SON OF BlTCH. IS HERE !!--- LITERALLY. SON OF AN EXTREMELY ACCOMPLISHED EUROPEAN DANE. "SUPRA". FROM THE CLAUDIA BOHEMIA KENNEL...- A LONG STORY.....
IN CLICKING AROUND THE LIST F KENNELS FROM DEUSCHE GERMAN DANE CLUB LIST. .... I RAN INTO. CLAUDIA BOHEMIA'S TYPICAL PHOTO OF 8 DANES LINED UP ON LEASHES... THEY ALL WERE THE SPITTING IMMAGE OF CHAOS... STURDY... LEG IN EACH CORNER....I STARTED TRYING TO BUY A PUP OR TWO..-- YOU NEEDED TO RESEARVE THEM AHEAD OF TIME... WHICH I FINALLY DID.... EVEN THO THE NICE 8 HOUR FLIGHT FROM FRANFURT WAS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO RABIES REGULATIONS... I FINALLY GOT A MALE MERLE--- POOR THING HAD TO FLY FROM PRAGUE TO LISBON TO BOSTON-- BUT ALL NICELY MANAGED BY PETAIR IN FRANKFURT...-- HE AARRIVED...... GREAT CHUNK OF A THING.... AND WE PARKED HIM WITH A FAMILY--OVER THENEXT 2 YEARS. I SAW HIM...EVERY MONTH OR TWO -- USUALLY IN THE BACK SEAT OF A CAR.... HUGE EUROPEAN HEAD-- ABOUT A YEAR AGO- HE WAS HERE ON A FILL IN MISSION WHERE WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING A FEMALE BRED.... EVENTUALLY TRYING 2 DIFFERENT MALES...-- HE WAS SECOND CHOICE-- ODD LOOKING ... FOR ALL HIS MOTHER WAS SOOOOOO. BEAUTIFUL, HE WAS AN UGLY DUCKLING SORT.... I THOUGHT SO.. AND SO DID LYNN
I HAD HAD SUCH GREAT HOPES FOR HIM WITH SUPRA FOR A MOM....
SO AS WE WADDLE THRU THE COMPLICATIONS OF COV.... AND LACK OF BREEDING POSIBILITIES--SIZZLE GAVE US ONE LITTER--- BY TIGGER... BY WATSON....AND I PULLED CEE CEE OUT AS A POSSIBLIE BREEDER 2 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.... LONG- BUT TYPICAL ROAD...CEE CEE RACED UP AND DOWN PUPPY HILL-- SLEPT,...SNORED, ATE, PRODUCED PROPPER POO. ALL ON SCHEDULE.. EVERY SIGN OF A GOOD DOG.. AND BECAME ONE OF MY BEST. HOPEFULS.......FOR THE NEXT LITTER.
YOU ALL MAY THINK I AM ONLY NAPPING IN THE CAR.... BUT I WATCH THESE PUPS.... STANDING AT THE FEEDER GIVES ME A LOOK AT THEIR REAR LEEGS... RACING AROUND NOT HITTING THE TREES. MEANS THEIR EYESIGHT IS FINE.. AND THEIR CO ORDINATION.... IF ANYTHING WAS NOT QUITE RIGHT, WE LET VOLUNTEERS TAKE THEM AS PERFECT PETS... WE GAVE HER TO A FAMILY IN PEABODY. TO LET HER GROW AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPED...—LOVELY DOG... NO COMPLAINTS
ALL THE TIME I AM THINKING. “CAN’T BREED HER TO WATSWON WHO IS HER GRANDFATHER... NOR LACHY Wso as we stagger THAT L EAVES THE UGLY DUCKLING. ( now called sir Richard by me...).
so as we stagger through they veterinary examinations that are now highly recommended by the AKC from hips to eyes elbows heart lungs toenails you name it... I sat around in absolute terror that they would find some reason we should not breed this dog---crooked teeth or some other such.. it was awful. 2 to have to wait for blood work to come back or X rays or EKG's or ultrasounds.. it was more than difficult on me because well I could see was a perfectly good dog.. finally yesterday Thursday we got the final on her saying that all systems were OK. I am old enough where they don't ask don't tell system of verifying health worked for 80 years so I was not thrilled to be put on hold well someone waited for a CBC report to come back.... and I had a lot to say about it still do
it was lynn's idea and I have to admit she's right but that doesn't make me happy about it so when we finally get the OK on CC.. we then are faced with. the the fact that both of us had an opinion of Sir Richard which was not particularly complimentary but he was our only choice.. and the color combination would work fine CC big black with white and Sir Richard being Merle with a little bit of white....
so yesterday Sir Richard appeared on schedule and I am delighted to say he is a thing of beauty all the bits and pieces of him that grew at different speeds have finally evened out and he is a showpiece and apparently a very nice dog so for all the nervous breakdowns I have had so far that does not mean I'm free and clear
the next problem believe it or not is I hope Sir Richard likes CC because I know in my past we've had a boy one that really was not that attracted to the girl one and if you think complications can happen boy that's a big one at any rate we will be asking Sir Richard what he thinks of CC hopefully later on today and hopefully he'll like her we do know he's capable because we did a DNA on puppies in that last litter that he had BEEN INVOLVD WITH...???...and one of them was Sired by him.
I KNOW THE DISASTERS OF HAVING ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET -- AND I KNOW ABOUT STORIES LIKE YESTERDAY 13 PUPS WITH 12 BEIG STILLBORN - MOST ALL OF THE COMMUNITY OF CAMERA PEOPLE ARE PREPARED-- YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND.. THINGS LIKE STILL BORNS CAN HAPPEN- FOR NO APPARENT REASON... I HAVE SUCH GREAT HOPES FOR THIS BREEDING- WE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FINE-- BUT....
FATE'S A THING WITHOUT A HEAD.... .... OR.........RAISING ANIMALS IS A CRAP SHOOT
SO LETS AVOID REMINDING ME OF ALL THE WAYS THINGS CAN SCREW UP... I THINK I KNOW ALL OF THEM.
LET US PRAY....
DAUGHTER GWEN SHOULD ARRIVE AROUND NOON TODAY-- FROM ASHEVILLE. NC....
