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| CP Carolina with her 6 Ides of March Puppies |
Just
over a year ago, on March 15, 2012, fourteen little Col. Potter Ides of March Puppies changed
our worlds forever, but the story didn’t begin there.
In
the Fall of 2011, a wonderful group of Col. Potter Volunteers gathered with
their Cairns at a home in North Carolina, enjoying a great day of
friendship and sharing, and raising money to donate to Col. Potter to save a
small group of Cairns in need. Thanks
to their efforts, three little Cairns
dubbed the "Tar Heels" found love and
freedom with Col. Potter in the second week of March, 2012.
CP
Foster, a handsome breeder male, headed North to Minnesota,
while CP Carolina went with Kathy and Barney to Missouri,
and CP Salisbury traveled to Arkansas
to stay with Lori and Mike, arriving on the 14th.
Salisbury, of course, started giving birth to her eight live
puppies, and one stillborn, before she had even been there 24 hours, but Foster
Mom & Dad, Lori & Mike, well experienced in the art of whelping
puppies, did an amazing job under very difficult circumstances.
But
the long Ides of March day started back in Missouri, where novice whelping assistants,
Kathy and Barney, earned their puppy stripes with flying colors!
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| CP Carolina nka Millie happy to be Forever Free! |
A Continuation of the Tar Heels Group
by Foster Mom Kathy H.
3/15/2012
With
the adults of this group being named for things in the Tar Heel State of North
Carolina, I felt it only fitting that Carolina’s little Tar Heels be given names
reflecting that state also. Kind of giving them a family history.
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| CP Hatteras nka Selkie |
If
I visited North Carolina,
the first thing on my list of things to see would have to be Hatteras
Lighthouse. I think lighthouses are such a symbol of so many positive
things – safety, strength, and hope immediately pop into my head. I love
them and find them almost magical. So Carolina’s first little girl – the first
puppy I’ve ever whelped – is now named Hatteras.
It was a magical moment when she came into this world. I see her future
full of hope and bright sunny days.
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| Selkie fka CP Hatteras |
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| CP Beaufort nka Bodie |
A
village full of nautical fun, close to another lighthouse, Cape
Lookout, and filled with the folklore of pirates like Blackbeard,
is Beaufort. What little boy wouldn’t dream of the adventures of being a
pirate? So little boy puppy #2 is now Beaufort.
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| Bodie fka CP Beaufort |
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CP Bodie nka Callie
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Another
lighthouse along the Outer Banks of North Carolina is Bodie Island Light. I’m sure I could spend weeks in that
area and never get tired of walking the shoreline, collecting shells and
enjoying beautiful sunrises. Little girl puppy#3 is Bodie.
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| Callie fka CP Bodie |
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| CP Banks |
With
all of this talk of lighthouses and pirates and nautical fun, and North Carolina flanked
by the Outer Banks along most of its shoreline, one of these puppies should be
named Banks! The Banks must be strong
and protect the coastal area, so little boy puppy #4 has been given that name.
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| CP Banks |
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| CP Appalachia nka Piper |
But
there’s more to North Carolina
to explore! On its western side are mountain ranges and valleys that
comprise the Appalachian Mountains. The
beautiful mountain ranges reaching for the sky need the valleys to really be
something spectacular. In art, the beauty in a painting or photo is what
the eye sees in the extremes - peaks and valleys of colors – or lack thereof,
in the lights and darks. So much
beauty is seen in the mountains throughout the four seasons. Little
girl puppy#6 is named Appalachia
for that beauty.
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| Piper fka CP Appalachia on Adoption Day! |
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CP Mayberry nka Maizy
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And
what of little girl puppy #5? Well, she’s been given a whimsical name
because of her fast arrival. Her birth into her family will always be
remembered, as she was born a SHORT and comical eight minutes after her brother
Banks. Barney had just helped me chart and take the photo of him, and he
decided to start a load of the dirty laundry that had accrued with the first 4
puppies’ births. So off he went to the basement with the basket while I
was toweling off this newest little boy. Carolina was restless, as if she was going to
whelp again, but I thought it would just be the delivery of the afterbirth of
the last puppy. To my surprise, I watch her give a quick grunt, and out
pops another puppy! My mind was racing as I wasn’t finished cleaning up
the boy, but I quickly hopped out of the ex pen and put him in the warmer
drawer with his siblings wrapped in his washcloth while I grabbed another
washcloth and went to helping Carolina with her latest birth. I gave a
call to Barney a couple of times, but he couldn’t hear me over the washing
machine noise with the basement door closed. So when he emerged, I
shouted “record 2:58 before I forget it, and hand me a mineral oil pad for this
one”. He looked at me like the sleep deprivation had finally pushed me
over the edge. He calmly told me he’d recorded the puppy, and it was
2:50, not 2:58, and I’d already cleaned it’s little bum, weighed it, and taken
it’s picture… I said no Barney, this is another one, and he still
didn’t believe she’d given birth to another puppy, so I made him COUNT the ones
in the warmer! LOL That’s when he finally jumped back into
action. It was kind of an Andy Griffith and Barney Fife moment, and we
all know they lived in Mayberry,
North Carolina. As in a lot of television, things are made up,
and so is Mayberry. But because of the simple comedy of her quick birth,
little girl puppy #5 is named Mayberry.
I can imagine her antics in the future and the smiles she will bring, as
will all these sweet little babies. I’m already in love with all of them
and their sweet mother who worked so hard to bring them into this world this
morning - it's an honor to have been entrusted with this miracle.
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| Maizy fka CP Mayberry |
Happy 1st
Birthday!
Love, Foster Mom Kathy
& Foster Dad Barney
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