Personality testing is January 28th, however, the undisclosed location is for the reservation list only.
Puppies can change so many times before the personality testing. I see some of them have more of Everad's personality and some of them have more of Hilde's, then there will be combinations of both parents. The cream puppy is just like Everad's sire and grandsire which he has one or two every litter.
Everad is a little more energetic than most poodles and Hilde is very playful character of a poodle that when she's in the house she relaxes and is a complete lady. She will jump up and prance like something out of a "this is a perfect poodle prance" she's awesome. Everad is awesome. They both have resilent happy personalities like every poodles should have.
Georgia and Georgie look to me having lighter faces today.
In my experience Grace's puppies with Everad, the out front puppies usually test as 3-4s. I was surprised Fae tested as a 3-4 and not a "3" she was the outfront puppy, about a week before the testing she started holding back a bit, so the magical 7 wk testing is the important marker to make your decision. Please keep in mind, we do have puppies refuse to "play". One of Hilde's puppies from last year did not want to. He sat his little butt down and refused to respond to the tester. He literally turned his back to the tester. He was not going to. Got him home and he was perfectly fine, first thing he did was walk up to the potty park and lift his leg for the first time. It's like he said "this is home and I'm not playing with that other person" He loves his new owners and they rave about him. He just didn't want to be tested. He didn't like the ride over there and he did not like the smelly room. so be warned, this does happen too.
Georgia is very voiceturous right now, but that could mean she's also a 3 - 4. The quite ones like Gypsy (and Fifi) can switch by the testing. Gypsy was tearing it up this morning and is the puppy that goes in and out of the whelping box at her leisure. She's looking for attention and hugs being personable which can indicate a "3" or a "3 - 4" puppy. Then there's Grigg, he's all boy-ish bossy and now has decided to let someone else be out front. That could be that he will be a "3" or he could still test as a "3 - 4" or a straight 4. So you can see how much they adjust and change in the weeks before the actual testing.
About a week ago Genevieve was a scardy cat. I think she couldn't see very clear and me walking up to the whelping box she would scream at me. "don't do that" she'd say. Day before yesterday she was all rilled up and I can't keep her collar on her. Earlier today I have to look for her in the crowd and then she's out front again biting my pant leg and thrashing it back and forth. (their teeth itch) So that's how much they change and switch back and forth right now. It's in the "fun" and in the "adapting" and bouncing back is what determines a well adjusted puppy. I was surprised that Fifi (but delighted) tested as a solid "3". She loved the testing, thought it was play time, when she didn't like something she shook it off. That's what to look for in a small puppy, "how they recover" by something they don't like or don't understand.
what I want to say about the testing is every puppy can be taught something the personality testing says. If a puppy doesn't retrieve on the testing, they can still become a flyball champion. We got a klein ourselves b/c we are older and living and training a large dog is out of the question for me. I was raised with Irish Setters, our male was 95# I just don't want that much dog any more. I like the small standards. Fifi is perfect for us, she's a real jewel and I am happy we kept her [from Grace and Everad's last litter].
I do have to say though, these puppies have beautiful faces. I picked up ... I think it was Georgie ... this morning and couldn't stop looking at his face. He's beautiful ... they all are. Hilde comes from the perfect beautiful conformation standard poodles. Her breeder actually guarantees championship in a weekend. She couldn't guarantee Hilde like that since she was so much smaller than her siblings. She's exactly what I wanted. I am surprised we have the bigger boys, Gregory is a large puppy, I can't even say he will be a small standard. But, he's beautiful. we are so delighted and thrilled about this litter. They are exceptionally well put together and gorgeous. Everad is from a magnificent poodle line, there are a couple of small faces that look like Everad's german background with the shorter nose and small face. I will guess at this point it's the smaller puppies of the bunch. These puppies act two weeks older in half of a week. It's amazing. They are all about momma.
I will see about the video uploading again today. I have Jim's old computer that he has configured for him, so the CD isn't uploading, I apologize but it might take time to get the videos to work.
I think Georgia and Georgie are turning silver. Gregory, Georgie and maybe Gervais are big boys. Grigg is the small guy. He's very personable and cute with his daddy's face and lightweight body. He and Georgia are so much alike. He might be calmer than Georgia, personalitiy testing will let us know. Genevieve is a little larger but she's a wonderful, exceptional poodle, as her siblings are. Gidget also I think is turning silver is all tough and ready and then she's quiet. I don't know if that's b/c she's been pounced on by the big puppies, or if she needs to gain courage to go out and pounce. Not Ginger, she's ready to pounce even if it's the big boys. She backs down for no one ... unless Gregory says so, he out weighs her and she says .. ok.
YEAH!!, As I am typing this, Genevieve just peed on the potty park and then rolled over the edge to get back into the whelping box. They have a lot of new stuff today. I have the whelping box open to the kitchen as Grace's puppies. I purposely put them on the tile and towel and blanket so they could experience and play with textures on their feet. They just ate with momma and sleeping around her on the blanket. I checked this morning, they have all of their teeth. Momma is not wanting to feed them but when she does she stays with them for at least an hour if not more, so they roll around and are happy little puppies being able to hurl over momma and bite her legs and face. Hilde will growl at them but never more than that. As they get older she will tell them more sternly "don't bite momma". While typing here I've had a puppy chew on my toes, hump my leg, curl up on my foot and watch from there, run by touching my leg, and have two puppies play on my leg. They have all figured out I bring food and they are kissing and biting me when they see me. Soon they will get the nickname of flypaper puppies.
They are precious high quality poodles. For those watching the puppies to pick their puppy, as always, I suggest narrowing it down to a few for color, size, (usually) gender and then look at their testing. I will send all of their testing via email to the reservation list, if anyone reading this blog is interested in a specific puppy after the testing that are available, please contact me at barefootpudels@gmail.com and I will share their personality testings and answer any questions you may have. I give the new owners some time to look over the results of their testing before I start calling everyone.
as you can see, I am very communicable and found that the blogs are less intrusive to my puppy buyers. From Grace's first litter I had someone say "OMG I'll be glad to get my puppy so I don't have to get all of these long emails!" Hence, change and adjust, that's when the blogs started. I do not want to offend or irritate people getting puppies from us, I truly want everyone to stay in touch and send updates on their beloved poodles.
thank you,
puppies are getting older and there's more to say about them, I will add as much as I can for a given puppy on a given day, just more ammunition for you to help decide on your forever little companion.
blessings
Paula
www.barefootpudels.com
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