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Bi Monthly Blog
- December
Dec 24, 2009
Well it has been an exciting year on all
fronts. The dogs have been great, we added a
couple and I will definitely update their bio's.
They are feeling very slighted that they don't have a
page yet. Let's see Kensie was born this year,
Amber we purchased mainly because I have known and loved
Ambers mom in Florida for a few years. Ella was my
first show bred-by this year. Recently we added
two puppies to our home Cleo and Isabella. We are
having lots and lots of fun. We also finished
quite a few champions this year, ours and our friends.
All in all we finished 5 champions this year - not bad.
Now I have two new puppies to get ready
for the ring, and it's been pretty hard to get them
trained as it NEVER STOPS raining here. Much
harder to get puppies trained in the horrible horrible
weather we have been having.
On the home front, Mykensie changed
schools. She was having real problems with another
girl at school, who just seemed to continually try to
undermine her and her confidence at every step. We
didn't really notice how bad the issue was getting until
she started crying every morning, getting sick, and not
wanting to go to school. We debated and debated
and finally made the decision to pull her out of the
excellent school she had attended since kindergarten and
put her in a fairly huge public high school. She
has just done amazing, she wakes up happy, she has made
some friends already, joined a school club and her marks
are all A's. She finds the work a
little easy, but next year she will move to the advanced
classes. They were full this year as she started
mid term. I'm very proud of the way she has
adjusted and so glad we made this change.
We also found a fantastic dog sitter
this year and she has made a huge difference in ours and
the dogs lives. The dogs adore her.
Sometimes she comes to help me wash and groom and
sometimes she just comes and plays fetch and goes for
doggie walks. Her help has been huge and Doug and
I have actually gone away for a weekend, and even go out
for dinner from time to time. It's been really
nice having her here.
Work continues to be both rewarding and
frustrating. We were bought out by a large company
last year, and most of the growing pains are over.
We are pretty much integrated now. I still travel
a fair amount to Europe with work, but not at all now
for 2 months so that has been easier on everyone.
No puppies for awhile, no one will be in
season until at least January so we won't have puppies
for months. I will miss that, I love whelping and
raising the puppies, it's going to be a bit quiet for us
until the girls start coming into season in 2010.
Of course they will probably all come in at once and
then I will be going just crazy again, but that's kind
of fun too. We met some wonderful owners
throughout the year. People always ask me isn't it
hard to give up the puppies, and yes it is very very
hard. Sometime I feel quite sad for a week when a
litter has all gone home. But we pick the very
best owners and seeing how they treat their new little
puppies, and how much they love them makes it OK.
We also get the best updates, pictures and funny
stories. It warms my heart when I get an e-mail
from one of my owners telling me how their puppy is
doing --- keep them coming OK.
All the best everyone
Lauren
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