February 15, 2010
We are so excited to announce the birth of Crystal’s beautiful babies. Last week was an amazing week for us and Crystal delivered six of the most beautiful babies on February 10th.
The babies were several days early and we were nervous about that, but all seem to be thriving and healthy and Crystal is doing an amazing job. They all have fat little bellies and mom and babies have settled in to their routine already. I will have pictures up later today of her litter.

Stats on the litter are:
#1 black female with a tiny bit of white on her chest, weight: 3 1/2 oz. (deposit pending)
#2 white/cream female, weight 4 1/4 oz.
#3 black female with back feet tipped in white, weight 4 1/2 oz. (sold)
#4 white/cream male, weight 3 7/8 oz.
#5 white/cream female, weight 3 1/2 oz. (sold)
#6 white/cream male, weight 3 1/4 oz.

February 9, 2010
Well, my reprieve did not last long. Emma went into labor last night and delivered 3 darling orange sable pups in plenty of time for me to get a decent night’s rest. Thank you Emma for that! 🙂
Two adorable girls and one handsome boy. Details coming on the available page soon. I think this is the busiest few days we have ever had! I am exhausted, but oh so thankful for the puppies to be here. Crystal is not due until early next week, but could have hers any day actually, so we are still on the alert! We should have a fun time when these puppies hit about 6 weeks! “grin”

February 8, 2010
Well it has been an incredible weekend. BB delivered her gorgeous litter, and then Missy tragically lost hers. Missy is doing much better today and starting to act like herself again. She has to deal with the same hormonal fluctuation that we do ourselves after a miscarriage and although much quicker to resolve, it is still very hard on them. Our vet thinks she will be back to normal soon and for that we are thankful.

Dealing with the emotions of those two was plenty but then Paradise, one of our moms whom we bred, but didn’t think the breeding took, delivered a beautiful parti girl and a darling little boy Saturday afternoon! What a surprise! She typically delivers substantial litters and didn’t seem to be gaining any weight. (She’s a bit overweight anyway) And besides that, her last breeding did not take, so we assumed this one had not taken either. Well, after acting very strange for a few hours and starting to nest….she surprised us with two beautiful babies. She has given us some of our most beautiful pups through the last few years and we will retire her this year, so these precious babies are the grand finale of some great puppies and we are so proud of her and excited to have these babies. She is so proud of herself as well! She is the ultimate mom and has in the past, stolen pups from the other moms and carried them to her bed! We have to really watch her because she would mother them all! She is so funny! She will miss not having her broods, but it is time for her to relax and be a grandma after this breeding.
We will be keeping her little girl. The little boy will be available to some lucky family! I am working on getting pictures up today.
Thanks so much to all of you who have offered words of both condolence and congratulations….it means the world to me!

Two more moms are due within the next week, so my nights of sleeplessness are not over, but I may have a few days of reprieve. However, our bedroom is a maternity ward and I’m constantly up checking on either the moms or the babies… (my husband is threatening to sleep in the guest room for the week!) Just a few more weeks, and then hopefully everyone will be settled in with their new broods….then the real work begins! 🙂

I hope to be updating the site frequently, so keep checking back and I hope things are going well in your world!
Our prayers are going up for all those enduring the severe weather over so much of our country in the past few days…

February 6, 2010
Finally, after several very long days, BB finally went into true labor last night and had a classic delivery of five gorgeous pups….some of the prettiest she has ever had. They were all born within a span of an hour and a half and she barely had time to cut the cord and clean them before the next one was born! They all seem to be healthy and strong and we are so glad they are here! I do have two deposits on this litter, so as soon as the choices are made from the litter I will post them as available on the available page. I will be sending out announcements today and should have a picture of the litter up by tomorrow.
Here are the stats:
Colors are hard to tell this early on the dark ones, but the boy is definitely black.

#1 Female/blue/orange sable? born 6:30 p.m. 3 1/2 oz.
#2 Male/white/ born 7:00 p.m. 4 oz.
#3 Male/champagne/ born 7:20 p.m. 4 1/8 oz.
#4 Male/black/ born 7:45 p.m. 3 5/8 oz.
#5 Female/cream sable born 8:00 p.m. 4 1/2 oz.

We thought the day was ending on such a high note, however, sadly Missy went into premature labor around midnight and delivered 3 stillborn babies. They were not fully developed and we are devastated by the loss. We will be taking Missy into the vet today to see if all of the babies were delivered and to see if we can discover what prompted her to go into labor so early. We also want to make sure she is ok too. She is so confused and upset and it is very sad to watch her grieve for her babies.
I know there are several of you who were really excited about the possibility of adopting one of these babies and I am so sorry for you as well.
Much like life….one can never expect the unexpected.