On this page, you will find sooo many things. Below you will find a little info about our adventure, individual puppy pictures, pictures of all the puppies together, and the puppies' statistics, such as their body weights, deworming schedule, and nail trimming.
This new adventure has been so much fun. These little ones bring joy to our little farm. A bit of a learning curve, from deworming to learning about puppy nutrition. Lots of research and time go into creating a thriving environment for these little ones.
I want to have transparency within my business. I am still learning and I do not know everything about breeding. With that being said, I have made some mistakes and have not followed every supposed "protocol". There are breeders who keep the Mama and puppies inside for the birth and after. There are breeders who choose to keep Mama and the puppies outside in a secure location. I am doing what works for our little farm.
Pictures and details about each of the puppies can be found below
-Brown fawn base Brindle with a black mask
-Short/Medium hair length
-wags his tail a lot
-loves to give kisses
-becoming more dominant, wrestles with the girls
- a little nipper
-Fawn with a black mask
-short/medium hair length
-my son named him speedy, he is the slowest one.
-independent,
-quiet
-would likely be successful with chickens
-becoming more dominant
-Silvery Fawn with a black mask
-short hair length
-sweet, calm demeanor
-independent
-quiet
-would likely be successful with chickens
-Silvery Fawn Brindle with a black and white mask
-short hair length
-becoming more calm than dominant.
-likes to be with all the pups
-quiet
-Fawn with dutch markings
-short hair length
-SHE IS THE ALPHA female
-started out as a whiner but has calmed.
-instigator of all the madness
-Fawn with white paws and freckles on her nose
-short hair length
-started out feisty and has calmed a little
- sweet but feisty
-a little timid but working on confidence and shes doing amazing
-Light Brown fawn base Brindle with a black mask
-Short hair length
-super sweet demeanor, submissive roller for belly scratches
-loves to give kisses
-littlest of the girls at the start but has caught up to the others.
-Fawn with a black mask
-Short hair length
-Middle of the road on dominance, she will fight vs submit
-independent
-climber
-pretty quiet
-Silver fawn base, Brindle with a black mask
-Short hair length
-Feisty/Dominant Female
-started out quiet but a bit of a whiner now.
Our breeding LGDs are in a pen primarily with goats and chickens. A week before Mama's due date, she started digging a massive den under the goat's house. She was beginning to nest and prepare a birthing area.
We set up a kennel, laid pavers down for the floor, fenced, and netted a 20x10-foot area within the goat pen. The kennel has a side door allowing Mama and the puppies to go outside. The beginning of May was chilly, so we stacked straw bales and built a platform to go on top. Under the platform, I set up a EZ whelp birthing box.
The weather warmed up, and the puppies are getting big enough to climb out of their area. We reorganized the kennel, removed the whelping box, and added straw as bedding. The puppies have now found their spot to sleep in their pen.
Puppy Weights-
I weighed the puppies for the first time at 2 days old. In the beginning, I weighed the puppies twice a week. Then, once a week. As the puppies get older, I will be weighing them either weekly or bi-weekly.
Puppy Deworming Schedule-
This is one of the areas I was unaware of. As I was new to this adventure we got a late start to deworming. The typical schedule calls for Mamas to be dewormed at the beginning of their heat cycle and at 50-52 days of gestation. The typical schedule calls for the puppies to be dewormed at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 weeks.
Due to my lack of knowledge, Mama and the puppies started their 3 day cycle of deworming on May 29th, 2025. The puppies were 3 weeks old.
Puppy Nail Trimming-
Each puppy's reaction was different. Their first nail trimming was done with a Dremel on Monday June 9th, 2025. They were a month old and started scratching up Mama's belly.
Spreadsheet links are listed below
Starting at 2 days old the puppies have had their weight taken twice a week and then weekly to make sure they are gaining weight.
Click the link below to see the google spreadsheet of their weight records.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13X-F_2R4f_5H2PqkJsRXJXBkwI7RRDjwgzPravk8FeU/edit?usp=sharing
The puppies began their first 3-day deworming cycle on May 29th, 2025
Click the link below to see the google spreadsheet of their deworming records.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D5ZExtTiEM3jhLJcMSOwVfDAh9FCAg9paF44F9HFemY/edit?usp=sharing
The puppies had their first nail trimming on their 1 month birthday, June 9th, 2025.
Click the link below to see the google spreadsheet of their deworming records.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O66O3Qmpoq80zIEQdIAXDwp4q3Wpj0Z_lue8cKhKiKE/edit?usp=sharing
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