Thursday 31 July 2014

happy birthday ...

... to the Monta puppies, aka the Devon Nine, who are 6 years old today!

I almost posted this a whole month early.  It wasn't that I forgot when their birthday is, it's just that I misplaced my grip on which month we were in.  Ahem.

First, here are their parents:

L: Neka age 10 yrs   -    R: Keskiyo age 8 yrs

















This was Neka's second litter of puppies, an amazing bunch of NINE who remain, to this day, the largest litter ever born in the UK.  Neka did an absolutely stellar job of raising them, and all these years later I can still remember how exhausted I was with all the feeding, house training and socialising by the time they were 7 weeks old.  Oh, and did I mention that it rained just about every day those puppies lived here?  There was rather too much of the lugging them back and forth from the garden pen.

If you would like to check out what life was like with 9 puppies, go back to the first days of this blog which you can access via the archives list to the right.

In the meantime, here are the 6-year-olds and their 6-week-old selves - well most of them, anyway. 

Infindigo Monta Jaana
(Sybil)

Snoozing in the sun - Good morning bottom! - at 6 weeks





















Infindigo Monta Tarmo
(Tarmo)

Chilling on the cool tiles - Cute head tilt - at 6 weeks






















Infindigo Monta Maija
(Maija)

Funny upside down dog - good sitting girl - at 6 weeks

























Infindigo Monta Rauhan
(Rauhan)

Posing at a show (photo (c) Mark Treasure)  -  pretty face  -  at 6 weeks




















Infindigo Monta Sulo
(Kaija)

Looking a lot like dad  -  looking a lot like mum  -  at 6 weeks























Infindigo Monta Viivi
(Viivi)

Pretty posing girl - looking like her dad - at 6 weeks



















Infindigo Monta Tarkka
(Tarkka)

Handsome Tarkka (photos (c) Joanne Ross)  -  at 6 weeks






















Infindigo Monta Aurinko
(Inko)

Showing off her fluffy tail - showing off her fluffy feet! - at 6 weeks