New food again...

For over a month, Emma has had urinary issues with high pH and struvite crystals. Doing loads of research and not wanting the option of Rx foods, I have switched Miss Em to a dehydrated raw food, with added meat protein and loads of water to flush the crystals out of her system. The vitamin c and cranberry supplements had not worked, so she was placed on an Rx acidifier.

The good news is that this regimen is working!!

I have been very pleased with The Honest Kitchen for providing a balanced, ready-made, non-frozen raw option! Topped with Evangers canned and we are good to go.

Just Emma

Let sleeping dogs lie...

Luther, in his favorite sleeping position...

And Emma is thrilled to have Hush as her new best friend! The girls are inseparable!

They even decided to chew their nylabones together in Luther's crate.

Needless to say, Hush is fitting in wonderfully!

Oh! Remember this beautiful necklace I was given by Penni?

You should have seen Hush chase the yellow butterfly in the dog yard yesterday. And the beautiful, but stupid, bug landed directly in front of her. Yup, it was eaten... but the expression on Hush's face when she caught it was priceless! Alas, no camera available at the time...

A man and his dog...

Emma absolutely adores her "daddy"! The feeling is mutual.

Updates -Olivia, Emma, Snickers

I need to find time to update my website...

GO TEAM OLIVIA! Olivia got her CD today!! Barb thinks she got extra points for being cute as she much prefers agility to obedience.

Unfortunately, Emma is not pregnant. I am disappointed. Our plan is now to breed Snickers to Dallas when she comes in season. She is due to come in at the end of the month. Snickers lives up to her name of Sweet Treat - she is so sweet her bones must be made of sugar. Combined with Dallas' phenomenal temperament, I am very excited at this pairing.

My first girl to have morning sickness...

Poor Emma! She is the first in my many years of dog breeding to have morning sickness. Four weeks down, 5 more to go! I am very excited about this litter!!

Slowly...

My surgery went well and I am healing slowly. I went right back to work the Monday after, and I am doing things very slowly there. My surgery was much more invasive then when Leonard had it done so this may be a long road.

Of course, when it rains, it pours... Emma had a split season and was ready to be bred 2 days after my surgery. A HUGE thank you to KathyTanguay & Genie Bishop - without their help we would not have been able to get this breeding done. Fingers are crossed that Emma x Dallas pups will be born the end of March. It is amazing what we do to get these things done. The theme for this litter will be high-end department stores.

Murphy's Law that everything has to happen at the same time. Luther was away last week on "vacation", courting another very pretty blue girl. Here's hoping that spring will include lots of puppy breath!!

Emma's favorite place

Whenever Emma is loose, she can be found here...

Emma is official!

You can see her hip results on the OVC website by clicking here.

Belly Photo

Not the most lady like of photo ops, but with Auntie Katrin loving on the Emma Lou, we were able to snap this photo.

Cast your vote for how many puppies!

Emma's due date is fast approaching so Katrin has decided we should do what could be a fun poll to see how many puppies people think she is carrying. (see the top of the blog) The poll will close at 5pm EST on Monday Jan 4th as that is the day we are going to get her x-ray done. She is due on Wednesday!

I will soon have the webcam up and running once again so people can watch the whelp progress along with us. I'll post the link to the webcam once that is live.

We're having a fun time ushering in the New Year with our visitors, hope that everyone else is enjoying theirs as well!

Calendar Stars

Mare Stare is where I host my web cam when we have pups. They also have a 501.c charity called Mare Stare Cares to help people with unexpected and enormous vet bills that arise from foaling. As a fundraiser, every year they do a calendar with photos of Mare Stare clients.

This year, the month of February features Visions Cardigan Welsh Corgis! We have three photos in a collage:

1. Our handsome Luther

2. 5 of the Dream pups at about 12 weeks old:
Star, baby Luther, Roxy, Destiny & Honor-Bug

3. Sabrina's last litter at about 4 weeks old, sleeping in typical Cardi fashion:
Magnet, Emma, Darla & Inky

Please click for more informnation and a preview of the calendar which also includes the most adorable mini donkeys, goats, and of course, horses of all sizes.

Bluetiful!

Aren't they just beautiful? (L) Zsa Zsa (C) Emma (R) Snickers

Their beautiful markings (reversed order).
I love how they go from lots of body black to very minimal.

Leonard's sister, Susan, visited today from Syracuse. Emma thought she was the greatest!