We are home!
Two well-timed breedings for Daisy with a delightful boy. I love him — a wonderful match for Daisy. Everything crossed.
I do not reveal stud dogs until I have a confirmed pregnancy but suffice it to say that I am really excited about both potential litters. REALLY excited. And I am grateful to the stud dog owners who were willing to work together to make the breedings happen. Quality dogs bred and owned by quality people — can’t get better than that.
And now we practice that challenging virtue of patience.
Unlike humans, we cannot tell if a dog is pregnant until she is almost halfway through her pregnancy. If Claire is pregnant, her puppies will be due on January 21 and if Daisy is pregnant, her babies will arrive a week later (January 28). We will know the status of the potential L and M Litters by Christmas.
One thing I did on the way home today was to meet Dear Son-in-Law to pick up my new floor mats.
Self-care matters and especially during a Pandemic Winter. The mats are now covering most of our large living room. I needed a non-slip surface to train things like scent articles and so Elizabethanne and I did a mat order together since she was doing her basement.
Dear Daughter and Dear Dear Son-in-Law picked the mats up from her in Salt Lake City and then Dear Son-in-Law met me today as I took the long way home from Boise, saving me hours of driving to get those mats. He works nights and so we met very early and I was home by 1:00 pm.
Of course, I immediately put down the mats.
The living room is big — and it also has a treadmill and my Peloton bike…
It isn’t very fashionable but it will all help as we march through the dark winter in a pandemic.
What are you doing to make sure you will be okay through the next few months?
Remember — You Matter. And so do what you need to do to be okay, even if it means there is no furniture in your living room.
Furniture is so over-rated. Self-care, on the other hand, is essential.