Newborn Pyper pictures

Newborn pics of Great Niece taken this am.
(Need some post processing for skin tones etc)

Newborn photography is challenging as much as they

do like to sleep alot....when you start posing them and

dressing in 'outfits' or lack of 'outfits' its all different

to them..so it takes a few hours of patiently waiting on

them on 'their time'....ended up with several useable images

for Amy so am happy...also want to try another session using

different props I have for a brochure I'm working on.

Next time around want to try using my big photo tent for a different look.

A few on their way...

All pups cleared their health checks as well cleared their eyes. By noon the bathed clean pups looked like they hadnt seen a tub.
No patchs of grass to pot dogs..just dirty pavement. Pups were good at the Vet clinic. A little singing in the crates.
5 pups making their treks to their new homes...One leaves tomorrow...pretty quiet here.

A very familar look at the gate...

It's been a project trying to get decent pictures of the red female...so thought if I took her down to the sheep pasture, she'd freeze with the number of sheep I have and I'd snap a few off....should of figured out
I was in trouble when presented with a familar butt at the gate...certainly reminds me of grampa Quade.

Red Female

So much for trying for a few frozen natural stacked pictures she takes off right away moving sheep...now with a pup this age it becomes a chase since they are on the butt of the sheep instead of 'covering the heads'...but
with legs this short not possible at this age.

she pauses up enough that the sheep are able to regroup

A little too happy with herself...

This means from here on she has a long line tied to her collar and she

doesnt get to repeat this adventure since it will just set her up for a few bad habits...was happy tho' that she was fearless given the confidence needed with a flock of sheep ..stomping ewes and all.

Red Female..finally

Got a few natural stacked ones.

Packing up...

Getting to one end of the farm to the other only takes a few minutes with a brisk walk...taking a crew of pups turns into a good 1 /2 hour as you continue to regroup 'as a Group' and carry on. Always one pup leading the charge with the rest in hot pursuit with a lagger getting side track with some interesting smells or something needs a little taste testing along the way. With hawks circling over head and a good chance of Eagles in the area given last year we saw them daily for a stretch ....the kids need to be kept as a group and not mistaken for an off colored gopher or rabbit.
A good change of ground surfaces from gravel, snow, mud, garden mud, manure & straw and more muck with sheep tidbits....lots of nose work with taste testing along the way....new sounds the cattle and sheep with dogs barking from their runs.
Weather not nice enough to leave outside in a run with tarps and plastic bags flapping in breeze to get used to some outside stuff.
Baths & tattooing tomorrow.
CERF's / Vet checks and flights on Thursday....making for a big day as well an early start at 04:30 to time feeds and pit stops
for the trek to the city.

Back in the hospital ...

Admitted back in the hospital for bili lights yesterday...hopefully they'll keep her long enough to make sure her levels *are coming down. Wish she was born in the hospital I work as know things would of been alot different...

Little people...

< sigh > winter weather past few days. A few unexpected events added to the platter this wk. Came home from errands to little people in the house...my hubby brought home his niece's kids as she ended up being rushed to the hospital for a quick delivery. So a few projects put off and the puppies brought into the kitchen for games and some training time around kids. Red Light-Green Light works great for blowing the steam off both :) ... kids were shown how to bounce pups off them as they jump up and to wait until the pup offers a sit to be petted. Kids were told they could be as loud as they wanted and we could use all the noisy toys. ( hubby had left for town ) One hour later one kid down and 2 pups left to crash. Pups were really good with the kids and the kids ended up with a little sister in the mean time. With husband off work this wk, means catching up on outside stuff with me on the end of a wrench helping getting things serviced...ended up with a 200 lb implement table dropped on my elbow when it fell of the blocks...had to be lifted off since I was pinned. Thinking to myself I dont have time to be layed up...Still swollen and sore , but useable. Breeding season with bulls on both sides of the corral fence that needs to be monitored daily. Seems everytime the husband leaves is when I have bulls that try jumping the fence...except it's more like crashing the fence. Thank god for a good dog to move and sort things back and move them with a small pasture inbetween. Would be perfect if he could hold boards or manage a hammer. Think we have 2 left to cover ...will know soon as the next cycle passes through before they head to pasture. My sheep pasture is under water....have only a small area of ground to use for training. Have 2 days of booth at trade fairs starting tomorrow...need to get packing.

Jade

Another bili drawn today as been jaundiced since a few days after delivery, under the bili lights for a day then discharged again. Made Jade a tutu with easter colors...outfit too yellow to wear for pics for now....will save it for later. Gone for the day to visit Mike , Loro and Jade and managed to get a few photos...fussy today and certainly not liking being undressed for other types of photos

Red Tri Female

Red Female

Black Female

Red Tri Male

Black Tri Male

On a long stretch of night shifts this wk...a few pups bathed / pics over next few days ...most likely only able to fit in one more photo session before they leave to their new homes.

Black Bi Male

Black Bi Male

Hello World...

Cant wait to meet you.

Grandaughter Jade Neivaur born today.

9 .5 lbs / 22".

Lots of long black hair and nose like Dads'

from what I'm told...cant top hearing a newborn sound over the phone ....moments after arriving in this world.

Little ones...

Capturing little ones in a family maternity photo sessions has a few challenges...( note to self to increase shutter speed :) brought out my stethoscope which helped 'tether' them to the location for a surprising number of photos. Got some sweet ones.

Last lambing

Productive day spent in next town over getting truck warranty work done as well doing a Maternity photo session for a family member. Have another one tomorrow for family so busy downloading my cards / charging batteries so I'm ready to go. Work calling for shift replacement, unable to help out this wkend due to photo shoots/editing and dog grooming appts. Grad season around the corner and first one of the season for me is with a young lady with some pretty cool locations...mainly outdoor memory shots with hopefully a few indoors in an old restored Church...booked in couple of wks. Fingers crossed the weather co-operates for us. Have one later with a young lady with her horse, grad dress complete with cowboy boots. Cant wait to do that one. Came home to my last lambing , a set of twins now in a dry barn. Alot of snow to disappear here, and not unusual to get a big storm in April...last year it was a nightmore for anyone calving as it literally buried new calves. They were being pulled out of the snow banks and put anywhere's possible and matched up to mothers ( or attempted to as the larger herds lost track of which made up the pairs) later on...these storms last several days.