Tailey Seeks Loving & Fun Permanent Home!

Mira's affectionate, happy, confident & adorable puppy girl, playfully nicknamed Tailey, is seeking a wonderful home where she can keep her beautiful natural ears and full tail.

Initially left all natural because of a request from a potential owner who ultimately could not take Tailey because of the illness of another pet, Tailey has shown everyone she has met how joyous and fun a full tail can be. Repeatedly the favorite pup at any playdate or gathering, Tailey's jaunty tail wags clearly show her joy and enthusiasm. Sporting her full tail, Tailey can brag that she learned to wag a week before her docked littermates. She hasn't stopped wagging since! At her vet check today, she wagged through the whole exam at the new adventure. That's visible optimism for you!

If you think that you have the right home for Tailey, contact me for further information--schnauzr@gmail.com. You can learn more about Mira's litter at http://www.chimeradog.com/Chimeralitter2.html

Lucky Pups to Have Friends Like These Sisters

Katja & Venka hold Red & Pink Girls & an unknown Boy.

All Tuckered Out

"Playing can be a tiring business," sighs this pup.

Red Girl Looks Sad About Something: 6 Weeks

What's there to be sad about, Red Girl? It's a playdate. Maybe she's feeling left out.

This Girl Pounces & then Wonders Where Everyone Went

Pretty Little Show Girl:
6 Weeks

This pup is already auditioning for her shot at the show ring. What a pretty gait!!!

"What's on your shirt?,"
asks this hungry pup.

It's been said that pups love kids because where kids go, food magically appears. This pup seems to have discovered this universal truth.

Adorable Pup:
5 Weeks

"If I keep looking at her like this, I am sure she'll give me something special," thinks this hopeful pup.

Girls and Pups on the Grass

Ellie & Natalia pose with pups.

"My human is cuter!," exclaims one pup.

"No. My human is cuter!!," counters the other pup.

Standard Schnauzers, even as pups, will compete over just about anything ...

"Egads! Is that a tail?,"

exclaims this wonder-
struck pup.

























"No. This is a tail,"
declares Tailey, the full-tailed schnauzer.

"Am I a Show Dog Yet," asks this pup?

"See? I'm baiting for fingers!! I'm stacked up all square and pretty!!"

"Peek-a-Boo!"

"You can't see me," says this pup as it hides behind a blade of grass.

Pups are impressed with 10 year old Siberian Husky/Lab cross, Neeka.

Uh, that is, until one 5 week old schnauzer decides to tell Neeka who is Boss!

Not really in touch with their own size or relative abilities, these (over?) confident Standard Schnauzers ...

Pups meet the incomparable, stunning, Greta, 11 weeks of Great Dane wonder!

Can that possibly be a pup, ask the relatively tiny 5 week old Standard Schnauzer pups???

Lily doesn't seem sure either ...

Pups are 6 Weeks Old Today

They have grown & developed so much in the past 6 weeks. Milestones thus far passed (in no particular order):

• eating solid food (okay, softened, water-soaked food, but close!)
• drinking water from a bowl
• sleeping away from mom
• pretty much giving up on nursing Mira (the gang of 13 still sometimes catches her and latches on with their sharp puppy teeth--much to Mira's dismay)
• having not 1, but 2, nannies fussing over them (that would be Nanny Kit & Nanny Ursa, who have both doted on the pups since they were born and who compete to be with them now that Mira lets the nannies visit)
  
• being outside and hearing all the city noises
• not being worried about all the loud and sudden city noises, including a neighbor's outdoor, live rock concert last weekend!!! Amazing pups!
  
• playing outside in their pup-nasium (they even have tunnels!)
• meeting and playing with children and adult strangers
• meeting and playing with the adult and teenage Chimera dogs
• meeting and playing with dogs not part of the Chimera pack (including the gorgeous & huge 11 week old Great Dane, Greta!)
• surviving having their toenails trimmed every week
• surviving getting their puppy teeth
• biting another puppy and hearing it scream
• being bitten and screaming in shock and pain (& then turning around and biting someone else ... naturally!)
  
• going up and down stairs
• riding in one crate in the van
• growing enough for riding in two crates in the van
• being separated from some of their siblings for a time
  
• 5 pups being in a crate at Brooke's office
• 5 pups playing with staff members and racing around an office
• gaming balled up paper (paper product play is a schnauzer favorite, esp. shredding paper!)
• light bathing to remove food bits and food grease and yard soil that has become wet and turned to mud
• full bathing to remove food bits and food grease and yard soil that has become wet and turned to mud
• being dried with towels
• being hand-fed tiny bits of shredded, chicken breast (pups say they will never eat kibble again--until, that is, the next meal!!!)
• being hand-fed tiny bits of shredded, beef (pups again say they will never eat kibble again--oops! puppy resolve being the fickle thing that it is, the next kibble meal came and they gobbled it up ...)

Tomorrow the pups face another couple of milestones:

• the clippers on their rears, perhaps on their ears, cheeks and necks
• & being stacked like little show dogs for photographs for their official 6 week portraits. Breeders use these stacked shots to help evaluate the whole litter and then select which pups will go to show homes. Final selections will not be made until a week or two later when the pups have grown more.

We'll see how they do with these things. I will post the stacked photos if they turn out nicely.

Also coming, more playdates this weekend!! Stay tuned!

Beautiful Eye, Nose & Milk Drop:
6 Weeks

Because they have black coats, you can see tiny raindrops on the pups in the lower photo.

These pups sure like Lily:
6 Weeks

Whenever Lily holds one on her lap, the pup is content to rest, be held and to observe its siblings from a comfortable perch.

Wrestling on a Cloudy, Rainy Day:
6 Weeks

Pups don't let grey weather keep them down! Although the photos are blurry, they give a sense of the spirit with which schnauzer pups play.

Sleeping in the Rain:
6 Weeks

After lots of playing, this pup takes a nap on my leg. If you look closely, you can see the raindrops on the pup's coat.

Five Weeks of Sheer Cuteness

Does it get any cuter than this? It would be hard to imagine.

Sleepy Pup: Five Weeks

After a long afternoon of playing, this pup can't help falling asleep in Nestor's hands.

What a Handsome Pup!:
Five Weeks

Comfortable Pup:
Five Weeks

You can see that Lily is very good with pups by how relaxed this lucky pup is laying her lap.

Pups & Friend:
Five Weeks

Wonder what this pup is telling her ...

Lounging in the Grass:
Five Weeks

"I'm
Gonna
Get
Ya
!!!!!!,"

asserts this wild-eyed & determined pup to his siblings, who seem quite unaware of his intentions for puppy pack domination.

Uh oh. Look out!!!!!

Week Four:

the Age of "Playtime"--aka, puppy pack domination--has begun!!!!!!

"I'm
Bitin'
Your
Snout
!!!!!!!,"

declares this triumphant pup.

Scenes from the Playing Field.

These shots were taken just moments apart.

"Ha! Ha!
Paws
On
Means
I WIN
!!!!!,"
gloats this pup.