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Dog Pets :Letters, I Get Letters!

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

My normal… as in “no puppies available”… email usually amounts to about a half dozen a day, give or take depending on the day of the week. When I have unspoken for puppies or a litter on the way, that doubles or triples or quadruples. Usually, if I don’t hear back from an inquirer

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My normal… as in “no puppies available”… email usually amounts to about a half dozen a day, give or take depending on the day of the week. When I have unspoken for puppies or a litter on the way, that doubles or triples or quadruples. Usually, if I don’t hear back from an inquirer within a week to 10 days, I delete the emails from/to. Over the last 2 months, for some reason, I went back and forth several times with a number of different people and then they seemed to move to the moon. I figured they had found something else and deleted all that correspondence. And THEN, weeks later, they came back. Now here’s the thing, as long as my “trash file” hasn’t gotten too large, those deleted emails will still be there, BUT it means looking through hundreds of missives to locate them. Which does not put me in the best of moods! I know most people don’t think there is a lot of work involved with breeding and selling puppies. Heck, every weekend, you can pick them up for free outside Walmart. And you can find any number of breeders on the internet who don’t put a lot of time into answering questions, screening prospective homes, making as sure as possible that things will work out well for everyone involved. I’ve never been one of those breeders. But today I decided enough was enough… I PERAMNENTLY deleted over 300 emails from my inbox AND the trash file. It’s gone. Bye bye. Soooo, anybody who wrote more than a week ago is gone. Bye-bye. Starting over from the beginning is still an option. I won’t remember who inquired before anyway!Talk about long oddsOne of this weekend’s Derby prep races, the Louisiana Derby, had an unexpected winner. Hero of Order went off at 109-1. That means he paid over 0 for a bet. Not bad for an afternoon at the track! Oh, he is not nominated for the Kentucky Derby and his people say they’re not interested.

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The Dogs :More Pictures

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

From Maggie and CiscoJohn and Joel’s Lula

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From Maggie and CiscoJohn and Joel’s Lula

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The Dogs :A Couple of Things

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

If you’ve been on the website, you probably noticed I switched to a Spring theme. And once I did that, I thought it was time to update the blog’s look as well. I think I’m done now.PeriI am REALLY uncertain about her pregnancy or lack thereof. She doesn’t have the normal little baby

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If you’ve been on the website, you probably noticed I switched to a Spring theme. And once I did that, I thought it was time to update the blog’s look as well. I think I’m done now.PeriI am REALLY uncertain about her pregnancy or lack thereof. She doesn’t have the normal little baby bump that comes in the 3-4 week stage and her ribs haven’t sprung at all. She does have a couple other signs… one of which is affectionate licking of my hands, neck, feet, whatever she’s closest to that isn’t covered by cloth. I really dislike being licked so I discourage it in all my dogs. Right now, she doesn’t seem to care about MY rules. This is going to be a long week!

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Best Dogs :An Emy/Boon Puppy Picture

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SheanaThis little girl IS little… she’s just 18 pounds! Once again, genetics proves it doesn’t pay any attention to MY predictions! How simple it would all be if there was a formula that accurately gave the results of gene match up!

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SheanaThis little girl IS little… she’s just 18 pounds! Once again, genetics proves it doesn’t pay any attention to MY predictions! How simple it would all be if there was a formula that accurately gave the results of gene match up!

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The Dogs :Emy and a Puppy Pix

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

No, not Emy’s puppies. But she is so big and “pointed” I’ve already got her set up in the whelping pen in my bedroom. According to the calendar, she has about a week to go. Something I’ve noticed over the years… dogs don’t ever look at calendars!Ciscos KidsChase (“pony”) and palChase

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No, not Emy’s puppies. But she is so big and “pointed” I’ve already got her set up in the whelping pen in my bedroom. According to the calendar, she has about a week to go. Something I’ve noticed over the years… dogs don’t ever look at calendars!Ciscos KidsChase (“pony”) and palChase weighs 31 pounds at 5 months. As usual, the pups have done something I wasn’t expecting… after their tremendous growth between 8 and 12 weeks, they slowed way down. It is going to be interesting to see how big they end up at maturity.To those of you with Maggie/Cisco pups, I would appreciate hearing from you once they turn 6 months. I am really interested in how big they are. And if you’ve had any problems, especially if they are unresolved, or interesting behaviors, I’d like to know about those as well.Kentucky DerbyThe prep races leading up to the Derby on May 5th are over and once again the field is wide open. A has beaten B who ran all over C who then beat A by a head. The horse who won at 109-1 odds a couple weeks ago ran yesterday and came in last. At this point, I don’t have a pick. I’ve checked out everyone’s pedigree back 5 generations and they are all kissing cousins if not more closely related. And none of them stands out as a superstar. I would love to see a Triple Crown winner again, but doubt it will be this year.

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Best Dogs :Emy and Peri

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

Emerald first Nothing new to report. She is still “with pup.” Since she is eating (many small meals all day long,) she is not going to deliver any time real soon. The other dogs are getting as impatient as I am. They keep going over and looking in the pen, especially when Emy is out

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Emerald first Nothing new to report. She is still “with pup.” Since she is eating (many small meals all day long,) she is not going to deliver any time real soon. The other dogs are getting as impatient as I am. They keep going over and looking in the pen, especially when Emy is out of it, as if searching for the babies. Then they walk away looking puzzled. Peridot Something new with her. She is actually, FINALLY, starting to look pregnant. She’s developed a little belly which is visible when she’s lying on her side and just looks thicker or more substantial around the middle when she is standing up. And that’s all of today’s news!

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For Dogs :Nothing New on Pups

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Emy is being very lazy, but she is still eating small amounts of food every couple hours. I think I mentioned that girls generally stop eating 12-48 hours before labor, well, before noticible labor.Email inquiryI received an inquiry from a family in the “metro NYC” area and sent it

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Emy is being very lazy, but she is still eating small amounts of food every couple hours. I think I mentioned that girls generally stop eating 12-48 hours before labor, well, before noticible labor.Email inquiryI received an inquiry from a family in the “metro NYC” area and sent it on to a couple people in NY/NJ/PA. (Yes, even though I was stationed for a couple years at Ft Monmouth, I’ve forgot what is considered “metro NYC.”) Anyway, anyone who feels like responding to the email, please contact the folks. If you live in that area and did not receive an email from me, fear not. I just pulled the addresses of a few people I’d heard from most recently. If you want to participate, let me know and I’ll send you their contact information. THANKS!

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For Dogs :Nope

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

Nothing yet from Emy. If I haven’t said so before, THIS is the part of puppies I dislike the most. Even more than wet newspapers 8 weeks from now!

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Nothing yet from Emy. If I haven’t said so before, THIS is the part of puppies I dislike the most. Even more than wet newspapers 8 weeks from now!

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Dog Pets :PUPPIES!

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Emy spent yesterday evening presenting nine… yep, NINE… beautiful babies to the world. The first appeared at 5:50 PM and the last at 10. Three are boys and the others are, as luck would have it, not. (Yes, I know. GENERALLY there are 2-3 males per female, but not this time. Actually,

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Emy spent yesterday evening presenting nine… yep, NINE… beautiful babies to the world. The first appeared at 5:50 PM and the last at 10. Three are boys and the others are, as luck would have it, not. (Yes, I know. GENERALLY there are 2-3 males per female, but not this time. Actually, it was almost even with Boon’s first litter too, with the lead going to the boys by just one. Since the sire determines the sex, maybe Boon is going to have about fifty/fifty.) Two of the pups (one of each) appear to be black while the rest are “wheaten red.” Which means they are dark mahogany color right now but WILL lighten up to some shade of blond. They’re really quite pretty!After a rather long night, mom and puppies are all doing well. Of course, last night was the coldest of the year; after a winter when we had only a couple nights below freezing, this spring has already seen lower temps! Didn’t have snow at my level, but at slightly higher ones, they had 1-3 inches. So it was pretty noisy around here since I have the heat off and Emy just could not get herself curled around that many pups at one time. Early this morning, I finally… duh!… put half the litter on a hot water bottle in a dresser drawer while she got the rest of them tucked up nice and close to her belly. Peace reigns! We’re rotating every 1-1/2 to 2 hours and everyone’s happy. Em has figured out that she’ll get the others back, in trade, and they are safe out of her sight. But she really gives the ones returning from the drawer the once over!More than anything, puppies have to be warm. Which is reasonable since they’re coming from an environment that is 100 degrees!So, now that everyone knows the good news, I’m going to take a nap.Photos later.

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For Dogs :Em Pup Pix

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:35 +0000

Five of the six girlsThe sixth girl and the three boysAnd nothing’s changed… I still need a new camera! Same photos are going on the website, so you don’t have to go there if you don’t feel like it.

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Five of the six girlsThe sixth girl and the three boysAnd nothing’s changed… I still need a new camera! Same photos are going on the website, so you don’t have to go there if you don’t feel like it.

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