On September 26 2011, 8 adorable St. Bernard puppies were born in Indiana. Dad is a smooth Saint Bernard named Jeffrey (Peva's Gift of Peace v Judith Point (AKC ptd)) and Mom is a rough Saint Bernard named Windy (BISS GrCH Copper Mtn's Windstorm). We contacted breeders Rhonda & Keith Hensley in the hopes that there might be an available smooth male puppy. There is no way any dog (Saint Bernard or otherwise) could ever replace our Doozer (see DoozerStories here at Blogger.com). But, we find it a little unfair to have 2 Great Danes and just 1 St. Bernard. So, we want to round out the numbers. And along the way have a beautiful St. Bernard to love on, teach, and show in conformation/obedience/rally. Thankfully, Rhonda was most happy to work with us and plans were laid. For a while there, we thought all the puppies in the litter were going to be rough (or long) coats. HA HA! Turns out the entire litter of 8 are smooth (short) coats! We are getting 2nd pick of the male puppies and he will be coming home to Colorado on Sunday November 27th. Just at this time, we don't know exactly which puppy we are getting. We have our hopes up for one... but the stud dog owner is getting 2nd pick overall of puppies and she's also taking a male. If she takes what we consider to be pick male puppy, the 2nd pick male puppy is also quite nice and we look forward to whichever comes home to us :-) Check the puppies out at :
http://www.whitewatersts.com/puppies.html Alf is either CJ or Diamond.
Now, I'm sure you all are wondering ... WHY ALF??!! OK, that's the hubby's idea. You can blame him. Just like Doozer was named after the little construction dudes from Fraggle Rock, Alf is being named after the '80's TV show character Alf. I do hope he doesn't turn into an alien however <sigh>. Unfortunately, we could not tie in his registered name with the call name we had picked out far in advance. The litter theme was songs starting with 'B'. Now, how does Alf fit into that? Yeah, we couldn't do it and gave it up. First time in over 15 years that a dog owned by us had a registered name completely unrelated to the call name. Oh well. I guess things like that happen occasionally!!
So, we'll be using this time and space to chronicle Alf's puppyhood, and growing up, and training problems, and everything Alf! Unlike Doozer's blog, which chronicled just his end-of-life we are hoping to chronicle all of Alf's life and hopefully we all get some enjoyment from it. There will be laughter, and tears I'm sure too. But mostly... laughter and love!! Alf will be introducing himself in the next week or so. Stay Tuned!!
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