Perhaps black and fawn Pug puppies in our future!

We recently completed two breeding's. The first is between Arvay's Midnight Lullaby (Cricket) x CH. Coryrex's Shooting Star (Gordy). Gordy is dominant for black and can only produce black puppies. So any puppies will be black. Possibly some will also be dominant for black. This litter is due Sept, 2011.

Cricket:

Gordy:

Our next breeding we have completed is between GR CH. Pinkk Just One Look (Merci) x BIS, BISS CH. Tupelo Showboat Tu China Tu (Boo). Merci has had an incredible Specials career and earned her Grand Champion Bronze level. She is Co-owned with Karen Thompson of Pinkk Pugs and we couldn't be more proud of her!  We expect this to be a very special litter!

Boo:

 

http://www.pinkk-kennels.com/boo.htm

New Litter coming

Tiggy had her xray and she has one (1) bun in the oven. So she will have a C-section. I wasn't surprised that she was only carrying one as she only had one her first litter as well. I can't tell you how excited I am! Though of course I'm nervous too. When you only have one you fret and pray that it will be a live, healthy puppy and that it will thrive.

We set up the whelping/puppy pen last night. Thankfully, hubby and my son were able to help as I couldn't remember for the life of me how the darn thing went together. My son loves things like those "K'nex" toys so he's a wiz at figuring out how to put things together. So it's all set up and ready to go.

All of my supplies are out and ready and the final thing I need to get is a tank of Oxygen. I'm hoping that she'll not try and have the puppy before her scheduled C-section. That might get a bit hairy. When a Pug is only carrying one puppy, that puppy can be too large to pass through the pelvis. Thus, the need for a C-section.

I'll keep you all posted!

Planned Breeding

Little Miss Tiggy (aka Arvay's Lonestar To Treasure) has come into season. She is the dam of Arvay's Midnight Lullaby (Cricket) who was a singleton. So we don't expect her to have a large litter. I will feel blessed if she has 1-2 puppies. In any case, our plans are to breed her to AM/CAN Ch. Fantasy's Brookside Rack Em' Up (aka Xander) whom we have frozen semen on. Xander is owned by Tania of Brookside Pugs and is a stunning little guy that I think will compliment Tiggy very well and the two of them should produce some darling puppies.


Here is Tiggy and her Beau Xander.

Pug puppies almost 6 months old

I was working with the girls a bit on the table today. I think both are turning out very nice. Cricket was difficult to get pictures of as she is a little BEAST! She kept biting my fingers instead of the bait LOL! Next time I'll bait her with something on a spoon to save my digits.

Anyway, I'm very excited about both these girls and while they haven't quite reached 6 months old yet, I'm already laying out breeding plans for them in the future. It can take some planning and I know for sure I will likely breed Cricket to Gordy. Gordy is dominant black so we'll get all black puppies. But also some of the resulting puppies may also be dominant black. So that is exciting. Of course this is quite a ways down the road yet. But it doesn't hurt to plan ahead (:

Here is Cricket. She's out of Ch. Kirby and Arvay's Lonestar to Treasure.



Here is Seven below. She's out of Ch. Coryrex's Shooting Star x Ch. Moonstruck's Notorious. I haven't decided just yet who might end up being Seven's Beau. Although I have a couple options in mind and one of them is a fawn male that I have some frozen semen stored from. He's gorgeous and I'm going to look over their pedigrees a bit more and see if that would be a good match.

Arvay Pugs is getting ready for puppies!

Tiggy had her xray and just as I suspected, she is carrying 1 puppy. But one isn't a lonely number in this case as it looks like Bindy is carrying several. Being that these puppies will be born less than a week apart, Tiggy's single puppy will have "siblings" to play with and socialize with. Thank goodness for small blessings right?

I'm very excited, but very nervous too. I just pray that all goes well for Tiggy and her baby. She will be having a C-section since there is only one puppy in there as likely she wouldn't be able to deliver it on her own due to the size of the puppy. When you have a singleton, the chances are much higher that it will be a big puppy as it doesn't have to share the nutrients with others. So say a little prayer for her and the baby. The C-section will happen early next week. I'll update you all when I get a chance afterward and hopefully post some pictures. I pray that Tiggy will do great through the surgery and that this puppy will be born alive and thrive. That's all I can ask for at this point.

Here is the xray picture. Excuse the red light, that was the flash. Can you see the head (upper right), spine and little legs? I wonder if she/he will be black or fawn?

The other day we set up a new whelping/puppy crib. The round black thing you see on the flooring is what they call a "Whelping Nest". It keeps a constant temperature for the puppies. I love that thing! Much better than heating pads or heat lamps.

Arvay Pugs announces Tiggy is pregnant!

OK, I know I recently posted that I wasn't sure if Tiggy was pregnant. However, I'm happy to announce that she's finally let me know that she is. I think she is carrying a small litter and actually I expected that because of the history of her dam and granddam. But we are thrilled and can't wait to meet the little puglet (s).

Arvay Pugs is expecting Puppies!

Hi Pug fans!

I can say with 99% certainty that Bindy aka Arvay's Sugar Moon Lagoon is pregnant and we expect puppies the first of November. You can see by the photos that she's losing her girlish figure and gaining a bit of belly. She's 5 weeks along. So she has a ways yet to go. She was bred to Ch. Coryrex's Shooting Star. This breeding can produce both fawn and all black puppies.

We aren't sure if Tiggy took or not. This is the first time I've had a really hard time determining if a bitch was pregnant. Some days I think maybe and others I think that she's not. She's due the end of October. I'll have her xrayed just to make sure she isn't hiding one or two puppies in there. I'll keep you all posted (:

Cute Pug pictures

I had to share these pictures of Bindy with you. She's such a hoot! No pun intended but I swear she is part owl. She's got the head twist/tilt down to a science. She just came in season so we'll be breeding her shortly.

Planned Breeding

Well, my dear little Tiggy aka Arvay's Lonestar To Treasure has come into season. She's never been bred so we are excited about the prospect of her having puppies. Tiggy spent a lot of time out at the shows earning points towards her AKC championship. We tried for a very long time to snag one last major (3 point win) for her so she could finish her championship, but it just wasn't in the cards. Tiggy is a small, cobby little bitch that can be a little naughty at times in the ring. On many occasions the judge would come up to her at the table and she would be wiggling her entire rear end in excitement. Most of them forgave her for that as she is just so darn cute. However, a lot of her competition over the last year and a half consisted of bitches that were bigger, had more substance and better behaved. The judges over all either loved Tiggy or they didn't.

Tiggy at 10 weeks old.



In any case, she's a champion in my book and most definitely has some wonderful qualities we hope will be passed on in the whelping box. She is going to be bred to a gorgeous champion male that I've been wanting to breed her to for awhile now. I'm excited and if all goes well, we hope to have puppies born late October. I anticipate she will have a small litter due to her size and her dam and granddam's history, as they too had small litters. As a matter of fact, Tiggy herself was the only puppy born in her litter. Honestly, I don't care how many puppies Tiggy has just as long as they are healthy. Even one gorgeous, healthy puppy (male or female) would be just fine with me (:



So cross your fingers and I'll let you know if this ends up successful.

Tiggy now at 3 years old.

Pregnant Pug Little Rikki

She's definitely PREGNANT!

I was trimming nails and took a few pictures of Rikki. She's due to whelp her puppies right around Feb, 20th. Her first litter in 2007 she had 4 puppies. I'm going to guess she has 3-4 this time. We'll have an xray done a week prior to her due date to get a count and make sure all looks well.

Aren't I just too cute!?

YUM! Treats for me?

I will let you take pictures all day as long as you keep the treats coming!

New puppies in our future....

We completed a breeding to Arvay's Rikki Tikki Tavi and I'm a bit optimistic that it was successful. She is due later in February and starting to show signs that she's "with pugs". Rikki is a darling small female and I'm really looking forward to these puppies. I anticipate they will have beautiful heads, nice bone and small compact bodies. All the puppies will be fawn.

I'll keep you posted! Here is a picture of Rikki. Isn't she a cutie-patootie?!

Ingrid's insight on being pregnant

She wanted to put this out there before taking maternity leave.

Day 44...Not long now

Ingrid has 19 days left until her due date. I doubt she'll go a full 63 days though. She'll have an x-ray done on the 23rd and I'll try to get a picture of it to share.

Tomorrow we pick up some supplies from the Vet to have on hand for the big day, so we'll be all prepared. Hopefully, everything will go smoothly.

She will have to take a bit of a hiatus from her video career but promises she'll do more as soon as she can. I'll see what sort of mood she's in next week and if she feels up to offering any pre-birthing wisdom (:

Planned Breeding

Arvay's Rikki Tikki Tavi (Rikki) has come into season and we plan on repeating a breeding to Ch. Lordship Ledgewood Jak in the Box. This is a repeat that produced our gorgeous kids; Bindy and Babalu. If all goes well puppies will be born sometime in July, 2008.

Ch. Lordship Ledgewood Jak in the Box


Arvay's Rikki Tikki Tavi


Bindy (on right) & Babalu (left) out of their first litter. Bindy is currently being shown and we have great hopes for both of these kids.

Puppies in our future

I've been watching Ingrid the last couple weeks for signs that she's in the family way and I am cautiously optimistic that she has little buns in the oven. A couple weeks after she was bred she had a bit of morning sickness and today she definitely looks thicker in her sides. Also her mammory tissue is fuller. While I'm not 100% positive, I do think the chances are quite good at this point. She'll have an xray about a week prior to her due date near the end of May.

This is an exciting breeding. For one reason, we used frozen semen from our past black champion, Kirby. While this is an outcross breeding, I think both parents will compliment one another. It will be interesting to see if we get any blacks. I expect these puppies to be heavy boned with very large pretty heads and great pigment.

Here is Ingrid with her litter of 6 babies she had last year.

The waiting begins...

We recently bred our gorgeous champion girl Ingrid via frozen semen we have stored on a champion black male, Kirby we owned. I'm excited to learn if the breeding took. I won't know for sure for several weeks. She did have a bit of morning sickness the other morning which is actually a good sign.

I'm keeping busy with other things in the meantime and just being patient until I know for sure. Here are pictures of the wonderful pair. I anticipate some gorgeous babies from these two. Hopefully we'll have some all black puppies as a result. It's been quite awhile since we have had a litter with blacks, so that will be exiting! I'll keep you all posted (:

Maybe Black Puppies in Our Future...

We just completed a breeding that, if successful can produce both fawn and all black puppies come early March, 2008. It's been a long time since I've had blacks so I'm quite excited to see the results!