An Introduction...

Let me introduce (via some of THE worst photographs I've EVER taken) Ruby, the Portuguese water dog, born Jan 1, 2008. Ruby is, at least for the moment her name, the name she has been given by the breeder, and while we expected to select another name (we are partial to "Noodles")... well we met her today and she was made ours today and Ruby really just fits her. She's just not really a Noodles at the moment. We'll see when she moves home. She's a major cuddle monster at the moment, which is why the breeder chose her for us. Many of her sisters are majorly active hounds already -- we're leaving them for farm lives.

A friend (hi Suzanne) once said to me after seeing picutres of the litter, "My heart just grew," and that sentiment was with a tenfold force actually meeting the canine menagerie. He Who is Now Landed and I are simply in love already with the wee creature, Ruby. With grand mercy we were given just two puppy option to start with -- how anyone could choose from 10 is beyond me; it was Ruby we met first and it was Ruby we settled on. I felt like I was abandoning "wee Mikey" by not choosing him, but there are homes for all and I have neither Catholic or Jewish leanings so the guilt quickly passed.

Ruby comes home March 1. I'm already a nervous wreck. He Who is Landed is already worrying about the dog falling off the balcony! He Who is Landed should be again renamed, this time as He Who Thrives on Things to Worry About :)

If you go to Wheatleywaterdogs.com you can see links to youtube which shows the puppies at various stages thus far. Also some nice photos of Sailor, mommy dog.