We got the news that Kim has bred two females and our pup will (more than likely) be born sometime in the next 55 days!!! Woo hoo!!!

Just signed into the forum at IIDOBA and there was a posting from a member say Kim had sent her a note stating there would be news soon!!! I am sick and lonely for home and this was some of the best news I have gotten this week. It could mean one of two things - #1 - one of the females has come into heat OR #2 - he witnessed a hook-up and we'll know soon if the Mama took!! Either way, it looks like Solstice Son will be on his way by summer! If one took this week...hmmm...let's do the math: 63 days gestation = birth around March 28th (just in time for Nick's birthday) and then 6-8 more weeks puts him in our arms around May 10th sometime! woooooo hooooo!!!

...our puppy! :-0

Brian is getting restless and of course with that comes his paranoid illusions that perhaps the AI Dogs do not really exist! LOL... I have reassured him that this is a process that cannot be rushed but yes - it would have been nice to have little Sol here with us this weekend to play in the snow.

It is on the coldest nights of the year that we miss the extra warmth on our feet - but we are hoping now for a spring baby - and he will be worth all the more because of the wait!

Just wish we could get a letter from the breeder/specialist telling us when or a round about. It is hard to know that we have no clue when our little one will arrive! But we are trying!

Before I even get going - I know - everything happens for a reason! But we found out this week that we won't be getting Sol anytime soon - the last litter has been spoken for and the last mating did not take. So with the gestation period of our canine friends being about 63 days and then add the 6-8 weeks to that before the pups are ready - even if a female came to be ready this week it would be mid-May before our little guy would arrive...

Sad, depressed, and stuck in Detroit. It would be wonderful to have our little guy up here with me to snuggle with in the cold loneliness of being away from home...yeppers, really missing Meekos' cold nose and warm paws today...

...and it is getting so hard! LOL...am stocking up on Innova Puppy Chow, natural treats, a great bed and he received many Xmas presents this year! We got new furniture over the holiday break - it is an ongoing contention between hubby and I if Sol will be allowed up or not...we will see (I will win this one - what good is the new furniture if it is not covered with some puppy hair?)!

Hoping to see our little guy before the end of the month - waiting to hear back from Kim...in the meantime I am enjoying everyone else's postings in the Forum and at the Google Group...big sigh!!!