SUPER EXCITING NEWS ON THE TRAINING FRONT!!

Hi Everyone,

There is a new product out on the dog training market!! I have only heard excellent things about it online and from my own students and puppy owners. I thought I would share it with you! THis would be an opportunity to learn from one of the world's best dog trainers- Susan Garrett. Last summer Susan offered an e-course on teaching your dog a "BRILLIANT RECALL". This e-course was nothing short of AMAZING! I am always game for Susan's dog training knowledge! This course offers so much more than just a brilliant recall it ventures into dog training theory and relationship building-all by products of course out how to get that great recall! Susan is now offering Round 2 (Recallers 2.0) and I highly recommend you check out the information Susan is offering as promotional material- a great 3 part series on building a blue print to a great recall!!

To learn more and sign up click on Brilliant Recall. The enrollment process is quick and easy. I am always looking for fun and different training opportunities myself as it is key to being the BEST YOU CAN BE!

Truly this is a wonderful opportunity,

Lisa

Starting up the blog again!!

Hey there blog followers. I haven't been blogging in a long time perhaps cause of the facebook popularity but never the less wanted to start it up again. We have some exciting litters coming here at On Target, one repeat of Vixen X Sooner and a new breeding of Jazz X Maverick. And of course Lust is about to deliver Edge puppies any day now. I can't wait to see what all the puppies look like!!

Trestle puppies 21 days old!

Quick update. The puppies are all walking/trotting. No wobbling and falling. The litter had their eyes open between 9-11 days old and are just doing so well! They had their first bath on Monday. They are already started today on mushed puppy food with yogurt and my friend Kim's concoction and loved it. They also moved to a bigger pen today in the living room as they were all escaping the whelping pool already! I will get some video of them tomorrow. All new 19 day old photos were taken and will be posted tomorrow by our new webmaster.

Introducing Trestle X Sooner babies!

Blue Merle girl "Bashful"

Blue Merle Male "Grumpy"

Blue Merle Female "Happy"

B&W Male "Sneezy"

Blue merle male "Doc"

Blue merle male "Sleepy"

B&W male "Dopey"

Happy Mama Trestle and

The "Seven De-Woofs"

TRESTLE X SOONER PUPPIES ARE HERE!!!!!

Trestle had a c-section today delivering 7 beautiful puppies. There are 5 males and 2 females. There are 2 B&W's (no tri-color) and 5 Blue merles. All are happy and healthy and Mom is doing wonderful. I will get some photos up here on the blog as my new website is in the process of being re-built. Stay tuned....

Bo-Tyne Olé June 2, 2005-December 13, 2009

It is with sadness beyond words that I tell everyone that tonight I put Ole and her new litter she was carrying by Sooner to sleep.  4 days ago (day 22 into her pregnancy) she started vomiting.  Not uncommon for pregnancy.  I took her to the vet and was assured it was the pregnancy and we did an ultrasound and confirmed puppies.  The next day she was still vomiting but didn't even wanted to drink water now.  I was worried so took her to the vet again where I insisted they do blood work.  She was in full blown renal failure.  We immediately started treatment and transported her to the Emergency Clinic where she would stay and be treated for the whole weekend.  They started aggressive treatment knowing it would most definitely hurt the puppies but Olé came first to us all. Robbie, Sonya, Mary and I were there by her side.  Steadily I saw no improvement and by tonight the look in her eyes asked me to let her go.  I called all involved with her life and we decided per being at peace was the most important. She went very peacefully in Mary's and my arms.  I made a very hard choice to do an necropsy so that I would have answers not only for myself but for all you guys that have her kids.  

The vet knew how upset we were and did her necropsy right away.  She was shocked to see what she saw.  She had a large portion of her stomach and some area of her intestines leading from her stomach that she sent tissue to pathology but on her initial look was clearly very cancerous.  What type will have to come from the pathologist. Her spleen was clean as was her liver.  She has a suspicious area on her pancreas but suspected that was from the vomiting.  Her kidneys were slightly abnormal in shape but were the same on both sides so she see that as unremarkable.  Her ovaries and uterus was totally normal and she had 7 puppies.  Her heart was normal her lungs were as well.  She was in awe that she was in such amazing shape and was able to conceive with this going on inside her body.  There was nothing I/we/anyone could have done.  We were fight a losing battle that she suspects has been there for a while.  By the time we knew something was wrong and she showed any symptoms it was to late. I wanted to let you all know.  Hug your Olé babies for me!  They are very speical.....they are a "limited edition" as a friend of mine says!

Thanks to Mary Robbie and Sonya for all the support over the last terrible few days.  

Lisa

Puppies are all going home!!!!

Well, the time has come for all the puppies to move on to their new lives.  It is very bittersweet to watch them all go home.  I know they are going to wonderful homes and that is why I do this but I get attached to them so it is hard at the same time.  They are all in their forever homes.

Brick's Litter 

**PowerPlay is now On Target's Firewalker  "Cool" owned by Lynda Orton-Hill and will be doing agility in Ontario at the Say Yes! school where his new mommy is one of the instructors. 

**Enforcer is now On Target's Isn't It Obvious "Reason" owned by Karey Grisdale and co-owned by me.  He will be doing agility in Ontario at Say Yes!

**SlapShot  is now On Target's Full Throttle "Rev" and is owned by Nancy Brook and will be doing agility in San Diego, CA with Stacy Winkler at Pawsitive Action Training.

**Penalty is now On Target's Insurgent "Surge" and is owned by Shirley Hopkins and will be playing flyball with Run Free Flyball Club in BC Canada and dabbling in conformation.

**Goalie is now On Target's Fired Up "Singe" and is owned by Chris Hill and will be playing agility.

Envy's Litter

**Schroeder is now On Target's Ulterior Motive "Malice" owned by Lee Lardner and co-owned by me.  He will be playing flyball on the World Record holding Touch N Go flyball team in Las Vegas NV. 

**Lucy is now On Target's Status Symbol "Exclusive" (Lucy for short :) ) owned by Kysha Hunt and co-owned by me.  She will be doing agility in Ontario at Say Yes!

**Sally is now On Target's Total Eclipse "Luna" owned by Patty Englestad and will be doing agility in San Diego, CA with Stacy Winkler at Pawsitive Action Training.

**Marcie is now On Target's Celebration "Party" owned by Ginsey St. Criox and will be doing agility in Atlanta GA where her mommy is the owner/instructor of The Dog Place.

**Peppermint Patty is now On Target's All Charg'd Up "Visa" owned by Jennifer Groulx and will be doing agility in Ontario at Say Yes!

I can not wait to watch them all grow up and hear how they grow up into superstars! 

Puppies outside 11/18/2009

What is going on with all the puppies you ask?

Well the Brick and Envy puppies are all getting ready to go to their new homes!  They have all been CERF'd normal and will be BAER tested in the morning.  They have been on 7 car rides with the longest being 1 hour each way.  They all did great.  They have been socialized with people of different race and nationality, elderly and children.  They have been around the constant construction at my house (current project turn garage into training area), they have been around the lawn crew every week, the trash truck twice a week, school bus daily and delivery trucks.  They have had baby agility equipment (Thanks AMY!!) wobble boards, lots of noise toys (Thanks ANNETTE & CHRISTINE!!), tugs of every fabric from fleece to rope to fur (Thanks CRYSTAL!!), they have interacted with older dogs, 1 year olds 6 months old or younger puppies, cats and been around my Conure and African Grey (THEY SCREAM!!) We have banged/thrown/slammed every pot, pan, crate we can find.  We have vacuumed next to them and infact inside the pen where they are and no one cares.  They have been bathed, dremeled, nails trimmed with clippers, feet & ears played with, teeth brushed, crated, introduced to treats and clicker training at it's very early beginnings. They run all over the house and outside. They have been on wood floor, linoleum, ceramic tile, rocks and grass.  They both have been great litters and I have enjoyed them.  I am very happy with both litter that is for sure.  I will be sad to see them all go but happy to see them all start their lives with new mommy's!!

Even more videos!

Lots of videos!!!!

Updated Weights from 11/01/2009 Envy and Brick puppies

Envy Puppies 5  1/2 weeks:

Lucy 3 lbs 15 7/8 oz.

Peppermint Patty  4 lbs 3 7/8 oz.

Schroeder  3 lbs 9 7/8 oz.

Marcie  3 lbs 14 1/2 oz.

Sally  3 lbs 15 1/2 oz. 

Brick puppies 5 1/4 weeks:

Slapshot 3 lbs 12 3/4 oz

Penalty 2 lbs 14 12 oz

Power Play 3 lbs 15 7/8 oz

Enforcer  3 lbs 6 1/2 oz. 

Goalie 3 lbs 12 1/4 oz.

Envy and Brick's puppies video!

The Brick Envy puppies are 5 weeks.  They are starting to come into their own.  They love  toys and show great play drive.   They are starting to do little recalls.  They are eating twice a day and nursing for a snack.  They are riding in the shuttle, playing out side and have started the basics of clicker training individually.   We took some more photos for Halloween I will try to get them sent to Steph tomorrow.  They are VERY cute!  Here is a quick video to tide you all over!  Enjoy!

Envy and Brick's puppies ride the shuttle and go outside FIRST TIME

Video: Brick X The Flash puppies 22 days old

Video: Envy X Sooner puppies 24 days old

Updated Weights from 10/14/2009

Envy puppies 21 days old:

Lucy     38.25 oz

Schroeder  34.50 oz

Peppermint Patty    34.50 oz

Sally   36.80 oz

Marcie  37.75 oz

Video: Scorch, Jedi and Vixen puppies 10/10/2009

Quick update on Envy's puppies

Just a quick update on Envy puppies.  All eyes are open and they are walking!  They are starting to bark today. Hope you all saw and enjoyed the 2 week old photos from Wednesday's photoshoot!

NEW PHOTOS UP IN BRICK'S ALBUM!!

All new 2 week old Brick puppy photos have been taken, cropped and sent to Steph.  She is not having a great on call week so please be patient! :)  She will get them up soon- no worries.  Stay tuned!  All puppies eyes are open and they are walking.

Brick's puppies 14 day old weights:

Penalty         23.75

SlapShot       28.50

Goalie           29.75

Enforcer       28.25

PowerPlay   28.75