The Baby is Here!

As many of you may know, Lilly was due to have her "babies" on Friday, July 6th. We went for an x-ray last Saturday and were a little bit disappointed to find out the x-ray only showed one baby in there. Although Jeff and I didn't think this was normal for a dog to have one baby, our breeder, Sharon, reassured us that every breeder she knows has had a litter of one. So Lilly's first litter was one baby, which is called a "singleton".





After all of our preparation and even taking her to the top reproduction specialist in the nation, we were disappointed, but Thursday we were just happy to find that Lilly's baby came out okay and was healthy. She had a baby girl this morning at 9:30 and she weighed 15.6 oz. Lilly is doing great and becoming a good mother. Phoenix is "peeking in" every once in a while to make sure everything is okay.

We will have to choose from all of our potential puppy buyers to see who gets this precious baby girl. I think that is one of the most disappointing parts of it.





I would like to wish an extra special thank you to Sharon Manning for flying in from Kansas City to help Lilly have her baby! I don't know how comfortable we would have been without you here!

P.S. Thank you Sara for the Camel!! I know you gave it to me years ago when we worked at PetsMart together. Sharon said when you have a litter of one, the puppy still needs some comfort and warmth, so we pulled out the camel and he is doing a fine job of being a baby brother!!

All about the "dogs"

Congrats to our dog, Phoenix, he is our hero!! Jeff and I went up to South Bend for the weekend to visit with my family. We took Phoenix over to grandma and grandpa's house (Phoenix loves it there because he gets so much attention and he gets away from Lilly!) When we got back to Jeff's parents last night, we learned that he did something amazing! Phoenix never gets up during the night, he loves his sleep and we have to pry him out of bed in the morning to make him go outside. Saturday night he woke Paul and Darlene up (Jeff's parents) and acted like he had to go outside. So, Darlene went outside with him and as they were coming back in the house, she realized the house smelled like gas. She learned that she had just barely left the burner on their gas stove on, so it wasn't lit, but it was leaking gas. So Phoenix saved the day!!

Another "dog" story, is about my sister and what she is doing. She contacted Pet Refuge in South Bend and said she would be willing to foster dogs until they get adopted. She has had a few that have been adopted out right away. This little guy below was with her this weekend. His name is Teddy and he is six months old. Sara, you are doing a great thing for these animals!!



Here is a picture of Pippi dog, who is getting old! This is the little dog I grew up with!!



And last, but not least, I am apparently a very boring person! I was taking "mug" shots of Lilly and she started yawning! Wow, isn't that bad when your dog thinks you are boring?!



Have a great week!