More on the Ups and Downs of Breeding

In my last blog I shared that we had the disappointment of learning that Lacy, one of our girls whom we had recently bred, was not pregnant.  Today we took our girl Cappuccino to have an ultrasound to confirm her pregnancy.  You guessed it, she is not pregnant.  That was again, very disappointing.

As a result of these two missed litters we are moving forward with breeding two other girls when they come into heat.  You can see all the upcoming litters on our webpage.  We had thought we would hold off on them one more cycle.  We want to make sure we do not have too many puppies on the ground at one time.  We had thought that these two cream girls would produce some creams, apricots, and reds and that we would focus on them for now.  Now we are going to breed out Waltzing Matilda's Black Velvet Beauty and our Spring Creek's Seeker to produce rich, dark reds and silky blacks.  We have been waiting for over a year and a half to breed this litter.  If you want to keep vibrant red coats that hold their color, you have to add in blacks periodically.  Velvet is a beautiful black color that has held up over time.  She will accentuate the rich reds that Seeker has produced, even with our cream girl, Scarlett.  We are planning on holding back breeding stock from this litter for our own program, and we think that other breeders will be interested in these puppies.  

We are also going to breed our chocolate girl, Seattle's Juliet, with our stud who carries for chocolate, Ivy Lane's Michelangelo.  These two should produce stunning dark chocolates with great conformation, gentle and friendly personalities, and buttery soft fleece coats.  Both of these dogs are athletic and graceful.  They love people.  "Mojo" is never far from us and loves to give love.  He will sit at your feet and wait for you to tell him what a wonderful boy he is.  He also has the most amazing yellow eyes that glow.  Juliet has green eyes that hold your gaze.  I am eager to see what color eyes their puppies have.  

Lastly, we are also going to have another litter with our girl, Evergreen 's Bella Luce.  She produced an outstanding litter of ten puppies last winter, and they were apricot to red.  You can look at our web page to see pictures of these puppies as they grew up.  They were amazing and we are eager to have more like them to provide to quality homes who want Australian Labradoodles they will love.  

It is hard to adjust to our girls not being pregnant.  We look forward to each litter and to getting to know the puppies as they grow.  We are looking forward to these new litters in the coming months.  If you are interested in these puppies please contact us or go to our web page to fill out an on line application.