My blog has been sadly neglected for far too long, but as Wimbledon
season rolls around, the Mailat puppies come up to their first
birthday. They were born during the men's semi-final matches and thereby earned their baby names of the top male and female tennis players of the time and they will
hit one-year-old during the men's final today ....just in case you understand
Finnish and recognised the word "mailat" and were wondering why they are called tennis racquets....
Here
are the little tennis racquets at one year old. I have an unpublished
half-finished blog showing these puppies going off to their new homes
with comparison photos at about 14 weeks old. However, as I didn't
manage to find my way clear to finishing and posting that one, you can
have those too for a nice little comparison of 2 months, almost-4 months and 12 months
old.
The first puppy out the door back then was Loki, which was fitting considering he was going only 20 minutes up the road, but I'm posting in birth order, as I normally do, so first up is Siinto who was already 11 weeks old before he left because his new owners, Michaela & Chris, had one or two things to do before picking him
up. Like getting married for one. And like moving house for another. You can see he was already considerably bigger and more bear-like.
Infindigo Mailat Siinto
Pet name Siinto
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| Laughing boy |
Infindigo Mailat Koru
Pet name Koru
Koru heading off to Scotland with the Sheas at 8 weeks, growing up and then followed by one year old - he hasn't actually changed a bit! A wee bit bigger, perhaps...
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| Another pup having fun at the beach |
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| Ears up! ... but not for long :-) |
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| Just under 1 year old - a fine handsome Scottish dog |
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| Quite the poser |
Infindigo Mailat Loki
Pet name Loki
Loki getting ready to run up the road to Exeter with Heather & Ethan then a couple of rare moments of stillness and a not-so-rare moment of silliness.
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| A bit less wiggly at 14 weeks practicing his show stand |
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| Visiting at just under one year - good as gold |
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| Goofy |
Infindigo Mailat Ulla
Pet name Ulla
Ulla on her way down the road to Plymouth with Tom & Leisha then being cute.
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| Gorgeous smiley girl |
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| Up to no good with the garden hose |
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| Just under one year old in the bluebells |
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| Looking innocent as can be - another puppy who has lost a coat |
Infindigo Mailat Jaakkoppi
Pet name Jake
Jake heading off to his new home in Bristol with two of the four O'Sullivans and then a growing up boy.
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| Having fun getting mucky at the beach |
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| A couple of hours later at the pub - miraculously clean! |
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| Smiley boy at 12 months |
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| Losing his puppy coat already |
