This photo was taken on Monday evening when Keeper went home to visit her human family. She was so happy to play with her 'mom & dad' and her two human children Heather and Grant ... she was literally jumping for joy!

Keeper is taking a week long sabbatical from nursing her pups, and will return to Nanci's to be with her 'kids' before they are 8 weeks old. The weaning off went very smoothly and Keeper is in great shape. She's shedding just a little more than she was (pre-puppies), but that is to be expected, and she is not blowing her coat the way some bitches do after having a litter.

Keeper is a beautiful, sweet-tempered, totally lovable and fun-loving girl, and her puppies are turning out to be very much like their mommy. The pups' new owners are in for a real treat in a couple of weeks!!!