Well, we wanted it and it appears it’s here, maybe… what’s that you
say’ Spring of course. It’s been a beautiful
day today and it has been this way all week.
There are always several signs that points in that direction and I have
been seeing them all come together in just the last few days. The first is my eyes start to itch because I
am allergic to every tree and grass that’s grown and always suffer in the
spring. I have started taking my eye
drops to keep the itching down and that helps and another is the daffodils (March
lilies) finally came up in April.
Luckily, when he did escape, I was
always there to capture him and put him in the big steel cage that is in the
garage. It has double locks and a steel
ceiling and floor. He has yet to escape
from it, but I did find a file in the corner that I’m sure he snuck in there
when I was busy for... later use. If he
gets out of the steel cage, I'm going to take him on tour as the “Magic
Houdini” dog. He once went through a
chain link fence and I mean through it.
He’s not a climber and we have steel mesh preventing any digging, so he
chewed on the fence and broke one strand and worked his head through it and
went through the middle, leaving fur along the way. If I did not see the results, I would not
have be believed a dog could do it. He
is one determined young man. Elaine has gone
to Louisville to see her parents this weekend and I suggested she take Clancy
and she did. I just hope he doesn't call
a taxi. The good part, Dutchess was spaded
the first of this year and I swear, I think she was worse than Clancy about getting
together. Several years ago we were not
going to breed Dutchess and it was her last day in season. Just one more night and we made it. Elaine had her in the house and was going to
let her out to "potty". I said, “Let
Clancy in another door and keep him inside”…Well, she thought she could keep
Dutchess close to her but as soon as the door opened and as fast as she could run, she
took off and ran to find Clancy. They
ran through the woods and ended up on the porch “in love”… and I'm sure you
know the rest of the story, puppies born 63 days later. She is called the “party girl” for that very
reason to this day.
It has been wonderful to let the dogs out and let them run, where they
don’t get muddy and sloppy because the ground has finally dried out. They can even come in when they want and that
makes them happy and content and it’s nice to have a medley of dogs again that
stay inside at night.
The main reason I know its spring is we have entered the breeding
season for our “once” a year spring love fest.
It has been a hoot because this year, we have included Doc, Annie and
Gabby. This will be Annie and Gabby’s
first litter and with the colors, there is no telling what will show up because
they are merles’ but whatever shows up, I’m sure they will be beautiful.
As I said it has been a hoot because all of
the girls came into season the same week.
I have let dogs in the kennel and out the kennel a hundred times and at times I wonder
if I am going in circles because of the activity and making sure the right pair
are together to court each other. I try
so hard to keep one or the other males up, but Clancy is a champion at getting
out.
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This will be an exciting 2 months and hopefully everything will proceed
as scheduled. This will be a first for
us, perhaps three litters at once. I can
only imagine all the little pups running and scampering and me trying to walk when
they are under foot grabbing my shoestrings. Yes, Spring "IS" in
the Air. Good luck girls
