Showing posts with label puppies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puppies. Show all posts

Monday, February 1, 2010

Counting Down



This is the month when our little bundles of joy arrive! We have been especially excited for these puppies to arrive for several reasons. 1) We freakin' love puppies! (obvious, who doesn't) 2) We are overly obsessed with our dog (again obvious, we have a blog about her) 3) We are keeping a female from the litter!!!!!! We have been talking about our new puppy well since we got Fern, yea, 2 1/2 years ago. We have sooo wanted a friend for Fern from the beginning but more so in the last year and half. When we got Fern our roommate had two dogs that kept Fern pretty well occupied through her puppy stage. But since getting our own home she is forced to consort with just the cat. We go on lots of walks in the mountains and occasionally our dog friends join us. I am excited for Fern to always have her daughter close by, to give her an extra source of security, comfort and vice versa.
And hopefully this isn't a trend and we don't become dog hoarders, cause there are shows about that and I don't want to be on TV.
Well the whelping box is in place and the towels and sheets are ready. We will head to the vet in about a week and a half and they will preform x-rays to give us an idea of how many pups to expect. After that we will keep track of her temperature as a dogs temperature drops drastically about 24 hours prior to them going into labor.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Meet the parents


I thought I would post what I have about Fern's sire and dam. Or a least some pictures.
This first picture is Sherman (Flashpoint Vermont), which is Fern's dad. It isn't a very good picture of him but I couldn't get him to slow down. The illustrious, notorious and dog whisperer extraordinaire Mickey had to hold Sherman in place. And of course Buster (Jack Russel Terrier) was not about to be left out of the glory.
The second picture is of Yvette (Duchasseur Yvonne). Fern is almost a spitting image of Yvette. Yvette was known for her continuous wiggling behind and always having something in her mouth when she greeted you.

Sunday will mark 30 days from Fern's last breeding. We are on the downhill side of the pregnancy and she is starting to show. A month from now we will have rolly polly little pups! I am nervous and excited. Scott will most likely not be around for the delivery as he is in the field working on a Canada Lynx study.