Ash & Mira Pups 2008

Dinsdale-Chimera Diallo at 13 Weeks

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As you can see in this photo, Diallo has such a gorgeous head and beautiful, soulful eyes. We are so lucky to have had him here at Chimera. We will miss this special boy greatly as he goes to his new home.

Meet Dinsdale-Chimera Diallo

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Meet Dinsdale-Chimera Diallo

(the name Diallo--dee-ah-loh--is from Africa and means Bold, which fits this bold and beautiful boy perfectly).

Diallo is a great pup: in addition to being stunning, he is very smart and eager to learn. We are really enjoying having him here at Chimera.

Boys Stacked at 8 Weeks

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Here are Ash and Mira's boys at 8 weeks old. We think they are very handsome.

Pups Stacked at 7 Weeks

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Video: 7 week old schnauzers give chase!

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Pups agree: chasing Lily is great fun!!!

Video: Schnauzer pups and "Personal Trainer"

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"Personal trainer," Lily, gives the pups a work out. What lucky pups!!!

Video: Pups love to give chase

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Lucky pups have friend Lily to egg them on!

Video: 7 week old schnauzer enjoys a leaf

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Lucky pup gets some personal attention and fun leaf play with friend Lily!

Schnauzer pups at 7 weeks

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Pups enjoyed a visit with friends today. Much fun was had by all. Pups especially enjoyed playing in the leaves and "gardening" by pulling dead plants out of planters.

Schnauzer pups enjoying an autumn day

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Schnauzer pups say leaves are good

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Schnauzer pups love to garden

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Papa Ash watches over his pups

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"Pups are 6 weeks old, but they still need watching," asserts Papa Ash.

You can see in these photos that Ash is very watchful and quite protective of his pups, who are playing and sleeping nearby (see photos below).

Standard schnauzers are vigilant and dedicated dogs who always are mindful of the well-being of their pack members, whether canine or human.

When you meet a standard schnauzer, don't be surprised if he or she is not immediately warm towards you. Standard schnauzers are not like labs or golden retrievers and most will take some time to decide if you are a friend. A standard schnauzer's friendship, however, is worth the wait!

Pups at 6 weeks

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5 weeks old

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Great adventure today visiting with new friends.

As you can see, the pups had a wonderful time.

More photos will be posted tomorrow. Such a great adventure that all--both human and pup!--are tuckered out!

Thanks so much to our generous hosts for the wonderful time!

Shoes are SOOOOO Wonderful!!

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This pup is thrilled to demonstrate why everyone who adopts a standard schnauzer pup becomes very conscious of the whereabouts of their shoes ....

Papa Ash says, "Yes, I have enjoyed many shoes and I particularly relish in the destruction of Crocs! Those straps are soooo unnecessary!," proclaims Ash (ever the sartorial critic).

Who is the Cutest 4 Week Old?

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4 Week Old Toy Battles

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4 Weeks Old: Busy and Cute Boys

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Happy Halloween

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from Pirate Ash and his little puppy pirate crew!!

Black Male Pup Available for Show Home

2008-10-26T17:55:00.002-05:00

If you are interested in showing a black male standard schnauzer to an American Kennel Club or Canadian Kennel Club Championship, contact us and we can discuss if one of Ash and Mira's pups might be right for you.

Green Boy, Red Boy ... Red/Green Boy????

2008-10-25T22:21:00.003-05:00

Bet you can see what happened here when Green Boy had his head paint retouched tonight.

Yes, brother Red Boy could not resist checking it out and ended up with a green nose and mustache.

Good thing it's non-toxic, water-soluble fabric paint, so the worst thing that can happen to Red/Green Boy is the embarrassment of wearing a green nose and mustache!

Super Cute Green Boy at 3 Weeks

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Am I laughing?? Ha, ha, ha!!! I'm just so cute, I have to laugh at myself!!!

Looks Comfortable, Gold Boy!

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Hard Being Stuck in the Whelping Box

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Such a sad face. Soooo hard being a little pup and stuck in the whelping box. All the fun things must be happening outside!

Dinner, pt. I

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Pups are now learning to eat goats milk mixed with baby cereal. As you can see, they wear lots of their meal, sometimes don't know which end goes where (!!), and like to eat off of each other.

Lots of fun for everyone.

Dinner, pt. II

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3 Week Shots

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Pups say, "We are very hungry!" in this last shot. Good thing they are about to eat!

3 Week Weigh In

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Pups are now three weeks old. They can climb out of the whelping box and explore the room to find Mira if I do not have the whelping box door in. They have had their three week worming and each declared the worming medication (supposedly tastes like caramel) delicious! They spent a lot of time cleaning each others faces afterwards to be sure to get all the tasty, sticky stuff.

Here are their weights:

Purple Boy: 3 lbs, 2 oz
Red Boy: 3 lbs, 5 oz
Green Boy: 3 lbs, 15 oz
Blue Boy: 4 lbs, 1 oz
Gold Boy: 4 lbs, 1 oz

The photos above give you an idea how they got soooo big so fast!!

Day 20: Overnight, Big Changes

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The pups have developed so much just overnight. Note the same blanket in these morning photos as in the photos from late last night.

Overnight, they developed the ability to combine figuring out climbing out of the box and the physicality to achieve this feat of coordination at one time. Watch out world!! Pups on the loose before we know it! Red Boy (aka Chili, Paprika or Radish--no one nickname has really taken yet) seems to be winking at the camera as if to say, "Here I come!," while his brothers look on.

Day 19: Pups Growing Up

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You can see the pups' eyes are now open and they are discovering their world and each other. They now have toys, respond to sounds, make little barks and growls while playing and complain bitterly when they feel that Mira is not giving them enough attention!

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Pups are learning to play with each other, especially by "tasting" parts of each other. They also have discovered the Thermawhelp, a temperature-regulated heating plate that is now in their whelping box since the weather has just turned cold.

Day 19: Nursing is Now Mostly Upright

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Day 18: Pups are Huge!

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I am shocked to see how enormous the pups have become in my absence. They are 2.5 weeks old and all pups are over 3 lbs now. Mira is clearly a very attentive mother!

After pups are 3 weeks, they will begin weaning and I am sure that Mira will be relieved since they can drain her completely of milk now in a matter of minutes.

Thinking of Mira and her Pups in China

2008-10-19T12:22:00.002-05:00

Just back from China where I took a lot of photos of a the female half of the Guardian Lion pair that is outside many buildings and gateways. The Lion pair often has a male with a globe and a female with a cub. Sometimes the lions look very much like dogs and they are often called Lion Dogs because of this.

The female and cub remind me of Mira and a pup. I hope you enjoy the following photos of the Lion-Mira and cub-pup.

Lion Dog at the Forbidden City

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Lion Dog at the Shanghai Museum

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The Shanghai Museum has this detail of a lion. I am not sure if the animal at her paw is meant to be a cub or not. It's kind of squirrel-like, so perhaps it is prey. If the lion here were a standard schnauzer, it would be a squirrel for sure!

Lion Dog at Yuyuan Garden

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Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai has these wonderful and very expressive examples of the Lion with cub. You can see how dog-like they can be.

Insect of the Great Wall

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Okay, no dog connection here, but I still like this insect on part of the Great Wall and another section of the wall visible across the mountains in the distance.

Lion Dog at the Jade Factory

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Lion Dog Statues at the "Friendship Store"

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In these shots, you can really how dog-like the lion statues can be. These statues are for sale outside of the government-run "Friendship Store" and restaurant (very over-priced trinkets, souvenirs and also very bad, US style food, by the way) between the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall. Beware if a tour guide ever takes you there! At least you can admire the lion dog statues ...

Lion Dog Meets Beijing Duck

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This was taken outside a famous Peking (Beijing) Duck restaurant in Beijing. You can see the male Lion with the globe that stands for the universe in this shot with the tourist and duck.

Day 14: Dreaming

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While everyone else lines up at the milk bar, this little pup dreams away.

The life of a two week old is sure hard!

Purple Boy: Day 8

2008-10-07T22:26:00.001-05:00

Don't know why, but somehow Purple Boy keeps finding his way into my photos. Wonder what he is trying to say. "I'm the cutest," perhaps?

One Week: the Weigh In!

2008-10-06T21:10:00.003-05:00

Here they are:

Green Boy: 1 lb, 15 oz

Blue Boy: 1 lb, 14 oz

Gold Boy: 1 lb, 14 oz

Red Boy: 1 lb, 14 oz

Purple Boy: 1 lb, 12 oz

Last Tuesday (day two of their lives), they weighed:

Green Boy: 16 oz

Blue Boy: 16 oz

Gold Boy: 15 oz

Red Boy: 14 oz

Purple Boy: 14 oz

A lot of growth in one week.

Mama Mira is proud!

More photos of plump pups: day 7

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This little (big) fellow is Mr. Red. His belly is truly impressive. He is so fat and so content that he is just sleeping while his brothers nurse. He does not care at all that they jostle him around. I wonder if he can even turn over with his gigantic belly ;-0!

In the bottom photo, you can see that his brothers, Mr. Gold and Mr. Blue, also have impressive girths.

Note: Pups look brown in these photos because the photos were taken without flash and with lighting that gives a yellow tint to photos.

Plump Pups: one week old

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Pups are growing so much and becoming truly plump. Mira has lots of milk and they have NO problem eating their fill several times a day.

Lucky pups!

Nursing Pups: Day 6

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Beautiful Sleeping Pups: day 5

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Purple Boy is Photogenic

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Scenes from Day 5

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4 Days Old

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Day 4: Pups are growing

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You can really see how much larger and what plump little bodies the boys have developed in the past three days. Mira has lots of milk and they are busy sleeping and nursing, which at this age is actually a workout for the pups. They get exercise and build their muscles and coordination by nursing and moving around the whelping box to reach Mira or to cluster up with their brothers.

Hard to be one of these boys, eh?

Scenes from Day 3

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Pups visited our reproductive vet in Madison on day 3 to have their tails docked and dew claws removed.

Pups also had their first color coding with non-toxic fabric paint. They are now Purple, Red, Gold, Green and Blue boys.

Day 2: Time with Mama Mira

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Day 2: Nursing

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Day 2: Cleaning

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Day 2: Sleeping Pups

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Cuddling with Mama Mira

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Mira says, "No More Photos of My Pups!!!"

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When Mira tires of having a camera and flash pointed at her pups, she covers them with her own body. Completely understandable. Mira is a very protective mom.

A Well-Deserved Ice Cream Break for Mira

2008-09-29T23:17:00.002-05:00

Ice cream is wonderful for milk production and I am sure it seems like heaven after a day of giving birth and caring for a new family. Mira agrees! Here she enjoys a bowl of butter pecan while the Gang of Five contentedly sleeps with bellies full of Mira milk.

A good ending to a long day for everyone.

Mira's new little family

2008-09-29T22:31:00.002-05:00

Mama Mira (seen here all curly from a post-whelping bath) has been taking great care of her gang of five.

Hope you enjoy the shots of the little family together on day one and also the shots that follow of the boys in a basket while their whelping box is being cleaned and Mira is out for a meal and constitutional.

Gang of Five: Mira & Ash's new family

2008-09-29T22:24:00.002-05:00

Here they are: the Gang of Five. All boys. All black.

They know they are special already.

5 boys for Mira and Ash

2008-09-29T12:14:00.001-05:00

Pups have arrived and Mira and they doing well. All 5 are boys. Incredible!

We're Having Pups!

2008-09-29T09:11:00.002-05:00

3 black males thus far!

Mira had the first pup at 7:20am, the second at 8:05am, the third at 8:40am.

Pups are vigorous and nursing with gusto. I'll post photos after everyone has arrived.

Ash & Mira are expecting pups!

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5 pups, to be exact!

Xray showed 5 pups today. Exciting! Puppies are due sometime in the next week.

Mira is over 47 lbs, pretty uncomfortable, but still eating, especially if the food offered is interesting. I can feel the pups moving when I place my hands on her belly and/or sides. They are pretty active pups, which helps explain Mira's discomfort.

Mira is a beautiful girl

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Mira is formally known as AKC Champion Dinsdale Chimera Mirari. Mira is a very loving, loyal and laid-back girl. She is also very pretty and very sure of herself. Mira is a great mom and she has passed her intelligent, loyalty, and affectionate personality on to her pups.

Ash is a handsome fellow

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Ash is formally known as AKC Champion Dinsdale-Chimera Man-in-Black. He's a wonderful, sweet, affectionate, friendly dog who has produced that temperament in his pups. Ash will be moving to Canada in this Autumn to begin his Canadian show dog and stud dog career. Ash will be loved and cared for by the breeder of his mother, Lori Elvin of Dinsdale Standard Schnauzers. After his time in Canada, Ash will return to Milwaukee. Can't be without my "love bug" for long!