Spring is for all things New

Just like this past winter (which mercifully is gone according to my calendar!) Spring is proving to be just as topsy-turvey. One week we have 80 degree weather (in MAINE!!!) just to see it drop right down again and actually see white stuff fall... but it didn't stick around. It's cool again, and if I'm honest with myself it feels like April... but could we just compromise and have 70 degree weather?

The boys and I headed down to the Sporting Specialties the other week. Just Merlin was entered and all seemed fine until my car passed the state line into Massachusetts. I could feel myself getting sick... and fast! What a miserable weekend in that respect. I can't imagine being so sick. I stuck it out and my good friend Kristyn took pity on me and showed Merlin, and I dragged myself to the ER Monday morning (turns out I was VERY ill, and two weeks later still on heavy antibiotics I'm still not 100%)


Kristyn w/ Merlin

Last weekend since I was feeling dubiously better I took all three boys down to Connecticut for a field trial. I had a blast, rode a gundog brace to watch Rock It, a FC half brother to the boys. I ran Trist myself in puppy but my lungs weren't as ready as the rest of me, so I rode in the gallery during Merlin's run which his grammy Darlene handled him in. It was a very large entry so we didn't place but we did learn a lot and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I also brought Oliver with me and after the trial on Sunday Darlene and I brought him out for a short run to evaluate him. I'll be working on finishing the breaking process with him with the goal of running him in the fall. He's just such an enjoyable dog to train! It was a great weekend with friends old and new, and I am looking forward to our next trial.

Now for the news people actually want to hear about. Isabella is a tank! With 3 weeks to go she's ballooning and there is no doubt she's got puppies packing her full. Yogurt and cottage cheese has been added to her diet and she's being fed multiple times a day to help accommodate the fact she doesn't have much room for food in her stomach. It's important she gets her exercise right now as that will help her during the whelping process. Her last litter of 10 was tough on her and it looks as though she might be repeating the feat. Of course getting a lazy blimp off the couch and moving is no easy task! She is Lazy with a capital L!


Hello Tubbymuffin

We are accepting serious inquiries still. Due to Izzy's obvious size there is room on the waiting list for this exciting litter.