EXCITING NEWS!!!

This morning I received a phone call from Dancin' Matilda's guardian that she is finally cycling!  We are both so thrilled as this breeding has been anticipated for almost two years!!!  I immediately contacted Jaxon's guardians to 'be on alert' for an impending date and called my vet to schedule appointments to get the timing 'just right'. 

Once the 'wine and roses honeymoon' is over, I will not sleep at night wondering what sort of patterns and parti combinations Tillie will be carrying.  It has been a dream of mine to add a Black and White female to my breeder program for years and years, so please keep your fingers crossed that one may be presented.  :+) 

Please look at the Home Page of my website to see these adorable parents.  Of course, you can also go to my Parents Page here on the AnnaBlog to read all about their testing scores with additional pics and comments. 

Maybelline comes for a visit today!

 

I was so happy to get a phone call that my guardian home mom wanted to visit with Maybelline today.  I have not seen Mae since she left at 10 weeks.   She is now four months old.

What a site for sore eyes!  Just a lovely 'powder puff' of a puppy!  Her coat  simply sparkles - it is so white.  Those apricot patches add so much interest...and those lashes!!!!!  Oh my!

Her apricot ears really show up in this shot.

She is NOT touching the ground!!!

 

I love how straight her front feet are - perfect!

What great smiles, don't you agree?

The little princess needs her rest with her ball, of course!

A boy and his pup.....

I love getting pics of my pups.  This is Hazel Mae and her buddy.  Hazel is in a guardian home and might be a potential breeder for ADNE one day.  This pic just makes me smile.  :+)

Eloise is not pregnant. :+(

A sad day for me and Miss Ellie as her ultra sound showed there are no puppies growing.  My hope is that we will be successful at her next cycle which will be sometime in November.  The entire vet's office was disappointed as they all adore Eloise and are excited to see her teeny babies if and when she may have them!

So onward and upward with a hopeful mating from Figgy and Rodeo!  The couple should be honeymooning this upcoming week so I am optomistic.  :+)

Figgy enjoyed her tryst with Rodeo!

Figgy is looking for her mate!

She found him and he is stunning!

   

Always smiling.

Beautiful 'Holiday Figgy Puddin' was mated successfully to Tango Wool's Copeland Rodeo aka Cooper.  A stunning litter is expected sometime in mid June.   An ultra sound will be done in approximately 30 days for confirmation purposes.

This mating will produce blacks and cream or apricots with fleecy coats.  There is a possibility that silvers or blues may also be in the color scheme due to Figgy being a 'Lavender' dilute.  Color genetics are quite complicated and there are not tests for every combination so we happily take whatever combos Mother Nature provides.

These pups should have lovely conformation in a medium in size with fabulous temperaments.  The weight range will be roughly 32 to 35 lbs. and height 18 to 19 inches.

Happy Birthday Maple and Rumple's litter of 3/21/11!

All of you are now two years old!  This picture shows that Noodles got a 'new brother' to share his birthday with this year.  His name is Couper and they love playing outdoors together.

Needle In a Haystack aka DUBLIN!

Dublin passing his STAR puppy class with
Heather and friend.

Dublin was 'Lucky', but his new guardian gave us a new name suggestion and we all loved it hence the change.  Dublin is your typical, lovable, joyful Labradoodle!  He will be medium in size.  His deep apricot colored coat is non-shedding and will be curly at maturity.  

He enjoys the company of other dogs and children who want to be his playmate.  Dublin has a friendly nature and a personality spilling over with enthusiasm. 

Dublin's new guardian has worked for the Guiding Dogs program for over 30 years as a foster and we are beyond thrilled that she felt Dublin was so exceptional that she wanted to become his permanent guardian.  

Dublin playing King of the Tree Trunks in Heather's yard!

Snow-faced Dublin.  :+)

More pics at almost 20 weeks: