Nine years old today! Doesn’t seem possible that it has already been nine years, but here’s a trip down memory lane.

Mom (left) and grandma nursing the babies. The babies still had their tails, so this picture was taken either on the day they were born, or the day after. Some Brittany puppies are born with short tails. If not, breeders have them docked by a vet on the first or second day after birth.

My male puppy, yet to be named, about 5 weeks old.

Six weeks old, with his litter mates. Tucker is the one in the green collar. His AKC registered named is Hartland’s Spiced Rum Tucker.

Home with me, Easter weekend, 2017. Look at those little pink pads!

Three months old; May, 2017.

And so it began.