cycle of life

Today, our import from Scotland -- Annie (Zobear's American Idol) -- was spayed and had a dental. Here she is as a young puppy, flying back to the US with us.

Annie produced 2 beautiful litters of puppies -- the Flying Kilt Litter . . .

and, most recently, the Baskin Robbins litter . . .

The sire of both litters was Grand Champion Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star (Robert) who we purchased and finished specifically for Annie. Here he is this past Christmas opening his stocking . . . .

As far as Annie's body understands, she also had a 3rd "almost" litter in between. Unfortunately, she lost all the pups around day 40. The necropsy showed that it was a bacteria which, as our vet explained, lives in their bodies all the time but only causes problems in unusual situations such as stress. We are so thankful Annie was healthy, though, and while we never breed a bitch more than 3 times, it was time to retire our beautiful Scottish princess.

But also on this day, Annie's beautiful daughter Iona was bred to Champion Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick. Here is Iona this past Christmas opening her stocking . . . .

If the breeding was successful and all goes well, her line will be continued with our Parks Litter. Day 63 from ovulation will be March 10, 2025. We'll be posting updates on the litter page and are hoping for some gorgeous, healthy puppies!