Ch Affinity's Maybe He Will, Fch, DPC, TRP x Am/Can
Ch Northwind's Cresta Run de Sud
These are photos taken when they were hours old. Four
puppies, two males and two females. My usual whippet litter has
seven to nine puppies. Perhaps having fewer in litter allowed the
puppies to get bigger - these are the biggest puppies we've had.
Their birth weight ranged from 14.7 ounces to 15.6! The largest
puppies we're had before were 13 ounces - most are 11 to 12 ounces
at birth. and, since they are getting all the food they can possibly
use, by one week they have doubled in size.
They were born between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on March
17th. If you're wondering about the names, I always give them a
temporary name until their new owner decides their permanent name.
It also helps me and potential owners talk about the puppies - I
just get mixed up calling them male one and two. Since they were
born on St. Patrick's Day, the names are all Irish.
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"Guiness" is a brindle male. He is Irish marked
- four white feet, white tip to the tail. He has a nice white
neck collar and a blaze on his face. His brindle pattern appears
to be rather open - he will most likely be colored similarly
to Willie and Cresta.
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"Connor" is a solid color male. He is very dark
right now, but I think he will lighten up and be fawn in color.
He has color on his head on the show side and white on the
non show side with a thumb print on the top of his head. White
collar, four white feet and white tip to the tail.
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"McKenna" is a very dark Irish marked brindle.
Lovely white neck and shoulder markings on the show side,
white blaze on the face, four white feet and white tip to
the tail. She looks very much like Norma, perhaps even darker.
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"Gwendolyn" is a solid color - most likely fawn.
Like her brother, she is very dark now, but will lighten into
fawn. She has four white feet, a nice white collar on her
neck, four white feet and white tip to the tail. Just a little
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