HaTikva Bear Necessities

"Neeka"

   Neeka is loving her home in York, PA.

02/22/10 9 months

Neeka is really enjoying her new home.  She even gets to play with a feline friend.

02/18/10 9 months

Neeka loves the kids.  She has been so sweet that her new family has started calling her Sugar Bear.

02/14/10 9 months

02/04/10 nearly 9 months

This was Neeka's first night back at HaTikva.  It took her only a moment to remember her old friends.  She also loved practicing "sit" for a treat.

01/18/10 8 months

10/03/09 5 months

07/21/09 10 weeks

07/12/09 8½ weeks

07/05/09 7½ weeks

The pups had a wonderful time at the ICDCA Specialty weekend in OH.  They got to play with new friends, 9 1/2 week old Gemari puppies.

Here are some photos of the pups playing at the show.  Most of these photos were taken by our expert photographer, Sofie.

 (l-r) Neeka, Bear,    (l-r) Yogi, Neeka,   (l-r) Neeka, Bear,

        Yogi, Rory            Rory, Bear             Yogi, Rory

                            (l-r) Bear, Neeka

06/30/09 7 weeks

06/28/09 6½ weeks

We had a request to get a family portrait of the pups with their parents.  Well...it wasn't as easy as it would seem.  We first let everyone loose in the backyard and couldn't get everyone in one shot.  So, then we tried putting Simba and Libby on leashes and letting the pups come to them.  We will be taking more photos tomorrow when we go to get the puppy aptitude test done.

    Yogi in front          Rory in front         sweet kisses        Yogi in front      Rory climbing on Simba

06/24/09 6 weeks

                           (l-r) Neeka, Yogi      (t-b) Yogi, Rory

06/17/09 5 weeks

06/14/09 4½ weeks

   (l-r) Neeka, Yogi, Rory, Pooh              pups with a        (l-r) Yogi, Pooh    (l-r) the boys with                 

                                                               friend              Neeka in back            Neeka

 (l-r) Yogi, Neeka    (l-r) Pooh, Rory

06/11/09 4 weeks

 (l-r) Pooh, Yogi    (t-b) Neeka, Pooh  Rory self-stacking

06/06/09 3½ weeks

              Neeka with a friend

Earlier this week, the pups had lots of fun playing with friends and learning to eat solid food.

pups with a friend     pups eating              girls eating

               Neeka with Libby

05/31/09 2½ weeks

The puppies are growing and starting to show their charming personalities.  They have even started playing, growling, and barking.  Our kids gave the puppies baby names: Rory (short for Aurora Borealis), Neeka (in honor of Neeko, a raccoon in Pocahontas), Pooh bear, and Yogi bear.

                          Neeka (red collar girl)

05/26/09 2 weeks

The pups now have their eyes open and have started learning how to walk.  They are comical as they wobble around.  The photos were taken without flash so as to not bother the babies' sensitive eyes.

05/22/09 day 11

                                     the girls      (l-r) pink, red, brown

05/19/09 day 8

05/17/09 day 6

05/14/09 day 3

05/13/09 day 2

05/12/09 day 1

Red collar girl: born 11:15am, weighing 1lb.