Pups on the run!

The pups are getting more and more adventurous by the day.....taking on a new room each day, they are now adventuring out doors....photos soon!!!
I still cant decide which one I will keep...there are so many nice boys to choose from....we will see!

pupdate

its been a sad week here with the traumatic loss of Bonus. thankyou to everyone who has emailed....your kindness has been very helpful.
Heres Miss Biscuit up to her naughtytricks and looking like butter wouldnt melt!!!

A fetching pink number

Poor Tarnish has had to have an operation today to remove several rather nasty tumours that were growing in her skin. To try and protect the stitches a little, shes now wearing a sparkly pink t-shirt, tastefully arranged over her ears!

Its all in a NAME

The Kennel Club approved my names for the puppies today. We couldnt have our first three favourite names as they were already in use as affxes, so that was ashame, but at least the rest were OK.
heres a few pix of them growing!

Mail from Warsaw

A lovely surprise in the post this morning ,it was the official certificate from Warsaw, from The Polish Kennel Club, to confirm that Isabelle is a Junior Polish Champion now.
How sad and disapointing that the KC of GB refuse to recognise this accolade. Thankyou to lenka for campaigning her in Poland for me as a puppy.

5 pounds and counting...........

yes some of the pups are now over 5 pounds in weight and their appetite for solid food grows each day (good news for my feed rep!) and despite the sleeping photos, they really are running around quite well now.
We have had a busy week with visitors, every day, coming to see their puppies, and one staying with us a couple of days as they are visiting from overseas......we have had a lot of fun and laughterthis week and these pups are certainly going to some fantastic homes!
They finally got named today.....more on that later..... and Ill try and update the blog with some further puppy photos this week .

Get those running shoes on!

There will be another small informal bloodhound training day, here , on Thursday Feb 24th for those Farlap hound owners who wish to learn how to get their hounds tracking/hunting.
All Farlap hounds no matter how young or old , are invited to come along and have a go.
All you need to bring is your hound and some energy!
Those who are already hunting their hounds are also welcome to come along and have a practise line.
Provisional plan is:

• morning coffee
• Some hunting training
  
• a light lunch
• more lines/ sheep training in the afternoon.
  

If you would like to come please email me on sam@farlap.co.uk before feb 16th to let me know you are coming. Anyone else wanting to come, with a "non Farlap" hound is welcome if there is space, but please let me know in advance that you wish to come.

Choir Practice

The adult hounds had their daily sing song this morning and to my amazement the babies heard them singing and decided to join in....have a look at the video......some of them are even doing it in their sleep!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCnC6cWdOQ

Eyes wide shut!

Well their eyes are opened, focusing is nearly complete, legs are working....but of course they are still sleeping! One or two troublemakers have now sussed out how to lever themselves out of the box onto the floor......whereupon they shout loudly for assistance!
Meanwhile Tennants feeling rather neglected with all the puppies gettting the attention so thought I should add a photo of him and his daddy, taken on the last day of the woodcock season, thoroughly enjoying themselves!

Puppy Dreams

Sweet dreaming puppies......a short video of the babies at 12 days old


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35UvQVcSrcY

Who's looking at ya baby?

At last the pups eyes are starting to open....I always feel this is such a milestone and love it when those little dark slits appear, and they look at you with everything clearly out of focus for a few days....then the penny drops and they mug you everytime you enter the room!
As this is such a crucial stage in their eye development, I choose not to use flash photography or add a light source while they are so vulnerable, so photos will be a bit limited for a week, although ill try to get some in natural light where I can.
Meanwhile the other hounds are hanging around and waiting for something exciting to happen.....they are not overly impressed with me spending so much time in the house with the pups when I should be outside entertaining THEM! (L-r Tarnish, Isabelle and Barvicka)
I recently discovered there is someone in the breed, who has stolen a photo from my website and is using it on theirs to advertise their less than pleasant breeding activities......I am advised this person is a reknown puppy farmer........ I will be taking action for copyright theft.

How to be the "pushy" one

Liver girly is showing her true colours....hows this for pushing in!?
They are just starting to walk on four legs today....and any minute now we can start to expect eyes to start opening which is always the biggest landmark in their early development.





heres the first tentative steps, and a few more sleepy photos as you all seem to be enjoying them!

1 week on.....

I cant believe they are a week old already. Here are a few "happy one week birthday" photos!

Here come the Girls!

6 days old and growing fast!

what a nice surprise

Jo Beckett kindly sent me this photo today, taken by her hubby Justin......its Fergus and his grandaughter Logic, at Crufts 2008. Dear fergus is now looking considerably older nowadays, so its lovely to see a photo of him looking so good......and its also been pointed out to me by Andrew, that I was looking somewhat younger then too!!! Thanks Jo!

Oh Miss Gerty you have finally done something RIGHT!!

Imagine our surprise this morning to receive a notification from "that" Dog paper telling us that Farlap Gertrude, (aka the worlds naughtiest puppy!), is officially Top Puppy in breed 2010!!
Well done Gerty! Its extra special to us as Gerty is from Generous's last litter, so "thankyou" to our lovely much missed boy.

pupster pix

Sorry ive been slow getting pup pix online......I have injured my back and everything is taking me so much longer to do.......but here are todays photos for those who are missing their puppy fix!!!

Welcome to the "B" team!

All 9 safely delivered this morning. Mother and babies doing well :-)

Congratulations "Down Under"

Well done to Shelly (Aust. ch. Farlap Cautious) who luckily lives in a dry bit of Australia!
She had a lovely litter of puppies last week and mum and babies all doing well. Some nice news for a change.

Things come in threes

After what was a sad sad week losing Generous we thought it couldnt get worse but we were wrong, and yesterday Gravity had a torsion and had to be put to sleep. It was her third "blow up" in as many months and until now she had gone back down without intervention, however on this occasion she twisted and we had to make the decision that was best for an elderly frail hound. I cant believe how much we miss her already as she was my permanent draught excluder in my office, and her comical ways always kept us amused.
It seems that Gerty (Farlap Gertrude) needs to take over her aunties place as the family clown, as today she decided to chew off, and eat, the indicator on the Landrover. Thanks to everyone who has emailed/called to say how sorry they are to hear about Generous......your kind words have been so appreciated......and to those who have been less than kind.....remember that "what goes around comes around"