Sep 24

For Sale: Maremma LGD Puppies

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For Sale: Maremma LGD Puppies

  

The puppies are currently 2 weeks old. The eyes are almost all completely open. Some more than others. Puppies are using their back legs more to get around and can go urinate and defecate without mom’s help.

The Maremma lgd puppies are beginning to interact with each other and me more. I have to trim their nails as they are cutting my arms like little razor blades. They are quick to suckle and just today one grabbed hold of my arm that when I pulled away it was listening to a sucktion cup disengage. I thought it was going to leave a hickie on my arm.

Gianna is being a great mom. She loves her babies but allows the alpacas to come close to the gate to look in. At first she didn’t know what to make of it and a couple of times she barked. After that she cried a little but now she doesn’t care. Basically the alpacas are more interested in the hay that is stacked up where the puppies are rather than the maremmas themselves.

Santino is stuck to Gianna’s side whenever she is away from the whelping area. Since Gianna is still discharging he thinks she is in heat. He tries to breed her only to get growled at and sometimes a quick snap of a bite to the cheek. Gianna is no way interested in breeding.

I picked up a puppy this morning and it was snuggling in my arm. Santino started to bark at me but it wasn’t an angry bark. I felt as if he was telling me to be careful with his offspring.

I have four Maremma lgd puppies for sale. 2 male and 2 female. The price includes first shot, deworming, microchip, and registration paperwork.

To read more on the parents you can visit my site by Clicking Here.

Feel free to contact me as well by emailing info@desertmtnalpacas.com or calling 520-220-2778.

All the Maremma lgd puppies will be ready by November 8, 2010.

Here is a short video of the Maremma lgd puppies from Santino and Gianna:

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Sep 11

The Girls Are Home

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The Girls Are Home:

         

       

Actually the female alpacas have been home since last Monday; however, Gianna’s whelping of her litter took first priority over the girls’ announcement. Doesn’t mean I haven’t been doting on them but it is only now that I have the time to write about it.

It was a month since the last time I saw them. Chablis and Prada were still crias and now they are juveniles that look like teenagers. I can’t believe how much they have all grown in just a short month. Also when they showed up everyone was their original color. Now they are mostly orange due to the red clay. It’s not like I don’t have grass but every time I hose them down from the heat they go and find the only patch of dirt in the pasture and roll.

I also have my hands full in trying to wean all the juveniles from their moms again. Since I left them agisting they were all allowed to stay together. Last night was the first time I separated the older juveniles from their moms. Everyone was crying and complaining. I have to get this done since our first show is next month. That doesn’t leave us too much time to get everyone weaned again.

I’m very thankful to have all my alpacas in one place (DMAR). I know the male alpacas are exceptionally happy to see the female alpacas again. They are constantly in a pose oogling at the females.

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Sep 09

Another Happy Maremma Owner

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Another Happy Maremma Owner:
 
Tammy West who got a puppy from us out of Donatella and Vincenzo’s last litter wrote the following email to me this morning:
From:
“Tammy West” 
To:
info@desertmtnalpacas.com

Hey there! Hope you guys are settled into your new place. Just wanted to send this photo of Hap and the girls waiting their turn for the sprinkler. Hap is always smiling. She is awesome. We love her so much. As you can see she gets along with the alpacas. Sometimes I think she believes she is an alpaca. She will eat their food and loves a bite of alfalfa.

A proud owner

Tammy West

Alpacas Re’al
 

I just love getting these emails. Makes me feel like my dogs are doing their jobs and being loved right back. This was a great email and a great start to my day! Hap is approximately 10 months old in this picture.

We have more pups for sale out of Gianna and Santino. They will be ready by the beginning of November 2010.

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Sep 08

Gianna Has Pups 9-8-10

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Gianna Has Pups 9-8-10:

  I went out to the barn and found the front half flooded this morning. In an effort for Tom to fix the spickets in the pastures he went to the barn and started turning on and off all the water spouts to see what was and wasn’t working. Obviously one spout wasn’t working at the time and Tom forgot to shut it off. Well it was working this morning. As I was trying to sweep the water out I realized that I hadn’t checked on Gianna. At least she was in the back of the barn that wasn’t flooded.

 To my surprise Gianna looked up at me and 2 pups were at her belly nice and dry. I immediately went inside and then heard more crying. I looked and looked and finally found two pups on the side of the bale stacks and one was stuck in the chain link fence. Simply adorable to see it but they were cold and now was not the time to get the camera. I picked them up and rubbed them and then set them down with mom for a drink. Wow four pups born without me and then I heard another cry. OMG. I found the last pup under a wood board that we placed under the table with the fan on top of it. I was amazed at how it got under there and that it was ok. Again it too was cold so after some rubbing I placed with Gianna.

Everything was now going well and mom was quiet as pups nursed. All of a sudden Gianna got up in a funny stance and I knew one more was coming. Sure enough at 10:30 AM the last of the pups were born. Gianna and Santino are proud to announce they have a total of 6 pups- 3 females and 3 males.

Funny but when I look back at this whole pregnancy I can’t believe Gianna actually had pups. This is Gianna’s first litter (this is Santino’s 3rd) and to be honest with you I never saw them breed. I watched Santino make several attempts with Gianna growling and moving away at first. Then I saw where Gianna became receptive but it was summer in Arizona and Santino would try but give up so quickly due to the heat. Therefore, I never saw them mate and assumed it didn’t work.

Next we had the trip cross country. In my calculation Gianna should have been 4 – 5 weeks into the pregnancy. The stress alone could have made Gianna lose them. Then she was in a totally new home which I’m sure came with more stress.

I’ve watched Gianna carefully throughout her pregnancy and it wasn’t until she was in her sixth week did I confirm to myself that she was actually carrying. Her nipples were swelling and she was slowly getting thicker but her temperment towards Santino didn’t change too much like my other female maremmas did. She was typically very happy and calm.

Every once in a while I would feel a kick and I assumed then that she was carrying maybe one or two pups. Even in the end when I could feel the kicking more often it was still in the same place which made me think I was correct in the count.

Gianna has had me fooled all along. Nothing has gone the way it should starting with the breeding, puppies kicking to give me the correct or closer count, and then her temperature didn’t give me the sign that she was going to whelp. In all my other females when their temp dropped to 98 I knew they were going to whelp within 48 hours. Last night I took Gianna’s temp and she was at 102. Hence why I missed the birthing of her first 5 pups!

 My Gianna is just full of surprises!

Only one female is sold at the moment. All Maremma puppies are for sale. They are wonderful lgds. They are raised with our herd of 24 alpacas. For more information please contact me at info@desertmtnalpacas.com or you can also view our site at www.desertmtnalpacas.com/maremmas-livestock-guardian-dogs.html.

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