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Winter Springs, Florida, United States
I was school taught for grooming at FIAA, in Winter Park. I have worked at both large corporate grooming salons and small independent ones. Love this profession! I consider myself talented and gentle and love all the pets that come through my door... I have excellent references.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Crazy days so far, for summer...


It's been so long and a lot has happened since my last blog!  Lucy and Boogie had their puppies on the 18th of June--to start...  They had two girls and two boys--none blue!!!  So weird to see her with non-blue puppies...  In the past with Chico, she has only had blues and one black tri (but Black, Blue & Chocolate are all the same color/gene) so not to see a single blue, black or choco in her litter is just plain strange.  It's as if she is being a surrogate to these pups that do not look like they belong with her!!! Sorry, kinda of whacky--but that is just me...

All my human kids are off for the summer--and that has been exhausting!  Trying to keep everyone busy and happy.  We are also actively selling our home and showing it--which is also exhausting when you have a house full of kids and dogs--the cleaning can get overwhelming...  To top it off, I have had to sell my beloved horses--which has me broken down, for the moment...  Taja my Arabian Mare went to live with a family that has 11 yr. old girls that show in 4H--and she is doing quite well at their home which is on 5 acres and has other horses...  But, I miss her terribly... India, my older Draft/Tennessee Walker mare is still here and I trying to find her a good home where she will be used very occasionally...  She is an old lady that deserves to be retired for the rest of her life.  It is so sad to see her alone and looking out and calling for Taja, which was her pasture mate.  It's heartbreaking and too much for me at the moment. 

Nini and Chico's mating did not take.  Nini had a very strange heat cycle a couple of months ago.  So, it was sketchy from the get go...  She came into heat immediately after her last boy left our home and he was only a couple of months old???  She usually comes back into heat 4 months after her puppies leave her side--so, it was a questionable mating.  But, she is fine-just a little chunkier from my feeding her as if she were prego...  But, she'll lose the weight now that we know there are no pups...  She may go at it one more time...  We'll see. 

Daisy and Boogie are like two lovebugs--inseperable...  Daisy will be mated with Boogie when she is ready.  That combination will be interesting, no doubt...

The heat in Central Florida has been unbearable!  Honestly, what are looking toward in the future???  Heat index is at an average 106 degrees--crazy... and dangerous... 

Lucy's pups turned 10 days today...  They are chunkers and growing fast!   Soon, they will open their eyes--which is always so exciting!  Have to say they are so interesting in color--they are all tri colored (Red, Black & White) and have black masks, for now...  Lucy is being the phenomenal mom that she always is...  And life is a bit complicated, sad and anxious for us at the moment--but, Life Is Good--nonetheless...

Sunday, June 13, 2010

That ohhhh, I am so huge feeling...


Poor Lucy is getting near the end--sometime this coming week...  She is wobbling around like a Weeble Wobble from my childhood.. I am a bit nervous, just thinking there may be quite a few in that big tummy of hers!  I am really hoping it is not too big of a litter--the production of milk takes a lot out of them when there are numerous puppies (meaning 5 or more). We'll see.  To all that read this, please send your good thoughts for her upcoming whelping!!! 

Friday, June 4, 2010

Fleas and HEAT--ughhhhh...

It's amazing to me that Frontline and Advantix are expensive as they are when they really do not eliminate the flea problem!  I mean they may break a fleas reproductive cycle, but honestly, they should also keep them off the dog--at almost $10 a vial--it's the least the medication could do... It's outrageous to me that so many medical products and meds are sooo unaffordable to so many due to ridiculous pricing...  So many more dogs would be saved from Heartworm alone, if only it was a medication that was reasonably priced--but, unfortunately, that isn't the case...  Shame, darn shame... 

Here we are battling this da** heat and fleas to no avail!  Frontline doesn't seem to be doing the full job and the poor dogs are having to stay in most of the day because of the temp. outside...  And it is only the unofficial beginning of summer--blahhhhh....


Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Fat & Lazy Days...



Lucy is showing tremendously.  She and Boogie have a couple of weeks to go before the big day!  The suspense is too much, at times...  That is the nice thing about Chihuahua unions--they can produce such a grand variety of colors and coats...  Will we get masked ones, blue ones, sable ones, long coated or short coated??? 

She is quite uncomfortable, at the moment, and ravenous!  She would be eating each second of the day if she could!  Have to be careful, overeating and gaining too much weight is not necessarily a good thing...  So, we are keeping her treats down to high protein, low in fat, treats and she is eating her canned food well. 




Nini, on the other hand, is not showing very much.  This makes me think that two things could've happened:  1) Her pregnancy did not take or 2) She was not quite ready, while she did accept, at the very beginning of her mating ritual and so she conceived very late in the process...  She may be as much as a week off, by my calculations.  We'll just have to watch and see...  She did come into heat very quickly after having had her last litter--which is a bit unusual...  This is a different scenario with her this time...  Hoping for the best with her...  After this one--she is off to get spayed.  She has been a phenomenal mother--could not have asked for better...