Despite a rapidly expanding waistline, Pekoe continues to be active and rambunctious. She's always been fond of climbing the castor tree in the backyard, sometimes as much as 10-12' off the ground. I joke with Julie Evans, who owns Pekoe's sire, Happy, that she sent me the wrong semen. (Julie also breed Siamese cats!)
Today I found Pekoe up in the tree higher than I've ever seen her before. I'll have to try to post some photos tomorrow - both in the tree and modeling her expanding tummy.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Day by day she grows
Almost immediately after getting the ultrasound done, Pekoe began to look pregnant. She's losing her waistline and tuck up and her nipples are markedly larger. She's still climbing the castor tree in the backyard in persuit of squirrels and I'll be curious to see how long she's able to continue to do this. I know that they say that exercise is good for pregnant women. I suspect the same is for pregnant dogs. Today she was perched straddling the top of the A-Frame, barking up at the squirrel that was too high to reach.
Monday, June 1, 2009
He Shoots! He Scores!
Tuesday May 26th.Off we go to Dr. B's (another reproductive vet) for an ultrasound. FULL HOUSE! We can't say for sure how many pups from the ultrasound, but she said that she could see at least three pups in every view so it would likely be a good sized litter. Yeah Pekoe! Yeah William!
He's smarter than we are!
On Monday, April 20th, we tried to breed William & Cheddar for the first time. This breeding wasn't supposed to happen until the fall, but sadly we had to do an emergency spay on Marti and lost the chance for Chum x Marti pups.
Since I'd been out of town when Pekoe came into season and we weren't planning to breed her this time, Paul didn't really pay attention to what day she started. So Monday seemed to be about the right time and she was starting to flag and flirt. Both William and Cheddar were quite vocal so it seemed time to try for a breeding. Not!
While Pekoe did her best to entice William, he was not interested in anything more than a casual inspection. Great...now we're off to one of the reproductive vets since he's a young, inexperience stud. Maybe he just doesn't know what's expected....
So, Tuesday rather than driving 45 minutes to Dr McBride (one of the reproductive vets), we go to the Dr. Jan (the regular vet) and do a progesterone test. Low and behold, when it comes back Wednesday morning, Pekoe's progesterone level is only at 2.6 ng (breeding typically is done 2 days after they reach 5 ng). Well, Pekoe - You're a slut! and Wiiliam - YOU'RE SMARTER THAN WE ARE.
Believing that she'll hit that 5 ng level on Wednesday, we wait until Thursday, to try again and BINGO! Success with a nice 40 minute tie. Another successful breeding on Friday and that's that. So, with breedings on April 23 and 24, we expect pups on/about June 25th....IF she's pregnant. Now to wait 28 days to ultrasound.
Since I'd been out of town when Pekoe came into season and we weren't planning to breed her this time, Paul didn't really pay attention to what day she started. So Monday seemed to be about the right time and she was starting to flag and flirt. Both William and Cheddar were quite vocal so it seemed time to try for a breeding. Not!
While Pekoe did her best to entice William, he was not interested in anything more than a casual inspection. Great...now we're off to one of the reproductive vets since he's a young, inexperience stud. Maybe he just doesn't know what's expected....
So, Tuesday rather than driving 45 minutes to Dr McBride (one of the reproductive vets), we go to the Dr. Jan (the regular vet) and do a progesterone test. Low and behold, when it comes back Wednesday morning, Pekoe's progesterone level is only at 2.6 ng (breeding typically is done 2 days after they reach 5 ng). Well, Pekoe - You're a slut! and Wiiliam - YOU'RE SMARTER THAN WE ARE.
Believing that she'll hit that 5 ng level on Wednesday, we wait until Thursday, to try again and BINGO! Success with a nice 40 minute tie. Another successful breeding on Friday and that's that. So, with breedings on April 23 and 24, we expect pups on/about June 25th....IF she's pregnant. Now to wait 28 days to ultrasound.
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