Dave’s Ramblings

Yesterday afternoon around 2pm I called in an order to Dr’s Foster & Smith for some ‘bloomers’ for our female Springer Spaniel. She just had a litter of pups a few months ago and is again coming into heat, so she’s getting some fancy britches to wear for a couple of weeks to ensure she’s not bred again! Yeah yeah yeah who cares, the cool thing is the order arrived at 11am this morning! For some reason they shipped FedEx Overnight (with saturday delivery), but charged me for standard ground (5-7 day) delivery. Gotta love that place, they have everything for all of our critters! Even slipped in a couple of new pumps for our saltwater reef tanks with the order. They are only a couple hundred miles from us and we have to pay sales tax on everything since they are in state, with shipping like this why bother driving?

Of the last 5 orders from them in the past 8 months or so 4 of them have been shipped overnight without my request or paying for it, but never a saturday delivery More phone/mail/net order companies should take note of this and follow suit.

Only one puppy left who is looking for a place to call home near Wisconsin Dells, WI…. My bud “Bruiser”, his brother left Sunday evening, and now his personality is really shining through. I really need to break down the BIG kennel and switch it out for a small crate for him to sleep in now. Sure looked full with all the pups running around in there, now Bruiser looks lost in it by himself. He sure is learning how to use those big puppy dog eyes to get scooped up and hauled around the house, and onto the bed, just a big ol’ sweetheart is what he is.

For more details see the Briar Patch Puppies website.

Angel and Gab got some new pics today of the puppies still awaiting adoption…. Here they are today at 11 weeks.

Two more of the puppies left for their new home last night. Just two more to go and hopefully life will return to normal. Well as close to normal as possible, the pups are being missed already, but we know they are heading for great homes and families, fitting since they are all adorable.

Here are some older pics of the two liver and white males that are still looking for new families to join, we really need to get updated pictures sorted out to post…

Pup #3 aka Bruiser, the cool marking is only on one side of his nose, looks like he got whopped a good one.

Think Gab named this guy Bartholamu, don’t ask me why… or how to spell it…

For more info check out the Briar Patch Puppies website.

Angel found some well written info about these critters, We have 5 so they must fit us well… Why 5? Not sure, I think we’ve lost our minds somewhere along the path.

Is an English Springer right for you and your family?
Here’s an article I found that might help you to decide!
The English Springer Spaniel is a compact medium sized dog with long pendant ears. Lovable and fond of children, they are even tempered, gentle and sociable. These sweet tail-waggers are very cheerful and playful; always affectionate, good natured and sincere. An amiable breed, this dog just loves everyone! Being the extroverts that they are, they have a tendency to be destructive and to bark a lot if left alone too long. There are two types of Springers - field and bench. The field type are bred for hunting and field trial work. They tend to have more white coat than the bench type, much less hair, and are more active. The bench type are bred for conformation shows and have more liver or black than white, they have much more coat, but are usually calmer. The male Springer Spaniel stands about 19-21 inches while the female stands from 18-20 inches. In weight, the male is of course heavier at 45-55 pounds compared to the female which is only about 40-50 pounds.