Our faithful hound of 2 years, Gypsy, had puppies in the first week of May. While Gypsy has a known Combai pedigree, its "unauthorized" mate did not. All we knew was that it was an all-black country variety common in the hills.
The litter consisted of 4 dogs: 3 all-black females and 1 peach-colored male. The high female proportion was also the case when Gypsy was born.
Gypsy seems to be a very responsible mother. The first two weeks, when the puppies could hardly see or walk, she was terribly protective and would hardly let any of us near the pups. As time went by, she started relaxing and sometimes seems pretty happy to be given a rest from the pesky puppies.
By the middle of June, the puppies were in the "terrible twos" stage in children - running around, biting stuff, dragging things along, and generally being a nuisance. So we have had to restrict them to their kennels now and then, leaving Gypsy and us quite relieved, and the puppies so unhappy!
Our children, of course, enjoyed playing with the pups and wanted to keep all four. But very early, we parents were clear that we could not manage to keep all four, and so a compromise was quickly arrived at: keep the male and one female, and give away the other two female pups.
So in the last week of June, two of the black pups were dropped off at a friend's farm, leaving just these two with us now. And these shall be called Peach and Mulberry ;-) The names were in keeping with their colours, and also for the fact that we hope to soon have peach and mulberry trees in our farm!
The litter consisted of 4 dogs: 3 all-black females and 1 peach-colored male. The high female proportion was also the case when Gypsy was born.
Gypsy seems to be a very responsible mother. The first two weeks, when the puppies could hardly see or walk, she was terribly protective and would hardly let any of us near the pups. As time went by, she started relaxing and sometimes seems pretty happy to be given a rest from the pesky puppies.
By the middle of June, the puppies were in the "terrible twos" stage in children - running around, biting stuff, dragging things along, and generally being a nuisance. So we have had to restrict them to their kennels now and then, leaving Gypsy and us quite relieved, and the puppies so unhappy!
Our children, of course, enjoyed playing with the pups and wanted to keep all four. But very early, we parents were clear that we could not manage to keep all four, and so a compromise was quickly arrived at: keep the male and one female, and give away the other two female pups.
So in the last week of June, two of the black pups were dropped off at a friend's farm, leaving just these two with us now. And these shall be called Peach and Mulberry ;-) The names were in keeping with their colours, and also for the fact that we hope to soon have peach and mulberry trees in our farm!
Love these cute pups. Hope they will stay safe from the Leopards.
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