As you might already know if you follow me on Facebook, both litters of French Bulldog puppies have arrived at Bullmarket.
Delilah couldn’t wait until Tuesday’s predicted whelping date, and went into labor on Sunday evening. We tried to wait her out until Monday morning, but by 4:00 am it was pretty clear that things were progressing at an alarming rate, so off to the vet we went.
Well, I think I can finally – safely – say that both Penelope AND Delilah are pregnant. This comes as a surprise, since Penelope has missed three times on previous breedings, and Delilah twice. Honestly, I figured that this time would also be a wash on both of them, and had resolved not to get my hopes up, not to bother with an ultrasound, and not to even bother looking too hard at either of them, for fear of seeing those distressing ‘false signs’ that can drive sane breeders mad.
For no particular reason, here’s a short video of Emporio Palace French Bulldog puppies playing. Pay close attention to the black masked fawns, please.
I was feeling stir crazy on Sunday after having spent four straight days staring at a computer monitor, so Billie and I decided to go and visit her daddy, Stoli, at the Fergus Dog Show. The Fergus Show has baby puppy classes, which makes it acceptable to bring younger pups onto the show grounds. Since Billie is up to date on her shots, off we went for an adventure.
Billie has never been to a show before – in fact, until yesterday, Billie had never been anyplace before, other than the backyard and a quick walk to the mailbox and back.
Talk about your first times!
Think of this as a sort of springtime round up news post. Technically, is it really spring if there were still snow flurries this morning? I am going to choose to humor myself, and pretend that it still counts.
Since spring is (more or less) here, we’re all watching Pickle, hoping she decides to co operate with us and come into season some time soon. If and when she does, she’ll be bred the handsome Bullit, who you can see on the Robb Isle website. I’ll post details on the list if and when she (and mother nature) decide to co operate.
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