And still more babies!

Baby dogs this time.

It’s always hard when pups go to new homes. Even when you know they’re going to an excellent home, even when you’ll be getting updates and the chance to see them in their working career, watching them go out into the big wide world in someone else’s arms chokes you up a little… Just a very little when you’ve spent weeks fighting off puppy claws and teeth and your garden looks like a war zone. In fact, in that situation it’s less a “choke” in your throat than a tickle .

And sometimes that tickle even turns into a bit of a chuckle. Perhaps, depending on the pups, a fully fledged laugh.
But generally there’s a wistful feeling there too.

 That’s particularly true when you’re trying to decide which pup should stay on as your next prospect. And when the two pups you have to choose between are both absolute crackers.

Ben

Kevin

That was R’s dilemma this week, and that’s how he came to give Ben and Kevin a quick look at sheep- they’re really too young, we’d normally wait until they’re a bit bigger, but it seemed a better idea than eenie-meenie-miney-mo. Really, choosing a pup based on their behaviour on sheep at 10 weeks old is about as scientific as eenie-meenie- based on their breeding, they should all work and a later starter might well turn out to be the best dog. But a decision had to be made, and that’s how R made it.

 So Kev has followed his litter sisters away to a new home (scattered around the state from Coorow to Ravensthorpe), and Ben will stay here. He won’t do much more on sheep until he’s significantly bigger, at least big enough to be faster than the sheep.

 Speaking of faster than sheep (and more rambunctious and unruly), the Black Pups also had a look at sheep this week. Surprisingly, they aren’t that big though. Huh!

Boss (tan leather collar), Alfie (purple collar) and our lad Ollie (red collar):

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