Road's End Papillons : June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Road's End Papillons: Duke

Duke @ 7 weeks. Is truly, as far as I recollect, the smallest dog ever born here . No bigger than a Guinea Pig, weighs less than a pound, @ 7 .5 weeks!!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Road's End Papillons: Silenzio's Brolle

Brolle today:

Road's End Papillons: CH/JA Satori's Cowboy Casanova

Cowboy today:

Road's End Papillon Puppies

First time out for most: Puppy ride to the Walmart parking lot:

Socializing helpers: Walmart custumers

Monday, June 27, 2011

Road's End Papillon Puppies

Our puppies today:

Boulee

Bisou, left, Anelli, right

Anelli

Pepe

Yellow Stone

Zelda

Zitoni

Zoltan

Zitoni

Zelda

Stone

Pepe with mom Ore'O

Some of these puppies are available, and some are staying for a while.

Available Puppies

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Saturday Salem Market

A great , sunny day to get Papis socialized @ the market.

Here, the distance between giant and small, is a little too little for our Snickers + Coco. you can see their tails are down!!

The biggest + the smallest, with some distance between them, our Papi's tails stay up.

U Ask: Is buying a 12 week old Papillon /Phalene puppy OK, or is it already attached emotionally to it's previous owner (breeder)?

Since I still can not answer questions in the comment box in my Google accounts name, I will post this interesting question here:
You ask:

Is buying a 12 week old Papillon /Phalene puppy OK, or is it already attached emotionally to it's previous owner (breeder)?

Many puppies are kept with their breeders 12-15 months, and longer. Papillon puppies have in general no problems to adjust to their new life style with someone else, even later on in life, as mature dogs. As long you provide them with what their needs are.
The later time is also very good in selecting a puppy with a matching personality, of your life style. Even though the temperament is already recognizable at 6-8 weeks, it becomes much clearer, and definite at 12 weeks or older.

The reason why many breeders hold on to their puppies longer is, that they want to see better what they want to keep for their breeding program to improve their line.
But think of it: you also will see much better what you get. For instance, the weight of a Papillon/Phalene @ 12 weeks doubled, is the approximate weight of your papillon puppy selection as an adult.
Many times, the ears of a Papillon are not "up" at 8 weeks of time, or one is up, one is down. Of course, this can go on up to 4 months, and longer, but in most circumstances at 12-15 weeks the ears are set, up for a Papi, down for a Phalene.