Neverland-Retrievers

Hello D-Liter Families

We adopted the cute little “green guy” Labor Day weekend. We’ve since named him Brooksie and he is sloooowly learning its his name. He visited the vet one week ago and all is “perfect”. We weighed him on Sunday and he was 12.4 lbs….gaining weight rapidly. We’ve now got him totally on Nutro Puppy Lamb and Rice….he eats approx. 3/4c. 3x daily and lots of water. He’s a big chewer so we keep him surrounded by plenty of “toys”…we’ve warned him not to chew the cherry cabs in the house and hope he “gets it”…lol! He seems quite adjusted…He follows us everywhere, travels in the car with us when possible, visits friends/dogs and even goes “willingly” into his crate. He also seems to be sleeping through the night…9:30ish pm – 5/6ish am. House “accidents” are minimal…one poop and several tinkles….better than we expected.

Brooksie is a great addition to our lives and is truly a part of our little family. He is bringing us loads of fun, lots of love…We are quite happy! We would love to hear from all of you to see how things are going and to see pix of his “siblings”.

Peter, we will continue to update you and will send more pix this weekend.

Kelli and Dave…Brooksie too

** Hi Peter and fellow D litter parents:

We adopted light blue collar boy, who we first called Beau, but have since changed to Jack. Actually, he seemed to pick his own name, and everyone agrees the name definitely fits him. We’re amazed how fast he has learned commands such as “sit” and “down”, recognizes our voices, and comes running to his name. We’re socializing him each day, and he does great with new people and situations. He’s growing well – 14 lbs at Monday’s vet visit. Jack’s a mellow, happy, pleasant guy, and we feel blessed to have him as a member of our family !

Sincerely,

The Wedinger family

My fiance and I adopted the “Yellow Boy” (who now has a black, red and white collar…). He now goes by *Bentley*. He weighed 12.6lbs over a week ago and is only getting much bigger! (Next vet appointment is in a week, and this little guy can EAT!). He has been an absolute pleasure. He loves all of the kids in our neighborhood (it is only the two of us in our house, but he sees all our friends, family and neighbors very often) and has loved going on trips with us to visit family and friends. He’s been incredibly gentle with the youngest of kids (2/3 years old!), which I was shocked at! He falls right asleep in the car and is ready to get out to his new destination with a wagging tail.

– Bentley usually sleeps through the night… and if he has to go he has no problem giving us a wake up call :o) – Accidents in the house have been minimal… again he’s pretty good about whining if he has to go out. – Bentley even goes in his crate when he just wants a nap… so he’s really getting to feel comfortable in there – He now sits on command- much better with the hand signal, but will Sit with both hand signals and voice command – He’s enrolled in puppy classes (starts soon!)… at orientation he had a blast playing with another puppy who was actually his size! – He has met my German Shepherd from my parents house and has gotten along great with this gentle giant :o) – He LOVES toys (and he has a lot of them!)… playing tug, fetch or just simply chewing on his Kong! – He had his first football Sunday! (Pictures below!)

As a response to Mark- we’ve shown Bentley his reflection in the mirror… he looks interested for about a half a second, then wants to go play with toys! We see where his priorities are!

Here is a link to Bentley’s public photo album, there are way more pictures here (mostly of him sleeping… his favorite hobby)! 🙂 https://picasaweb.google.com/106823792306584914438/Bentley02?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCOHzr5X64f-QqgE&feat=directlink

It was great hearing all the updates!

Thanks! 🙂

Amy Robbins

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Bentley – Go Ravens!!

All,

Well my wife and I adopted the “Blue Boy” who now goes by the handle “Cooper”. Coop weighed in at 13.4 lbs at last Friday’s Vet visit and got a clean bill of health. Well two (2) weekends have passed now and Cooper has settling in great. My wife, Anne, and I have enjoyed the antics and cuteness of having a puppy again. (She’s holding the little guy.)

* He knows when we get to the office, where to head (front door) then, when he gets inside, he heads straight to our office. 🙂 * Generally, he sleeps in the office at my feet, most of the day. (See photo) * He comes to his name, on voice, clap or whistle. * He sits on voice command or on hand signal. (Seriously, I was impressed) * Stays on command (for a moment anyway) and releases upon command. I use this to control the feedings. * Several fetches have gone great. No problems. * Barks when he needs to go outside to poop! (Thank God for that one!) * He has had a few accidents w/ peeing, but most were my fault. (Attention span is like a gnat and I was on the phone once.) * Gets along great w/ Tucker (our 10 year old Black Lab) and they’ve started playing a bit more each day. * The only problem that he has is with the “other” little puppy that “lives” in the house. He CAN NOT STAND that puppy! Barks, growls and tries to sneak up on him and attack, but, runs away when that puppy also charges back at him. At 4:42AM this morning, I heard a growl from under the bed. Then a couple of barks! I saw Coop looking at the “other” puppy and giving him what for. He charged him head first this morning, but so did the “other” puppy. The banged “heads” knocking both backwards. Ten minutes later, he was stalking the “other” puppy again. I gave up at that point and we went outside for a bathroom break and start the day. We call that “other” puppy, “Mirror”. He’s a Flat Coated Retriever as well. 🙂 * By the way, Coop’s Vet was extremely impressed with the notebook that Pete provided. He said that it was by far the most prepared he’d ever seen anyone on their 1st puppy visit. Thanks again Pete. GREAT job!

Mark L. Jeffress

Anne with Cooper 

Cooper Sleeping in Office 

Cooper at Sit Stay