That's right, TWELVE surviving pups. (There were 13, but one wasn't viable.) Four girls, 8 boys. All blond. A few smaller ones, but over all, good sizes pups. And Cotton is doing marvellously! After the hormones kicked in, she turned in to a real mother (no pun intended!) She's been stretched out on her side with pups filling the area between her legs AND under her tail and nestled between her chin and chest. Pups everywhere! I used my "hot water bottle" trick during the night (give the babies something warm to snuggle against and they don't all need to be next to mom all the time) and by this morning, Cotton had figured out how to handle the situation. She will need some practice getting up and down and walking around without stepping on anyone, but she's going to be a terrific mama! This is such a huge litter, especially for a fairly small dog, that I'll probably have to assist. But that's okay. Long about the 8th puppy, I told her I would have been happy with 5-6 but by then, it was too late. Pictures probably tomorrow.
Update 2:30 PM
I'm having trouble with the website, so there's no additional info there. (Don't know why these people can't leave well enough alone. Whatever happened to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?" I've used ipower as a host for 10 years and now they want to do all the coding themselves... like this blog site does... why did I spend all this time learning html if THEY were going to do it? And why weren't they doing it all along if it's such a great thing? Bah, humbug!)
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A blog mainly about WHOODLES with some DOODLE stuff too!
A few thoughts and ravings about dogs, dog breeding and the people involved with both!
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Showing posts with label puppies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puppies. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Cotton's Pregnant, Brogue has a Wheaten Girlfriend and Some People are Idiots
Puppies coming
Finally! I'm sure Ms Cotton is pregnant. Just a few days ago I was still on the fence about it, but she has blossomed. I'm thinking about trying to get a picture of her little pooch.
The reservation list will open on May 1st. I'm already screening inquirers, so I think all 4 spots may be spoken for quickly. Since she's most likely going to have more than 4 pups, not getting on the list doesn't mean there won't be pups available... but one of the great things about being on the list is it guarantees the price even if all the pups are something exotic like purple!
The gigolo
Brogue is getting to strut his stuff for a purebred SCWT girl who lives near us. She's a real cutie... light wheaten colored like he is but really small. She's still a little shy and he was kinda ho-hum this afternoon, but we'll see how long those two things last as her season progresses!
What you think you know...
So, a friend of mine told me about another breeder he's been talking to who had some misinformation about her breed. I won't say WHICH breed because it really doesn't matter. Her closed mindedness does. He's been breeding the whatevers for more than 2 dozen years and has a reputation both in the US and South America for the excellent quality of what he produces. This lady (and I use the term loosely since I read her emails to him) claims to have a lot of experience and knowledge. The bone of contention: a black dog having a black mask. Now, I'm not an expert on the whatevers but to me it would seem virtually impossible to know if a dog had a mask if the mask was the same color as the the rest of the dog. Not only that, but why would you care? This "lady" claims her dogs have masks because they don't have any white on their muzzles... apparently the white stops between the eyes on any of her dogs with white on its face and from the cheekbones down, the muzzle is all black. Well, gee willikers! My black lab must have a black mask since she doesn't have any white on her lower face... or her UPPER face either, for that matter (we'll ignore the gray, every hair of which she's come by honestly!) Perhaps I shouldn't have spayed her... maybe with a good advertising program and a little misinformation, I could have cornered the market on the rare and uniquely patterned black masked black Labs. Curses! Foiled again! This is a big issue to the other breeder because somewhere in the whatevers' breed standard is something about masks. I didn't bother pulling out the AKC book and reading the standard... Juan's word is good enough for me. As is his impeccable English... however the "lady" had some not very nice things to say about foreigners coming up here, not understanding the language and therefore, not knowing nuthing about nada (which is Spanish for nothing.) I wonder how many languages SHE speaks.
Finally! I'm sure Ms Cotton is pregnant. Just a few days ago I was still on the fence about it, but she has blossomed. I'm thinking about trying to get a picture of her little pooch.
The reservation list will open on May 1st. I'm already screening inquirers, so I think all 4 spots may be spoken for quickly. Since she's most likely going to have more than 4 pups, not getting on the list doesn't mean there won't be pups available... but one of the great things about being on the list is it guarantees the price even if all the pups are something exotic like purple!
The gigolo
Brogue is getting to strut his stuff for a purebred SCWT girl who lives near us. She's a real cutie... light wheaten colored like he is but really small. She's still a little shy and he was kinda ho-hum this afternoon, but we'll see how long those two things last as her season progresses!
What you think you know...
So, a friend of mine told me about another breeder he's been talking to who had some misinformation about her breed. I won't say WHICH breed because it really doesn't matter. Her closed mindedness does. He's been breeding the whatevers for more than 2 dozen years and has a reputation both in the US and South America for the excellent quality of what he produces. This lady (and I use the term loosely since I read her emails to him) claims to have a lot of experience and knowledge. The bone of contention: a black dog having a black mask. Now, I'm not an expert on the whatevers but to me it would seem virtually impossible to know if a dog had a mask if the mask was the same color as the the rest of the dog. Not only that, but why would you care? This "lady" claims her dogs have masks because they don't have any white on their muzzles... apparently the white stops between the eyes on any of her dogs with white on its face and from the cheekbones down, the muzzle is all black. Well, gee willikers! My black lab must have a black mask since she doesn't have any white on her lower face... or her UPPER face either, for that matter (we'll ignore the gray, every hair of which she's come by honestly!) Perhaps I shouldn't have spayed her... maybe with a good advertising program and a little misinformation, I could have cornered the market on the rare and uniquely patterned black masked black Labs. Curses! Foiled again! This is a big issue to the other breeder because somewhere in the whatevers' breed standard is something about masks. I didn't bother pulling out the AKC book and reading the standard... Juan's word is good enough for me. As is his impeccable English... however the "lady" had some not very nice things to say about foreigners coming up here, not understanding the language and therefore, not knowing nuthing about nada (which is Spanish for nothing.) I wonder how many languages SHE speaks.
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