I Give Up

I'm not a big believer in Global Warming, at least not in the sense that it means we've killed the world. (I believe it is part of the normal cycle on this planet and may or may not mean there are going to be significant changes over the next million or so years.) However, if it will help Al Gore, or whomever is in charge of temperatures in my neck of the woods, I will concede that the weather is hotter than ever before. Or, as my local forecasters keep saying, "since we started keeping track." "We," in this case, means some sort of official weather tracking entity. We have had 55 days of 90 or above since June 1st... not counting today or the rest of this week which is supposed to be at least that... and the previous record was 47 in one summer. The temp has been so much higher than normal this year, the OFFICIAL average temp has gone up by over one degree! DO you know what it takes to do that? Well, I do as I've lived through it. It was bad enough when our normal was supposed to be in the 80s. Now the norm is supposed to be in the 70s. I say ENOUGH ALREADY!

Of This and That

First, what is on everyone's mind: the girls... pregnant or not?
Can't tell yet.
They've been VERY lazy (but that could be the weather) and there have been a couple examples of testiness (but that could be the weather.)

Second, the waiting list: I'm kind of amazed at the response. Don't know whether that's a good thing or not. Guess I'll see how it shakes out in the next couple weeks.

Third, weights: Tucker (in IL) is right at 18 pounds. The range in that litter is incredible. And confounds my record keeping/size predicting capabilities.

In Case Anybody Cares

I finally got to get my weight! It's been 10 weeks since the last time I weighed in and I'm down to 313. That's 42 pounds lost in the last almost 16 weeks, 20 in the last 10. Ha! Another hundred and I might start feeling like I'm getting somewhere!

Speaking of weight



Lola in CO weighed in at 16.6 pounds today. That was AFTER her haircut!

Lola in CO

Michelle send these pix of her Emy/Sparky daughter, Lola, at the reservoir and with her friend, Rylee.

Hudson Pictures

From Di and Brogue's last litter
(October 2009)
Hudson lives in Virginia.
Liz reports he weighs about 28 pounds.

Elliott Pix

Caren sent these pix of Elliott enjoying life in middle TN.

Nothing New - Except Pix

From Salt Lake City



Ms Remy and uncle Stewart!

Emy and Cotton

As I said, Diamond has been bred by Brogue. And I am happy to report that Cotton has been bred by Brogue as well. The first breeding of each was 10 days apart.

Which brings us to Emy, who is in the middle (Di's daughter and Cotton's mother) and who came into season several days after Di and a week before Cotton. Emy was not really enthusiastic this time around... understandable since she had a Spring litter... but since some of you have been waiting for 2 years for the repeat of her and Shadow, I put those two together. To my surprise, Shadow wasn't particularly excited about being with her. The dogs ALWAYS know. However, they did tie one time. (Sort of a "let's keep the human happy" thing?)

I hope... and think... Di and Cotton will have late October litters. And I doubt Emy will. The next month is going to be very interesting. And I am sincerely happy I have 3 girls who get along so well, even during hormonal surges!