Marita lives with Doreen and Nick in Sacramento. In "CCI speak", Doreen is Marita's "breeder-caretaker". Doreen says the Kamela is quite rambuctious and likes to climb up on the small step stool and jump on top of one of her siblings. We're going to have to make sure that we protect poor Murfster from too much puppy antics. Here's a shot of Kamela trying to escape the puppy pen.

Marita and Babies

Well, I'm working my way backwards in time a bit but I thought I would add a picture of Marita and the litter of "k" pups when they were first born. Seven puppies in this litter. This is Marita's second litter. Her first litter was born about year ago (July/August) 2008. A couple of those puppies are about to enter advanced training.

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Impending Arrival

We just found out on Monday that we will be raising one of Marita's puppies for Canine Companions for Independence. Marita was the first pup we raised and we turned her in in August 2007. She was chosen to be a breeder and had her second litter in July 2009 - a "k" litter. All of the puppies names start with k. I requested to raise one of her pups and on Monday found out that Kamela will be placed with us.

Kamela has been described as quite rambuctious so she could keep us busy. Kamela should travel to Boise on September 9.

In this pic, Kamela is 6 weeks old.