Wanna know what I did this past winter?

[Draggar]

http://kirigsd.com/puppies.php

and

http://www.finnish-spitz.com/

Yeah, we were busy. We're also hoping for a repeat of the first link.

[NooNoo]

The rest of us were shovelling snow!

Nice litters!

[Draggar]

What's snow?

Athena is doing pretty well in Orlando being trained in schutzhund and for S&R work.

Artemis is doing a great job winning hearts at local shows (just not the hearts of the judges).

Psst - a secret - I wanted to keep Artemis but now we have this litter's half brother (same father) for Kiri's next litter - Kiri is in season now so if it takes about 2 months from now we'll have another litter.

[NooNoo]

So 3 is very small for a litter... was there a problem?

[Draggar]

Kiri got pyometra after her last heat (uterineary infection) and we needed to breed her (or spay her - which would have been devastating to the breed).

That and the fact that her breeding was an AI (artificial insemination). Yeah, we had 3 puppies but the 3 were gorgeous, extremely healthy, a great first litter for us, and wonderful.

We hope her next litter is 7-10 puppies. We'll make enough to ship her to Europe for some time to be trained up to a SchH3 (plus a dozen or so other titles). It takes too long here in the US and there are no good trainers near us that we know of )too many politics).

[NooNoo]

And I thought the Computer Industry had too many acronyms.... SchH3 ?

[Draggar]

Schutzhund 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzhund

Do a YouTube search for some videos.

She already has her HIC (Herding Instinct Certification)

[Platypus]

I wanted to keep Artemis

I'm not surprised. I'm not that much of a dog appreciator, but that's a hugely appealing face!

[Draggar]

Not just the face, she was beautiful, intelligent, polite (if she wanted to join you on the couch, she would put her front paws up on the couch and give you "that puppy look". Of course, no one can resist the puppy look.

I think my wife was close to keeping her, hence the "co-own" with her current "co-owner". (Co-own, the other person keeps her and shows her and paid half price etc.. but my wife keeps breeder's rights and can advise where Artemis goes if the other co-owner wants to do something with her)

[CeeBee]

Not just the face, she was beautiful, intelligent, polite (if she wanted to join you on the couch, she would put her front paws up on the couch and give you "that puppy look". Of course, no one can resist the puppy look.

HA! my dog did the same when he couldn't climb on the couch. Now the couch belongs to him. We can take him down but he always gives us the "I'm just a puppy and wanted to be with you" look, then lays down and sighs.