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Here’s a picture of me with one of my favorite toys…mr. giraffy I LOVE running around with him ‘cause he makes all kinds of cools sounds when I am running with him. He sounds like a duck when I run real fast, and when I bite his feet he sounds like some kind of squeeky thing. I love toys that make lots of noise! Sometimes, mr. giraffy manages to escape from my den and hides in my toy box, but I always find him again. He’s obviously not as smart as me!!

♥ lil Behr Behr

We finally made it to my new home.  Gosh, that was the longest ride I’ve ever been on.  At least my new mom sat in the back seat with me and let me keep my head on her lap, and she pet me and talked to me all the way home.  I liked that, and it made me feel so loved. I’m sure glad my new family likes me so much, and they let me know it a lot.    My new dad has such a kind and gentle voice, too. 

So, about my new home…I’m gonna really like it here!  Wow, I have a cool bed that’s all mine!  I walked in the house and wandered around checking things out.  When I saw this, I instantly ran to it and climbed in.  I know  a “Behr den” when I see one!!! This one is great ’cause it’s all nice and cozy.  Can you believe that there was a toy box waiting for me, stuffed full of toys???? I’ve never had one of those!  I took my new moose in there and we cuddled up together.  Mmmmm. Nice and warm and soft.  Don’t I just look so cute in my “den”?

♥ Behr 

  Hey, recognize this picture from somewhere?  (I’ll give you a hint…look up to the top of the page…)

My new parents stopped at the Black Bear Diner on our way home so that I could go potty.  We all thought it would be cute to take this picture, even tho we were FREEZING cold here!  My name, Behr, is German for “little bear”.  At the time of this photo, I was more like freezing bear who wanted to become running bear

Brrrrrr  Behr

Yipee!!!!  We’re off to my new house where I get my own bed and toys and food from now on! I’ll have to show you more pictures soon.  I need to go night night now after my long ride home (over 200 miles).  Whew!  ♥ little “Behr Behr“

Well, it’s finally here…the day I get my new home!! After my new mom and dad arrived, I wanted to snuggle with my sister, Gidget (yellow girl) one last time. Some of my brothers and sisters had already left, and it was almost time for me to go to. I really like Gidget, tho, and she was so sad because she doesn’t have a new home yet like I do. To make her feel better, we ran around the house together and played tag, and then I cuddled with her one last time. Here’s a picture of me with her, letting her know that I love her and will really miss her alot. (I was taking a break from ear tape in this photo)

lil Behr Behr

additional note: “yellow girl” was the only puppy left without a home the day I left, and Gidget was a temporary nickname. I don’t know what her “real” name is yet, but she does have her own home now. I THINK it’s Sage, but will update as soon as I know for sure.

There have been SO many changes lately that my head is spinning! Let’s see…we get to play outside in the puppy yard now with Ms. Kathleen (my mom’s human mom), we were told that we were too big to be drinking mom’s milk anymore, we got big girl/boy collars, and big girl/boy ears, and we get to go to our own homes next week (even MORE changes!). Whew! We like Ms. Kathleen so much that we don’t like to be away from her at all. It’s so nice that she even takes us to work with her. Aren’t we lucky? (Can YOU imagine taking 11 rambunctious puppies to work with you?!) Sometimes she puts us in the puppy yard and then tries to do things outside the fence in the rest of the big yard. We don’t like that at all, so we all just sit by the gate and cry for her until she feels sorry for us and comes back in the yard with us. Then we’re happy again We definitely like the big dog yard when we get to run around in there!

So, how much food does it take for us to look so healthy and beautiful like we do? Well, right now it’s 40 cups of food per day for all 11 of us. If it were divided evenly (which it’s not exactly), that would be approx. 3.5 cups each. (ok, so I keep getting in trouble for sneaking mom’s milk in addition to dog food too!) We get lots of special food that tastes yummy. We eat Eagle Pack food with Honest Kitchen (and other stuff) mixed in. Honest Kitchen is chicken and veggies and fruits mixed in. Yum!

Hopefully I’ll have some pictures of me tomorrow with my “toro toro” ears

♥ Behr

Today mom had a serious little talk with us kids. Don’t worry, we aren’t in trouble or anything. On the contrary, we all felt very, very special when she was done talking to us.

She said that she and my dad were something called “show dogs”, and that that meant they were chosen for that because they were especially beautiful and intelligent. She said our grandparents and their parents and on up the family line were “show dogs” as well. She made sure that we knew that ALL of us were special to her and dad, whether we became “show dogs” or not. That made us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

She said that what mattered most was that we loved our people when we get our new homes, and that we loved each other. That sounds easy enough! We already do love her and dad and each other quite a bit! She said that all of our homes were very carefully chosen, and would be ones where we were loved a whole, whole bunch. Wow! That made us all pretty excited about getting our new homes! (Ok, and our own food and toys…)

Anyhow, she told us how our family has won many, many show titles, both for our beauty and for our ability to obey commands and do all kinds of neat tricks. How fun that sounds! Then she asked us all if we saw any difference between her and dad and us little pups. Well that was easy…they’re REAL BIG! She said, “What else do you see that is different?” Some of us said, “OH! You get to play in the giant yard in the back all by yourselves!” She laughed and told us how cute we all were. We didn’t know what else could be different. I said, “Well I know then, some of us are blue like dad and some are black like you, mom!” Nope again. Gosh, none of us knew the answer then.

She bent her head down real close to us and said, “Look at my head and tell me what’ s different.” “Oh I know”, said my brother. “You have really big ears and we have funny looking little ones.” Mom smiled at us again. She sure looks pretty when she smiles at us like that with the gleam in her eyes. That look always melts my heart, you know?

Then she explained to us that those ears are special ears given to her by her human mom, (Kathleen) who is something called a “veterinarian.” Boy is THAT ever a big word for us to learn! Anyhow, it means that Kathleen is a doctor for dogs and other animals. She’s the one that gave us our shots that we didn’t really like. Ouchy! She’s really nice, though, (when she’s not giving us shots) and takes us to work with her every day. She takes us outside to play and feeds us, too.

So mom explained how most of us were going to be getting our big girl/big boy ears today (Wednesday) when we went to work with her and Kathleen. She explained all about how we would just go night night and when we wake up we’ll have the pretty ears. I guess they’re going to be a little sore for a few days, though. Oh well. Then we will have funny white tape on our ears for a lot of weeks until they could stand up like hers and dads. I think we’re going to look funny for a while, that’s what I think! That’s ok, in the end we will be beautiful/handsome like our parents.

I just wanted you to know so that next time you see a picture of me, I’m gonna look funny. Sort of like a little black bear with white antenna. Grrrrr. Or maybe like a bull with horns, eh?

ToroToro! ♥ Behr

Hi, 

My brother is such a silly goose sometimes.  Today we were all playing with our new toys and he got mixed up and was biting ME instead!  What was he thinking?!?  Not only that, but my other brother was squishing me at the same time.  Gosh, it’s hard to play in peace around here sometimes. 

I have a picture to prove it, too.  Look closely, and you’ll see that there are 4 of us pups in the picture.  THREE of us are biting toys, and ONE of us, (we won’t say which one, but he’s wearing a red collar…) was biting ME instead! Look at my leg in his mouth.  You can also see me pushing with my feet to get my other brother away from me. 

That’s it, I’m gonna take my toys and go play somewhere else.  I’ve had it with brothers right now. Behr  

Hi,

Just wanted to make sure all of you knew that by clicking on the pictures you get to see a bigger picture of me.  I want you to see me as close as you can, ok?  Also, on the slide show, you can click “view all images”, and then pick a photo and double click it.  That enlarges it some, but below that is the phrase “view full size” to see it even bigger.  Just so you know. 

Behr

  Well, the nice lady finally got her hand loose from the alien duck and he fell to the ground, like he was dead or something.  A few of us walked on the duck’s back to make sure he was really dead.  Whew! That was a close one!

The only thing is, why is she looking at us like that?  What did she expect us to do to alien ducky? Did we do somethin’ wrong here?  Somebody help us understand, please?  We’re trying to be good.  Really, we are.  Well, most of the time….

♥ Behr

Ok, so today we were all just playing and having fun together, and then this strange purple duck thing tried to cut in on our play.  None of us even know what it even was, really.  It kinda had a duck face, but a reeeeeeeealy long funny looking neck, like a snake or something. Yikes! The alien duck had a lady by the hand, too.  We were all really scared.  I had to hide in the back of the crowd so it wouldn’t get me. I know I should be more brave like my mommy and daddy, but I’m still little and the ducky thing was big and scarey.   Look how mean his face is.  Wouldn’t you be scared too?

Behr

 Yeehaw!!! I hear some action goin’ on ahead of me and I’m runnin’ as fast as my little legs will go to catch them!  No way am I going to let them have all the fun without me! Can you see my ears flying in the wind as I race over to them, leaping and bounding over the ivy?  See that focused look in my eyes?  Today I’m SuperBehr! 

All I need now is one of those capes with an “S” on it

catch ya on the fly,

SB

Guess what happened to US today? This is totally amazing! I thought the indoor play pen we had was the coolest thing there was, but today I found out there’s a whole big world we didn’t even know about.  My mom’s human mom (her real name is Kathleen) is the greatest!!! She lets us play outside in one of the grown up dog yards now.  We also have a special puppy yard that’s just for us little guys, but the grown up yard is really HUGE! Well, we don’t get to play in the giant one in the back yet cause we’d probably get lost or fall in the pool there. Only the grown ups get that yard for sure. 

 Anyhow, she is going to let us play in this grown up yard 2 times a day now.  She stays with us and makes sure we are all ok and don’t get hurt or get into any trouble.  My mom really likes the break while all us little pups play outside, too.  I wonder if she worries about us while we’re out here? 

Can you tell by the pictures that we’re so excited we can hardly decide what to do first out here! We just run around and tackle each other and look at all the new stuff out here.  This is FUN! 

Life is really good around here. I learned that there are leaves and grass and toys and plants outside.  It’s fun to run in the plants! They make a cool sound when we all run thru them.Well, I’m pretty tired from all of this running around today, so I need to take a nap.  I’ve got lots more pictures, but I’ll have to show them to you another day.

night night,

♥ Behr 

  I’m really growing up and becoming a big girl now.  Today I turn 7 weeks old, and I got my big girl collar!  Doesn’t this light blue collar look MUCH better than my little puppy one?

Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while.  I didn’t have any pictures of me to show you.  BUT…can you believe how much I’ve grown since my last pictures?  My brothers and sisters and I have been eating grown up food, along with mom’s milk (still my favorite!)  I guess pretty soon I’m going to have to be a big girl puppy and eat only dry food so I can go to my new home.  I sure hope it’s worth it, since I love mom’s nice warm milk.  I’ll miss her warm body next to mine when I eat.  Growing up has it’s sad moments, you know?

In only 14 more days I get my new home!!  That a little bit scary. I did like my new human mom and dad tho. I sure hope they cuddle me like mom does.  I’m sure going to miss her, but I will get to see her sometimes at shows when I get a little bit bigger.  That will be great!!

♥ Big girl Behr

 Eleven.  What’s 11?  My weight, silly. Eleven pounds, that is. Can you believe it?  I’m gaining about 2.2 pounds per week, or 8 ½ per month if I keep up at this speed. Let’s see now, in one year I should weigh….. oh, never mind. :)   Guess we’ll just have to see how much it is in a year.  Meanwhile, I’ll just keep tackling mom for as much milk as I can get.

My human mom just found out that that’s how much I weigh now.  Since I live over 200 miles from her, she has to depend on my mom’s “mom” to keep her informed.  (that’s also how she gets pictures)  Fortunately, I’m living in a home that is really caring, and willing to keep her up to date on what I’m up to.

Oops, sorry. Time to go beat my 10 brothers and sisters to mom!

Behr  ♥

  Ok, like I said, we were hungry and so we tackled mom for some food.  Everything was going just fine till my brother (with the white collar) decided to just climb right on top of me.  No way am I gonna let him take my food.  I’m HUNGRY!!! I held on with all my might, as you can see here.

Sometimes it’s tough being a puppy in a litter of 11, you know?

 I know mom’s a little busy with all of us kids, but sometimes we’ve just gotta eat whether she’s ready or not.  Here we all are tackling her for some nice warm milk.  Kinda like going thru the drive thru for a nice warm drink at Starbucks, isn’t it?