Well if all goes well we will have adorable babies from Rene and Wally the first week of October (terribly close to the park reunion) I expect the same colors Dottie and Wally will have have the girls have the same dad Elliot. The theme for this litter will be Royality! I have begun my search for a new stud muffin and co-owner. I’d like the most unique boy I can find. Brindle, sable or phantom. Harlee has picked out a name and I love it: DENNIS!

Well one thing is for certain in the puppy making business, your plans don’t always work out :0 Rosalie and I headed to Lansing to meet Doc. With Rene and Dottie having Wally babies I wanted some other color choices with Rosalie (brown). I prefer Jack but with no babies the last two tries I have to assume he’s shooting blanks and explore other options. I liked Doc’s size, personality and color and since Rosalie’s mother is phantom we’d get some of those too YEAH! However at the last minute they wanted an additional $500 for stud fee (this is not the first time this has happen to me) so we packed up and came home. I can’t do business with people I can’t trust. Simple as that so we will have wonderful Wally and Horace babies! I’ll be looking for a unique baby boy with some brown in his family tree (to co-own with someone)! So I am not at the mercy of others.

The pontoon hasn’t run right for three summers! We have it in DOZENS of times and it continues to spit and sputter GRRR you’d think the experts could figure it out! Tom started it up to take it in once again and the girls raced to the window! They know that sound! No ride today girls!! 😦

Yesterday on FB I POSTED A LINK TO AN ARTICLE ON CORN THAT SHOCKED ME! It stated that the corn damaged by weather and moldy went into dog food!! dogs naturally CORNHorrified I looked up Aflatoxins and mycotoxins and found what I believe to be the reason for shorter lifespans for our beloved pets!! My first poodles were 14-15 years old, not any more ( maybe again since I don’t feed them processed foods). Young dogs are getting cancer, I see so many posts on FB that break my heart. Sadly dog food companies are NOT required to accurately reveal what is in their products! SO even if you pay big bucks for your dog food you can not be sure it is safe for your beloved pet!!
FROM THE MEDLINE PLUS WEBSITE:
Aflatoxins are toxins produced by a mold that grows in nuts, seeds, and legumes.

Function
Although aflatoxins are known to cause cancer in animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows them at low levels in nuts, seeds, and legumes because they are considered “unavoidable contaminants.”

The FDA believes occasionally eating small amounts of aflatoxin poses little risk over a lifetime. It is not practical to attempt to remove aflatoxin from food products in order to make them safer.

Food Sources
The mold that produces aflatoxin may be found in the following foods:

Peanuts and peanut butter
Tree nuts such as pecans
Corn
Wheat
Oil seeds such as cottonseed

And I found this on mold AKA mycotoxinsmycotoxinsNO wonder so many dogs are getting cancer, what is ACCEPTABLE to the government is NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME!! PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH, don’t trust your heart and the health of your pet to others, cook or feed your dog raw.

We are beyond excited with our fall litters!! We didn’t intend to breed all the girls but with Rosalie and Grace not having their spring litters I need to have babies for those waiting families. We will manage and since Rene and Rosie’s litters are due the same week we can blend them after a few weeks. Gracie and Horace’s babies are spoken for (I think, depends on how many babies she has) most people have one of her siblings and want a niece or nephew (I do too)! I have lots of deposits but will have available babies (I think). We have our themes picked out and READY to go!!

LOL Rene and Dottie HATE Harlee on the top bunk. They REALLY try to figure out a way to get up there. Dottie was jumping until Gracie squashed her haha. Those three are goofs! I finished several projects today. I’m really happy about these ornaments. Theyare wood covered in melted plastic. I wish they photographed better 😦 I finished the edges and they look really nice!!

OMG I never get tired of seeing our babies in their new lives! The Dottie and Wally’s babies are SO loving, SO beautiful!! We can’t wait till September 24th to meet their next adorable babies!! Rene and Wally will have fabulous babies too!! We will have babies galore the rest of the year since Gracie and Rosalie SKIPPED their spring babies. We’ll be busy but everybody will get TONS OF LOVIN!! I can’t believe tomorrow is AUGUST! WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE???

Wow those Poppy & Reggie babies are beauties!! Poppy is doing great, she walks with Pat every morning and begs to go. She plays with her daughter Pebbles/Rosie and Tux and Ferguson. She loves Pat and gives her BIG smiles, adores being QUEEN! She’s a happy girl! We love the pictures of her in her new life. I don’t think she’s thrilled about that heat but WHO IS!! All’s well here. Dottie is STARVING a very good sign for September babies and RENE is in heat! Wally will be back Thursday for another visit. I’ve been making Xmas ornaments because when babies come I’ll be WAY too busy! Harlee and I have spent lots of nights at the park. I’m finishing up eight more black poodles sculptures, I’ll post them on the POOTIQUE blog when they are done (couple days).