We also watch her behavior. Yesterday she was crying to be around our male puppy who is not mature, but is an intact male. She followed him around the house and was "flagging" him (raising her tail and waving her rear end in his face) and trying to entice him into some romance. I knew it was time to bring our mature male, Seeker, into the dance. I picked Seeker up today from his guardian home and brought him home. Meggie was very interested and the two had a "tie" almost immediately. A tie is when the two have a successful breeding. This tie was very peaceful and both dogs were equally interested in each other. This was a great breeding.
We will follow up with another progesterone test and then follow up breedings every couple of days. The importance of the progesterone test is to tell us that Meggie has indeed crossed the "5.0" barrier so we know that she has indeed ovulated. Once we know when she ovulated we can gauge when the puppies will be born. We are looking forward to this litter. One puppy will become a breeder in North Carolina, and one will be a breeder in Holland. Four others will be pets in other parts of the country.
Scarlett continues to have an uneventful pregnancy. We have he ultrasound to confirm pregnancy and number of puppies. That test will be run on May 29th. Once we get the results we will post that on our web page blog and will also contact all those who have put down deposits on the puppies. It is going to be about four weeks later that we have the puppies born. Exciting days ahead!!
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