On Saturday morning, 10-28-2023 Dr. Laura Decker, DVM delivered Journey’s babies via C- Section at Stillwater Vet Clinic, MN
A special Thank you to her and the great staff! We were home and tucking everybody in by 1:00 pm that afternoon.
We have 4 wonderful BOYS and 1 lovely GIRL……5 is a nice size litter for Journey…..And she is ready to “get busy”!
A HALLOWEEN THEMED LITTER
Red Collar = “PUMPKIN “CARVER“
Yellow collar = “BONES“
Blue Collar = “FRANKENSTEIN” ( FRANK)
Green Collar = “LIL’ SPOOK” He is tiny, but strong!
Pink Collar = “MISS CANDY CORN”
Enjoy watching them grow. I post new photos weekly. Our “Thomas” is the sire of this litter. You can see photos of him on his page.
MAMA JOURNEY with her tiny little family.“Journey” Still waking up from anesthesia. She has already greeted her babies and now it’s nap time.DAY 1 From left to right: “CARVER”, “FRANK”, “BONES”, “LIL’ SPOOK”, and “CANDY”Day 2 The lovely pile of Border Terriers 10/30/23Mama Journey loves being a Mom! Here are some snapshots taken on 11/5/2023. By next weekend we might have some eyes open!“WE’RE ON THE MOVE AND GROWING EACH DAY.” Pups at 1 week.Frank and Lil’ Spook taking a snooze together“BONES” at 1 week old.Baby “BONES”. He is a lovely puppy!“CANDY” Our only Girl.Sweet “CANDY” at 1 week old.“FRANK’S” headshot“FRANK” He’s our biggest boy, but not by much!“LIL’ SPOOK” He’s our smallest right now…but strong!“LIL’ SPOOK” Working so hard to catch up to the others. Determined young fella.Baby “CARVER” Love this pup!….but then, I love them all!“CARVER” at 1 week old Nov.12,2023 The puppies are 2 weeks old in the following Photos….enjoyJourney’s babies are 2 weeks old. If you look close you will see some little eyes starting to open in the individual pictures! They are starting to respond to my voice too! Now the Fun begins. This coming week, they will be moving to their bigger box, as they are getting up on all 4’s to walk.Lil’ Spook (green) and brother Bones (yellow) at 2 weeksBones (L) and Lil Spook (R). Spook is the little guy of the litter, but strong and healthy!Bones laying over Spook 2 weeks“Carver” (Red) “Frank” (Blue) actually, Frank is a blue and tan BT, the other 4 are grizzle and tan.Frank and Carver 2 weeksCarver and FrankMiss Candy Corn, our lovely little girl at 2 weeks.See Candy’s peepers? So cute.Candy, with one little eye coming open.Here we are … 3 weeks old already. A lot of changes now as they discover the world. The head shots are getting more fun to take, as they are responding now to our voices. Such Fun!A tangled pile of sleeping puppies at 3 weeks old.“Bones” yellow boyHappy “Bones” at 3 weeksLovely “Frank” Blue boyLove this picture of Frank!This Guy! Lil Spook Green boy. He is the smallest and oh, so mighty. He is strong, and smart and funny as can be. He was the 1st one up on all 4’s to walk, he was the first to notice that I hung a toy above their box, and best of all he watches the others sleep and will go over and groom their faces, licking their eyes and mouths.Lil Spook at 3 weeks.“Carver” Red boy. Lovely puppy at 3 weeksCarver, alert and inquisitive.Little Ms Candy Corn. Beautiful Head on this girl!“Candy” at 3 weeks“Candy”Carver taking a snooze. I find the pups in this position quite often.The Busy Puppies at 4 weeks and 2 days. How can they keep getting cuter? All of the following Christmas photos were taken on 11/27/2023. What a fun bunch!“BONES” yellow boy“BONES” at 4 weeks“LIL SPOOK” at 4 weeks“LIL SPOOK“ “Getting tired of this!”“LIL SPOOK“Proud Mama Journey always on the look out! Yes, that’s Thomas in the background….he could care less.Pink girl “CANDY” at 4 weeks“CANDY” Our sweet girl“FRANK” Blue boyMy what a Looker! Our only Blue and Tan pup. “Frankenstein” at 4 weeks“FRANK“Beautiful “CARVER” at 4 weeks.Red boy – “CARVER” Soon they will all have new names.. Their forever names. See you next week!
CH MEADOWLAKE MARDI GRAS X CH MEADOWLAKE DEVIL’S BREW
Becky – Mardi – Banks at 6 months old – Dan
We loved and cherished this guy for 16 years. On June 5th, 2023 he left us with broken hearts.
Banks was loved by all that came to our house. Quiet, kind, and always courteous.
He told us early on that he did not want to be a show dog. He would just melt when we would enter any arena. So we did some Earthdog events instead. He was the
Greeter of our household and a precious presence where ever he was. He is missed so much.
This was a co-breeding with Karen Rude from Lakewood Labradors using the last of her frozen semen from her highly accomplished Yellow Sire “Higgins”, who was born in 1998. We understood that there was a chance of a smaller litter with a surgical implant of frozen semen.
Happy Girl!
“Lizzie” is our beautiful yellow girl with nice conformation, a gentle, silly temperament, and all of her genetic clearances. How could we go wrong? So we went ahead with it!
On March 21, 2023 Lizzie had 2 beautiful, big, healthy puppies. 1 Male and 1 Female. Of course, we were hoping for a few more, but are so grateful for these two and their healthy, happy Mama!
Check back weekly, as I will be posting updates and pictures as they grow. Both puppies are spoken for already.
Five hours after their birth. Lizzie wasn’t quite sure about any of it.2 days old. Lizzie should be kicking into Mother Mode soon.
Lizzie is listening for those pesty Border Terrier girls that want to get in the box and help! Everybody around here loves puppy time and are more than happy to assist the new Mama!“I prefer to sit and feed”4.5 days old and baby boy is getting his pigment in already. He should have a nice black nose!Baby Girl at 4.5 days old. If you look close, you can see that her Left ear is wet. Big brother loves to suck on her ear!
1 Week Later….
The story of Jack and Jill continues. Both puppies are thriving, content, and gaining weight! Lovely babies!
Lizzie is a very happy Mama and now is keeping her babes clean and well fed.Jack at 1 week oldJill at 1 week oldWe added a neck pillow to the whelping box. It has become a favorite for climbing on and sleeping comfortably.Well, we knew it would happen…Journey snuck in the box and wants to feed the babies…The Rushwind girls always share responsibility of a new litter. Everything is good.
April 10, 2023 Jack and Jill are almost 3 weeks old…the time is flying by, but we are enjoying these babes!
“Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water…..”Baby Jill, (now named Rosie)
This is baby Jack at 3 weeks old.
How cute is this? Big Jack He won’t fit in the pail for long.“Jack”
The next set of photos are of Jill – Rosie at 3 weeks
“Getting tired of this…..” Rosie at 3 weeksJack (L) and Rosie (R) at 4 weeks old
Miss Rosie… sweet and innocent. 4.5 weeks old.“Are we sassy, or just yawning, Rosie?”Rosie 4.5 weeks old“BIG JACK” at 4.5 weeks old. We just woke him from his nap.“Silly Jack”We always seem to catch the babies in a yawn! This is Jack!Rosie and Jack will be 6 weeks old in 2 days!
“We are really busy now!” The puppies love being outside learning new skills.
On rainy, cold days we have lots of stuff to do inside.
A few days ago we moved to our new apartment in the big kennel. Almost 6 weeks old.
“Jack” working on his show stack. Beautiful puppy!“Rosie” doing pretty good at 6 weeks!Rosie’s Mom, Natalie, comes to visit as often as she can….Rosie with her bonnet on. Following are various pictures taken between 6 and 7 weeks old.
Hangin’ with the big dogs!RosieSacked out Jack!Sweet RosieJackJackJack at 7 weeksWishing All Mother’s a Happy Mother’s Day! Especially my Mom, Lizzie! LOVE; Big JackJackRosieRosie at 7 weeksHappy Mother’s Day to all of my Moms. LOVE; RosiePuppy visitors. Olivia and LenoraRosie was intrigued by Lenora… Love this one!Loaded and ready for our car ride to the Vet.Arriving at the Stillwater Vet for our 8 week health checks and shots.
Big JackPlaytime.. they have almost outgrown this one!Beautiful and precious “Rosie”. 8.5 weeksBig Jack at 8.5 weeks. “What a yummy puppy!”May 20, 2023 Pick up Day has arrived. And she’s off… to start her new life with Natalie. There was a lot of excitement at Rushwind on Saturday! Have a wonderful life, “Rosie”! Thank you Natalie, for coming along on this Puppy Journey with us!
Huge thank you to Jackie Steinmetz-Johnson who has been expertly handling her and to Terri Steinmetz for taking such good care of her. You guys are great!
Visit Tess’s Page for more pictures. She will be added to our breeding program this Fall.
On September 8th, after trying to deliver her puppy for 2 days Journey underwent a C Section and gave us a single puppy.
I told her that just because we’ve been talking of down sizing in our retirement years, that it didn’t mean Litter Size!
Journey’s baby is gorgeous, a little male of average weight…he is perfect and very healthy. Gaining weight every day.
We have never raised a singleton puppy at Rushwind before. I know that there is always a concern of puppy socialization and missing that stage of puppy play…. Well, we have Trixie and Thomas all lined up and waiting at the whelping box to help with that! The little baby Prince is getting lots of lap time already as he hangs out with us every evening when we watch TV.
His favorite thing is to drape himself over a warm water pop bottle inside a fleece sock. Works perfectly.
Hopefully, Journey will give us larger litters in the future. “Tess” will grow up and be added to our breeding program also.
We are not accepting applications on this little boy, but you can enjoy the weekly photos of his progress.
Journey with her baby on Day 2
The little Prince draped over his “littermates”The little Prince is 1 week old. He has doubled his weight in the first week!He is now a 1 pounder!Baby Boy at 2 weeks old2 weeks old. Eyes just starting to open.My “peepers” are wide open at 2.5 weeks oldI weighed 1# 14 oz today!Our sweet snugglerMy favorite place to be…on the couch with my “Moms”Meeting my half sister Tess. She is so gentle. 3 weeks old
The following photos are at 3 weeks 2 days. “Willie” got to expand his walking area for awhile and do a meet and greet with all of the others. Up on all fours and moving now.
Trixie, his Grandma, is quite interested in him.
Uncle Thomas comes over to say “Hi”
Lots of kisses from Thomas!
We have “Flat Lenora” living with us until the end of November. It is a school project for our great niece. Today Flat Lenora got to be part of Willie’s 4.5 week photos.Our little Prince is now named Willie. His family lives in Cannon Falls, MNWillie has one of his favorite toys. He likes to chew on the unicorn hornOh, how he would he love to get going! He runs and plays on the floor for a while 2 or 3 times a day.
October 16, 2022 WEE WILLIE is 5 weeks and 3 days old in the following photo shoot. He just ate his breakfast and is content and cooperative. Exploring all over the house now and Yes, getting in a little trouble!
Interacting with his adult BT’s is his favorite thing.
Hey Everyone, Can you believe that I am 7 weeks old already? I love getting all of the attention around here, from my humans and all the other big dogs.I play and run in the leaves and grass. Then I help Dad clean up the flower gardens for winter. But, I still need to stop for some “Mom” time.
“I’m really smart too!” We’re working on house training and I go potty outside almost all of the time. I love putting myself to bed in my crate when I get totally wore out. So crate training was a breeze.
Raising a Singleton puppy…guess it’s going OK.
NOVEMBER 5, 2022 “WILLIE” is now 8 weeks old and this week will be his last at Rushwind. This one will be hard to let go. We are so attached to him and I think he kinda likes us too. Our 6 adult Border Terriers and 2 Labradors have been fabulous with him. Lots of patience, teaching, and respect for the little fella. We wish you the happiest life with your new Mom and Dad, silly Willie!
Willie and Journey on the morning play platform. It gets pretty wild when 4 or 5 others join in.Of, course there are teaching moments when Willie starts to get out of hand with the biting.Tess, trying to supervise the situation.Ready for his nap. Willie finds a quiet, safe space by Dan’s computer chair.
November 9, 2022 WILLIE PICK UP DAY! and a few last puppy photos.
Julie and Tom left with Willie and we totally forgot to get their Family Photo. Hoping that someone in their family will take one and send to me so I can add it to our “Families” Page.
Willie will have a wonderful life.
The evening before departure…sound asleep with his Grandma Trixie.Willie wanted one more picture with Flat Lenora before he leaves Rushwind.
11/9/2022 “They’re Here, They’re Here!! My new family…”
Our hearts were heavy, but how can you not be excited for Julie and Tom?!
They are off to Cannon Falls, MN for a fun and love filled life! THE END
This lovely little girl is 9 months old already and I am just now adding her website Page. She is one of Journey’s pups from the “Girly Girl”litter of two!
She is a Blue and Tan. A lot of personality and out going….no fear. We need to keep an eye on her at all times or she will be gone to the woods. Once she matures a bit more, we will start her in the show ring.
Check out her Page: RUSHWIND LONG DISTANCE ROMANCE “TESS”
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