Lacey had her puppies!!!

Wow, Teri picked Lacey up from her guardians this morning and drove her to Iowa. They met Kristy, the other breeder, who took Lacey to her house and got her settled in. Once settled, Kristy had to go back to work for a few hours. Kristy said when she got home Lacey had already had 2 puppies. She then had 7 more puppies. Kristy said Lacey seemed to have the easiest time of any dog she has had. She said she didn't seem to have contractions, that the pups just slipped out one by one. That is great, and surprising since she had to have a C-Section last time. Anyway, she had 9 puppies altogether:
3 black boys
2 black girls
1 chocolate boy
3 chocolate girls
Kristy is selling these pups, not me. I'm working on having a normal life. I do have 9 puppies of my own to sell right now...anybody want one?

I was stuck working 14 hours today. It was supposed to be my day of, but we had a call in and coulnd't find a replacement. Bummer

The girls are mine

Yeah! I got to go pick up Jill and Bryony. They are out of school for the summer and are mine for the summer. Jill and Peanut sure do love each other. It is so cute watching them.

My sister Teri came over to trade vehicles with me. She is taking my van to drive Lacey to Iowa. I'd really rather not ship Lacey to Iowa in her late stage of pregnancy. I'm afraid it might throw her in labor.

Oh bummer! Honey is not pregnant. Now what? I'm disappointed.

I had to work way late today.

Velvet went to work with me for a couple of hours. She was so excited to get to go again. The residents like her.

Today was Velvet's first day to get to go to work with me. She was sooo excited when I got her leash and she saw she was going to go with me. Even though she had never been in that nursing home before, she behaved perfectly. I kept her with me for a couple hours then took her back home. She should start out slowly.

Francie's puppies had their first round of shots and got micro chipped today. They all did so well, nobody yelled or cried or tried to get away. They are a really cute and well behaved bunch. The neighbor kids come over every day to play with them. ...sigh...now if we could only find families for them (the pups, not the kids)...

Oh Mannnnn....whinnnneeee....Tinker Belle is not pregnant. Kingston is already neutered so there is no chance of ever having another Dutchess offspring...whine....and I was going to keep one of their pups for our very own pet...whinnneeee. Tink is going to be spayed in a few weeks.

I'm getting nervous about Lacey. She had to have a c-section last time, what if she has a hard time again this time? I called the other breeder who will be taking care of her just to make sure...well...just to make sure: she remembered Lacey had to have a c-section last time, she had the means for an emergency c-section if necessary, she feels comfortable with her vet's ability to do a section...and just to talk and get my nervousness out. Yes, she is aware, able, and has a great vet.

Lacey is going to Iowa

Here is the deal with Lacey...she is going to Iowa to have and raise her puppies, then she will come back here to her guardian family. She is going to Shelby Doodles www.mylabradoodles.com Kristy is the breeder there. She has been breeding for a long time and we have emailed and talked on the phone a bunch. We seem to have much of the same breeding views. Lacey's puppies will be Shelbydoodles, not Lincoln Manor doodles. Man...I'm so not looking forward to telling Lacey's guardians. She is their baby.

Poor Ally, she is feeling it. She is feeling how difficult it is having a litter of puppies and several dogs and trying to keep the house sanitary and trying to get a bit sleep now and then. Hopefully the pups will start going home in a few weeks...if we could just get them sold (adopted).

Started my new job today. I'll give it a week or so before I start taking Velvet.

Vacation is over now. We got back pretty late. We dropped Sarah off, picked up Velvet, dropped of Bryony, picked up Peanut, then went home to our very own shower and bed. I really missed Velvet. She is such a good girl.

We are still in Chicago. This has been a nice vacation. Did I mention that we had to bring Colonial Stink with us? There is no Chamelon boarding facility around. He is very quiet, doesn't stink (despite his name) and he doesn't need walked. Michelle put up some fake leaves on a lamp in the hotel room, left that lamp on all time, and put Stink up on it. It has worked out very well.

This coming week we need to get better pictures of Francie and Chevy. I'm seriously considering getting them professionally groomed and professionally photographed. The quality of the parents photo on the website makes a big difference in how marketable the puppies are. Despite how cute the puppies are, I'm finding it difficult to get deposits on Francie and Chevy's puppies. I know it is because their pictures are not very good.

O.k., back to the vacation now. It is after 11:00p.m. and I've spent most of the day updating the website and diary.

In Chicago

We are still in Chicago. The girls are at the convention and Michelle and I are hanging out. She is really missing her Peanut.

Hmm....just might have to go to California for our next vacation in a couple of months.

Chicago vacation

Today we (Michelle, Bryony, Bryony's friend Sarah, and I) went to Chicago for the Anime convention (yeehaw). Peanut went to Michelle's sister's house and Velvet went to the Lincoln Manor house. Poor Peanut (who am I kidding? It is poor Michelle...she loves that little dog) she will be all alone without Velvet or us. Velvet was excited to be back at the old house and was excited to see the puppies and other dogs. Speaking of the puppies...we took pictures. Here are a couple pictures. This is Mickey. He has been Michelle's favorite from the time of his bith (he is the smallest) Oh man...where did it go? I posted a whole big post on the chat page with all the pictures of the girls. Now that post is gone. Hang on...heavy dramatic sigh...I'll go do another post.

O.k., I'm back. Here are some more pictures. This is Maureen. I like her. Carol is a cute who gives Doodle hugs

Peanut Butter is Michelle's Chihuahua. We have been having issues with her lately. I caught her peeing on Jill's bed and then she jumped up and peed on my side of our bed. I was not happy at all. That is clearly a dominance issue and has nothing to do with potty training. It is back to the basics for little Miss Peanut. She has to go back to not being allowed in our bedroom at night, no more free feeding, she has to be in the crate when we are not at home, and I will ignore her for the first 15 minutes I'm home after work. We will see if that take cares of the problem.

What a long day today was. This was my last day working at the hospital. I worked from 5:00a.m. until 5:30p.m. Then I ran home and picked up Michelle and Scooter and we took him back to Ohio. It was 10:00p.m. before we got home.

Honey went back home today. Now we wait a month before she can have an ultrasound to see if she did get pregnant.

Poor Scooter. He cried this evening when we all went to bed. He has been used to sleeping with Honey at night. I felt sorry for him so we let him sleep in bed with us.

Happy Mother's day

Honey and Scooter are having so much fun playing and romping and um...trying. Honey lets us hold her still now; but Scooter won't let us help or collect from him. I tried collecting from him and was going to artificially inseminate Honey. But he was so shy he wouldn't give it up. Hey! I just realized something. Remember when Josie and Cooper wouldn't do it with each other? It was like watching two gay people trying to get pregnant without doing it. Well, Honey is Josie's daughter and now here we are having troubles getting her to do it with a hired stud too. Hopefully they have already done it when we weren't around. Maybe they are modest.

JillyBean plays soccer

Jill is playing soccer for the first time. She is on a team and they had their second game today. It was so cute and she had such a great time.


The doggie party continues at our house.

We had a fun doggie party today. They had lots of fun playing and romping, but no lovin'. We tried to help Scooter out by holding Honey still and having her stand by a step so he could stand tall enough to reach her. She wouldln't hold still and he wouldn't even try to make an attempt when we were there. We didn't see the point in taking them to the reproductive specialist. Scooter was too modest.

Scooter is a little cutie

Honey's husband is Scooter from Westwood Labradoodles in Columbus, OH. He is a little guy that weighs about 17 pounds. He is a young stud and this is his first job. This is Honey's first time too. I sure hope they will be able to figure it out on their own. Scooter lives in a guardian home in northern Ohio. Helene, his breeder, drove way up and picked him up, then drove back down and met us just inside the Ohio line. He is so cute. Bryony sat in the back of the van to keep him company. She (Bryony) cracks me up. She says how she is so over the dogs and pups...yet she melted when she saw Scooter and wanted to go cuddle with him. When we got to back to town we dropped Scooter off at Honey's house, took Bryony to her house, then went back to pick up Honey and Scooter and bring them our house. They like each other and were excited to have a doggie slumber party. They didn't figure anything out this evening. Scooter is like many other first time studs and...um...kept trying for the wrong end of the female (kept going for her head).

Honey is almost ready to breed. She had another progesterone test and the vet said to breed her Friday and Sunday. I need to get with the stud's breeder to get him.

I started my new job today. I'm in management at a nursing home a few blocks from my house. That will be wonderful. Jill's summer day care is between our house and the nursing home. Velvet and I will be able to walk Jill to her school then continue walking to our job. I've been driving 45 minutes each way to the hospital and spending almost $10 a day in gas. This will be so much better and Velvet will be much happier at being able to go back to work too. This is an inner city (Indianapolis) nursing home that serves the indigent. I'm excited.

Honey had another progesterone test today. She is getting closer but still not ready to breed.

Lacey is pregnant

Lacey's pregnancy has been confirmed. She is pregnant! The vet saw 8 pups for sure, and possibly 3 more. She will be going to another breeder's to have and raise her puppies.