Spring, 2023. Breeding end of March, hopeful puppies end of May, hopeful show prospects available end of August or later. This litter will involve shipped semen from Canada and is Lilly's last litter (and the last of all of our Thrill girls). We have been planning this for a couple of years now, so it is a very important litter for us.
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Here are some of Lilly's health screening results:
Most recent eye CERF, 2/25/23 .... still clear and normal. No genetic issues whatsoever.
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SireAKC Grand Champion
GCH Mianda's Mac Daddy 
Mac Daddy is beautifully line bred. Lilly's sire is GCH Mianda's Prince Charming at Vanity, so it will be nice to tap back into the plush coat, bone, and beauty of Mianda.
Mac is a good honest dog, nice and square. He has wonderful shoulder and balanced angles. A good topline and tailset. Also, he's a bit smaller boy which is important for our line at this time. We are so very excited about this prospect! 
He is also completely health tested (including spine):
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Since the sire lives in Canada, this endeavor will involve Fedex, our vet, progesterone testing, and some incredible timing. Inhale. Exhale. In the meantime, Lilly is eating well and exercising.
March 11: While Amy was running the Birmingham Music Teachers Association citywide Sonata competition, hubby called to say "Lilly's heat has started". Wahoo! We contacted MacDaddy's owner, and will be setting up some appointments at the vet soon for progesterone testing so that we can time this show as successfully as possible. So exciting!
Monday, 3/20/23, Lilly visited Dr. Williams at the vet and they took some blood from her leg (Lilly didn't like that and she cussed using her eyes at the vet tech Jana. I told Lilly to be more respectful and she sighed.) The vet phoned later to say her progesterone was still low at .02 so we scheduled an appointment for Wednesday.
Wednesday, 3/22/23, Dr Williams drew some more blood and ran another progesterone test. This time, .2 ... so we came back Friday.
Friday, 3/24/23, progesterone this time was 1.9 so starting to climb. We gave Dr. Williams Lilly's painting she painted in Florida ... it was only fitting after all she has done for us!
March 11: While Amy was running the Birmingham Music Teachers Association citywide Sonata competition, hubby called to say "Lilly's heat has started". Wahoo! We contacted MacDaddy's owner, and will be setting up some appointments at the vet soon for progesterone testing so that we can time this show as successfully as possible. So exciting!
Monday, 3/20/23, Lilly visited Dr. Williams at the vet and they took some blood from her leg (Lilly didn't like that and she cussed using her eyes at the vet tech Jana. I told Lilly to be more respectful and she sighed.) The vet phoned later to say her progesterone was still low at .02 so we scheduled an appointment for Wednesday.
Wednesday, 3/22/23, Dr Williams drew some more blood and ran another progesterone test. This time, .2 ... so we came back Friday.
Friday, 3/24/23, progesterone this time was 1.9 so starting to climb. We gave Dr. Williams Lilly's painting she painted in Florida ... it was only fitting after all she has done for us!
Sunday, 3/26/23, Lilly was flirting BIG TIME with Parker who was on the other side of the baby gate. So, we figured she was ovulating ... ofcourse, it was Sunday, and vet was closed. Pugs have the worst timing.
Monday, 3/27/23 MORNING we went to vet for progesterone test and it was 10.9. Wow, we let Leanna Motus, the breeder at Xoe pugs in Canada so she could collect and overnight ship chilled semen to us. We will cross fingers that the semen arrives by tomorrow, Tuesday, 3/28/23, so that we can do the AI. Then we will cross fingers and pray that the breeding takes. It's going to be close since progesterone is so high now .... If it weren't for Sundays, we would never have these timing issues ;) Sigh.
More soon! In the meantime, here is another photo of the handsome boy we are hoping to be the sire, plus some photos of the beautiful newborn puppies MacDaddy just produced .... they are in Canada and it is such a consistent litter.
Monday, 3/27/23 MORNING we went to vet for progesterone test and it was 10.9. Wow, we let Leanna Motus, the breeder at Xoe pugs in Canada so she could collect and overnight ship chilled semen to us. We will cross fingers that the semen arrives by tomorrow, Tuesday, 3/28/23, so that we can do the AI. Then we will cross fingers and pray that the breeding takes. It's going to be close since progesterone is so high now .... If it weren't for Sundays, we would never have these timing issues ;) Sigh.
More soon! In the meantime, here is another photo of the handsome boy we are hoping to be the sire, plus some photos of the beautiful newborn puppies MacDaddy just produced .... they are in Canada and it is such a consistent litter.
Possible names:
Wentworth
Basil
Colonel Brandon
Mr. Darcy
Willoughby
Emma
Eliza
Georgiana
Penelope
Harriet
Elinor Dashwood
Mrs. Dashwood
John Yates
John Willoughby
Frank Churchill
Harriet Smith
Sir Basil Morely
Miss Osborne
Penelope Watson
Pickwick's No Notion of Loving People by Halves
Pickwick's I Ardently Admire and Love You
Pickwick's I Have Loved None but You
Pickwick's You Pierce my Soul
Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
Pickwick's Laugh Me Out of My Opinion
Pickwick's You Have Bewitched Me Body and Soul
“Without music, life would be a blank to me.”
Wentworth
Basil
Colonel Brandon
Mr. Darcy
Willoughby
Emma
Eliza
Georgiana
Penelope
Harriet
Elinor Dashwood
Mrs. Dashwood
John Yates
John Willoughby
Frank Churchill
Harriet Smith
Sir Basil Morely
Miss Osborne
Penelope Watson
Pickwick's No Notion of Loving People by Halves
Pickwick's I Ardently Admire and Love You
Pickwick's I Have Loved None but You
Pickwick's You Pierce my Soul
Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
Pickwick's Laugh Me Out of My Opinion
Pickwick's You Have Bewitched Me Body and Soul
“Without music, life would be a blank to me.”