Re: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: New babes!

["Pamela J. Luttrell" <publiusm@visuallink.com>]

Congratulations, Kelley!  Those puppies sound fantastic and absolutely adorable.
Jim and I have a rescue pair, Princess and Rocky, and we are completely owned by
our babies and wouldn't have it any other way.  We haven't had a puppy in a long
time, but we'd really love to see pics of those little monsters.  They sound
beautiful.  I'm glad everything turned out well this time.

Pam L. in Virginia



Kshoffman@aol.com wrote:

> Well, I am so happy that I just had to get a shameless brag in here ...
>
> Please welcome to the world 6 absolutely beautiful, plump, healthy new
> Pyrlets!
>
> This past Monday we whelped 4 girls (2 blaireau, 2 white  ... well,
> quasi-white as these two actually have dark wolfgray shadings on the skin of
> the underside and outerside of their ears) and 2 boys (both blaireau).  One
> girl has double-dewclaws in the front, all else have precisely the correct
> number of toes.  Other than that, well, they are all just perfect in my eyes.
> *G*
>
> Three of the four blaireau puppies have dark wolfgrey markings including full
> facial masks and spots on their tails and/or rumps. The other blaireau (girl)
> has badger markings (both tan and grey) on head/face and rump/tail.  I'm
> *hoping* at least some of these guys keep their striking and distinctive dark
> wolfgrey markings as adults (like their Granddad) but we'll just have to wait
> and see as it doesn't seem to turn out that way very often.
>
> This is an especially happy occasion for us since it is a repeat of a
> breeding that resulted in a major heartbreak early last year -- a litter that
> succumbed to "fading puppy syndrome".  All became ill within hours and died
> within a couple of days, and the cause could not be determined.  The good
> news is we have the exact same number of puppies and gender/color breakdowns
> this time, and everyone seems to be doing exceptionally well.  My gut feeling
> and intuition tell me that all are safe and sound and thriving and there
> won't be any foreseeable problems with these guys ... knock on wood.
>
> We have excellent birthweights ranging from 20-24 ozs (which we didn't have
> with the ill-fated litter), and all 6 of these little squirmers are extremely
> vigorous, strong, fat and sassy, constantly busy eating up a storm and/or
> squawking for and crawling towards their mamma and/or twitching in their
> sleep, as healthy thriving newborn puppies should!
>
> Deciding to repeat this breeding was a tough decision to make, considering
> the outcome the first time around.  Believe me, it took a lot of intestinal
> fortitude for me to go ahead and try this again, but hopefully, perseverance
> has its rewards.  Now I finally have an answer to a nagging question -- I
> know the problem with the previous litter most likely had little or nothing
> to do with genetics gone awry, so I can finally stop wondering whether or not
> that was the cause of the fading puppy litter.
>
> The beaming and doting Mom is our beautiful and beloved cabochard "Claire"
> (Ch. VilleVieux AbsolutConspiracy) who is almost 6 yrs of age and has two
> champion offspring by Group and Specialty winning Am/Can Ch. VilleVieux McRoi
> of Killaloe from her first litter whelped in August 1996.  Proud as a peacock
> daddy is our exceptionally sweet and handsome boy "Bravo" (Limberlost Bravo
> d'BasqueLaine) who is almost 4 yrs of age and a late bloomer so has only be
> shown sparingly to date.  Extremely relieved, ecstatic, and tired
> whelper-helper is yours truly, but to be honest, I didn't do much more than
> keep a watchful eye on things and fret and worry alot <vbg>.  Claire quite
> uneventfully and without fanfare delivered 5 puppies within 2.5 hours and the
> last puppy a little over an hour later, not bad for a middle-aged Mom!
>
> Hopefully I'll have pictures and a pedigree of the litter up to share within
> a few days.  I'm really excited and looking forward to watching these guys
> grow up as this pedigree strongly represents most of my all-time favorites,
> including Mom and Dad. (Okay, so I have a somewhat biased opinion about these
> guys.*G*)  Hopefully, the kids in this litter will be my cornerstone for a
> new direction I plan on heading in with my breeding program, ideally, to
> incorporate some representative European bloodlines in the not too distant
> future.
>
> Kelley Hoffman
> (breathing a huge sigh of relief and grinning from ear to ear)
> BasqueLaine Great Pyrenees & Belgian Shepherds
> Tipp City, OH  USA
> kshoffman@aol.com
>
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