“Is it dinner time yet?” Number 9 puppy is off goofing around and missed the photo this time. (Photo taken on Feb. 1st, 2021)
Sugar decided that she would start Labor on Weds. December 16th (2 days before her scheduled C-Section.)
So away we went to the Stillwater Veterinary Clinic and we came home with 9 beautiful, healthy yellow lab puppies! Sugar is doing great and is such a wonderful Mom!
6 Females and 3 Males
Here begins another Fun Adventure at Rushwind! Can you imagine 9 Rowdy Labrador Puppies indoors in the dead of winter? Yikes!
Watch the puppies grow, as I will be posting weekly pictures.
MISS “SUGAR” The quiet evenings in front of the Christmas tree are over.Mama Sugar is hanging out with her babes before her bath.Sugar is on the look out because the Border Terrier Moms (Journey and Trixie) already want to come in the box to help.4 days oldWe catch these moments when we can. See how the pigment is coming in already. Little black noses and foot pads.It’s the night before Christmas Eve, there’s a winter storm outside, and we have some “Christmas Caroling” in the house! The puppies are 1 week old today. Miss Green, Miss Yellow, and Miss PinkMiss Green, Miss Yellow, and Miss Pink (left to right) Just Precious…We interrupted these girls feeding time and they were not in the mood for a photo shoot! Miss White, Miss Red, and Miss Purple. “Phooey on this!”All Pups are doing so well and gaining each day. Miss White, Miss Red, and Miss Purple.Here are the Boys! The 3 “B’s” Mr. Black, Mr. Blue, and Mr. BrownNext week at this time our eyes will be open! Mr. Black, Mr. Blue, and Mr. Brown at 1 week old. Lovely pups!Keeping Mama busy!MR. BROWN – 2 WEEKS TODAY.MR. BROWN AT 2 WEEKS OLDMR. BLUEMR. BLUE AT 2 WEEKS OLDMR. BLACK
MR. BLACK AT 2 WEEKS OLDAnother one of MR. BLACKHEY, OVER HERE MR. BLUE! Below are the Girls at 2 weeks old.MISS YELLOWPRETTY MISS YELLOWMISS PURPLELOVELY MISS PURPLELITTLE MISS REDCUTE LITTLE RED GIRLNOW YOU CAN SEE THE EYES COMING OPEN. MISS WHITEPRECIOUS MISS WHITEWOW! MISS PINKCOOPERATIVE MISS PINKGOOD GIRL, MISS GREEN!MISS GREEN AT 2 WEEKS OLD3 weeks old today.. 1/6/21 Miss Pink on Left and Miss White on RightL-Miss Pink R- Miss WhiteLittle Miss Green 3 wks.Becky with Miss GreenDan with 3 week old Mr. Brown on left Mr. Black on rightBrown boy– L Black boy– RSilly Mr. BlueMr. Blue at 3 weeks oldMore Girls! Miss Red– on the left Miss Purple– on the rightRed Girl (L) and Purple Girl (R) 3 weeks oldMiss Yellow at 3 weeksCutie Yellow GirlOur box seems to be getting smaller. Making plans for a move to the big kennel area soon.
“We went to the pool while Mom changed our bedding….…and set up some new toys to keep us busy.”Pups at 3.5 weeks old“Here we are in our new spot in the kennel” We love it…so much room to run. 4 week old pups“Mom can still come in and nurture us, but we’re big kids now and eating puppy food.”MISS PINK 4 weeksMISS GREENMISS YELLOW 4 weeksMISS PURPLEMISS RED 4 weeksMISS WHITE (FRONT)MR. BLACK 4 weeksMR. BLUE looking straight on. Mr. Black on the side.MR. BROWN 4weeks oldAnother one of Miss Yellow and Miss Purple. 4 wksShhhh…Pups have been fed, exercised, bedding changed, and now down for a Nap. 5 wks 2 daysOutside on a sunny, cold day.Hangin’ out with Uncle Rusty..they love him and he loves them. 1/22/21Tonight before bedtime. 5.5 weeks old
Some of the Girls.Sugar Babies at 6 weeksThe following photos are from our “Puppy Evals” at 6 weeks. This is Mr. Brown.Mr. BlueMr. Black at 6 weeksBABY GIRL GREEN AT 6 WEEKSPINK GIRLCUTIE YELLOW GIRLMISS WHITEPURPLE GIRLLOVELY MISS REDMAN! THESE PHOTO SHOOTS JUST WEAR US OUT!7 WEEK PUPPY PHOTOS MR. BROWN AND MR. BLUEBROWN (L) BLUE (R)MR. BLACKMR. BLACK AT 7 WEEKS OLDMISS YELLOWMISS PINKMISS GREEN AT 7 WKSMISS PURPLEMISS REDMISS WHITELEE AND LESLIE ARE ANXIOUS TO TAKE MR. BLUE “BROR” HOME TO HUDSON, WI HE GOES HOME TO AN OLDER LABRADOR SISTER “ELLIE”. FUN LIFE AHEAD..DON AND SHEILA ARE BACK AFTER 11 YEARS TO PICK UP THEIR NEXT RUSHWIND PUP. THEY ARE HEADING HOME TO FOREST LAKE, MN WITH MISS PINK “STEVIE”!PEGGY AND HER SON TOM DROVE OVER FROM GREEN BAY, WI TO PICK UP THEIR 3RD RUSHWIND PUPPY! SUCH EXCITEMENT! LUCKY PUP. MISS GREEN, NOW NAMED “BILLIE”JERRY, KRISTI, ZACH, AND VAUGHN WERE SO EXCITED TO LEARN THAT MR. BROWN WAS THEIR BOY! “GORDIE” GOES HOME TO STILLWATER, MN TO MEET HIS LAB SISTER, RUSHWIND “ZOE”.JERRY AND KRISTI AND THE BOYS WERE HERE WHEN MR. BROWN WAS ONLY 5 WEEKS OLD.
GREG AND SANDY, GAVIN AND SMITHY DROVE ALL THE WAY UP FROM CHICAGO AREA TO PICK UP THEIR PRECIOUS “RIGBY” MISS WHITE. HER BROTHER “RAFFI” IS ALSO FROM RUSHWIND. THEIR HEARTS WERE FULL!LITTLE MISS YELLOW GOES HOME WITH SOME PRETTY EXCITED “PARENTS”. YVETTE AND KEITH ARE STILL WORKING ON JUST THE RIGHT NAME FOR HER. (UPDATE: MISS YELLOW’S OFFICIAL NAME IS “PIPPA”) HEADING TO THE HUDSON, WI AREA.MR. BLACK MET HIS NEW FAMILY TODAY. HE PLAYED SO HARD THAT HE COULD HARDLY STAY AWAKE FOR THE PHOTO! HEADING HOME TO WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN. WITH BOB, BRITT, ANNA, AND EVE. MEET “GUSTAVO”BARY AND HIS SON NICK MAKE THE TRIP TO PICK UP THEIR GIRL “ASPEN” MISS RED. HER EARS ARE THE SHAPE OF AN ASPEN LEAF. THEY LOVE HER!MISS PURPLE WON OUR HEARTS AND WILL STAY AT RUSHWIND WITH US. DAN WITH “LIZZIE”ANOTHER ONE OF OUR SWEET “LIZZIE” WITH BECKY. ALL 9 PUPS GOT WONDERFUL HOMES AND FAMILIES. WE ARE GRATEFUL. THE END OF ANOTHER PUPPY ADVENTURE.
Sugar had her Pregnancy Ultrasound at the Stillwater Vet Clinic in Stillwater, MN today.
Approximate Puppy Count: 8, maybe 9 puppies. Due Date: December 19, 2020 with Pups Ready to go in mid-February 2021.
This will be an all yellow litter and we are so excited!
Sugar had to ride along with the Border Terrier puppies to the Vet today. Nov. 23, 2020Nice head shot of the Sire of Sugar’s Pups “REAGAN”REAGAN at 2 yrs. old.
MR. YELLOW TAKING A NAP IN THE FOOD BOWL. SILLY BOY.Sugar finally kicking in to “Mother Mode” Puppies are 4 days old.
The boys: MR. SILVER, MR. GREEN, MR. BLUE, MR. RED, AND MR. YELLOW.
The girls: MISS LAVENDER, MISS ORANGE, MISS AQUA
SUGAR’S CREW AT 9 DAYS OLD.OUR BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER. “FAMILY”MISS LAVENDERMR. SILVER WITH MR. YELLOW
The Individual Photos below were taken at 12 days old. Some of their eyes are just opening.
MISS LAVENDERMISS AQUAMISS ORANGEMR. BLUEMR. YELLOWMR. REDMR. SILVERMR. GREENSugar’s keeping everyone fed and clean. Good Mom!
August 11, 2019: Today we got our new velcro collars!
The Litter – 8 Lovely Growing Puppies!Miss Lavender 2 weeks oldMiss Aqua 2 weeksMiss Orange at 2 weeksMr. Green 2 weeks oldMr. Blue 2 weeks oldMr. YellowMr. Silver 2 weeks oldMr. Red 2 weeksMom even brought us a bone today.
August 18, 2019 It has been a big weekend for the Pups. They turned 3 weeks old, moved out to their new
home in the kennel, had their nails clipped, and they started “puppy mush” twice a day. Mama Sugar is doing great, but I think she is relieved now to have a little help feeding the hungry crew and getting some help with clean up!
PUPS ON THE MOVE!Room to run and grow. Everyone is now on the move!THE GIRLS: MISS ORANGE, MISS LAVENDER, AND MISS AQUATOTAL SWEETNESS! Orange, Lavender, AquaMr. Yellow. 4 days younger than the Blacks, but catching up fast.Yellow Boy!Lovely YellowBLUE BOY AND RED BOYMR. BLUE AND MR. RED AT 3 WEEKSMR. SILVER AND MR. GREEN. CUTIES!!SILVER BOY AND GREEN BOY AT 3 WEEKS
AUGUST 23, 2019
PUPS ARE 4 WEEKS OLD TODAY! NICE DAYS AND LOTS OF OUTSIDE TIME. EATING LIKE LITTLE PIGGIES AND VENTURING OUT FURTHER AND FURTHER. VERY CONTENT PUPPIES WITH LOTS OF LOVE AND ATTENTION. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE PHOTO SESSION, MANY OF THE PUPPIES WERE READY FOR THEIR NAPS! SLEEPY BABIES AND BRIGHT SUNSHINE!
PUPS HAVE PICNIC BREAKFAST OUTSIDEIVAN IS A BIG HELP AND SO GENTLE WITH THE PUPPIES.“IVAN, CAN YOU PICK ME UP?’OUR GRANDSON, IVAN HELPING AFTER FEEDING TIME.
MISS LAVENDER AND MR. YELLOWLAVENDER AND YELLOWORANGE AND AQUAMISS ORANGE AND MISS AQUAMR. SILVER AND MR. BLUEMR. SILVER AND MR. BLUEMR. GREEN AND MR. REDGREEN AND RED
5 WEEKS OLD 8-30-19
MISS ORANGE GIVING A HIGH 5MISS AQUAMISS LAVENDERMISS ORANGEMR. BLUEMR. REDMR. SILVERMR. GREENYELLOW BOY
“NYX” IS SO GOOD AT CO-PARENTING. NO MILK, BUT THE PUPPIES TRY.
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AQUA GIRL AT 6 WEEKSMISS AQUAMISS LAVENDER 6 WKSLAVENDER GIRL AT 6 WKSMISS ORANGEMISS ORANGE 6 WEEKSYELLOW BOY ALMOST 6 WKS OLDMR. YELLOW 4 DAYS YOUNGER THAN THE BLACKS.MR. RED AT 6 WEEKSRED BOY 6 WKSBLUE BOY 6 WKSMR. BLUE AT 6 WEEKSMR. SILVER 6 WEEKS OLDSILVER BOYMR. GREEN AT 6 WEEKSGREEN BOY 6 WKSPUPS IN A PILE
6.5 weeks oldSILVER BOY 7 WEEKSBLUE BOY 7 WEEKSGREEN BOY 7 WEEKSRED BOY 7 WEEKSYELLOW BOY “ATLAS”LAVENDER GIRL 7 WEEKSAQUA GIRL 7 WEEKSORANGE GIRL 7 WEEKSThe Pups daily walk along the trail…8 weeks and 1 day. Four of the babies will leave today with their wonderful families. Heavy hearts at our house.Puppy Pick ups start today. September 21, 2019MR. SILVER (GRIZZLY)WITH HIS NEW HAPPY FAMILY. HEADING HOME TO THE MILWAUKEE AREA.“TIG” HEADS TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH HIS NEW MOM AND DAD. MR. GREENLONG AWAITED ADDITION TO THEIR FAMILY. LITTLE ORANGE GIRL “RIVER” HEADS HOME WITH HER FAMILY.HOW EXCITING! MR. BLUE “WALTER” GETS TO JOIN THIS ACTIVE AND FUN COUPLE.YELLOW BOY “ATLAS” GOES TO KIEL, WI TO JOIN HIS BROTHER MAVRIK, ALSO FROM RUSHWIND KENNEL.MISS LAVENDER “SOLA” GOES HOME TO ST. PAUL WITH HER EXCITED FAMILY!Mr. Red “WILLY” left Rushwind with his new Dad, Joe and his son Cole. Just came from a Boundary Waters fishing trip and headed back home to Arkansas.MISS AQUA “Maggie” will meet her new family in a few days.Chad and Dawn have kept this secret from their kids. Heading home with Maggie for the big “reveal” in Tulsa, OK
Our son, Ike and his family recently bred their lovely girl Rushwind “Berkley” to Ganderhill “Rowan”. UPDATE: 8/1/19 THIS BREEDING PRODUCED A SINGLE MALE PUPPY.
Pregnancy confirmed by Ultrasound. (Sugar X Rowan)
SWEET, HAPPY SUGAR! SEE “SUGAR’S” PAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS OF HER.Happy Pregnant Sugar. Due to have her babies the end of July 2019ROWANROWAN DOING A WATER RETRIEVE! Yes, he has his own pool….ROWAN AFTER HIS SWIM 7/3/2019
Nyx and Benelli produced a very small litter of Labrador babies. We have one yellow male and one black female. Both getting big fast,
due to having the milk bar all to themselves! Lovely, Healthy puppies!
Yellow Boy at 1 week old
Yellow Boy at 2 weeks old
Here he is at 3 weeks…up on all 4’sPrecious Black Labrador Girl– Here at 2 weeks old
More photos will be added as she grows! Eyes just opening here at 2 weeks old3 weeks old. Black Puppies are hard to photograph…way cuter in person!“FESTUS” Yellow Lab Male at 3 weeks oldBlack Lab Girl at 3 weeksYellow Boy named “Festus”Black Female- she has a Forever Home waiting.All tuckered out after visiting the Border Terrier box. FESTUS AND TIMBERENJOYING LUNCH TOGETHER. LABS AND BORDER TERRIER.
JUNE 1ST, 2017 LAB PUPPIES LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS! “FESTUS” THE YELLOW BOY AND “TIMBER” THE BLACK GIRL AT 4 WEEKS OLD:
FESTUS AND TIMBER ENJOYING THE EVENING.
SWEET BABY “TIMBER”
FESTUS HAS HIMSELF IN A “RUT”!DAN HOLDING SWEET BABY FESTUS.
JUNE 8TH, 2017 THE 2 LABRADOR BABIES ARE 5 WEEKS OLD ALREADY! MORE PHOTOS SOON.
NYX IS A PHENOMENAL MOTHER TO THESE PUPS. WE ARE ANTICIPATING SOME VERY HOT WEATHER, SO SHE DUG THIS HOLE FOR THE PUPS TO GET DOWN INTO THE BLACK SOIL TO STAY COOL.HERE IS BABY “TIMBER” DOWN IN THE HOLE.
“OUR MOTHER SEEMS TO BE A TRAITOR” ALWAYS FEEDING THE LITTLE BORDER TERRIER BABIES.
WE DON’T CARE WHERE WE EAT, AS LONG AS WE EAT!! FESTUS AND TIMBER
LABRADOR BABIES ARE 6 WEEKS OLD AND HAD VISITORS TODAY….”KIDS! OUR FAVORITE KIND OF PEOPLE!”
Grandpa Wilson with Riley and TimberSUCH FUN ON A REALLY NICE SUMMER DAY.Lab Puppies with their new Friends
JUNE 18, 2017 LABRADOR PUPPIES ARE 6.5 WEEKS OLD AND WE DID A PHOTO SESSION TODAY. WE WAITED TOO LONG TO WEAR THE NEW HATS WE BOUGHT, SO THEY ARE A BIT SMALL ON FESTUS AND TIMBER. HILARIOUS!
FESTUS IN AN OLD CREAM PAILFESTUS IN A BEAUTIFUL SHOW STACK.FESTUS ON A LOG.FESTUS SAYS “I HATE THIS!”
