The Coco and Artus Litter arrived on March 1st, 1999!

Artus is the proud father of another beautiful litter:

4 males and 6 females

with  seven solid blacks  just like his first litter with Beauty!

3/14/99 Update from Tina Barber
3/27/99 Update
4/12/99 Update
4/26/99 Update

3/14/99 Update from Tina Barber

Looks like Coco’s pups are following in her sister’s footsteps! Upon close examination today, I found that my "bi-colored" male is really a black sable like great grandpa  Shep! How fascinating, and two of my dual girls are also going to sable out, 1 into a dark gray, and the other like her brother! The rest of the pups are solid blacks! With so much attention being placed on the Beauty pups now, after all they are at that fun age already, I feel like we are neglecting Coco’s litter—But wait—in two weeks the first group will all be gone to their new homes, the weather will warm up (I hope!) and these guys will be ready to start showing some personality. That’s when you will be "overloaded" with pictures! J So be sure to visit this site often.

3/27/99 Update from Tina Barber

With so much attention being given to her sister, Beauty’s pups, poor Coco was almost ignored. After all, everyone was watching the FIRST Artus litter growing weekly! Nobody was interested in regressing back to newborns.

Well, now its time to take note of Artus’s second litter! While his third is only 2 days old and will rightfully be neglected as we watch these gorgeous Coco pups blooming. His fourth litter is not due for another four weeks and we plan to keep you updated on those pups as well as continuing to provide you with updates on the Beauty pups at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months! Hopefully this will give everyone a chance to see how this magnificent NB stud is affecting the Shiloh genepool.

The Coco pups are very similar to the Beauty litter, except for colors. Instead of just one, this litter has 3 pups that were thought to be duals but are actually black sables, 1 male and 2 females! If they end up looking like Shanna, they will certainly STOP TRAFFIC when they mature! Wow!

Karen asked me to do another "guess" at coats. Please remember that this is only a "guess" (think of it as a game of chance!) since it is truly impossible to determine coats at this early an age. Often I have taken "guesses" at 5 ½ -6/12 weeks but it’s really the 7^th week before you can be sure. Since this litter was born a week premature, it makes it even more difficult. Nevertheless, my best guesses were as follows: 

Males: (huge black and black sable) plush, the other 2 blacks???

Females: One black sable and 3 of the solid blacks—plush, the other black sable and her 2 black sisters ???

Hopefully when I return (in 2 weeks) for my next evaluation I will be able to tell you a lot more about this litter!

These pups seem even more active than Beauty’s were so trying to get all 10 into one picture became the impossible dream! I did manage to get some bits and pieces of pups in groups, while the others were going in all sets of directions! On my next trip, I will try to get lots of help holding them in one place since we all plan to drive out to Long Island together to attend the BADASS Specialty on 4/11. Lisa, Lyn and Mark can assist Karen in holding the pups, so we should have some really great shots for you then. Be sure to bookmark this spot and return often for more updates!

April 12th Update

Upon seeing the pups this week I could not help but notice how much they have grown......but.... since they are only 5 weeks old, I am still not sure on all of the coats! Hopefully by next week I will be able to give you a more accurate prediction, at this point it looks like that two black males and the sable male are plush while the third black male is still questionable. The darker sable female and three black females are plush while the lighter sable female probably will be smooth and the fourth black female is still questionable as to coat.

Since the sexes are split evenly I figured I would have no problem getting some updated pictures of each group...WRONG! These guys have even MORE drive then the Beauty pups had! As soon as you got one on the couch he/she would be running from one end to the other, grabbing the sheet, or trying to commit hara-kiri by DIVING off the couch! No fear in this group! They wanted the run of the entire living room, not just part of the couch ;-) This is very unusual for 5 week old Shiloh pups. At 7 weeks, maybe. Normally puppies this age will be more then happy to sit still in unfamiliar territory, especially if they are way up on a couch! I expect to see some real working qualities coming out during the Temperament Tests, so if you have been looking for a SAR or SCH prospect, this is it!

It was fun trying to get these pictures, It took two people "holding" them in place, then on the count of 3, they let go & I snapped a picture of whatever puppy was left!

Yes, we tried to start with 5, but usually the ones on the end were gone with the hands, so I could not get them into a "group" shot! Next week I will bring some more helpers, and maybe we can manage some better shots outdoors, so pray for good weather ;-) I hope you enjoy these pictures of the Wild Bunch!

April 26th Update

The DC trip may have worn me out some, but I honestly believe these pups are heavier than Beauty's were at this age, even the smooths! I also noticed that a few of them are already starting to work their ears. One of the females had her's up perfectly until I started taking pictures. (Since this was their bedtime and we had to use the flash, we apologize for the poor quality of these pictures! Karen never had a chance to remove her jacket!)

We just wanted to show you how they are coming along. Be sure to come back next week for the complete temperament test evaluation report and lots of great pictures!