New Pug puppy has a name!

I have finally decided on a name for Tiggy's wee little girl. Her name will be Arvay's Pixie Dust and we'll call her Pixie. I love it! She's really a chunky little puppy even for her small size. Her eyes are open now! She's so cute!

Ch. Pinkk Just One Look wins at Pug Nationals

Merci won Best Junior Puppy this week at Nationals. What a great honor to have her recognized like that with such a great win. It was a very competitive class from what I was told and myself and her Co-owner; Karen Thompson couldn't be more thilled.

GO MERCI!!

New Pug Puppy

Here she is! She is out of Arvay's Lonestar To Treasure x AM/CAN GR CH. Fantasy's Brookside Rack Em' Up. She was born via C-section and weighs 7 ounces. She's a singleton as she was the only puppy Tiggy was carrying. Isn't she precious?

Tiggy is being a great Mom!

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!

Pinkk Just One Look Major Wins

Merci did very well this past weekend in Marshall, MI taking back to back Majors. We are so proud of her! She is Co-owned with Karen Thompson and I can't thank Karen enough for sharing this beautiful girl with us.

We have big plans for her future and I am excited for things to come.

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 photos

By now you all know how much I enjoy taking pictures. Ok, I admit that I tend to get pretty snap-happy but I can't help it. Who wouldn't want to take a gazillion photo's of Pugs? So anyway, the other day I was getting my camera out of the case it slipped from my hand. There I was stuck in this slow motion unreal state as I watched it fall and crash onto my hardwood floor. The worse part was hearing a crack and shattering sound. I swear that sound still gives me chills.

Fortunately, it was just the lense that broke and the camera itself survived. Just how I'm not sure. But thank the Lord for small favors. I know it's just a camera but it's an expensive one.

So today I dug out my other lense (thankfully, I had another). This one however is one of those long zoom lenses that makes the camera heavy, but I thought what the heck it's better than nothing. So off we went out into the yard to test it out. It was actually pretty neat to be able to take photo's from across the yard. Here are a few I snapped of Tiggy and Seven.