.  This is what we advise our puppies new families to continue.  It is not about exposing them to everything under the sun, but that making sure they gain confidence and it's a positive experience as they get each new experience.  From grooming, to new people, to new places each thing a puppy is exposed to and gains a positive experience from it forms confidence. Confident dogs are dogs who trust their handler, are willing to try new things, and do not fall into fear. Confidence building can improve even on the most timid dog.  Learning new tricks, sit, down, etc all help build confidence in your dog.

So we start on this work at a young age. Today the puppies were exposed to a tunnel- similar to an agility tunnel - but smaller (OK it's a cat tunnel!) it's just the right size to give them the same experience as an agility tunnel they may encounter down the road with their new families.  The puppies proved to all be curious confident puppies trucking through it.  And here's our video showing some of their first exposures to it!

Outside Time!

Puppies have graduated to the 'big' side yard.  This puppy proofed yard is with supervision only. But they sure do enjoy it! They get to explore and experience different textures and sounds. This help leads to bold confident puppies who are also physically strong!

Playing outside-a video

A video, I tried to point out which puppy is which in the video. Enjoy!

Spa Day at Ravenwood

Today was a big day for the puppies.  They got their second bath, and their first face, feet and tail shaves. They also spent time (in groups) in a crate today.

And of course we took pictures!
4.5 weeks old

yellow puppy- female. Blue/cream

Purple Puppy- Female- Blue/Cream

Orange Puppy- Male- Blue/Cream

Grey Puppy- Male- Black/Tan

White Puppy- Female- Black/Tan

Green Puppy- Male- Black/Tan

Red Puppy- Female- Black/Tan

Blue Puppy- Male- Black/Tan

Tan Puppy- Female- Black/ Tan

Burgandy Puppy- Female- Silver/Cream

Brown Puppy- Male- Cream

Black Puppy- Female- Cream