just a couple of pic's sorry guy's been flat out, melting or killing mozzies lots of water everywhere the dogs are all starting to turn green with moss growning on them lol
anyway here is a shot of shandy before belly

and now her big belly

and here is ren with her new look one and a half ears

and for the newbies that don't know my dogs here's the proud dad to be Coopers

So is Shandy just about due? Should be some nice looking pups ooking in there!!
Well Ren certainly has a certain raffish look now, with a tatty ear and different coloured eyes. As they always say it's your personality that counts, not your looks!!!!

So is Shandy just about due? Should be some nice looking pups ooking in there!!
Well Ren certainly has a certain raffish look now, with a tatty ear and different coloured eyes. As they always say it's your personality that counts, not your looks!!!!

....Nothing like home sweet home.

Don't worry about the mould, it washes off, my dogs are so used to the rain and puddles and flooded creeks, Kenzie already motors through the flooded creek crossings, I nearly lost him over a little waterfall cause his feet didn't touch the ground like the others and the water was running too fast for him!! haha the look on his face. All Harley's puppies were used to the water because we had 25 inches in 7 days before the left home so they were quite at home paddling in the puddles.

It is nice to dry out at the moment, Mareeba seems to be copping the brunt of the summer storms... a nice change.

That certainly is a belly Shandy has!! She must be ready to pop. They are going to be gorgeous puppies with a dad like Coops.. he is a very handsome boy!

Poor Ren... good to see it has all healed well. She doesn't look too amused with having her photo taken

ah poor ren, i didnt recognise her. cant wait to see what coopers and shandy's pups look like definately looking forward to that. raz is getting mouldy to considering the only dry place when i got home was his doghouse, which he was curled up asleep in :)

Good to see you and the gang are settled in. I hope everything went well, it must have been a huge challenge....

Glad that you are settling okay, we are also battling mosquitoes and squishy soil, we have moss and lichen growing on the ground at present. Ren now has that rough and ready look. Cannot wait to see Shandy's pups.

royalla... any movement on the Shandy pup scene?

Glad to see you and your puppies are settled into your new abode, Royalla.

Now, I'm the first to admit I don't know much about preggas puppies,
but . . . Shandy looks like she could pop any moment. I can't wait to see the puppies. But I shall be patient, I shall.

Ren is still gorgeous even with her one and a half ears. Besides, it's personality that counts and we all know Koolies have heaps of that.

here are a couple more pic's, the first one shows just how much water is laying around under the grass the only dried place is the house pad


Boo chasing Mozzies


Quin and Boo's little girl that i have named Jetta


Pearl up the wattle tree

Boo looks like she's camoflaged in that photo, she blends in well!! Were you surprised that some of her litter were solids?

yeah i agree Bluedog.. she is like a chameleon

...Congrats on the new arrivals, can't wait to see the photos.....well done Shandy !

good on you Brooke lol yes Shandy pupped last night 8 pups in all 3 merles 5 bloody solids lol 4 boys 4 girls and yes there are 3 bob tails in the mix and here they are
a very yummy chocolate mix
the one with the god spot is a little boy this time the two at shandys belly are the two bob tailed girls

...mmmm....lovely.....

There's that chocolate!! haha ... well done Shandy & Coopers.

They are so beautiful..i love the merle pup second from the top in the first photo.

Yes, well done to Shandy and Coopers... they have produced gorgeous pups!! :-)

I love the two merles with the big white markings! mind you, the little god spot one is cute too. I would have loved to see a gold like Shandy in a merle, but never mind, they are lovely bubs :-)

yes what a delicious little bunch :) i quite like the little merle bob tail girl at shandys belly, she is looking very calm and relaxed in these pics, she must be tired :)

Well done, delicious looking pups!! Look forward to seeing how they grow up and their little personalities developing!

well done the pups they r beautiful!!!!!

mum and bubs are doing well, very hard to keep them in the crate the little buggers are crawling everywhere lol and shandy lets me know every time one of them exsapes from the crate she starts barking for me to come and put in back in, i told her this morning that she can pick them up herself and put them back but within 20 minutes she was barking for me again lol, sunday night was funny when she was in labour she was very vocal so i grabed a couple of pillows to sit on next to her crate thinking we would be hours yet anyway i tossed the pillows next to the crate and quickly made a cuppa and grabed my book to read while i was waiting for the real labour to start but when i got back to the hallway shandy had dragged one of the pillows into the crate with her and being a mean mum i took it back of her and sat on it but shandy came out of the crate and crawled onto my lap i was thinking she just wanted a cuddle but as soon as she laid down she started to push OK QUICK BACK IN THE CRATE GIRL lol and that was god spot the first to be born and almost on my lap hahaha

that is funny as!! She just wanted you to be there with her.. just not that close to the action! lol.

sounds like she is taking to be a mother very well and still needs her mum to giver her a hand with the escapees

cant wait for more photos!!

They are a beautiful litter, if I was looking for two pups I would definitely take one solid and one of the merles and I don't care which one, they are all beautiful and healthy and glossy. One day. Shandy just wanted to be close to you....maybe a bit too close, but at least you have that bond with her. I like how she lets you know that one of the pups is escaping. Very funny.

yes i love that story too she is definatly a mummies girl, she love you :) it sure is funny how her pups get out and she gets u to bring them back haha love it

That's a lovely story, her taking the pillow. Obviously she just wanted the comfort!! Sounds like she's given you a job to do picking up pups!!

yes i am still playing pup finder lol i have put a board up across the front of the crate to slow them down god the little shits are not even a week old yet and they are so mobile, and shandy has also taken to let me know when the pups are getting to hot it's like hay mum bring a wet towel now, i have them in the coolest place in the house but they still get hot between 1pm and 5pm so i have a fan blowing on them and put in the wet towel for them to lay on as soon as they start to get noisey or shandy tells me haha my days are ruled by a dog but i love it, i would never be without them.

Just wait till they're up and running if they're active now! Shandy sounds a very attentive mum and you're a very good granny!!

Yes you will have mayhem on your hands when they get up and running for themselves

I agree with Bluedog and Treen. You are gonna have your hands full when they are older.

They are another beautiful looking litter, Royalla. Congrats to Shandy, Coopers and yourself

about time for some new photos of the babies isn't it??

i'll second that motion Penny

Come on Royalla...more photos!

Hope you're not under water with all the rain SE Qld's been having. How about the rest of the queenslanders - got webbed feet yet?

its been raining here (brisbane) on and off all week (more on than off)i've still managed to walk raz most days between the rain in the arvos. Its not raining heavy enough here to cause to many problems. my plants are loving it though :)

We had the most amazing storm last night! Tennis ball size hail stones and torrential rain. came out of nowhere and was awesome to watch but not so good for properties.

We didn't get too much damage to the house which was good... two trees down and over the fences so that kept us busy on the chainsaws today.

Lost most of the meat in the freezer too as one phase of HV went down but a few bags of ice from the pub managed to salvage the rest.

This is normally our wet season but ssshhh it hasn't rained for a few days, everywhere else is getting it!! we haven't had anywhere near the amount of rain that we get through the course of our wet season that usually starts around early January through to April, sometimes May.

jackie i didnt know qld had a wet season?? we havent had this much constant rain since i can remember, im not complaining though, its good for our garden (have alot of weeding to do though)

rain what rain would it be that stuff that has not stopped falling out of the sky since i move into my new island home i don't had chooks and ducks any more the chooks whats left alive have now turned into ducks and all my dogs have webed feet and are turning green with moss, i have been flooded since i moved in 3 weeks ago so yes it's a little bit wet here lol

North Queensland ALWAYS has a wet season it just depends on how much. That is why my dogs are swimmers and the grass is always green in photos... it rains for months on end.