Where has the time gone.

Monday 29th march 2010

My, where has the time gone. It has been nearly 2 years since I last updated my blog and in many ways I do regret this but........here we are, March is nearly over and we are expecting 2 litters of puppies in the next couple of weeks.

Last year was very eventful for us and in hindsight, I am sorry the events were not documented on this blog but I imported semen from a beautiful dog in Northern Ireland, IR/UK champion Veltkammmer Due To More Duo aka as Alfie. My main reason for doing this was to have a new male to add to my lines. It didn't turn out as I would have hoped, the semen, sort of became compromised along the way, but we did get a beautiful female puppy affectionately called Buttons and she will actually attend her first show next weekend.

I have been in-undated with puppy enquiries, I find people do tend to favour the more substantial Ridgeback and because Lela and Motsi only come into season once a year I decided to to breed both of them. Having previously stated I would never have 2 litters again I changed my mind especially as we are approaching the warmer months.

Motsi will be x rayed later this week to give us an idea of the number of puppies to expect and Lela will go a week later. Expecting puppies is always a very exciting time and I am really ready to welcome more puppies into the world. Both mums have been supplemented with folic acid to minimise the incidence of dermoid sinus, a condition which plagues our breed but fortunately, something I have never had to deal with.

The weather has been pretty abysmal these last few days but we are promised some serious sunshine for the weekend.

I have 2 young dogs that I am hoping to show this year. Friends will know I really do not enjoy the show world but I recognise I do have to get my dogs out there. I was approached by a young handler a couple of months ago, her name is Star Utter and she is from Syracuse and I have agreed that she can handle Buttons for me at the Syracuse show this weekend. I have been able to do a little work with Buttons but the weather had been the major obstacle so I am not expecting great things. Handling classes through my local club will start up in May.

I will also be attending my clubs awards dinner on Wednesday at a lovely Italian eatery in Oneonta, It was great fun last year with fabulous food so here's hoping this year's will be just as good.

Next update will be the news on Motsi's x ray.