All things doggy related.

Wednesday 30th January.2008.

Oh dear where has the time gone. Things became so routine and mundane, there really was nothing to add on this blog which was started in the first instance to monitor my puppies progress.

Over the last couple of months I have been inundated with puppy enquiries, so much so that I have lost count. Most people always say the same and that is, my dogs look like how Ridgebacks used to look in the US.

One of my puppy enquiries led me to believe that I might have an ideal home for Ranger. It was a man called Louie who ticked all of the boxes as far as I was concerned. While responding to his e mail I mentioned Ranger, a couple of days later he visited us and would have taken him there and then but he was about to go on a cruise with his partner. He picked Ranger up a couple of weeks ago and I have since had feedback that he has settled in very well. He shares Louie with a Labrador and goes to work with Louie when they are not visiting their upstate New York home. I am hoping to visit them in the spring.

I have all four girls in season at the moment so we are going to be in for some fun and games starting next week. I intend to breed Lela and Kasidi, so if all goes well we will have 2 litters within a week of one another. Springtime will make life much easier and we are all looking forward to the prospect of pups once more. My plan is to seperate the dogs into 2 groups, Brewster with Ruby and Motsi(he is now castrated bless him) and Raiza with Lela and Kasidi. Just hope Raiza will be up to the job.

I am pleased the girls did not interfere with my plans to go to Crufts in March as this is my yearly pilgrimage, there is no dog show on earth like It. I am also hoping to go to the Westminster Show in New york in 2 weeks time.

I will update any progress with Lela and Kasidi as it comes.

The dogs are all fighting fit and enjoying their snowy walks, Motsi has had a huge growth spurt in recent weeks which I am secretly very pleased about.She stands 26 inches at the shoulders now, which is of course the top end of the breed standard, but which makes her the smallest of my girls as they are all a little "over". She is maturing nicely, slower than I am used to though.