Ren and Chichi

Our Ren O’Riley of Blue Mountain Cotons sired a litter with Chimera Chiante of Enchanted Hills Cotons.  The puppies were born in November and they’re all doing well.  Chichi is a great mother to her five beautiful puppies, and the Powell family members provide a loving home.  Their website is www.kelseycreekcotons.weebly.com.

Daddy’s Girl

Quinlan’s new owner is flying in to meet us; I feel great about this new home.  Quinlan is twelve and a half weeks old and completely at ease everywhere we go.  But I admit that I never even gave my other applicants the option to have her.  I was curious about her quiet, thoughtful manner.

By the time we were down to just Quincy and Quinlan she easily matched his level of rambunctiousness.  Still, when I called them or issued a command she was all business and quick to comply.  “Sit”, I instructed the two of them, but Quincy called out in his puppy voice, “Not now, in a minute, I need to inspect this leaf, run over to this tree and jump a few more times!”

Quinlan’s a focused girl and a good observer and I love these things about her.  It’s been so easy to take her training a step further than usual too, which is never work for me, but always pure fun.  I’m happy to see her lighthearted side blossoming.

She’s enthralled with her sire, Clancy McGee.  Clancy brings the puppies toys, but mostly he strolls around the yard with the line of puppies following after.  He lies in the sun and they lie a foot away.  He chews on blades of long grass and they do the same.  Ellie, Kate, Emma and Maddie play tumbling and chase games with the puppies, but Clancy is more regal.  Quinlan loves both, but she’s especially charming as her daddy’s shadow.

Emma’s Q Puppy – Quinlan!

Here she is, in all her ten-week-old puppy glory.  Quinlan reflects her lovely grandmother Ellie, our first Coton, in so very many ways.  It’s one of the reasons we’ve had trouble letting her go.

She bounds and jumps like a bunny, and she rolls to her back for petting.  She studies the world around her carefully – the antics of children, the older dogs’ behaviors – and mimics anything likely to yield a treat.

Quinlan knows “come”, “settle”, “sit”, and “follow”.  She sleeps all night quietly and dry in her crate in our bedroom.  She takes a daytime nap in her crate for a couple of hours and doesn’t complain. She entertains herself in the puppies’ kitchen exercise pen with her brother Quincy and their innumerable toys and chew sticks.  She’s curious and unafraid of the five large retriever dogs she can see through our open iron fences in the neighbors’ yards. She has enjoyed all the people we’ve met so far, around a hundred, including plenty of children.

She’s available to a qualified family or single person.  Contact me with questions!

Carol Crumly, pups@bluemountaincotons.com

 

Emma’s Q Puppies, Homeward Bound

Darling Quinlan is currently available.  She has a sweet, thoughtful temperament, and she’s very smart and quick to train.  I’ll post more about her tomorrow.

Quincy will leave for his new home mid-week and Quaid and Queenie went to their homes last week.

It’s always bittersweet to see them off.  This group was very easy to care for, and when they blend into family life so naturally we really do miss them.

Here is Quinlan (also pictured above),

and Quincy.

Please contact me for information on Quinlan.  The puppies are ten and a half weeks old this weekend and she is ready for her permanent home.

Carol Crumly, pups@bluemountaincotons.com

Emma’s Q Puppies, Eight Weeks

Pictures are yesterday’s, October 9, 2011, on a sunny day as fall begins to grow colder here in Boise.

Quincy,

Quaid,

Quinlan,

and Queenie.

I love the look of my puppies at eight weeks.  They resemble stuffed animals.  In real life they’re at their most adorable, with thick, fluffy coats and warm, soft, floppy bodies when we hold them.

These four are sleeping through the night in their crates, quiet and dry, and using “the facilities” outside frequently throughout the day.  They continue to meet new people and they know all the little training commands I expect in puppies here.  Four is an easy number to work with.  Emma agrees – she spends lots of time outdoors playing with them.

Emma’s Q Puppies, Seven Weeks

This evening a visitor who has checked our blog photos actually visited and watched us take them.  The puppies posed perfectly, both sitting and standing, to the right and to the left.  I couldn’t have asked for more.  But I did laugh and confess: it’s not that way every time.  We have plenty of hilarious out takes as they bolt hither and yon.  Typically at seven weeks our puppies grow alarmed by the previously familiar camera.  You can see it this week in their slightly hunkered-down postures and occasional worried expressions, but “this too shall pass” applies here.

Quincy, a tri-color male,

And his tri-color brother Quaid,

and the black and white girls, Quinlan,

 

and Queenie.

We’re enjoying the blossoming personalities!

Quincy is clownish and cuddly, a beautiful blend.  Quaid rolls around with his plump tummy and lives to snuggle.  That wide-eyed baby face captures the attention of every visitor.  Quinlan’s independent streak caught my eye in the early weeks – she preferred exploring to cuddling.  But I’ve been massaging her gently and I see a change.  The children playing with the puppies this afternoon commented that she was the calmest of the four.

I had my eye on Queenie as an aspiring leader of the pack, but it isn’t so obvious.  She snaps into her “sit” with full focus on our eyes for what we might want next.  A sense of respect will serve her well.  She’s the image of her daddy’s “yes ma’am, what can I do for you now?”

 

 

Emma’s “Q” Puppies, Six Weeks

The sprinkler!  That’s what the drops are over Queenie’s head as the sprinklers came on all at once in our backyard, just as we wrapped up this week’s photos.  Jim and I let the puppies play for awhile before gathering them to go indoors -  it helps the puppies immeasurably if we remain relaxed during surprises like this.  And our adult dogs set a good example of loving to play in the rain or sprinklers.  Sometimes I spot all five lined up at the back door, dripping wet and smiling broadly.   I hope these puppies will always love a little romp in water.

The Q puppies had their first vaccinations this week and A+ report cards from the vet.  We started short visits in public to meet people.  I have to say that over the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve seen a marked increase in the maturity of children who interact with the puppies.  They ask to pet the puppies, for starters, then offer their hands for a sniff.  Then they move nearly in slow motion as they gently pet the puppy, careful not to startle.

Parents, if you’re teaching your kids this approach, good for you.  Kids (yes you, Lindsay!) your gentle way with the puppies will affect them all their lives by helping them trust children.  To all the store employees, friends and strangers who help me give my puppies a good start, thank you so very much.

Our males, Quincy,

and Quaid,

and our females, Quinlan,

and Queenie.