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Diamond Litter

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Lilly (L)
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Robert
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Robert
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Robert
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Lilly
D.O.B. May 29, 2021
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Lady Gaga (new name Doris)

Pickwick's I Got a Diamond Heart
Doris lives with 2 other Pickwick pugs (Rocket Girl and Coco from the LeMaitre Litter) and a wonderful mom in Michigan. She moved to Michigan when she was a little bit older and before that she enjoyed a brief stint as a show girl. She won lots of awards and prizes and ribbons but in the end we decided she deserved a great companion home.
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 Holly (new name Piper)

Pickwick's Breakfast at Tiffany's
Piper (Holly ”l‘ve Got a Diamond Heart” from the Diamond litter 5/2021) lives with a wonderful couple in Florida. She is a certified therapy dog and loves going on visits especially to the library where the kids read to her. She pretty much goes everywhere with us (except the grocery store). She just graduated Advanced training and we are now starting Super Advanced. She LOVES training, she loves going for golf cart rides, she loves when the neighbor kids come to play with her and she loves going shopping.
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Piper the Certified Therapy Dog
Piper has her own Instagram account!
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Here is Piper at the library reading to some children.

Here is Piper working as a Therapy dog at the airport.
Piper's 1st boat ride.
Piper at a Pug Meetup

Mr. Green Jeans (new name Teddy)

Pickwick's Marquis d'Amore
Teddy lives with a wonderful family in Auburn, AL. He has earned all sorts of titles like an AKC Canine Good Citizenship, AKC Novice Tricks, and lives with another Pickwick Pug from the Adirondack litter, Griffin.
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Holly (Piper), Lady Gaga (Doris), and Teddy at Salem, Virginia August, 2021 enjoying a pretty mountain view!
Westminster or White House bound? Temperament and Conformation Evaluations at 7.5-8 weeks . . At this point, it looks like one pup is bound for Tennessee, another for Auburn, but the evals will determine if one stays at Pickwick Pugs ... stay tuned!

Getting Ready

5/27/2021

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We are so excited about this litter .... diamond because that is one of the gemstones for this calendar date, but also because these are 2 such amazing pugs: our beautiful Lilly (Pickwick's Thrill on Blueberry Hill) and Robert (GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star).
​The adventure all began with March 29th's AI and the pregnancy was confirmed with the ultra sound on May 6. ​
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The x-ray a bit later then confirmed 3 puppies.
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Getting Lilly to eat as she gets further along has been tricky as she gets pickier ... at first, she liked Beaver tail (of all things!) and green beef tripe. (She began to turn her nose up at the usual blend we get through a coop ... they eat raw for the most part ... so we started ordering a variety of things through my pet carnivore.) 
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Lately it seems chicken gizzards are always a winner, but if we add things like chicken hearts, chicken livers, eggs, she likes that, too. And if we try something as simple as the Farmina puppy kibble, well, you've never seen a nose go up into the air faster! We've even tried Lamb Pancreas (not a winner with Lilly) and ground duck (that was a good one on Lilly's list but, unfortunately, Sebastian our senior pug found his way into the puppy room and gobbled it up. You snooze, you lose, when you live with a grumble of pugs!)
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Lilly is definitely more uncomfortable as we get closer to the projected whelp date (anywhere from now, to June 2, but we are thinking this weekend. We have a c-section scheduled for Saturday but if the progesterone is not at the right place, we'll delay ... which means a holiday weekend of course ... so we might be looking at a free whelp). We have to take her temperature 4 times a day, which is not her favorite thing but she's really quite cooperative. 
She sleeps with us so we can keep close tabs on her. There have been a couple of restless nights ... hormones and all ... but she's a pretty good sleeper otherwise. One night, Jeff woke up and Lilly's face was right in his face and she was SNORING away. 
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We've spent a week+ now getting the puppy room ready, restocking supplies (more oral cal B, feeding tubes, alcohol wipes, new batteries for thermometer), setting up the new whelping box, making sure the incubator, heating pads, oxygenator etc. all work, putting new batteries in the nasal sucker and sterilizing suction bulbs, blankets, cloths and such. Lilly spends most of her day in this room so she'll be stress free and away from the other dogs. We have an adaptil calm diffuser plugged in and she has a adaptil collar to give her ultimate calm.

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We've made the liver water and formula for puppies (in case we need to tube feed) which we froze in an icecube tray to have ready on hand, and we made a batch of mother's pudding which is a delicious concoction using vanilla pudding and other goodies to add calcium for Lilly after the puppies are born. 
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And, of course, we got the dark malt beer .... why? well, it's a great way to help Lilly produce milk after the pups are born. Unlike Fenugreek, a supplement sometimes used, dark malt beer works within 24 hours and it is easy to give and good for the girls in many ways. Galactagog is the magic ingredient. We pour the beer over baked chicken and the mama's gobble it up. Galactogog sounds like a sci fi movie starring pugs, eh? ​
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We are headed to the vet today for a final x-ray to see how the pups are positioned...measure heads and such to help with a free whelp "in case" (since it will be a holiday weekend and all). We have a back-up c-section scheduled on Tuesday after Memorial weekend with anotheraMAZing vet (our regular vet's schedule was already full when we thought to add another back-up appointment)., and we verified that a repro vet will actually be open on Monday/Memorial day until noon ... "in case".  We've done pretty much everything possible ahead of time, so now we wait. And pray.
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RhaeAnn Thompson
5/28/2021 10:38:24 am

Oh! Exciting days ahead! Praying all goes well for you this weekend ❤️

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Owners - Jeff and Amy McLelland

Located outside of Birmingham, Alabama, USA


Author of The Pug Bible

Author of The Pug Puppy Primer

Petpro with PawTree (Natural foods, treats, supplements, and other pet products developed by Veterinarians and PhDs in Animal Science and Pet Nutrition)


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We feed exclusively PawTree and Nuvet Daily Vitamin
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Best of Breed, CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN - our first bred-by-champion.
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Pickwick's foundation bitch, KK, (CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI)

What Our Clients Are Saying

Bumi was star student at his puppy class today and has been pretty much bomb-proof in the world so far. You definitely set him up for success!"

"You do such a good job training/preparing them. Rosalina is the best trained dog in this house...everyone at work is always blown away how incredible she is ... Socialization, confidence, obedience ... And, well, she’s really pretty." (Vet Tech, mom, loving pug owner)

"The vet was impressed that his nostrils were completely open."

"So many people at the festival were asking where did you get such a beautiful pug from and we said from an amazing breeder in Alabama, Pickwick Pugs"


"He [Louie, out of the Beatrix Potter litter] is by far the most athletic & strongest of any other pugs we’ve had. He’s 18.5 lbs of muscle! I’m sure there are genetics involved, but we also followed your advice with the diet, fish oil, supplements etc. If we had the time, I bet he’d be a champion at agility. We love everything about him!!"
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Multiple Bred by AKC Champions
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Lilibeth, (CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile), our 6th AKC Champion
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Amy at The Pug Dog Club of America National Specialty
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Pickwick puppies being socialized with their mama.

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Best of Breed out of the puppy class over special - Cindy (Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go, currently in the ring).
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Lilly, a Pickwick Best in Show winner
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A Pickwick puppy graduating from Star Puppy Academy just before "gotcha day".
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  • Home
    • Meet the Humans >
      • Breeder of Merit
      • Why buy from a responsible preservation Breeder?
      • Testimonials >
        • Health Screening >
          • Health Guarantee
    • Photo Album >
      • Pickwick History and Future
  • Our Grumble
    • AKC Champions >
      • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
      • CH Pickwick's Worship the Ground I Walk On
      • CH Pickwick's Casanova in Disguise
      • GCH CH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
      • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
      • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
      • CH Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go
    • Our Girls >
      • CH Pickwick's Oh the Places You'll Go
      • CH Pickwick's Worship The Ground I Walk On
      • Pickwick's Judge of Your Own Happiness
      • Pickwick's Where Heaven Kisses Earth
      • Pickwick's Watching the Stars Align
      • Pickwick's Never Too Wacky, Too Old, Too Wild (Lola)
    • Our Boys >
      • Umberto of Alexgoldens
      • GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
    • Retired Champions & Show Prospects >
      • Retired Girls >
        • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
        • Zobear's American Idol
        • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
        • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, RIN, RI, TKN
        • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight TKN
        • Princess Buttercup's Forever is Now
        • Pickwick's Thrill on Blueberry Hill
        • Pickwick's While the Leaves Play the Music
        • Pickwick's Doris Diamond Breakfasts at Tiffany's
        • Pickwick's Follow the Star
      • Retired Boys >
        • Diabolbric’s Start Me Up (Jagger)
        • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
        • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
    • Fosters, Rescues >
      • Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN
      • All-American Rescue Jerry (lab/chow/GS mix)
      • All-American Rescue Lexi
    • Gone but not forgotten . . . >
      • Pickwick's Cotton Candy in the Sky RN
      • Charlie Chaplin
      • Winston (Pickwick's Cosmic Constellation in the Stars)
    • Past Pickwick Pugs Litters >
      • Begin the Beguine Litter
      • Thrill Litter
      • Lemaître Litter
      • Stars Fell on Alabama
      • Diamond Litter
      • Emerald Litter
      • Christmas Star Litter
      • New Year's Eve Litter
      • Adirondack Litter
      • Flying Kilts Litter
      • Coffee House Litter
      • Poldark Litter
      • Southern Belle Litter
      • Jane Austen Litter
      • Bridgerton Litter
      • Beatrix Potter Litter
      • Dr Seuss Litter
      • Baskin Robbins Litter
  • Available
    • Currently Available
    • Current Litter >
      • Galaxy Litter
      • Shire Litter
      • IKEA Litter
    • Application Procedure
    • Puppy/Pug Questionnaire
    • Puppy/Pug Purchase Questionnaire >
      • Delivery
    • Puppy Training >
      • Puppy Graduation Videos
      • Puppy Culture Protocol - What Has Your Puppy Been Up To These Past 12 Weeks?
      • Puppy Parties
      • Temperament Evaluation Form
      • Conformation Evaluation Form
    • Puppy Blog >
      • Scenes from Puppy Nursery
    • Prospective Litters >
      • French Pastry Litter
    • Contracts >
      • New Puppy Owners Communication Form #1
      • New Puppy/Pug Owner Communication Form #2munication Form
  • Nutrition
    • What, How, When to Feed a Pug
    • Food >
      • How often to feed?
    • Daily Vitamin
    • Supplements
    • Treats
    • Recipes
  • Shop
    • The Pug Bible E-Book
    • Pug Puppy Primer E-Book
    • Donate to our Health Test Fund
    • Puppy/Pug Payments
    • Unique Gifts
    • Napping Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Zen Buddha Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Buddha Master Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Rosemary Lavender Shampoo Bar (for dogs)
    • Custom Soap Bar
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • The Pug Bible e-Book
    • Grooming
    • First Aid
    • Outing Suggestions
    • New Owner Checklists A >
      • Puppy Sample Daily Schedule
      • Puppy's Life Day-by-Day
      • Puppy Daily Records
    • New Owner Checklists B >
      • Puppy Training & Socialization Checklist Chart
      • Socialization Checklist
    • Helpful Info for Pug Owners
    • Flying Home with Your Puppy
    • Driving Home With Your Puppy
    • Training & Socialization >
      • Showing a Pug in Conformation
      • Canine Good Citizenship Test
      • Tricks Training
      • Conditioning Exercises
      • Rally Training Boot Camp
      • Canine Freestyle
      • Conformation Puppy Boot Camp
    • Prayers
    • Links >
      • Pug Dog Club of America
    • Breed Standard
  • Calendar
    • Schedule
  • Health and Genetic Research in Pugs
    • Breeding/Whelping Notes >
      • Litter Record Notebook
  • Fundraising for Rescue and Research
    • Pugiano >
      • Pugiano Training >
        • Canine Freestyle Training Steps
        • Annie Training Log
        • Buttercup Training Log
        • Cindy Training Log
        • Emma Training Log
        • Iona Training Log
        • KK Training Log
        • Lilibeth Training Log
        • Lilly - Training Log
        • Lola Training Log
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        • Parker Training Log
        • Stella - Training Log
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