SHS-Solace MAX of the LowLands

Growing up fast

2010-11-24T22:05:00.000+01:00

It's been a long time since my last post, but I am soooo busy! I go to puppy course two times in the week. Those are two very different courses but in both I am far out the biggest. I can sit and down on hand signals, I learned to walk nicely on the leash without pulling and I learned to stay in the car until I'm told to come out. But that is only when my sister isn't around because when she is, I only have eyes for her. She's my favorite playmate, although a bit grumpy sometimes. But hey, I can handle that. I just keep poking my nose in her side and pulling her tail. Reaction guaranteed :D

When I was almost 5 months old, my left ear decided that it was time to stay up. My mom says that I'm so much prettier like that, as if a tough guy like me is interested in looking pretty, pfffft.

All in all, my life is pretty good, I think. Mom often takes me for walks in the forest where I can romp around of leash :) Every saturday we go to the market, to a store full with doggie goodies and go for a walk around the town center. Often my mom stops at a café. She says that it's for my socialisation and that I have to learn to nicely lay down and ignore people at cafés and restaurants. I'd say it's because of that apple pie with whipped cream she eats while being there!

Next sunday I get to go to a very large dog show, yabbadabbadoo! Hopefully my mom will take pictures so I have something to show you. So for now..... bye bye. See you all soon :)

Week 11: What did I do?

2010-08-17T00:50:00.000+02:00

Tomorrow I will be 11 weeks old, and what do I do all day? Well first of all, I play a lot with my new sister Tosca. I love to have what she is having. So I'm constantly trying to steal her toys and bones away, lol. But so far she's a good sport about it. I wonder how long I will get away with it. And then I sleep a lot. Being a puppy is hard work you know!

My mom has taken me into town a few time. This is lots of fun! There are so many people and almost everyone wants to cuddle me. Hey, what can I say, I'm too cute for words. But then there are always some that aren't into dogs and they try to walk past me without petting me :O
But then I just step in front of them, so they can't ignore me, ha. All that cuddling and walking makes me thirsty and tired, so then we go and find a nice terrace where we order something to drink and just chill out for a while.

My mom is very easy to please. Everytime I do my bussiness outside, she's getting all excited. At first I didn't quite understand what all the fuss was about. I don't care if I do my bussiness outside or inside or where ever, but now I go outside all the time as it seems to make her very happy.

For those who want to know how I look now or want to see me play, click on the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49087553@N04/sets/72157624616104631/with/4899534446/

My first report :)

2010-08-16T23:49:00.001+02:00

During the LER they did all kinds of fun things with me, and what do you know! They wrote a report of it :D
Do you want to know what they said about me? Well, here it is:

This is an independent and confident puppy. The whole world is his comfort zone. He will bond quickly to his people, and will be accepting of strangers as well. He is not submissive, yet has a low pain tolerance, and is rated a Solid Medium temperament. He has retrieve drive, some prey drive, and plenty of play drive. He is a super smart puppy who immediately found his way out of the maze, and actually went back into the maze to check it out again. This puppy is always looking for his next adventure, and shows a lot of pride in all he does. Conformationally, he has a nice masculine looking head, nice dark pigment, taller triangular ears, set well above the line (will stand). He has a good stop, nice wither, good length of leg and nice bone, nice straight tail. Overall, this is a very nice pup, and one of his exceptional qualities is his size. This puppy would do well in the show ring. He would also do really well in Search and Rescue or other activities that would involve his great nose.

Now, wasn't that nice what they said about me?! Could become difficult choosing a career :) So much possibilities!

What happened to the rest?

2010-08-01T15:18:00.005+02:00

So now that it's clear what happened to dark blue boy, what happened to the rest?
Hot pink girl became SHS-Solace OlympicMtn Treasure aka Schatzi and now lives with Vicki, Alex, Berne and Flair.
Light pink girl became SHS-Solace Mathilde's Dream aka Tillie and lives with Jim, Cat and Chloe Skoor.
Purple girl has gone to live with her daddy Rocky and will be known as Ruby (as in polished rock :))
My brother green aka Doc lives with Hillery and is still called Doc which is nice because I liked his name :)
My brother light blue has lived for a short while with our sister Tillie and family while waiting for his forever home. He has now found it with Ellen and is now called Aslan.

The International Man of Mysteries Reveals Himself!

2010-07-29T21:36:00.004+02:00

So here it comes..........

DRUM ROLL

I am dark blue collar boy from the Shelby/Rocky 2010 litter!!!!
My mom couldn't be happier :)

She decided that my official name is going to be SHS-Solace MAX of the LowLands.
MAX stands for Most Amazing Xperience (oh, the pressure that comes with that :O). And The Netherlands are also called The Low Lands.So that explains it.

If MAX is also going to be my calling name is still uncertain. She thinks it's better to wait until we've met and she has gotten a good impression of whether a cute, a tough or a funny name would suit me best. I'd like to say I'm all of that and then some :D

So I'd like to say: "Nice to meet you. Hope to see you here again soon!"

Time is drawing near :)

2010-07-25T19:25:00.004+02:00

Well, I'm born. In fact I'm already almost 8 weeks old and will soon be going to my new mommy. Needless to say that time is going way to slow for her liking, lol.

It has been a while since my first and last post so I'll start with getting you all up to date. I was born the first of June 2010. I have 3 sisters and two brothers. They're all beautiful and I love them very much. I hope we all can stay in touch after we have gone to our forever homes. Most of the new mommies and daddies are on the ISSR forum so I guess staying in touch won't be a problem :)

This is a bit of a strange situation because while I'm telling you this, I'm still not quite certain who I am :O
You see, my new mommy knows that I will be a boy, but which boy is coming to live with her will be decided after the LER (Litter Evaluation Report). Only after that number of tests it will be clear which of us three will be the best new buddy for her. So I could be dark blue collar boy or light blue collar boy or green collar boy (aka Doc).. But hey, that doesn't matter because she loves all three of us :)

In the early evening of June 28 it will be clear which one of us gets to fly all the way to Europe. That's pretty exciting for a young pupster as we are! But I guess my new daddy may be even more nervous, lol! He knows the responsibilities that go with transporting a VID like I am. Laura from Solace Shilohs - one of my first mommies, the other is Jessica from Strauss Haus Shepherds - will bring me to the airport of Seattle and my new daddy will be there to greet me. And then we fly home together, yay. My new daddy, Thymen, is already in the USA. At the moment he is making a roadtrip through Nevada and Utah before picking me up.

So you have to wait another three days and then I will be back revealing my identity. Don't you think I sound rather mysterious, whaha. I guess that combined with the fact that I'm going to live in Europe, makes me an International Man of Mystery, lol.

Patience is a virtue.

2010-04-05T16:06:00.000+02:00

But not one of my mom's strong points. Evidence for this is this blog that she started even before I was born.
She expects me to be born around the 25th of May. And then she has to wait another 8! weeks before I come to live with her and the rest of my family. So you understand that her patience is really being tested here J
So I guess the next you will hear from me is that I'm finally born J

Till then!!