Grace is on Day 50 today, it's going so fast!

Happy Halloween

Grace was chilly this morning so I put T-shirt on her

she didn't like stepping on it

Grace's favorite spot, under the end table taking a nap

Pippa got all excited and started jumping at her face

Fifi is squishing by them

over 6 wks pregnant

Day One Breeding, September 21st

Day Two Breeding, September 23rd

Week Two:  September 28th

Week Three:  October 5th

Week Four:  October 12th

Week Five:  October 19th

Week Six:  October 26th

today she's six weeks and three days

why did I count it out?

she's huge!

I'm looking at her thinking... she's over 7 wks?

nope, she's just big

Week Seven:  November 2nd

Week Eight:  November 9th

Day 50 November 10th

Week Nine:  November 16th

she's Day 60 November 20th

Week Ten:  November 23rd

Day 58 (11/17) is when we start taking her temperature and watching her like a t.v.

She can have her babies any time between Day 58 to Day 67

she usually has her babies Day 60-62

Girth today is a little over 27"

I noticed she's resting more and fussing at the food  more, looks for her special meal instead of eating like everybody else ... lol

grooming day for Gracie, then I'm like... omg!

 would rather not

(the cream puppy laying on the floor to the left is hers & Everad's last year's puppy, Fifi)

you can see the brownish coming through, that's not dirt, she has a lot of brownish with her silver.  She throws creams and silvers.

it occurred to me today ... they say when a 'bitch' is pregnant she will adopt a stuff animal to mother it/cuddle with it.  Grace is constantly at the fence leaning on it and very inammurred about something next door.  

I finally figured it out.

There's a cat on the other side of the fence, she wants to ... hug it?  anyways, it dawned on me today that's what she is doing, there's something over there, she doesn't bark at it, she just wants it.

so funny

OMG ... no need for an ultrasound, Gracie has a large rock hard bump ...  no problem, she's pregnant!

5 weeks 2 days and she's easily seen as pregnant

more soon,

five weeks pregnant today (or so)

Grace's ultrasound is schedule for October 29th

Due November 22nd

we are moving to northern california

The cryobank in San Marcos verifies pregnancy, I'll see if we can get a count of how many puppies to expect.  Julie bred Gracie and Everad, "hope you're ready for 11 puppies!"  we will see.

She has a rock hard little pooch

she's over her morning sickness and back to eating regular without coaxing.  She's getting Stella & Chewy's special meal and cooked chicken breast, healthy treats and chunks of cheese and free fed and water throughout the day.

I suggest feeding holistic/organic kibble and meats on the side for great health.  I am putting Grace on Eukanuba's high performance kibble for this litter.  

I am very picking about what I feed our poodles, I hope you are too.

Time to start up the football chart for guessing:

what color(s) for boys/girls

how many girls

how many boys

the person the closest gets a gift for playing, and I already have the gift this time!  yeah.

What to expect when she's expecting

- - - Week 6 - - -

Nutritional needs double, feed smaller meals throughout the day.  Feed puppy food through lactating.  Increase water.  Mammary glands enlarge, nipples darken.

Tue 16 Oct 112 - Sat 20 Oct 112	An experienced person (a breeder or a veterinarian) can tell by careful palpation whether the dam is pregnant. It's now the best time to do this because the embryos are walnut-sized now and easy to count.
Fri 19 Oct 112	Start to increase the dams food ration. Don't overfeed, excessive weight gain should be avoided. The foetuses are now and are fully developed miniature dogs.
Thu 25 Oct 112	The Dams abdomen starts to get larger.

Reservation List

#1 pick - maybe us

#2 pick is reserved for Vaula and Kari, Donnella's parents from Hilde's litter, silver girl

#3 pick is reserved for Lindon and Kimberly, Coco's parents from Grace's 2011 litter, blk girl

#4 pick is Cindy & Eric from Pippa's litter that did not come to term

#5 pick is available

etc.

Grace and Everad usually have mostly girls and about 8-10 puppies.  We usually have 2-3 small caniche moyens (usually the cream girls), the rest are small standards 19-23" at the shoulders, 3-4 creams, 2-4 blue/black, 3 silvers.

If they only have one silver girl I might bow out of the picking until next year.  We had misfortune with Pippa's litter and are getting her relative in December.  I will decide for sure when the puppies are six weeks old if we'll keep a puppy.  I grade the puppies the day they turn six weeks old, individually price them.

They usually have one black girl and one silver girl ... funny huh?

Prices?

Silver puppies are $2000

Moyen sized puppies are $2000

cream puppies are $1800

black/blue puppies are $1800

if this is your second puppy from us, you get a 10% discount

If you want to plan on your baby now, contact me.  To get on the reservation list it's a non-refundable deposit of 50% of the price of the puppy.  The deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE.  If they do not have what you want you may decide to transfer to another litter after they are born or if something comes up for you personally.  I only put people on the reservation list that are ready for a puppy, are approved to get a puppy and can wait until picking their puppy is available when the puppies are 7 wks old.  Otherwise, there will be puppies available after the picking.  Watch our website or join this blog as a follower to see who's available.  People that are on the reservation list are invited to the personality testing, it's fun to watch and helps you pick your puppy.   Puppies are chosen AFTER the personality testing according to the pick# on the reservation list.  I call each person personally for their pick.

again, there will be puppies available after their personality testing and picking according to the reservation list.  If you are unsure about reserving a puppy, just wait until they are available.

Our puppies are healthy, well socialized, loved and raised in our home.  The parents are genetically tested and cleared for breeding and on the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals database/website (www.offa.org).  They are AKC registerable.

These are exceptional puppies that go to loving forever homes.

Thank you for coming to our blog, we enjoy sharing our beautiful poodles and their puppies.  The puppies birth will be on this blog.  Choose to be a follower and see the updates.  About four weeks and we will be on countdown.  Happy Holidays.

Week 3

October 6th - October 12th

embryos implant along the uterus wall

during the next two weeks important organs will develop

the dams nipples start to pink and enlarge

she may loose her appetite this week

morning sickness may occur caused by the abdomen stretching/movement

Gracie is doing well.  She is slowing down a bit, experiencing some nauciousness.  When the embryos implant on the uterine wall is when momma Grace "feels it."  By week six she should be back to eating but hasn't slowed down with her appetite yet.  Gracie gets a special meal morning and night now of Stella & Chewy's patties and a little kibble as well as much kibble during the day that she wants.  She eats her special meal enthusiastically right away.  I like to put momma on a higher protein diet while pregnant for her energy level and the puppies development.

due November 23rd, would be so cool if she would have them on Everad's birthday the 24th