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Wow! Tina and I are dads....uh, parents! Lita, our Carolina dog, had her
litter Friday morning, EARLY! Yep, we kind of had the feeling Thursday
night might just be the night, but, nooOOOo, it couldn't BE done soon
after supper but before bedtime; it began around 3:45am or so and lasted
about two hours! Anyway, with Lita's help, we delivered seven
beautiful pups. This was the first time I was ever involved in delivering
a litter of pups. I did a lot of reading, which will, as reading often does,
you know, leaves a lot of questions unanswered. As the saying goes: 'A
picture is worth a thousand words', well, in this case it couldn't be more
true. I searched YouTube for the subject of whelping puppies, and as a
result, I learned more watching those videos than I did from the two
books and a number of articles I had read. After seeing puppies actually
delivered, man, I was a pro! Lita would shoot them out, I'd catch 'em on
the short hop and go to work. With Lita's instinctual skills, we'd un-sack
the pup, clear its breathing passages, then, with Lita's licking on one side
and my rubbing with a towel on the other, we'd get that little sucker
breathing, cleaned up and feeding. It was a very satisfying experience,
that, I believe, has brought Lita and I even closer than before. Click here
to see pictures of them.
We want to thank everyone who has shown concern and who have sent
us their good thoughts concerning Tina's heart condition and the surgery
she underwent on June 11th. If you aren't aware, Tina developed
congestive heart failure last summer, but after spending almost a week in
Douglas Hospital to remove the fluid buildup inside her body, she has
done remarkably well. So well, unless you remembered last summer,
you would never know anything was wrong. Letting a year go by to see
how much her heart strengthened, they determined it had not
strengthened sufficiently to make them completely happy. As a result of
their, uh, unhappiness, they decided it would be a VERY good idea for
Tina to have a defribrillator implanted to protect her from any abnormal,
life threatening arrhythmias (fancy word, huh?). Anyhow, after being
extremely sore for a few days, and now having to be extra careful for the
next few weeks, other than all of that, she's back to normal. Once she
finishes with the limited movement period until about the end of July,
she can go on and do anything she ever did. Why, she can even bungee
jump!
Pet nutrition is SO important. Not only what's good nutrition, but
identifying what's bad. What should be stayed far and clear of is as
important as what you should, after paying attention to the ingredient
list, feed your pets. PLEASE pay attention to that ingredient list!!! That
is your only way of knowing what goes in your pet's stomach. Pay NO
attention to what commercials on TV, radio or in print, say. Pay NO
attention to what your neighbor feeds their pet, what your vet says to
feed your pet, or what I say to feed your pet. ONLY pay attention to
what that ingredient list says. Now, if, after understanding what goes
into your pet's food by reading that ingredient list, you decide that Brand
A is what you should feed your pet, and then you hear on the news that
they lied, it's being recalled, and really you've been feeding your pet saw
dust and corn chips, then you've got a legal beef with that pet food
company. But if that rare instance happens, you still made your choice
on good, clear and rational knowledge. To keep that from happening,
you need to listen to folks who make it their business to give good ,
precise information. Enter the Whole Dog Journal. These folks rate pet
foods, letting you know what's good, what's not so good and what's bad.
If your pet's dry food ingredient list begins with corn or any other grain,
you are feeding your pet a grain based diet. If your pet's canned food
ingredient list begins with water, you are feeding your pet mainly water.
Neither of these scenarios are good. Dogs and cats are carnivores. The
number one thing on the ingredient list should be meat! Throw in some
good, healthy and beneficial whole grains (corn shouldn't be seen) and
some vegetables, and the pet probably won't care so much. Just don't tell
them it's in there! We're not just trying to sell Canidae Pet Foods; it's one
of several high quality foods on the market. But PLEASE feed your pet
one of them, after you've determined that what you do feed is junk food.
How can a pet owner know which ones are good? Subscribe to the
Whole Dog Journal, or drop by here and read ours.
NEWS
Lita's puppies are due sometime this week, with her 63rd day being
Saturday, June 14th. She is quite large and rather uncomfortable right
now, but she's being pampered like she never has before. She's lounging
around, laying on soft dog beds in our bedroom. Her whelping box is in
place in our walk-in closet, promising her a quiet, out of the way place to
take care of her youngins. We've been warned by the brains in the New
Guinea Singing Dog Conservation Society that we should keep Jingle,
our singer, away from the puppies. She, being a truly wild breed, and a
true preditor, may confuse the squeaks of the young pups as, well, as
food! Of course, Dr. Brisbin has told me that Lita would have Jingle for
lunch if she ever made a move toward her nest. Jingle, as well as our
other kids, will be kept well away from Lita's little family.
For anyone interested in becoming involved with, and taking a very
addictive journey with, America's own wild dog, the Carolina Dog,
please contact us. We will be breeding Lita, who, as anyone who has
read about her on our Carolina Dog page knows, is a born-in-the-wild
Carolina Dog, captured by the father and discoverer of the Carolina Dog
breed, I. Lehr Brisbin, retired UGA biology professor and senior
ecologist at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in Aiken, SC. At some point
this year, if everything goes as planned, Lita will be bred with a beautiful
male Carolina Dog, Jesse, from Jacksonville, FL.
Carolina Dogs, possibly having lived as pariah dogs alongside Native
Americans for thousands of years, have evolved into Nature's perfect
dog. Sweet, extremely intelligent, beautiful, primitive appearance, and
will easily become your favorite dog of all times. In the two very short
years we've had with Lita, she has become one of those dogs I'll never
forget, and always look forward to spending time with. We will be
interviewing prospective owners and making a list for the pups. We, of
course, will be keeping at least one pup, and Jesse's parents may very
well be wanting one. We are looking for three or four, maybe more,
great homes, with owners who are real dog people. Please click on this
link to learn more about Lita and Carolina Dogs in general. I cannot
WAIT to see her beautiful puppies! I'm a little bias, but I think she is one
of the prettiest dogs I've ever seen. That, along with her own, fascinating
personal story, and the historical significance of the breed, makes sharing
our life with her mean even more.
For those of you who have been by the Lodge lately, you've probably
noticed a new face here, joining Dottie as our little greeter. Since I was
discussing Lita and Jesse's puppies, and Carolina dogs in general, we
found a Carolina dog at the Douglas County Shelter. I saw her face in
Petfinder.com, and as soon as I saw her, I knew exactly what she was.
We rushed to the Shelter and saved her life. I sent her pictures to Dr.
Brsibin in Aiken, SC (the father of the breed), and he, like I, nearly
flipped. Sunny was apparently caught wild here in the Douglas County
area of West Georgia, giving us the notion that Carolina dogs may exist
here as they do in East Georgia along the Savannah River. Dr. Brisbin
keeps up with where Carolinas are found, so he's asked me to find out
GPS coordinates where she was found. So, because I just happened to
look at pictures of the dogs in the Douglas County Shelter on Petfinder,
Sunny will be a famous part of our Carolina Dog research. Sunny
appears to be a perfect Carolina dog, perhaps on the smaller end of the
breed standard. But, when you think about it, if these dogs have been
here for thousands of years, as Dr. Brisbin's research finding suggests, if
they are found here in the Chattahoochee area, as they are in East Georgia
along the Savannah, this group has been separated from their East
Georgia cousins for hundreds of years, which could very well explain
why Sunny may be slightly smaller. Just as New Guinea singing dogs
and Australian dingoes, both likely having the same origin, have been
separated for thousands of years explains how they evolved differently.
And, yes, if I look wet in the photo, I had just finished bathing Sunny,
and, well, she saw to it that I got as wet as I got her! Isn't she beautiful?!!
Friends, we are very lucky to have Carroll County Humane Society's
West Georgia Spay Neuter Clinic up and operating now! Offering low
cost spay neuter is a great way to battle runaway pet overpopulation.
Not only is this for folks who, because of the cost of doing so, would
avoid spaying and neutering their pets, but it's a wonderful place for all
of us to save a buck.
We need West Georgia Spay Neuter Clinic to stay in business, so please
take full advantage of their terrific prices! When I say terrific: to spay an
under 60 lbs female dog, it would cost you $65! Please call them and
schedule having your pet spayed and neutered. Too, if you know
someone who can't/won't have their pets "fixed", and they are constantly
having litters they need to find homes for, give them a much needed gift
of a "fixing". You'll not only help your neighbor, but you will do
wonders for your neighborhood. Call 678-840-8072 or go to
www.westgeorgiaspayneuter.com
You wouldn't believe how many people have come in to take a tour of
the Lodge, and tell us about having used West Georgia Spay Neuter, and
are SO complementary! We knew this was a great idea, and we're so
glad Carroll County has done such a bang-up job, and made something
we can all be proud of and use.
Please visit our new "Available Pets" page by clicking on its dog bone
button on the left if you are looking to make a big difference in a dog or
cat's life. There are so many deserving animals out there, and all they
need is for someone like you to give them a life saving break. Of all the
dogs I've had in my lifetime (mega numerous), both those I've bought
and those I rescued, looking back, those that I rescued have, by far, made
the biggest impact on my life, and have done more than nearly anything
else to shape who I am today. I will spend the rest of my life looking on
dirt roads for the next set of "Alabama Kids" (See our "About Us" page to
see the Alabama Kids).
Tina and I have been hosting a monthly Meet & Greet for Southeastern
Greyhound Adoption (SEGA) at the Petsmart on Chapel Hill Road from
1:00 to 3:00 every fourth Sunday for some time. Due to the success of
Beechwood Trails, having the time to continue doing this is iffy at best.
A friend and fellow member of SEGA will be taking over the reins of this
M&G, giving it the importance it deserves that Tina and I could no
longer do. We will still attend this very fun event when the time allows,
but we can't promise to be there every month. It's always so fun to watch
folks' faces when they see one of these beautiful dogs for the first time. If
you have ever considered owning an ex-racer, or if you're just curious
about greyhounds, please come join us!
litter Friday morning, EARLY! Yep, we kind of had the feeling Thursday
night might just be the night, but, nooOOOo, it couldn't BE done soon
after supper but before bedtime; it began around 3:45am or so and lasted
about two hours! Anyway, with Lita's help, we delivered seven
beautiful pups. This was the first time I was ever involved in delivering
a litter of pups. I did a lot of reading, which will, as reading often does,
you know, leaves a lot of questions unanswered. As the saying goes: 'A
picture is worth a thousand words', well, in this case it couldn't be more
true. I searched YouTube for the subject of whelping puppies, and as a
result, I learned more watching those videos than I did from the two
books and a number of articles I had read. After seeing puppies actually
delivered, man, I was a pro! Lita would shoot them out, I'd catch 'em on
the short hop and go to work. With Lita's instinctual skills, we'd un-sack
the pup, clear its breathing passages, then, with Lita's licking on one side
and my rubbing with a towel on the other, we'd get that little sucker
breathing, cleaned up and feeding. It was a very satisfying experience,
that, I believe, has brought Lita and I even closer than before. Click here
to see pictures of them.
We want to thank everyone who has shown concern and who have sent
us their good thoughts concerning Tina's heart condition and the surgery
she underwent on June 11th. If you aren't aware, Tina developed
congestive heart failure last summer, but after spending almost a week in
Douglas Hospital to remove the fluid buildup inside her body, she has
done remarkably well. So well, unless you remembered last summer,
you would never know anything was wrong. Letting a year go by to see
how much her heart strengthened, they determined it had not
strengthened sufficiently to make them completely happy. As a result of
their, uh, unhappiness, they decided it would be a VERY good idea for
Tina to have a defribrillator implanted to protect her from any abnormal,
life threatening arrhythmias (fancy word, huh?). Anyhow, after being
extremely sore for a few days, and now having to be extra careful for the
next few weeks, other than all of that, she's back to normal. Once she
finishes with the limited movement period until about the end of July,
she can go on and do anything she ever did. Why, she can even bungee
jump!
Pet nutrition is SO important. Not only what's good nutrition, but
identifying what's bad. What should be stayed far and clear of is as
important as what you should, after paying attention to the ingredient
list, feed your pets. PLEASE pay attention to that ingredient list!!! That
is your only way of knowing what goes in your pet's stomach. Pay NO
attention to what commercials on TV, radio or in print, say. Pay NO
attention to what your neighbor feeds their pet, what your vet says to
feed your pet, or what I say to feed your pet. ONLY pay attention to
what that ingredient list says. Now, if, after understanding what goes
into your pet's food by reading that ingredient list, you decide that Brand
A is what you should feed your pet, and then you hear on the news that
they lied, it's being recalled, and really you've been feeding your pet saw
dust and corn chips, then you've got a legal beef with that pet food
company. But if that rare instance happens, you still made your choice
on good, clear and rational knowledge. To keep that from happening,
you need to listen to folks who make it their business to give good ,
precise information. Enter the Whole Dog Journal. These folks rate pet
foods, letting you know what's good, what's not so good and what's bad.
If your pet's dry food ingredient list begins with corn or any other grain,
you are feeding your pet a grain based diet. If your pet's canned food
ingredient list begins with water, you are feeding your pet mainly water.
Neither of these scenarios are good. Dogs and cats are carnivores. The
number one thing on the ingredient list should be meat! Throw in some
good, healthy and beneficial whole grains (corn shouldn't be seen) and
some vegetables, and the pet probably won't care so much. Just don't tell
them it's in there! We're not just trying to sell Canidae Pet Foods; it's one
of several high quality foods on the market. But PLEASE feed your pet
one of them, after you've determined that what you do feed is junk food.
How can a pet owner know which ones are good? Subscribe to the
Whole Dog Journal, or drop by here and read ours.
NEWS
Lita's puppies are due sometime this week, with her 63rd day being
Saturday, June 14th. She is quite large and rather uncomfortable right
now, but she's being pampered like she never has before. She's lounging
around, laying on soft dog beds in our bedroom. Her whelping box is in
place in our walk-in closet, promising her a quiet, out of the way place to
take care of her youngins. We've been warned by the brains in the New
Guinea Singing Dog Conservation Society that we should keep Jingle,
our singer, away from the puppies. She, being a truly wild breed, and a
true preditor, may confuse the squeaks of the young pups as, well, as
food! Of course, Dr. Brisbin has told me that Lita would have Jingle for
lunch if she ever made a move toward her nest. Jingle, as well as our
other kids, will be kept well away from Lita's little family.
For anyone interested in becoming involved with, and taking a very
addictive journey with, America's own wild dog, the Carolina Dog,
please contact us. We will be breeding Lita, who, as anyone who has
read about her on our Carolina Dog page knows, is a born-in-the-wild
Carolina Dog, captured by the father and discoverer of the Carolina Dog
breed, I. Lehr Brisbin, retired UGA biology professor and senior
ecologist at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in Aiken, SC. At some point
this year, if everything goes as planned, Lita will be bred with a beautiful
male Carolina Dog, Jesse, from Jacksonville, FL.
Carolina Dogs, possibly having lived as pariah dogs alongside Native
Americans for thousands of years, have evolved into Nature's perfect
dog. Sweet, extremely intelligent, beautiful, primitive appearance, and
will easily become your favorite dog of all times. In the two very short
years we've had with Lita, she has become one of those dogs I'll never
forget, and always look forward to spending time with. We will be
interviewing prospective owners and making a list for the pups. We, of
course, will be keeping at least one pup, and Jesse's parents may very
well be wanting one. We are looking for three or four, maybe more,
great homes, with owners who are real dog people. Please click on this
link to learn more about Lita and Carolina Dogs in general. I cannot
WAIT to see her beautiful puppies! I'm a little bias, but I think she is one
of the prettiest dogs I've ever seen. That, along with her own, fascinating
personal story, and the historical significance of the breed, makes sharing
our life with her mean even more.
For those of you who have been by the Lodge lately, you've probably
noticed a new face here, joining Dottie as our little greeter. Since I was
discussing Lita and Jesse's puppies, and Carolina dogs in general, we
found a Carolina dog at the Douglas County Shelter. I saw her face in
Petfinder.com, and as soon as I saw her, I knew exactly what she was.
We rushed to the Shelter and saved her life. I sent her pictures to Dr.
Brsibin in Aiken, SC (the father of the breed), and he, like I, nearly
flipped. Sunny was apparently caught wild here in the Douglas County
area of West Georgia, giving us the notion that Carolina dogs may exist
here as they do in East Georgia along the Savannah River. Dr. Brisbin
keeps up with where Carolinas are found, so he's asked me to find out
GPS coordinates where she was found. So, because I just happened to
look at pictures of the dogs in the Douglas County Shelter on Petfinder,
Sunny will be a famous part of our Carolina Dog research. Sunny
appears to be a perfect Carolina dog, perhaps on the smaller end of the
breed standard. But, when you think about it, if these dogs have been
here for thousands of years, as Dr. Brisbin's research finding suggests, if
they are found here in the Chattahoochee area, as they are in East Georgia
along the Savannah, this group has been separated from their East
Georgia cousins for hundreds of years, which could very well explain
why Sunny may be slightly smaller. Just as New Guinea singing dogs
and Australian dingoes, both likely having the same origin, have been
separated for thousands of years explains how they evolved differently.
And, yes, if I look wet in the photo, I had just finished bathing Sunny,
and, well, she saw to it that I got as wet as I got her! Isn't she beautiful?!!
Friends, we are very lucky to have Carroll County Humane Society's
West Georgia Spay Neuter Clinic up and operating now! Offering low
cost spay neuter is a great way to battle runaway pet overpopulation.
Not only is this for folks who, because of the cost of doing so, would
avoid spaying and neutering their pets, but it's a wonderful place for all
of us to save a buck.
We need West Georgia Spay Neuter Clinic to stay in business, so please
take full advantage of their terrific prices! When I say terrific: to spay an
under 60 lbs female dog, it would cost you $65! Please call them and
schedule having your pet spayed and neutered. Too, if you know
someone who can't/won't have their pets "fixed", and they are constantly
having litters they need to find homes for, give them a much needed gift
of a "fixing". You'll not only help your neighbor, but you will do
wonders for your neighborhood. Call 678-840-8072 or go to
www.westgeorgiaspayneuter.com
You wouldn't believe how many people have come in to take a tour of
the Lodge, and tell us about having used West Georgia Spay Neuter, and
are SO complementary! We knew this was a great idea, and we're so
glad Carroll County has done such a bang-up job, and made something
we can all be proud of and use.
Please visit our new "Available Pets" page by clicking on its dog bone
button on the left if you are looking to make a big difference in a dog or
cat's life. There are so many deserving animals out there, and all they
need is for someone like you to give them a life saving break. Of all the
dogs I've had in my lifetime (mega numerous), both those I've bought
and those I rescued, looking back, those that I rescued have, by far, made
the biggest impact on my life, and have done more than nearly anything
else to shape who I am today. I will spend the rest of my life looking on
dirt roads for the next set of "Alabama Kids" (See our "About Us" page to
see the Alabama Kids).
Tina and I have been hosting a monthly Meet & Greet for Southeastern
Greyhound Adoption (SEGA) at the Petsmart on Chapel Hill Road from
1:00 to 3:00 every fourth Sunday for some time. Due to the success of
Beechwood Trails, having the time to continue doing this is iffy at best.
A friend and fellow member of SEGA will be taking over the reins of this
M&G, giving it the importance it deserves that Tina and I could no
longer do. We will still attend this very fun event when the time allows,
but we can't promise to be there every month. It's always so fun to watch
folks' faces when they see one of these beautiful dogs for the first time. If
you have ever considered owning an ex-racer, or if you're just curious
about greyhounds, please come join us!
Houndquarters, Bill Pelfrey, Mark Harding, Harding Construction
Company
Company
Carolina Dog Puppies
Jesse on the right and his daughter, Tilly, on the left. Tilly is
from the union of Jesse and Dr. Brisbin's Star, born 5-19-07.
from the union of Jesse and Dr. Brisbin's Star, born 5-19-07.
