We are a small in home breeding program. Our moms and dads live as pampered pets and have the full run of the house. They enjoy outings to the lake and walks through the woods or just hanging out in front of the TV. Our puppies are raised in the dining room and are prespoiled before going home. Visit our web site at www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com or email me for more information. Patty at [email protected]
For those of you who followed last summers puppies you might recognize the little peanut in this picture. Juno .. Lolli's girl .. took part in a reunion of some of the past Croaking Toad puppies at Oliver and Charlies house.
Charlie, Oliver (Bro's that live together, Wicket, Max and Juno (who lives with Wicket.)
Our little Poppy had her first day in the snow yesterday. She was a big fan. Snowballs stuck to her legs and all. We have decided to place Poppy in a new home. She will be leaving in a few weeks. Monkey's, Tank, will join her once he is old enough to leave his mommy. We are going to miss this special girl and plan to enjoy every moment until she leaves.
This is Lolli and Radar's favorite spot when I'm working in my office. They don't mind sharing.
These two should have puppies arriving the beginning of January. Four other litters are also expected in January. To see information on these upcoming litters visit my web site and scroll down past the current puppies.
www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Fun weekend for everyone with my mom and sister visiting. I've put them to work. My sister is on dog walking detail and my mom is in charge of puppy socialization.
Monkey's puppies will be 4 weeks old tomorrow and Penny's will be 3 weeks old on Saturday. To see individual pictures visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Penny's kids all had the same idea .. toasting under the heat light. Cute little family.
My least favorite part of morning walks. I'm sure if the dogs could voice their opinion they would agree.
Beautiful morning to trail the 4 legged family members through the woods. This time of year the wildlife is easier to spot with underbrush thinning out. We spend a lot of time watching deer and trying to get the squirrels to come down from the trees. Nice morning but I wouldn't go as far as thinking it was a morning to play in the stream.
At three weeks Einstein seems to have life figured out. His own little beach under a warm sun for a snooze..
Penny's puppies are 2 weeks old today. To see individual pictures visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Big day for Monkey's kids. Today they turn 3 weeks old and moved to the kitchen. They still sleep almost all the time but they will start to wake up and learn about life little by little. Poppy did her best to get them to play through the fence.
Individual 3 week old pictures can be seen on my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Another Halloween come and almost gone at the Croaking Toad. Another year that I did not pull out costumes for the dogs. Dress up just is not the same without our retired Annie. Annie is the only Tzu I've owned that truly loved playing dress up. At best some of the rest just tolerate!
So here is a flashback to some past Halloweens when we had more enthusiasm for the holiday.
What a difference a day makes. We've had weeks of beautiful fall walking weather but this morning walks were wet and chilly.
The puppies are still of an age where all they do is sleep and eat. They are oblivious to the changing weather.
Why is it that the fall leaves looks so much prettier when I'm walking in the forest preserve than they do when I'm standing in my yard holding a rake?
Penny's puppies are 1 week old today. To see individual pictures visit my website
www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Monkey's puppies are 2 weeks old today. To see individual pictures visit my website
www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
It's that time of year when everyone is happy to be lazy around the fire.
NOTE: All the puppies that were available are now on hold. Two of Penny's girls may become available at a later date.
These our the parents of our next anticipated litters. I anticipate litters to arrive in Jan. and Feb. and be ready for their new homes in Mar. and April.
To see information on these litters scroll down past the current puppies to the anticipated litters.
www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Individual pictures and availability have been posted for Penny's pups on my website.
www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Be sure to refresh the page to see the most current availability status.
Penny's kids have figured out where to crawl to stay toasty warm when mom needs to leave to take care of personal business.
I'm going to try and get individual pictures posted to my website today.
Penny's little Munsters arrived late last night. To see information on this litter visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Peaceful mommy, Monkey, and her content kids.
Monkey's puppies are one week old today.
To see individual pictures visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Monkey is such a good mommy. Her puppies are fat and well loved.
Monkey's puppies are all on hold. Next litter coming soon.
Perfect walking weather for expecting mom, Penny, to enjoy while we wait for her puppies to arrive. .
Individual pictures and availability for Monkey's puppies have been posted. To see information about availability visit my website. www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
NOTE: Remember to refresh the page to see the most current status of puppies availability.
Monkey's puppies arrived this morning. As suspected she was waiting for inclement weather to go into labor.
You can see information on this litter on my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Monkey is still enjoying her walks as we all await the arrival of her puppies.
Mother and daughter dinner bookends.
The dogs eat in order oldest to youngest. Mommy Buttons is first in line and her daughter Poppy is the last in line.
Soon dinner time will look different, when new puppies arrive, and moms eat in their nurseries.
Bailey and Radar sit while they eat which makes it hard to see them in the line up.
Lazy, wet, Sunday afternoon.
If the weatherman has the forecasts correct it looks like we will have beach days clear into October.
We have a confirmed pregnancy for Penny.
To see information on this upcoming litter visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
When I was a kid we had an understanding in the family. If you needed to leave a room, for a short time, you could invoke the dubs rule. As in, 'I have dubs on this chair when I get back'.
Does it make the dogs smart or dumb that they do not seem to understand this rule and always steal my chair?
BIG FAIL
It is always a good day when you spend it at the beach.
We have a confirmed pregnancy for Monkey. Jackson is the dad for both of our upcoming October litters, so these puppies will be half siblings to our little Poppy.
To see information on this upcoming litter visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Routine is a good thing so we maintain our morning walk groups but after breakfast each group takes turns going on bonus walks.
September is our favorite month to walk at the beach. Poppy, who will be 12 weeks old in a few days, joined her mommy's group for a bonus walk along the beach.
Poppy's face trim turned into a big girl haircut. She is ready for the return of summer weather, next week, and her first trip to the beach.
Poppy has now had several rounds of vaccinations and can start walking. Next week I will work her into the morning walk groups but for now she and mamma are enjoying a little bonding time while Poppy learns some walking skills. Okay, Buttons totally ignores Poppy on these walks as she is too busy hunting.
In response to multiple emails asking how to train a puppy to potty on command I have put a potty training page on my website.
http://croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com/potty%20training.html
In this video Poppy is demonstrating the two techniques we teach puppies to help with potty training. Getting from point A to B and going potty and command.
She was a bit confused because I couldn't do the normal clapping, involved, and I had locked the big dogs away so they would not dominate the video.
Poppy has decided she is too big of a girl to use the potty pads and only wants to go outside for her business. Since I like my sleep I set up the owl safe area that she can use to go out potty at night.
Poppy is 10 weeks old now. She is Buttons' daughter that I have been watching as a possible future mom. She is such a sweet, smart and fun little girl.
All the puppies have gone to their new homes.
Our next puppies should arrive mid October. While we wait we will enjoy Poppy's antics and have new adventures with the adults.
The adults are likely dreaming of many trips to the beach and it appears Poppy thinks she is going to help with the household chores. The reality is she is already turning into a little mooch and is looking for hidden goodies I suspect.
Bailey and Buttons joined the walkers today. It is always fun to watch their excitement their first day back after puppies have gone home.
Heavy rain this afternoon so the plan was for puppies to go out to potty in the rock yard and then come in to play. Of course they stretch potty time out by finding things to do beside coming back in.
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In response to multiple emails asking how to train a puppy to potty on command I have put a potty training page on my website. http://croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com/potty%20training.html In this video Poppy is demonstrating the two techniques we teach puppies to help with potty training. Getting from point A to B and going potty and command. She was a bit confused because I couldn't do the normal clapping, involved, and I had locked the big dogs away so they would not dominate the video.
Alan is very attracted to loud annoying sounds. He loves the piggy and also loves to play with the windchime and often howls along with them as they jangle. Everyone ought to have a grandaughter like mine who is so helpful.
The puppies have started to go to their new homes but before any left we caught this short video of them reponding to the "puppy call" . More amazing than them coming, when called, was that it only took 3 days to finally get the video to load over our slow connection! Today Shelby's puppies are 7 weeks old. The camera has been put away until our October litters arrive. Having had to take 7 week old pictures of 6 litters has convinced me I need to stop taking their pictures at 6 weeks old!!
Gale is the last puppy from Monkey's litter still available. To see more information on Gale visit my website www.croakingtoadshihtzupuppies.com
Monkey's kids love playing outside.
Jackson says Hello.
Another game for the babies.
The puppies had a fun Superbowl party. They did not care who won or if the commercials were funny .. only that the grand kids came to the party.
Ralpie is the last of the big puppies waiting to go home. He plays well with Shelby's younger puppies but .. well they are younger and sleep more. I introduced Ralphie to a new friend. One that never gets tired!
A 40 degree day wedge between two very cold spells just seemed like it was begging to have some puppies come out and play. I especially wanted Walnut to get a chance to play in the snow as he will soon be going to his home in warmer climates and this might be his only chance to play in the white stuff.
Bailey's puppies can play this game ALL day long.
It may be snowing and cold outside put the puppies are finding plenty to do during indoor play time.
This is how play time with the fox tail always goes. Walnut talks big to it ... puppies try to play with it ... Rosie in the end always catches the tail and drags it around the room. Little Finn and Olaf would really like a chance to play with it.
Izzy's good little girls are 8 weeks old and will soon be leaving to their new homes. In the meantime they keep us entertained and warm with snuggles.
After today the puppies will all be in their new homes. It is going to be a lot quieter in our house!
The puppies start going home today. This has been a fun group of puppies and the nice weather has made being outside with them enjoyable. Max (who has managed to earn the nick name Wally) often goes missing and I can find him running around the house. This dog door he has figured out is not an easy door to open. It has strong magnets on all three sides.
I HAD A FEW EMAILS ASKING THE TRICK TO WALKING MULTIPLE DOGS ON EXPANDABLE LEASHES. I'M REPOSTING A POST FROM LAST YEAR THAT SHOWS WHAT MAY NOT BE A TRICK BUT A TOOL TO MAKE IT EASIER. I took this video this morning to share with someone on how the wait command can be helpful when walking dogs. There have been comments on some of my posts wondering how it is possible to walk 4 and 5 dogs on expandable leases at the same time. This video shows my older group demonstrating the wait command. I use this command at home and walks. Basically I'm playing freeze tags with my dogs. When I say WAIT. They know they are to stop wherever and whatever they are doing. It is great while walking. I say wait and then they stay put while I do what needs to be done .. pick up potty bombs, pull a burr out of an arm pit and yes at times untangle hopelessly tangled leashes. Most important is I can tell them to wait and then walk to them until the leashes are the length I want them to be and lock them down for passing people on the trail in a tight group.
Poor Rosie. She loves to play ball and she would even be willing to play keep away with someone .. but ... she is not a fan when they decide to just chase her around being annoying while she is trying to get some serious ball handling practice done.
Some how a quick trip out to go potty always turns into play time.
In theory potty training a puppy in the winter is the easiest time to potty train. Less distractions like leaves, sticks, grass and the cold weather should help them want to get it done and back to the house. Mattie obviously didn't read the book of theory. And how she can find a leaf, in all that snow, to play with, while she is suppose to be looking for a potty spot is a mystery. Mattie is one of three Radar daughters I've held back. Radar can produce some smaller end pups and I have my fingers crossed that Mattie and little Shelby will grow big enough to be future moms.
Bailey's pups are ready to go home. One last look at the furry 5 before they head off for their new adventures.
Piper is showing her kids the best door to use to go out and go potty. No surprise that Monkey is the first down. She earned her name weeks before I knew I was going to keep her. With her dark little face she looks like a monkey and she is clever and agile. Laid back Boomer usually is right behind Monkey but he looked like he wanted to try the tobogganing technique this morning. Little Shelby is sweet and cuddly and being little stairs take some concentration.
Rosie has taken over training the next generation of ball chasers. Wicket was watching the technique so he'll be ready when he gets a chance at the ball. Rosie does not like this softer ball as it isn't fast like daddies. I'll be out looking for a better ball for her soon.
Parker is retiring and this week has been all about Parker fun things before he goes. He is the happiest dog I've ever owned and has given us many puppies with his happy personality. He is going to pack up his favorite ball and start a new adventure in a big fenced back yard with his very own 9 year old boy! Here is one last video of him playing his favorite sport before he goes.
Parker's daughters would like to play soccer with him but he is so focused on his game that he does not even notice them. They have their own purple ball, they play with, but it does not seem as fun as their daddy's red ball that goes soooooo fast!
Bunny loves to play soccer just like many of her family members. I think her brother Oliver is suited to be the family goalie.
Bunny would really like a chance to work on her ball handling skills without her brothers wanting to join in. Bert wanted to take the game completely over. I think both of these kids could play on the family soccer team.
I may have to form a family soccer team. It turns out that Rosie likes to play soccer like her daddy Parker and sister Penny.
Parker teaching his kids ball wrangling skills.
Daddy's little girl!
No pacing the halls for this daddy. While the moms are preparing for his babies Yukon is off playing ball.
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