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.