sloooowly ever so slooowly

waiting for the progesterone to rise... still only 2.0 .... expected breeding sometime next week....

the boys

two bitches in heat are not the most welcome guests when visiting a home with a young male...... so Sammy and Eliza had to stay at home while Yankee, Henrik and I went to visit Taitha and his family.
Taitha is a large, strong and at present very testeterone challenged youngster who doesnt back off for any male - Yankee is 11½ years old neutered and much smaller.  But - Yankee is "daddy" - the male who showed puppy Taitha how to behave, when mommy DD didnt feel up to that challenge.

So Yankee found the best place in front of the fire, collected all Taithas toys  around him and started dismantling Taithas best chew toys, while totally ignoring Taithas nervous wanders around him. Just once a short growl was heard - after that Taitha just humbly laid down on the bare floor at a respectful distance.

First Progesterone

one week into Sammys heat and it was time to get her Progesterone measured – how far into her heat cycle is she? =when will the best time for going to Germany be?

But so far we are staying at home – Progesterone still just at the start of the climb to >10 : 1.3

Sammy is in heat!

Finally - today it happened. The first drops of blood appeared. This means that the count down for the trip to Munich has started. But first the progesterone should go up ... and up... and then, in perhaps 10 days - 2 weeks I will start the car and start travelling towards the south. YEAHHH :-)

Sammy - heat? soon?

Sammy and Taitha i Bønnerup 14-03-2010
Originally uploaded by kibutata.

As can be seen on the photo she IS listening to me when I tell her how wonderful it will be to travel to Germany, to meet Ben (she is a bit worried about the arranged marriage bit) and play a bit with him, and I am also tryng to get her into the mood of having the actual puppies - for which she is not *quite* convinced.
Because... perhaps it isnt possible then to run like the wind on the beach, tackle big boy Taitha and all the other fun stuff she has done today?

HD & AD results for F litter so far

Now half of the F litter has been x-rayed:
Lewanika Famuyeke HD: A AD: 0
Lewanika Fubelu HD B, AD 0
Lewanika Fulumuzi HD A, AD 1
Lewanika Fufuna HD A, AD 0

not bad .....

bird dogs?

Another freezing cold days, dogs lazing indoors, fire burning from early afternoon. I have been watching a bunch of partridges (vagtler) walking on the snow outside, but when Eliza wanted out it looked like they had gone ... NOT! ... Liza caugth their movements in the rose bushes and literally flew through the garden and Sammy went from sound sleep to flying RR in a microsecond. Lots of movement in the rosebushes and then Liza proudly carries her prey out - while Sammy points perfectly. Then Sammy is allowed to carry - and by then I have got my wellies on to go out and check that the poor little thing is properly dead.
The amazing thing is, that even after a fair bit of proud carrying, the small bird has no marks of teeth, except right on the neck .- both dogs apparently having very soft mouths.