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Jack the Hammer is a Brindle Male. He weighed 2.75 pounds on August 21. |
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On September 6, Jack weighed 5 pounds. The following photos are from bath time. |
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4 September 07 Hello Guy and
Denise, Well Jack has himself a stuffed
animal pal! It’s a little Maltese looking stuffed animal with a squeaky noise
maker inside. He will like it very much I am sure! Kelly thinks I may be going a
little crazy with the toys. He of course has his squeaky hammer, the rope
w/tennis ball option, a squeaky space invader looking thing and now his new
stuffed puppy. By weeks end I look to have ordered
the supplements and contacted the local Jack’s Aquarium and make sure they can
order the Evo food. Evo is still the food of choice
right? Anyway how is the boy doing? I
wanted to call this evening and time has gotten away from me. Kelly and I
watched Big Brother so I figured the safe thing to do was to just e-mail. Man we
are getting fired up to bring Jack home! How are things going for you guys? I
hope you aren’t going to mad with all the puppydom at your place!
Well I best get going for this
evening! Talk to you
soon, Barry and
Kelly |
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29 September 07 Guy and
Denise, Jack is awesome! He has
blown us a way with how full of love he is! We took him around town yesterday
and he was just glued to us. Whenever someone wanted to hold him he would just
go to them and snuggle right in. I made a slideshow and sent it to one of my
brothers yesterday. I had never done it before and if it was going to bomb I
wanted it to be with family. Anyway here is the
slideshow from Thursday. Hope it still
works!! Barry and
Kelly |
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4 October 07 Guy and
Denise, Well Jack had his first vet appointment yesterday. I am glad you e-mailed and let me know about the nine week check up because I had set an appt. for twelve weeks. He did a very good job at the vet. He weighed 9.7 lbs, I think he may have lost a little weight when we brought him home because he didn’t eat real well for the first 24 hrs. I think this was probably the adjustment to the new home. He is eating fine now. He did not have any worms or anything to be concerned with. He got the heart worm medicine “interceptor” that Guy had mentioned and they recommended Frontline Plus for fleas. The vet said “well he is obviously a healthy puppy” after she examined him. I did give them the shot record so they were familiar with the fact that he has had veterinarian care before he came home. He won the “cutest dog of the day” recognition. The receptionist, assistant and the vet all honored Jack with that distinction. The receptionist even added that “I have been here for two weeks and he is the cutest dog I have seen”. All is wonderful in Jack land. Barry and
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7 October 07 Here are some pics from
the weekend. The kids absolutely love Jack. They wore him out…sometimes he got
the better of them. I wanted to get you some pics as soon as possible because I
know you are probably wondering how things went. We weighed Jack just about a
half hour ago and although our scales only register whole pounds he weighed a
whopping………………………….ELEVEN pounds!!! Barry and
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14 October 07 Hey
there, Things around here have been going
pretty well. Jack is starting to do much better with the potty training. We will
have an accident here or there if we don’t get him outside in time. Thursday was
the first accident free day and one Friday and zero yesterday and today so far.
What I started doing for his treats is that since he LOVES his supplements so
much is I break them into little pieces and that is his treat for going potty
outside. It works out real good because we were not sure what treat to give him
so I decided this way he still gets his supplement just a little at a time
through out the day. Well things here are all well just
wanted to give you a quick update! TTYL, Barry |
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27 October 07 Hey Denise, it’s me
Kelly. We are having such a
good time with Jack and the kids really love him. When we talk to them on the
phone, the youngest one, Emma, wants to say hi to Jack. We put the phone up to
his ear and after she says “hi Jack, I love you”, he licks the phone. Pretty
darn cute. I saw that you still
had some puppies on your website. I hope you are able to find good homes for
them. They will be such a blessing to whoever they go home with.
Take Care, Kelly
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4 November 07 Hello Guy and Denise, Well we had our Vet Appt. last week
and little Jack weighed 16.8 lbs. That was last Thursday and Kel and I would
swear he has added a couple of pounds since then. This is one of the best pictures we have taken with the kids and Jack. We have some other photos of all the kids with him in the leaves we will try to get out soon!! Jack is doing phenomenal with the bell. He has only had one accident in the house in this week. Anyway enjoy the photo and keep in
touch. Barry and
Kelly |
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12 December 07 Guy and
Denise, Here are some pictures
of our wonderful baby Jack. He was at the vet Tuesday for his last round of
shots and to get fixed. Kelly and I decided that if we were going to get him
fixed we better do it soon. The vet recommended four months so we took her
advice and had it done. She said that it will let him lead a happier life if we
had it done sooner than later. He weighed in at 20.9 lbs but I like to say 21
lbs. He gained a pound a week between his last two appointments so we are happy
about that. We are very happy with the way he is using the bell to go outside.
He has maybe an accident a week on the carpet and there goes Kelly with her
green machine. She is a wonderful Mommy. Jack wakes up every morning around
0230, and I mean between 0215 and 0245 and wants to go outside. When he comes
back in and gets his treat he beats me back to the bedroom where Kelly has
already wrapped him into the warm blankets and there he stays until I get up for
work at 0530. I can remember how we were so adamant about not having him on the
furniture; he has since blown by the furniture and into the bed!
I would say our
proudest moment is the way he uses the bell. Everyone I talk to thinks that is
wonderful he can do that. I can’t really think of an embarrassing moment. The
funniest moment is the picture I sent you again with Jack and Emma with the
telescope. It was so candid and so funny. She was telling Jack “sit still Jack I
can’t see anything” and it looks as if Jack is looking at her. I have that
picture as my desktop at work. His favorite toy is Fran. Fran is the little
white stuffed dog we brought with us to pick him up. He loves chewing on her. He
is also fond of his hammer. He will get to chewing on that thing and it will
sound like a squeaky orchestra in here. He loves his nu-vet. We have since been
giving him a cracker type treat. But when its nu-vet time he gobbles it up in
two halves (I used to break it into five pieces). Jack has been a
wonderful addition to our home we all love him very much!!! I hope this will do
for an update. If you need anything else please ask.
We hope all your
holiday preparations are coming together. We are just getting started it seems
and are a bit overwhelmed. It looks like the Laymani family is growing. I
can’t wait to see the new puppies! Barry and
Kelly |
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Jack with his Hammer 27 pounds and growing by 14 December 08 |
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27 December 07 We loved Jack’s page.
You guys have done a wonderful job with all the puppy’s families. I sure
appreciate all the extra time and effort you put into keeping the web site
updated. I saw the picture of Luna and the story is hilarious! Luna does look
like a female Jack doesn’t she? I hope you all had a
wonderful Christmas and have a safe and Happy New Year! I gotta go the bell
rang…Good boy Jack!!
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27 January 08 Hey Guy and
Denise, I hope this e-mail finds you both
doing well. Jack is doing great. I took him out this morning for a run. He gets
pretty good exercise daily but today I decided we would get up and hit the road.
We ran for a whole mile. We stopped at the half way point to turn around and I
wanted to make sure he was doing ok, he looked up at me like “what you can’t
keep up?” When we got home he ate and then brought me a toy that he could go
fetch down the hallway! I said “show off” All is well here and just wanted to
stop by and share that with you!! TTYL, Barry and
Kelly
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22 February 08 They are all so
precious. Brings back memories of when Jack was little. Now he’s a baby moose.
He’s is doing well. Next weekend Barry and I are going away for our
5th wedding anniversary and taking good care to find someone to pet
sit. That has not been an easy task. I found out that I am a protective mama. Thank you for your
update. We always spread the word about how great of an experience it is from
start to finish dealing with Take care and wish the
best of luck in finding loving families for all your furry bundles of joy. Kelly Z.
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23 February 08 Hello Guy and
Denise, Well congratulations on
the wonderful additions to the Laymani Line! You guys look like you have been
very busy! Mr. Jack is doing
wonderful here. He is still growing he weighed 37 pounds on the bathroom scales
then ate one of the kids feet so he will continue to grow and be great. He is a
great fit with the kids they absolutely love Jack. I am so anxious for the
weather to break and we can all get outside for cook outs, camp fires and tents.
In the mean time have fun with all the wonderful puppies!
Attached are a couple
of photos that were recently taken (five minutes
ago). TTYL, Barry, Kelly, Ashley,
Dylan and Emma
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4 April 08 Denise, Jack is a wonderful
dog!! He weighed 42 pounds earlier this week and he is just a big
puppy!!! I’ll have to write more
later. Going to get the kids for the weekend. Thanks
Again!!! Barry |
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