We Are No Longer Breeding Weimaraner
Pups
Reasons Given Below and 2005 Notes
Third Litter of Weimaraner Pups Born,
October 21,
2005
Pictures and Notes of 2005
Litter
Sire: Hamlet, Dam: Holly
Heartwood Studios and Farm near Marysville, Ohio
(937) 349 8408
To Our "Adoptive Parents" and Weim
Lovers:
Your interest in our Weimaraner Pups has placed us first on several
search engines and we have had calls from all over the United States and
even people stationed in Europe. Holly's birthing pictures have even
been published in veterinary journals in Mexico and England. We've
enjoyed seeing our quality puppies grow into beautiful adults.
Some of you have an idea of how much work goes in to raising quality
and healthy puppies and our price barely compensates for the early veterinary
bills and advertising, but the time we put into their early care is more
a labor of love and a poor business venture. We asked $450 for our males
and females while pet stores in the area were asking $1500 for pups that
did not have our quality or care. Whelping pups is a great experience
once or twice but breeders with a conscience, for whom breeding dogs is not
the only source of income, will find that the time involved in raising and
then selling the puppies will occupy every aspect of their lives for two
or three months. This says nothing about the emotional toll of parting
with these babies that have been in your foster care for two months. This
is one reason why we were selective as to where the pups are placed.
Having said this, after three loving litters, we are no longer breeding Weimaraners. Our attention to puppies has now been replaced by human grandchildren. The only thing we offered different from many other breeders is the personal care and emotional involvement we we have with each of our pups. We know their individual personalities. Thank you again for your interest.
We kept our last female pup and named her Heidi and now have a complete Weim family. She is such a joy and the interactions with her dad and mom bring us much laughter.
We encourage you to adopt a Weimaraner and support your local Weimaraner Rescue.
Dog Tales: A Call for Pictures of
Mellick Weimaraners
Do you have a good profile image of your Mellick Weimaraner? We'd love
to create an album page to see how the pups of previous litters have grown
up. Send your favorite picture in JPEG format, no larger than 640 x
480 pixels to our EMAIL. Include
year born, your family name, dog's given name and one sentence that says
something about him or her.
Pictures and Notes of 2005 Litter
Pictures of 2003
Litter
From the Archives:
Holly and Hamlet Announce Their First Weimaraner Pups
Born June 25, 2002
Photo Documentation of Births (Warning Visually Sensitive Material)
Individual Photos of Pups at Seven Weeks
It has been an unusually full summer at Heartwood Studios and Farm. The following is a photo story of eight new additions, to the life at Heartwood
Hollidae Joi Moelich came to Heartwood on Christmas, 2000. Dam Holly became friend and companion to Leser Hamlet Alexander who waited for her to become of age. Holly became strong and swift as they ran the fields and hunted together. Hamlet is a natural pointer while Holly has a very good nose. She usually flushes out what ever Hamlet is pointing, much to his dismay. She dives in as soon as she sees him point.
Hamlet and Holly took their friendship to the next level. By the middle of June 2002, Holly was great with child(s). The morning of June 25, Holly visited her doctor for an X-ray to see how many puppies could be expected. The doctor determined that there would be eight puppies.
At 10 p.m. on June 25, Holly started labor. Jim and Marcia Mellick discovered a little live being walking around the whelping box that had not been there before. Holly was walking around outside the box not sure what was going on but she had cleaned and cut the umbilical chord of her first baby. Jim and Marcia were in for a long sleepless evening and were determined that no pup would be lost. A new pup seemed to arrive about every one hour and a half. By 4:30 a.m. there were three females and four males born. Holly was sleeping peacefully and it seemed that her contractions had stopped so Marcia finally went to bed because she had to be at work in a couple hours. Jim stayed with Holly until 6:30 a.m. and determined that the doctor must have been wrong about the eight pups, so he too went to bed. At 8:30 a.m. he went out to see how the newborns were doing. There seemed to be more pups than before so he counted. To his surprise he counted eight, so he counted again and again. There were now four males and four females. Holly had done quite well on her own with first and the last birth. She has proven to be a strong and caring mother and has shown great instinct in caring for her pups. When the original birth site became too warm, she carried each one of her newborns to a blanket under an open window. Jim and Marcia soon discovered that she knew what was best for her pups. The new family spent the next three weeks in Jim and Marcia's bedroom. Jim and Marcia did not get a lot of sleep.
When Jim and Marcia took the four-day-old pups in to the animal hospital to have their dew claws removed and tails docked, the doctor said that her pups were some of the largest and healthiest that he had seen.
Since their whelping, the pups have been weighed every two days to check their progress. At four weeks, the pups weighed an average of seven pounds and were introduced to the great outdoors for the first time. They were so curious in their running about that it was hard to get all eight in the photograph at the same time. Jim had to sit with them so they would gather in one place. Sire Hamlet was allowed visitation rights under the watchful eye of Holly after the first week. He is fascinated by them but leary of the number of these little duplicates running around him. The doctor thinks that Jim should be showing Hamlet because he is a powerful and beautiful dog. The problem is that Hamlet does not take kindly to Jim holding his tail and head at the same time. Hamlet walks around like a long-legged model on a runway. He knows he's beautiful. To see how beautiful he is, click here.
Hamlet and Holly have produced some beautiful pups in their first litter.
This litter has it's "Bruno" or "Bruiser", a male with a strong head
and neck that gets to the teat first. He weighs 7.5 lbs. at four weeks.
The other pups are quickly catching up. There is only one pup
with a small white patch on his chest and he is lovable with a distinguished
personality.
It will be difficult to see the pups leave Heartwood for new homes in four more weeks.
"Pink" at six weeks. One of my favorite girls
Puppy "picnic" on the grass at six weeks. Get it while it lasts, mommy's drying up.
Snoozing after evening dinner at seven weeks. All is right with their world.
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