Born last, and a huge (but very pleasant!) surprise as the x-rays a week before only showed 8 puppies,
Halleigh came out just ten minutes after her brother Huntley. She is the darkest
of the three girls and the middle one in size. She has a particularly beautiful head and like all of
them, is very cuddly and sweet. She is very birdy and wants to be a duck dog too. She will get her chance
with new owner Sue Jensen of Maine, who is currently running a Sprint daughter, Bianca, in hunt tests. This makes
her a great aunt to Halleigh, as Hilfy's mother is also a Sprint daughter.
News About Halleigh
August 11, 2008The Brat has stolen my heart :) Right now she's on a mission to drag all her toys out of
her ex pen and out the pet door. She's a smart little bugger! Only took me holding the flap open for one exit and one
re-entry and she was an old pro at it. She's quite proud of herself when she comes in....she skids around the corner and
comes barreling down the hall like her hair's on fire :) I'm working half days this week to help the transition (probably
for me more than her!) Took her for a walk right before I left this morning to tire her out. She seems happy in her ex pen
while I'm gone so I feel much better about that :) I can't wait until the Pirahna stage is over!!!!
August 7, 2008The little pirhana has had quite a busy day today. She went for a walk this morning and then up
to visit Dr. Mike (who thought she was as sweet as can be). Then she went up to play with the neighbor's Aussie, then some
more play time with Bianca. Needless to say, the word of the day is NAP :) She seems to like riding in the car and is quiet
as a mouse. And I've gotta tell you, if her little sniffer works HALF as good on birds as it does on food....WOW!!....we're good to go!!!!!
August 5, 2008 Good morning! Halleigh has settled in like she's been here all along. She met my neighbor this
morning before he went to work. We just came in from a marathon playtime in the yard and chased the puppy bumper a bit. That little
tail hasn't stopped wagging since she got here! :) She's a little pistol! No accidents, she actually went and sat by the door earlier
when she had to go out....good girl! I finally got around to taking the towel out of the crate you shipped her in. It was wet, but
not soaked. Funny thing was, she wasn't wet at all when I took her out at the airport.
I think we're contemplating a nap....we just dragged the kitchen rug back to our crate :) If the sun comes out today, I'm going to
take her down to the river for a swim later.
Halleigh with new owner Sue Jensen, 8/5/08.
August 4, 2008 Note from Karen: We shipped Callie to Sue in Maine today. She was supposed to go Friday, but Delta
canceled the flight. The plane was late leaving Knoxville after we dropped her off at 5 a.m., and as a result she missed her connection in
Atlanta. It took quite a while to find this out, and a lot of phone calls to Delta's Pet First service. They were very helpful
and sympathetic (Sue and I were both frantic), and assured us that Delta's cargo terminal in Atlanta was air conditioned so she was
not melting somewhere in the 96 degree heat with no food and water. She finally arrived in Maine that evening, 14 hours after we
dropped her off, and Sue called to report that she was just fine. The people in Atlanta must have taken her out of the crate and
played with her, fed and watered her, as she was clean, happy, and not hungry or thirsty. A scary day all in all, but it turned out OK in the end!
