Nyssa

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The puppies arrived on Saturday, November 9th, 2002. All six of them were born between 12:30pm and 6pm. We have 4 girls and 2 boys, 3 dark sables and 3 duals.

My beloved Nyssa was bred for the third and most likely final time in October. After that she will enjoy retirement and will focus on obedience, agility, and SAR, of course. Her intended is out of my beloved Phantom line – the Tessa/Bear. I love the temperament and attitudes this line produces along with health and conformation. Beo is son of Phantom’s daughter Ekko and the awesome Gazer.

Sire Shenandoah’s StarGazer (Sierra/Orso)
Dam Shenandoah’s Ekko (Snow/Phantom)

This cream dual boy has awesome broad head, heavy exceptional oval bone,
front, strong ears, oversized at 30”coat, movement, and a rock solid
temperament. The few faults he has are a steep croup and straight stifles.
He lives with three small children, his doggy aunt, and frequent visitors.
Beo is calm, dignified dog, friendly with strangers yet watchful and alert.
He is a great companion to his humans. One of his brothers is very
successfully working in Schutzhund. His dad calls him fearless yet kids want
to ride him and everyone wants to be his friend.
His sister is most gentle, loving, playful, smart & gorgeous puppy,
according to her owners. She loves people and kids alike.

This breeding was chosen to produce pups with rock solid temperaments, great conformation, and good health. There is not as much info on Beo’s littermates as I would like and he himself does not have a final OFA rating
yet. His parents are OFA fair but most of his relatives are OFA good. Nyssa herself has solid hips and has not produced any dysplastic/symptomatic pups in two litters. Their combined strengths should produce puppies with good
hips and health in general. We also expect wonderfully stable, outgoing temperaments. They will combine Nyssa’s gentleness and nobility with Phantom’s and Gazer’s spunk. The pups will be very lively, with pizzazz and
ability to do almost anything. I fully expect several excellent working and SAR prospects in this litter as well as terrific companions. All of these pups should be excellent companions to adults and kids alike.
The pups are duals and brown sables. They will be quite large, with beautiful heads, strong fronts and bone, super movement, great toplines, and overall presence and attitude.
This litter has an IC of about 16%, with Trinka/Shep, Captain/Lizzy, and Tessa/Bear lines behind them. It will be 5G MAW breeding. Their bloodlines will make them excellent breeding prospects for future outcrosses.

Several pups might be still available to select homes. All pups are money back guaranteed in writing for health, temperament, and hips for life. They are raised holistically on a mixture of raw food and super premium kibble, all
will be micro chipped, and have health certificates. I will also try to use new OFA service that provides a preliminary heart clearances for litters. And as always, the litter was born and is raised in our family room, in the center of all activity. This assures us that the pups are exposed to humans from birth and will be well socialized and adjusted.

Jocelyn, Benjamin, and Joseph, my friend Kristine's wonderful kids, own Indy from Nyssa's first litter. They have always taken a strong interest in our puppies and nicknamed each litter. This is Nyssa's third litter so their names should start with 'C'.

	Cobra (Duke)	Chilli Pepper nicknamed 'Chi Chi'	Crystal	Chance	Celeste	Carlo (Luke)
	GREEN BOY dark sable	RED GIRL dual	PINK GIRL dark sable	BLACK GIRL dual	BLUE GIRL dark sable	PURPLE BOY dual
birth	18oz	20oz	18oz	18oz	18oz	19oz
2 days	1.25	~1.5	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25
3 days	1.5	1.5+	1.5	1.5	1.5-	1.5
7 days	2.25	2.5	2.25	2.25	2+	2.5
9 days	2.75	2.75	2.5+	2.5	2.5	2.75
11days	3.25	3.25	3	3+	3+	3.5
14 days	-4	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.5	4
3 weeks	5.75	-6	5.25+	5.5	5.25	5.75
4 weeks	8	8.25	7.25	7.5	7.5	7.75+
5 weeks	10.5	10.25	9.5	10	10	10.5
6 weeks	13.75	13	12	12.5	13.25	13.5
2 days
10 days
	All puppies have almost tripled in weight and their eyes are starting to open. They are beginning to walk and look like little dogs.
14 days
	All puppies have gained at least 3lbs in 2 weeks! They are growing by the hour. Their eyes are open and they are becoming more active and coordinated. We have been having visitors. Nyssa is being very watchful but good with them. They are her babies, after all. Aunt Amy is getting to lick them on occasions. She loves puppies and tries to clean them every chance she gets. So far, all of the puppies are doing extremely well.
3 weeks
	All puppies continue to grow at an astonishing rate. They are between 5.5 and almost 6 lbs. Their eyes are now open, teeths are coming through, they can hear, walk, definitely talk (!), and they are starting to play and interact. Every so often I hear an experimental bark and they have been nuzzling and licking each other. They continue to play outside of the whelping box every day for new experiences and have been getting quite a few visitors. They had their first meal of ground beef with eggs, cottage cheese, and yogurt. The meal evaporated in several moments. I guess this means that they will be growing even faster now. They also got their first deworming.
4 weeks
	All puppies are growing like weeds. They now have teeth, eat solid foods as well as nurse, explore, learn, experience, play with each other, me, toys, experiment with barking, and get tons of visitors. My 10 months old nephew got to meet the puppies and it was an unforgetable experience all around. Check out the pictures. Dad Beo's family as well as one of the puppy owners and her friend also came to see the puppies. This is a terrific experience for the babies as they are getting tons of socialization.
5 weeks
	All puppies continue to thrive and grow. They are eating three square meals a day and still continue to nurse on occasions. We have been getting visitors to see and socialize the pups. I keep adding different items to the pen to stimulate their interest and expose them to new and exciting things. Puppies are either eating, sleeping, or playing hard. Some of them are sleeping or resting in the crates at the back of the pen. Their personalities are starting to emerge.
6 weeks
	We definitely have several different personalities at this point - mellow yellow, the thinkers, the explorers, the social butterfly, and the brave one. It is really interesting to see the pups to interact and develop. They continue to grow at rapid pace, eating three meals and occasionally getting a drink from Nyssa. She is slowly weaning them off. All of the pups are loosing their chubby baby bodies and becoming very sleek and more coordinated. Their ears will be coming up soon. Puppies love to interact with people and their half sister Amy. Amy is a terrific puppy sitter, she loves to play with the babies and clean them just like their mom. All of the pups have endless curiosity and love to explore their immediate surroundings. We are slowly expanding their horizons to the other rooms in the house and outside as well.