Jubilee’s new pack leader
This just in from Jubilee’s family!
Delilah Kate Kennedy Born: 3-2-10 @ 1:01AM 7lbs 20″ Mom and baby are doing great!!
Take Care and see ya soon at playtime!!
-RJ
Congratulations!
Update on Jubilee
Here is a note from RJ on Jubilee (from Chloe’s litter):
Hi everyone!!
Well it’s been a little while so I figured I would give an update. Jubilee is doing great!! She is down to half a steroid pill a day and if she continues to do well she should be done sometime in March. Jubilee has rejoined playtime (Yeah!!) and still continues to play nice with everyone. I wouldn’t have figured that a short haired dog would love the snow as much as she does. She will just run, jump, and dig as much as she can till her feet get cold. Then will run up to door to be let in and as soon as her feet are warm she will ask to go right back out. It’s just great to have her back to her old(young) self again and being the puppy she should be.
I look forward to seeing you guys at the Water-bowl when you can make it
and would love to read some updates on Jubilee’s family.
Take Care
RJ
More from Chloe’s dog reunion
Here is a video slideshow and movie clips of Chole’s family and the 6 month reunion we had on November 8, 2009:
You can see this and other CanineFostering videos on YouTube.
Chloe’s reunion photos
Well, Thanksgiving is over and I have a chance to get back to things that I’ve been meaning to do. One of those is to post more photos from the Chloe reunion. Dogs romping in the autumn…what’s not to like?
 Indy, Koda, and Poppy say hello to Chloe - is she remembering when she used to nurse them? It looked that way to all of us. It was one of her first gestures to them when she first arrived. |
 Jackson and Indy playing tug of war with a stick while Chloe supervises |
 Poppy, Jackson and Koda on the run |
 The group |
 Chloe looks on while Indy, Jubilee and Lily put Poppy in her place |
 Indy, Jackson and Lily with proud mama Chloe |
 Jackson drinking while Koda sniffs Lily's ear |
 The group having fun. |
 Chloe says hello to Jubliee while Indy looks on. |
(click on each photo to see at full size)
Photo of Jubilee suitable for framing
Here is a wonderful photo of Jubilee, taken by Melissa Fisher.
Hi everyone!!
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Just wanted to give a short update and share this wonderful picture Amanda’s sister took. Jubilee is doing fantastic, I would say she is back to 98%. She is going for walks again being very playful with us and her toys(yeah!!). She is still on the steroids but that is being reduced slowly. We are hoping to join playtime within the next month. See you soon!
Take care
RJJubilee - photo by Melissa Fisher
What a great photo! Glad she continues to get better!! What a relief.
-Kristin
Update on puppy Jubilee
Here is an update on Jubilee (from Chloe’s group)…
Hi Everyone!!
Jubilee went for her last shots last night and She is now 27 pounds!! It is so funny how much she has change in the short time we have had her. Jubilee sleeps through most nights but does wake up every now and again because of her pack mates. They like to get up and move from spot to spot and that wakes her up. She still goes on two walks a day and the vet said it shows in her legs. She is very good at the vet, just as mellow as can be.
And and I really enjoy the puppy playtime at Petco with her litter mates and are hoping we can continue with you guys after they are 6 months old. Amanda was telling me we could continue it at Kristin’s other place she works at (the Water Bowl in Geneva). Its really neat how they get to continue to bond with one another.
The only bad habit we need to break Jubilee of is digging!! Even after all the long walks, playing fetch, and wrestling with her pack mates… she still wants to dig in the back yard if your not watching her. When I watch her she loves to chase flying bugs. I’m starting to think when the bug lands she is trying to find it in the grass and starts digging for it. She loves anything that flys like bug, birds, and planes. Sometimes I think she is part pointer. She will follow something stop and lift one of her front paws and stare. Its pretty funny.
Updates on Chloe’s pups
Brief snippets in no particular order:
William: My name is M-, and my husband L- and my sons adopted William. He is still William. We had been calling him that for so long before we brought him home that it just stuck. He finally slept through the night last night (11 pm to 5:30 am.) No accidents in the house today, and the biting improved 100% over yesterday (Thanks, Kristin for your advice.) I should let you know that our vet thinks maybe there’s some Great Pyrenees in there. William will be a much bigger dog than we thought we wanted, but we sure do love him already!
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Jackson
Jackson: Although he cried (at times actually yelped, whimpered, barked, howled, etc.) the first couple of nights, he now sleeps peacefully from about 11:00 pm to about 6:00 am. He naps willingly in the crate, and is waiting there happily and quietly when I go and get him in the morning.
He is a fairly cautious pup, and only feels really comfortable in two rooms of the house, but that is fine with us for now. He loves the backyard, and prefers to play in the shade. He digs in the grass, and chews up wet muddy clumps of grass, then digs his paws in the muddy spot left behind in the yard. Not one of his best traits, but we’re working on it. He has met several neighborhood dogs, both big and small, and has done great with all of them.
Like most of the other puppies, when he gets excited and really wants to play, he nips quite a bit. At first, the high pitched puppy-like yelp we made stopped him in his tracks, but now he’s become almost used to it. We try and give a stern “no bite!” and distract him with something else. He doesn’t nip as much, but when he’s excited he definitely still wants to.
When he was really young, you could almost not tell the difference between Jackson and his sister Poppy, but Jackson has what I call a white thunderbolt up between his eyes to his forehead. The kids call it his notch. Sadly, I think it’s fading and might be gone soon, but you never know. We’d love for it to stay. It’s one of our favorite parts of him. We get many comments from people wondering what type of dog he “is”, and I tell everyone about his 4 siblings who are white and tan and look nothing like him, and about Poppy and Violet who resemble him much more. Who knows who that daddy dog was? We really have no idea how big he’ll get to be, but it’s fun to wonder, and time will tell. His mostly black fur is also turning much more reddish brown in parts, like his ears and most of his cheeks. That’s a cute similarity to Chloe. He has beautiful markings overall, and is still adorable as he changes from tiny puppy to bigger pup.
Puppy playtime at Petco
We went to the puppy playtime from 2:00 – 3:00 pm on Saturday at Kristin’s Geneva, IL Petco store, and it was really fun to see him romp around with two of his sister pups. Most of all, that’s what I hope we can do more often. Seeing him with his littermates, pups the very same size as him, his brothers and sisters, is really heartwarming.
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Lily: Some things we found that have worked is a tick tocking clock to simulate her momma heartbeat, right next to the crate at night. Either Lily has taken to the crate or in combo with the clock, she sleeps so nicely!! I think along with several other puppies she has taken very well to potty training, no accidents in the house for 6 days and counting. We do give her tiny little nibbles of a treat for going potty, and it seems to work.
more Petco puppy playtime
Also on Saturday we have taken her to the puppy playtime with Kristin at Petco and she loves it. This last week Jubilee and Jackson were there and it was so nice to see them all remembering each other and Ryan was there too and that was fun to watch them interact with him. I have a nephew who is Ryan’s age and he met her yesterday and I think because of Ryan, Lily let him carry her everywhere practically choking her, but she didn’t even care. Her little tail was wagging the whole time.
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I took Lily to the vet today for her 9-week checkup and she too is 12 lbs and parasite free, yeah!! We are having the issues with biting also. I bought some bitter bite spray to spray the chair legs and it doesn’t work. She bites what she wants to regardless of the bitter taste, so don’t waste your money.
Chloe and pups are settling in
Here are some photos and comments of Chloe and her puppy’s new homes and lives. I so appreciate everyone who has contacted me with updates – it is so helpful to my sad heart to hear how well everyone is doing. Happy new lives puppies!
Angel (formerly Violet)
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Angel (formerly Violet) did really well last night, no crying. She had a bit of whimpering when we got her home yesterday but is really doing well this morning. She is playing outside with the girls and bouncing around with a ball we bought her. She is quite precious and we really love her. Thank you again, she is a real joy for us.
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Jackson (formerly Jacob) is doing well. He’s obviously lonely and wondering where the heck he is, but he is happy. He’s played with us, and ate well, pooped & peed outside, and is doing fairly well at sleeping in the crate. We’ll see how night #1 goes.
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We are absolutely loving having the addition of Poppy to our family — she had a big day – was at a baseball game, a pitching lesson — many visits from friends and getting used to her new home — and all through this she remained as sweet as I could ever imaging a puppy being and also a bit tired — we are going to try for a more restful day at home tomorrow. We are so grateful that you helped to allow us to have her in our family — and even our cat seems to be to ok so far : )
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Hi Kristin!! The first 24hrs have been just wonderful!! About half way home she started to whimper a little, but as long as you kept petting her she was fine. The introduction to her new home was fun. Jubilee (formerly Tulip) was a little unsure at first but my pack was excited to see her and welcomed her right in. We brought her inside to show her her new stomping grounds and she had a blast playing with all her new toys and friends. Its so funny how the play hard for a little while then it’s right back to nappy time. I thought my old lab would take awhile to warm up but she has been great from the get go!! She is already playing nicely with her, I have not seen her play with a dog like that in a long time. Jubilee only woke up twice during the night to let us know she had to go out. She has only had one accident and that was my fault for not taking her right out when she woke up (oops). I will keep you up to date as we go.
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I just wanted to give you a quick update on Amber (formerly Chloe). We spent Sunday with her keeping her busy (as you suggested). My husband and I took her on at least 3 walks (total of 5 miles). The boys played with her in the yard. She spent quite a bit of time outside but also made it clear that she wanted to spend time inside as well. She did pace around the house for a good 20- 30 minutes before curling up at my feet in the kitchen. In the evening she paced again for about 20 minutes and then sat at our feet in the family room. She slept on the floor of my son’s bedroom – she made it quite clear to us that she had no desire to sleep in her crate. it was kept open with the blanket in it. She was very cute when we attempted to lure her into the crate. We let her smell her treat and then placed it in the crate. She kept her 2 hind legs out of the crate and stretched to reach and eat the treat and then immediately backed out of the crate. She slept well. We have her on a schedule which should help with the adjustment. I walked her at 6am and she was wonderful (did not pull on the leash). Today she is out in the yard with the boys chasing after the tennis ball (but not returning it).
