Puppies!!!

[vneerland]

Congratulations on your choice, Jan.

Leih: Pronounce: Youp

[Jan]

Thanks Judith, also for the pronouncing of his name.
Today we received these photo's, they are about 6 1/2 weeks old now and we are going to take him home next friday, that is a day to look forward to as you can imagine.











I think you can see the curly fur of a puppy-roughcoat DS rather well.

[Jan]

He is home! We are so glad to have him arround definatily and het is very, very cute. Last thursday we were able to pick him up and so we did. When we arrived at home we let our other two dogs meet together with Joep somewhere on neutral ground and at first he was a little confused to see thes two ''giant'' dogs but yesterday afternoon they played a little for the first time already. Togehther they are doing very well and we are convinces we made the right choice.

Preparing for the journey up north;




We had a save place for him in our car;


And of course we had to stop along the highway every now and then:







After his first meeting with Floor and Bas he got tired so we let him sleep and rihgt after he wakes up we take him out every time, so far he hasn't done anything inside the house:






Later on it was time for hime to discover his new home and the garden, he fell into the pond already but he didn't seem to care:


Bas and Floor looked at it from a save distance (you can see the back of Floor between the plants next to Bas):


And today it was time to listen to some great music, he prefered Johnny Cash ''Sundaymorning coming down":

[leih merigian]

Oh, he's so darn cute! Congratulations on a very successful homecoming! Looking forward to pictures and stories...

[Sugars Mom]

Ohh, sooooooo cute!!!! Congrats on the new addition! All the best with everything and keep the pics coming. Puppies are just the cutest things, eh?

[Marjolein]

Good taste Joep, Johnny Cash rules

[Jan]

Showtime:




Posing Joep:






Posing Bas:




Posing Floor ("I hate this, it's way below my dignity!!!! How do I get out of this embarrassing situation???):

[leih merigian]

So, you guys really do wear wooden shoes?

(nice pics!)

[Jan]

So, you guys really do wear wooden shoes?

(nice pics!)

Yes, at least in the countryside we do, they are very comfortable.
Mind you, even the DS in The Netherlands do................................:


Translation of this newspapercomic:
''You can easily recognize the Dutch Sheperds''
''How do you mean?''

[Sugars Mom]

LOL those pics are soooo cute and funny of the Jeop in your lap then with Bas! What a size difference!

[Marjolein]

Whaha, I have that comic cut out too Jan

[icvanstra]

So, you guys really do wear wooden shoes?

My father wore his shoes which he brought from The Netherlands ( in the late 50's ) ... working around the yard, going to get the mail, etc...

[Marjolein]

So, you guys really do wear wooden shoes?

My father wore his shoes which he brought from The Netherlands ( in the late 50's ) ... working around the yard, going to get the mail, etc...

I wear them too, for feeding the chickens, so I don't get chickensh*t on my good shoes

[Jan]

Yesterday my wife took our two roughcoats out for a -short- walk and made some photo's which reminded us of the old situation when we also had two roughcoats one of which was Mike (who died on the 20th of june 2009):

The old situation, Mike and Floor:










And the present situation, wirth Floor and Joep:











We use this buggy for puppies because they are not allowed to make long walks, this way we can take them out together and it can also be used as a trailer on our bicycles:

[Kristie E]

I love the photos with young and old !!! MIke is absolutely beautiful, I am sorry for your loss. It is a good contrast with the old and the new!....

[Jan]

And all those ''parts'' make one beautiful puppy:

[Libbyt]

I love your close up photos - you can see all his little wiry hairs starting to pop out! He is a darling puppy and I'm sure he will win over your adult dogs in no time! How could they resist??

[Jan]

Thanks! They become closer every day. :dswink"

[Jan]

Big ears but somehow he refuses to listen with them:

[leih merigian]

He's so good in his bed! My puppy (even now at 11 months, alas) would tear up that sheet in a heartbeat!