Thursday, October 23, 2014

Not IF Related but Super Good News!

****Canine Pregnancy Mentioned****


For years, DH and I have raised, trained and bred Labradors. We breed pups for families with small children and for people who use them as hunting dogs, as our dogs come from good hunting bloodlines. I always encourage every person we interview to get a dog from their local shelter first but since there are circumstances in which that isn't a good idea, we select those applicants to give our babies their forever home. We have, at most, one litter a year and raise the pups in our home as if they were our own. I am excited to share that our chocolate lab, Dakota, is definitely pregnant! She is due some time between November 2nd and 7th. I will be taking her for an x-ray next week to find out how many pups she is having and narrow down the due date a little bit.

I absolutely love breeding and training labs and while some of our litters have been more successful, financially, than others, I am super hopeful that we will have a bit of extra money to move us towards being able to do IVF next summer. I am so excited to be able to look at their cute little puppy faces all the time, I can't wait for these little pups to be born!

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  1. That is so awesome!!! I so hope this will help financially! Will you update on the # of pups? And pictures! I want pictures!

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    1. I will definitely post pictures and update! We usually get a copy of the x-ray so I will post it. It's super cool because you can see all the tiny outlines of the puppy's skeletons :)

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    1. I'll post them as soon as she gets her x-ray next week and will post pics of the pups when they are born!

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  3. Yay!!! Labs are some of my favorite dogs! I can't wait to get an update on Dakota!!

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  4. Congrats! How exciting. This goes without saying, but... puppies are cute. :)

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  5. What a great thing to be able to do! Puppies are the best.

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  6. Hi from ICLW! How exciting :) What an awesome thing you do! And I love that you encourage potential owners to check the pound first.

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  7. PUPPIES! That is so awesome! Yes, we will want lots of pictures! <3

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