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Maggie's First Litter
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Maggie...planning
 After
Maggie told us that she would like to have puppies we played match maker
for her impending liaison. Thinking we would have some warning we
only had sketchy plans for the "big picture" and were caught ill prepared
on the first week of
October,
2001...when Maggie informed us she was ready!
We were hoping for something
convenient (like artificial insemination) but
 Maggie
wanted to meet her bo in person so we with a quick change of plans we
drove all day and into the night to Pfalcon's house in
Connecticut. Although we arrived shortly before dawn the following
day, we were greeted with open arms. Pfalcon and Maggie took to each
other immediately, and Pfalcon began to show off.
The
courtship..
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Pfalcon's entire family made
Maggie feel quite welcome so we stay for nearly a week and Andrew played
"coach" when necessary. Maggie also enjoyed the fall foliage and as
we all know it is good to have a relaxing vacation now and again! By
the time we had to leave, we were sad to say goodbye.
Maggie and Pfalcon with Andrew
The first Puppy Picture
This being Maggie's first
litter we did not know what to expect so we decided to have an ultrasound;
besides we just wanted to know for certain if all of our efforts had born
fruit. Our doctor told us that we would be expecting the happy
little bundles of joy to
arrive just before Christmas, 2001.
Then Maggie realized the down
side of pregnancy...the weight gain...the mood swings...the reduced
mobility. But Maggie was a trooper and tried not to let her moods
negatively effect the family before the Christmas season. She even
consented to some obligatory "pregnancy" photos.
Although we were hoping for a weekend
whelping, the pups arrived VERY early Monday morning...at about midnight December 16th
through 5AM December 6th.
Maggie Lounging, Maggie posing in the leaves
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Maggie Panting between puppies
Although it looked easy, Maggie
assures us that it was hard work. She had her
first puppy starting just after midnight and then continued to have one
puppy every 10 to 12 minutes. We could not
 keep
up with her! Then after cleaning them up, allowing us to weigh them
and do other silly things, she nursed them all for a little while.
At which point she was such a trooper she did not even take a break to eat
her ice cream. Finally she let the tired little guys (and girl) go
to sleep.
Maggie taking an ice-cream break
Then she decided to take another break for a few hours before finishing
with the last two puppies. Andrea waited up with her and Andrew went
to bed!
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The new
PUPPIES!!!
All 6 were great at nursing right away
 Finally Maggie had had enough
and she gave birth to the last two puppies after 3 AM. The puppies
nurse immediately, and keep nursing for several minutes. This time
we noted a few more details as the last two puppies came out. The
puppies looked striped when they first are born, because the wet hair
apparently streaks down their little backs. Anyway the last two were
easier
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me, but Mother and
puppies were exhausted. In fact, Andrea was to so she went to bed
and Andrew took over. The 6 little puppies didn't need any help and
so from that point on we left everything in Maggie's hands. Maggie
needed our help for the first 24 hours (6 puppies is quite a handful)!
Then she took control from feeding to clean-up, she was the perfect mommy
dog.
In fact, they were good at napping and nursing
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This section will be used more
later.
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 The puppies were great for the
first two weeks, but looking back, they actually were kind of cute but boring.
Click on the photo to the right to go to the
1-2 Week old Puppy site for cute pictures of
rolly-poly puppies Click here to
see photos of puppies during the first 2 weeks |
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 Oh
boy...their little eyes slowly crept open, and then they took off.
Well, actually they were really slow, but still a whole lot more
interesting than for the first 2 weeks.
Click on the photo to the right to go to the
3 Week old Puppy site for more
puppy pictures. Click
here to see photos of puppies during the 3rd week
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Now we were really in for it.
The puppies became more active and more mobile every day. They
started chewing shoe laces, pant legs, shirt sleeves, etc., etc.
Click on the photo to the right to go to the
4 Week old Puppy site for
more crazy puppy photos.
Click here to see puppy photos of 4 week old
Vizslas!
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And Then...
After week 4 they REALLY
started to get their own personalities. And they got a little crazy.
So, the original plan for week by week web pages has changed into tracking
each of the puppies individually. The following are pages, links,
and photos for each puppy in birth order. They are listed under
their new names. Names given by their families in their new homes! |
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first born was the only girl, and she is the only puppy that stayed here.
She lives in North Carolina with her mom, Maggie and her uncles Zack and
Tommy. We almost kept them all...but then we had a moment of sanity and
new that it would be better to spread the Vizsla magic rather than hoard
it all for ourselves.
Click here to see what
Lola has gotten into lately |
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Now lives with his family in
Jacksonville, FL; although he summers in Virginia...the lucky dog!
Here he is demonstrating the all weather nature of the Vizsla coat, while
his owner has to dress up for a walk on the beach. Click on this
beach shot to see more of Casey and his people.
Click here to see
Casey's latest photo (because Casey's owners are very good at sending
current shots)! |
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Lives in Gainesville, FL and
goes to the University of Florida (for graduate school)! Maggie's
owners also went to the
 University
of Florida, and both also received degrees from the Department of Zoology.
Go Gators! And yet, they did not meet Phoenix's new owners at UF.
Anyway here is one of Phoenix's baby shots. He should be about 1 day
old here. Click on the photo to learn and see more of Phoenix. By the way,
Maggie grew up in Gainesville too, so we can say it is not a bad place to
start out!
Click here to see what Phoenix looks
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 Lives in Naples, FL with two
older canine siblings. He is busy teaching them the ways of the Vizsla.
Click here to see Max at home in Naples! |
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 Lives in Palm Harbor, FL in a
family with 3 children, and he has no trouble telling the twins apart!
Click here to see Copper and his new family! |
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 Lives in Tampa with 2 Vizsla
role models--Uncle Magic and Aunt Ginger.
Click here to see Shooter all grown up, well maybe not all grown! |
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