Mimi--Now Isis, is finally with her new owner!

Mimi was taken to the airport early this morning at 5am, EST.  She flew via Continental, which I think is by far the best when a pet is flying on it's own...  The flight was headed from MCO(Orlando Int. Airport) to MFE (Mc Allen Texas Airport).  But, it had a stopover in Houston, Texas on it's way.  We'll, I tracked it online - great thing for us empty nesters! - and it was delayed a whole hour in Houston due to maintenance...  Poor thing--I want them to just go and get to their destination as fast as possible--the sugar (hypoglycemia) issue scares me...  But, upon arrival and after doing her necessities, Jose Luis, her new owner called to let me know she had arrived fine and was already eating... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, was all I felt...

He is on his way back to Monterrey, Mexico with her, as I write.  He LOVED her and gave me a million thanks...  He could not believe how small she is and was feeling awkward just holding her... Her face, he says, "Screams love me, hold me, take care of me..."  I think the same... 

It's all worth it, in the end...

She will always hold a special place in my heart...

The pics shown are of her last night with us on 12/29/09...

Happy Holidays for all !

Happy Holidays to all !  Hope that the New Year brings us Wealth(whatever that means to each of you) and Health...
Sorry for the lack of updates/blogs--I have been fighting with this damn laptop--it doesn't seem to like me much these days... 

But, I finally won and am happy to report we are all well here at ChihuahuaCrazy...  Crazy as ever this holiday season.  Getting the house ready for sale,     =(   

Sad time for us, in that respect.  Love this home we've had the privelege to live in--it has brought us many good things...  Many, many puppies have been born here--can't be sad about that!  And now, we will see the last of the ones to be born here soon...

Above, I have an updated picture for Apollo (born Bingo here).  He is a beauty !  Lucy and Chico do not cease to amaze me in that arena... 

Mimi will be leaving us on Wednesday--and my heart will sink to the floor upon our final goodbye...  I am totally in love with her--but, her new home will be spectacular and she will be spoiled rotten.  Something I want for all my chis...

Nini is about to pop !  Pray she can hold on--because I have never seen her this LARGE at this point in the game!  All I want is a healthy delivery for her and her pups-no surprises, please... 

Moo Moo is still waiting for her SPECIAL home...  She deserves a lot of love--lots of spunk in that Moo!

Our horses are doing well.  I am so blessed to have this life that I do.  I hope all you feel the same...

Off topic--horses...

Sorry to go off topic--but, today was phenomenal!!!!  We got a new horse named India.  She is a Tennessee Walker and maybe Quarter Mix?  Anyway, she is 19 yrs. young and soooo sweet...  She was taken in by her previous owner who took a disliking to her....  Wanted to go out with her shotgun and shoot her because in her mind the horse was not worth a penny...  Supposedly, the horse has COPD or chronic Asthma --but, at the same time the horse was put out in a small pasture without a single square of shade to hide under during the hottest hours of the day!!!!  And she is BLACK--for the love of life!!!  The horse was a gift from my good friend and trainer, Lindsey...  We went on a nice long trail ride with India and Taja, Lindsey and I...  So nice to be out in the sunny cold...

So, the chis got to run around in their pasture inspecting the new horse and the not so new ones...  I love that the horse hold no ill feelings toward these little rats running in and around their ankles/hooves...  I love that my dogs get the extra exposure of being with the horses...  Boogie rode on Pearl's  (the baby/6 mths old) back for a few seconds... Didn't have my camera!!!

It's been a good day--anyday with animals is a good day for me...

Our first puppy from Lucy X Chico leaves...

So, Fifi was the first to leave our brood, today...  It's always bittersweet for me.  Although, it brings me so much happiness to see new owners meet their puppy for the first time...  It was meant to be.

Fifi, was picked up personally at MCO (Orlando International Airport) by Michelle, her new mom from Long Island, NY...  She's got two excited children, fraternal twins age 8 waiting for her supposed arrival on Sunday...  What a surprise when mom walks through the door with little Fifi...  I'll have to find out the details from Michelle later this week.  She will have a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, Oreo, as a brother--what a duo that will be!  I am sure they will have funny pics and video of the pair, in the future ...

I could not be happier as to her new home. She will be adored.  Michelle found it hard to believe she was so small.  The jacket and sweater she had purchased in NY in XXS--looked way too big to wear right now.  She flew in a luxurious travel bag with a beautiful fleece blanket... 

And as I always say, "Our puppies leave our home, but never our hearts..."

I love what I do...

Off they go...

So, the time is approaching soon...  =(     It is all bittersweet for me--every single time...  The puppies will be leaving us soon.  First, Fifi, which found a great family to live with in Long Island, NY, this Friday.  In fact, she is going to be picked up personally at the airport here in Orlando and will fly in cabin--oooh la la...  Then, Chulo will follow on Sunday, he will stay local in Davenport...  Mimi will be next on the 30th--ayyyy Chihuahua--she is going to Monterrey, Mexico. 

Pancho will leave on the 9th of Jan--going to a local couple who will spoil him rotten !  And all that is left is for us to find Moo Moo that special home...Couldn't be happier about their new owners and the lives they will be living.  I know that in the end--I will someday be reunited with them all!!!  I have faith in that--can you picture it???!!! 

CHIHUAHUA HEAVEN FOR ME...

Raw Diet for ALL !!!

My dogs and I  have taken a long trip back in time!  Back to the time of our Cave Men ancestors...  Yes, the chis are officially on a raw meaty bone diet, along with cooked veggies and organ meat as a supplement.  Work Wonders Feed Your Animals Raw Meaty Bones, is the book that got me started, thanks to Kristy a past client and owner of Bailey (our Hershey). She started some 6 months ago and claims her dogs are NEW & IMPROVED!!! 

Thanks to Hopkins Meat & Packing in Sanford and Marie, the owner of it, I was able to do this with confidence.  She has a long list of clients who buy from her and will help me in my endeavor to feed my animals the best raw meat available... All it took was 40 lbs. of chicken necks @ $14 a box (and what a BIG box it is !) and some fresh chicken wings, which they were fed today that added another $10 dollars to the bill and off we went.  The amount of raw meat I am talking about is unbelievable--it will be in my freezer and fridge for a LONG time to come...  I still haven't finished rearranging my freezer to fit it all !  Would have been good to have a deep freezer, the kind that is JUST a  FREEZER, in my garage...

Have to say, I was not only skeptical but, afraid too.  All my life I have believed the commericial dog food companies--their food is completely balanced in nutrients and all that dogs need!  Well, guess what--even the finest and most costly of commercial food has not impressed me.  Bouts of diarrhea, vomitting, illness, and obesity all come with the finest of expensive food that claims to be the ultimate for a dog's well being and above all HEALTH...

Chico, who should be short and compact, has become obese over the past few years from all the puppy food he gets to chomp on from us having consecutive litters.  He is the main reason I decided to find an alternative to what I have been feeding them for all their lives...  I can't bear to lose him.  He is on the BIGGEST LOSER diet for his own good. 

Honestly, I know they will all benefit from it.  It just makes sense.  No additives, preservative, by products, fillers, etc... Just pure nature--like it has always been meant to be...  We are the ones, who for whatever reason changed it around...  I am so excited for this new beginning.  I don't care if I sound cooky or eccentric or even crazy.  I LOVE my animals and this is the best thing for them.  All I had to do was watch them this evening chomping on their raw meaty bone--and the "AH HAH" moment was realized for me...
It was like watching a pack of Chihuahuas back in the Aztec era--simply beautiful...

Let me know if this might be an option for your dogs--I would be most obliged to help you get started on what is definetely the "right way of eating" for our dogs... !

Rain, rain go away!

Wet grass makes for sneaky poops in the house!  Since all this rain has come down and swamped up the yard, our chis are tip toeing across the yard quickly-doing nothing at all.  So, after coming back into the house-surprise, surprise little presents are left around the house!!! One of the main culprits shown below...

Sneaky rugrats...  Looking forward to some sunshine very soon!...

TImes are tough...

It seems that most of America is being hit with this slumped economy.  I don't think there is a soul out there who is not suffering because of it...  Plenty of breeders that I know, and some that I keep track of because of the quality of their dogs,  are not able to sell their beautiful puppies... 

And now, with Pancho and Moo Moo falling through-- I am wondering if they will find a new home anytime soon?  The woman who had put them on hold, had to forfeit her deposit due to a family member becoming ill (and what looks to be like a long recovery). 

Well all I can do is hope.  Heck, my family has been so affected--I can't even bear to talk about it...  It's humbling and extremely humiliating to go come down in scale from a quality of life that you are not only used to, but spoiled by... 

Re-invention is the word for much of middle America-doesn't matter where in the middle you are...  But, the older you get, the harder it becomes to re-invent yourself or your profession...

I have no desire to lose my animals--I think it would empty my soul, if that were to happen...  And I mean my both my dogs and horses... I can't see my life without them in it...  Don't want to... But, as I look around--it is happening to many...  So it leaves a big ? as to what the future will hold...

On a happier note, I am soooo enjoying this litter.  The joy I get from just being near them and watching them be rambuncious pups is priceless...  I swear it is a healing experience to be around these dogs...  I think it is one of the biggest things in my life that keeps me healthy!  Each and everyone has such a unique personality--it makes you appreciate all of the universe's creatures...  They are "Pure Life" or  as we say in Spanish, "Pura Vida..."  

Thanksgiving--Turkey and more turkey...

So, we have had a successful Thanksgiving here at ChihuahuaCrazy.com--if gaining 5 pounds in two days is considered anything of a success!  Yup, we ate and ate and then ate some more.  Of course the puppies had their taste of the 22 pound turkey-and then they ate and ate and ate some more.  We still have plenty of leftovers for all...

The day after, we all went out into the yard and had a long play session out on the grass, with the sun, wind and leaves blowing about...  Moo Moo, Pancho, Mimi, Fifi and Chulo think the grass is the most fabulous invention to puppykind.  They explore it like cats-finding things to chase and pounce on.  Funny to watch new life explore this big world of ours--humbling, in a sense... 

Today, we will have some more turkey.  Maybe some more playtime outside...  Sunday lazy Sunday...

Some more fun in the sun--before the rain...

The puppies at nearly 6 weeks of age are getting restless in their big pool enclosure...  I feel for them.  But, if I were to let them run free within the house, we would inevitably have damaged wood floors...  The pees, mainly, that are not spotted until some time later, seeps into the floor and creates spot damage...  So, the system is they stay in the pool, for the most part, but are let out more and more with supervision for short spurts of time--whether it's outside or in the house, itself.  It's a lot of work--hell, I have 4 human daughters that I have to fit in too--ages 12, 11, 9 and 3 !  And trust me the 3 year old, take up twice the time I have to devote to the older ones...  =( 

Some days, I wonder????  Am I doing the right thing--breeding, I mean...  It looms upon me--but, it brings something to my life I have a hard time describing...  It's a sort of fulfillment, pride and joy all mixed into one big ball of emotion...  I get scorned upon by some in the family, who think I have a loose screw up in the noggin--but, you know I am who I am--and I ADORE my animals.  They bring so much unconditional love and admiration to my life--if you are an animal person, you know exactly what I am speaking of... That is all I can say.  I actually feel sorry for those out there that have no empathy toward animals or having animals.  They are missing out on SOOOOO much.  It purifies your soul to have these beautiful creatures of the universe in our every day lives.  Poor souls that are too hardened to experience the love of a pet... 

Estrous? Daisy is still not in HEAT!

Daisy is STILL not in HEAT!  Her sister, Snickie who belongs to Charlotte at TheTinyChi.com
got hers and is in the process of doing the "Tango."  Last time, their very first heat, they went into heat just a few days apart.  But, now--I have to wonder if it will be in November for Daisy, at all...  =(

I am not an impatient nut--it's just that we are really excited to see HER puppies-we just think she is the BOMB!!!  She was supposed to have been in heat before Nini--and Nini is done and over with her "come and get me" phase... It will be non-stop puppies here--which can be so nice-yet, so tiring because of the cleaning and interrupted sleep.  They are in my room-contained-but, where I can watch them at any given moment.  Oh well, all that is good in life doesn't come easy...

On to wet/dry food--no more boob!

Okay, so Lucy has had ENOUGH of the breastfeeding--can't blame her with five to feed...  She is now sleeping the nights and feeding them maybe once during the night...  At 5 weeks of age, they have their teeth now and could, if they wanted to, eat their Biljac Puppy food and the wet food...  But, you know the snuggling up against mom's warm boobies is much nicer... 

The stress for me during this phase is a bit hard to handle--I don't like to see them go hungry--but, nature is much wiser than I am .....

Backyard fun again!

The horses have been moved from what used to be the dog yard.  With all the grass gone, due to our horsies eating it all, we are having it re-sodded this morning. Hadn't realized how big the area was until we measured it for the sod--5000 sq ft. square (can't see it all in the pic)!  Can't wait to get the doggies back into the yard for them to run around ChihuahuaCrazy like...  No more minnie dog run for them.  It's exercise they have been needing--especially Chico Boom Boom...