Luminary Thoughts

Yay, Velvet is pregnant and due around 20 April. I bred her to a top winning dog in MD, CH Wildrose Tiger the Grreat. Tiger won our national specialty (PCA – Poodle Club of America) two years ago as a puppy — quite a big deal. He also earned an Award of Merit at PCA while still under 2 years old which is also a big deal since the AOM is given to dogs in Best of Variety class who the judge deems worthy of extra recognition. These dogs are the cream of the crop. And Velvet is his first breeding outside his breeder’s line. Way to go Velvet… The sonogram saw 6 puppies. Her first pregnancy – pictured below – the sonogram saw 5 and she had nine. She is already getting rather large so I am guessing she has more than six growing in there. I will take whatever she gives me, darling girl. AND, Nala – a Peri/Marco daughter that my friend has just might be pregnant too. Lest you think I am becoming a puppy mill — lol — I was assuming she was not pregnant given she missed twice before and my friend at first thought she was not. Yesterday she sends me a picture of Nala laying sideways and it appears that her tummy is no longer tucked up tightly. So,hmmmmm. Well, I will x-ray her when she would be a week prior to her due date and know for sure — she is or she isn’t. And, again, I will take them if so. Once before I had back-to-back litters because when I skipped couple girls, the ones I did breed did not conceive and I went darn near two years with no puppies. So, I said I would not do that again. Last year I had two misses — Nala and her sister PJ, so this time even though Merry had a big litter, I thought ok, try one more time with Nala and it was too soon to know if she was pregnant or not when Velvet came into heat. Now, Velvet goes up to 10 months in between so I certainly was not skipping her. So, I just may have a banner year with a bunch of puppies for a change — yay!!!!!!!!!!! Here is a picture of Velvet during her last pregnancy and one of Nala playing. Such pretty girls…