Of New Puppies, Bad news, and further excitement

Hi guys!

We just got the news yesterday that Abby's 5 Puppies were born on April 2nd! Abby, the mommy is doing great. Unfortunately for us, all five of the puppies are males. We were looking specifically for a female. We have several options:

1.  We can change our preference to a male instead of a female.  
2. We can get our deposit back. 
3. We can move our deposit to the next litter from Annie. 
4. We can forward our deposit to another breeder from the area. 

We have decided to see our options before we made a definitive decision. Our current breeder sent me some contact information for three different breeders that are relatively close to where I live, and she is in contact with. So, I emailed all three, expressing my interest. I got a very speedy reply from a breeder who is in Nevada - close to Reno.  AND just got off of the phone with her. She is absolutely lovely! They are expecting puppies in the beginning of May. We've changed our preference slightly - while we are still looking for a female, we are now opened to having a liver spotted girl. We have always said that it is the temperament that will be the determining factor. Selia, the mommy dog, usually has a litter size of about 5 - 7, so we're keeping our fingers crossed. 

This breeder in particular has a blog that she also updates every week. While we are still awaiting answers from the other two breeders, this breeder is just so very warm and welcoming and I was definitely very happy to hear how often she updates everyone on how the mom is doing. She might be the one that we get a puppy from, if she has enough females. 

So, it looks like we will be forwarding our deposit to another breeder.
It looks like we are going to have to do a little more waiting, but hopefully not too much waiting!

Even more of a reality check.

Hey all!

It's been quite some time, I know. I'm sorry I'm such a neglectful blog owner. It's been a pretty difficult and uneventful month to be honest. We had even more of a reality check upon having a landscaper come in and give us an estimate and what he could do.

Sadly, a sod lawn is out of the question because of the land this property is on. He suggested tiling like before, with gravel surrounding the tile and some plants to add a bit of colour. It was of course most unfortunate to find out that what the landscaper offered to do instead would cost us over $3000. Which was $2000 more than if we did the labour ourselves.

So, everything is getting shot down. It's kind of been bad luck after bad luck, and it's getting frustrating. But we're keeping our heads up and getting ready, still, to welcome a new puppy home. Good news is though I got my old job back and will be starting again in several weeks! Hooray!