MiHi Website

Yeah!!!! I finally have been able to fix our website!!!

*insert Michele doing a happy dance here*

I changed up the look, please let me know if it works for you!

Jethro 4 months

I know I'm a wee bit biased, but I'm finding it really hard to take a bad photo of this kid!!

Thankfully at the start of this heat wave, Darcy was still happy to hang out in the kitchen with the air conditioner going full bore, and help with picture taking.

Here is the handsome man at 4 months... I think I will have lots of fun in the show ring with this kid!

MiHi's Semper Fidelis (aka Jethro)

Sire: Am Cnd Ch MiHi's A Starz' Born (Duke)

Dam: Cnd Ch Diamonddanes Heavenly Sin (Envy)

Website Update

Hey Everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that I am still in the midst of capturing and eradicating internet gremlins that have made updating the website itself near impossible, thanks to FTP programs that don't play nicely with the Mac.

So for now the blog will be the place to look but hopefully I will solve this dilemma sooner rather then later!

Advantage

Just a reminder - time to start using Advantage for fleas on the dogs!  You don't have to use it year round but during these great spring/summer months, it's a good idea.

9 weeks Jethro

I thought it was about time I showed off my little man, Jethro!

Here he is at the shop, cuddling up in a pile of fur.

Sleeping on the couch at work - must be management!

Showing off the poses, while leash training.

A friend tried to stack him....well she tried!

Jethro hooked up to a tie out, I figured it would be a great way of showing his growth.

It's been an absolute thrill to have this little man around, it seems that he is his Grandma Tonka - a do all kinda kid!

Birthday Pictures!

Okay so I know that they are a little late in posting, but I think we all know how side tracked I get!! Here are pictures of the kids (at least from the pictures I got sent or took)!

Here are the kids at a year old, out of Ch Rockingdanes Quincy (Guinness)
X Ch Diamonddanes Heavenly Sin (Envy).

This party girl is Nyah.
Nyah owns Kim and Dan.

Emma is a girl on the go, who now lives in South Carolina!
Emma owns Ryan and Kari.

Luke owns all he sees before him (which includes Jack and Erin)!

Lara just wanted to show off all her toys at her house and is always thankful that she doesn't have to share them with her brother any more!
Lara rules over and owns Ryan and Karen.

Maggie and Lorek were too busy playing to have their pictures taken, but when I get a chance I will post them as well!

Jethro

12 days old

I thought I would weight Jethro in today and was laughing to myself when
the scale said 2 lbs 12.6 oz.
My "poor, skinny boy" I must go feed him now! LOL

Hanging out with Granny

Jethro hanging out with his Granny Tonka!

Some of you might think I'm crazy - well okay, all of you know I'm crazy - but I've been putting on my little thinking cap and have come up with some thought for Jethro's registered name.
Since Jethro means 'friend of God' and is also the name of a favourite TV character Jethro Gibbs of mine; that to take it once step further and use Gibbs background of being a Marine to use:
MiHi' s Semper Fidelis
Semper Fidelis for all of you that don't speak Latin means "Always Faithful"....seems very fitting for a Dane if you ask me!

March 5 2009

Introducing Jethro!
One big fawn boy out of
Am Can Ch MiHi's A Starz' Born X Can Ch Diamond Danes Heavenly Sin

Envy and Jethro are doing well.

All this boy does is eat! Thankfully our vet Dr. Burton rocks and did a fantastic job on timing the c-section. Not only was Jethro fully 'cooked' but he was taken out before Envy's uterus started to break down.
Thanks to everyone for their good wishes, thoughts and stories!

C-section booked

Tomorrow the c-section is booked for noon. Today we did another ultrasound to see how Mongo is doing - all was great! Due to there only being one pup, there is not enough oxytocin released to start labour, and if you wait to long the pup can die.
I've waited too long, and spent too much to not to take a proactive approach to this pup!
I'll post pictures tomorrow.

Week 7

Envy's not impressed with me continually taking pictures!

Here are her tummy shots for week#7.

I'm not sure when I will be able to get the appointment x-ray, but when I do I will let you all know!

Week 5.5 pictures

Okay! I finally was a good girl and took some pictures!!  The first is of Envy tonight, completely unimpressed that I was making her down-stay for pictures.

Of course try to make her lay still when a camera is out and flashing!

Here is her tummy tonight...

and her tummy soon after the implant surgery...

Pup(s) are due March 4th 2009.  I promise to ever more vigilant on posting more pictures, so that I won't catch flack!!

Ultrasound Results

We had our appointment with the vet Dr Anita today....she was the same vet who ultrasounded all the other kids from the last litter.

The good news - WE HAVE KIDS!!

The bad news is, that right now it doesn't look like there are more then two, and even that is unsure because Envy is rather ticklish when being ultrasounded, which made it near impossible to get the perfect pictures.  

So I am pleased to announce the first pictures of this up coming litter - 

Can you see the puppy?  It's the alien looking thing, inside the black bubble...

At this point until puppy(s) are on the ground, please, please don't get your hopes up.  Many things can go wrong and I would rather focus on a healthy pregnancy!

Ultrasound Appointment

Envy's ultrasound appointment is on Tuesday February 3rd, at 2pm.
Hopefully I will get some good photos to post.
I'm feeling hopeful!

Happy Birthday Duke!!

Can't you tell Tonka was so impressed that her son turned 8 years today?

I guess when you are 11 years old, 8 seems like a young whipper-snapper!

Here is Duke a 8 years old, he got a steak for dinner!

Change of Plans

What weird weather!!  We have had a series of non stop blizzards, that as you can see, have made things a bit more difficult! LOL

The girls can barely walk the snow is so deep!

This is a picture of our front yard through the window, the morning we were supposed to take Envy in for her surgical AI...

...and another of the back yard...

Our fences are about 5 feet high, and you can see that they are quickly getting to the point of being able to walk over the snow drifts!

The vet phoned us yesterday morning and told us that the lab had screwed up, so we didn't go in the the surgical AI until today....still snowing!  Semen looked great in the microscope - even trying to implant an air bubble.  So now we wait....I hate waiting.

SX AI Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the day. Envy (Ch Diamond Danes Heavenly Sin) will go in and be surgically A.I.'d with frozen semen from Am Cnd Ch MiHi's A Starz' Born.
If we were so blessed to have puppies it would be a Brindle/Fawn litter expected around
March 4th 2009.

The waiting game happens now - and as many of you know, I suck at the waiting game! LOL

The start of Litter #2

So the big question of the day is who am I going to be breeding Envy to - the boy that I actually have tried to breed her to before, 

DUKE! (Am Can Ch MiHi's A Starz Born)

Pictures here at one month shy of 8 years old and his fantastic Mom Tonka, who is 11 years...can you tell I'm going for longevity here??

I haven't show stacked this dog in about 5 years and he did it wonderfully for me as though we came off the show circuit yesterday!  All his health testing can bee seen at www.offa.org and typing in his registered name.

I took Envy in to start the progesterone testing - here we go again!!

Merry Christmas says Envy

It seems that Envy was trying to make this Christmas memorable by coming into heat!  So the progesterone tests start on boxing day and go from there.

I'll keep you posted as the numbers come in!