Momma Henna!
It's a girl!
So, the wait has finally ended. After a few nights of me not getting any sleep because Henna was in pre-term labor. I didn't know it was pre-term... I thought it was the real thing and kept making her lay with me so I could feel her tummy. No contractions.... ok.. good...we can go back to sleep until the next bout of burrowing begins. :-) Saturday we had a wedding to do with the carriage. It was going to require Kim driving behind me as it wasn't in the best areas of town. Well, Little Miss Henna decided that her baby was far more important than a wedding... which she's right. :-) But... still have to pay the bills. :-) So, as I'm getting ready, Kim is with Henna as Henna is going through labor. I was there to see the pup being born... YEAH! And then had to leave shortly after. We assumed there was at least one more pup on the way, so Kim began to wait with Henna for the next set of contractions. They never came... there was just one puppy! :-) Henna did not have an easy birth. She stole the drama queen award from Bella. I really can't say much as I've never had a child... and after watching these girls & the horses, I remember why I don't have kids. :-) Henna did great & the little girl is GORGEOUS... just like her mom & dad! Skylar stamped his white chest on this little girl... and if we're lucky, maybe she'll have her daddy's blue eyes too. She is beautiful like her mom. She's a dapple... but as we play with color genetics in the Doxie world here... we're not sure on her main coat coloring. I guess time will tell. Is she a dark chocolate dapple? Is she a brindle dapple? Not a brindle dapple as we all don't think you can have both a brindle & a dapple. Who knows...
We shall wait and see for the color to surprise us. We will also wait & see if she will be a longhair. Both parents are, so chances are pretty high, but the lovely world of science is never 100%. If it was... I certainally would be out of a job.. ha ha :-) So... I will now quit talking and show the beautiful baby.
Does it get much cuter than a new puppy??? :-)
And Daisy is still going crazy about coming in the room to say Hi and see what's going on. Sebastian whinned the entire time under the door as Daisy tried to dig her way under the door. Skylar whinned for his Mommy (me) and that's the symphony of Doxie birth in our house. :-)
It's a girl!
So, the wait has finally ended. After a few nights of me not getting any sleep because Henna was in pre-term labor. I didn't know it was pre-term... I thought it was the real thing and kept making her lay with me so I could feel her tummy. No contractions.... ok.. good...we can go back to sleep until the next bout of burrowing begins. :-) Saturday we had a wedding to do with the carriage. It was going to require Kim driving behind me as it wasn't in the best areas of town. Well, Little Miss Henna decided that her baby was far more important than a wedding... which she's right. :-) But... still have to pay the bills. :-) So, as I'm getting ready, Kim is with Henna as Henna is going through labor. I was there to see the pup being born... YEAH! And then had to leave shortly after. We assumed there was at least one more pup on the way, so Kim began to wait with Henna for the next set of contractions. They never came... there was just one puppy! :-) Henna did not have an easy birth. She stole the drama queen award from Bella. I really can't say much as I've never had a child... and after watching these girls & the horses, I remember why I don't have kids. :-) Henna did great & the little girl is GORGEOUS... just like her mom & dad! Skylar stamped his white chest on this little girl... and if we're lucky, maybe she'll have her daddy's blue eyes too. She is beautiful like her mom. She's a dapple... but as we play with color genetics in the Doxie world here... we're not sure on her main coat coloring. I guess time will tell. Is she a dark chocolate dapple? Is she a brindle dapple? Not a brindle dapple as we all don't think you can have both a brindle & a dapple. Who knows...
We shall wait and see for the color to surprise us. We will also wait & see if she will be a longhair. Both parents are, so chances are pretty high, but the lovely world of science is never 100%. If it was... I certainally would be out of a job.. ha ha :-) So... I will now quit talking and show the beautiful baby.
Does it get much cuter than a new puppy??? :-)
And Daisy is still going crazy about coming in the room to say Hi and see what's going on. Sebastian whinned the entire time under the door as Daisy tried to dig her way under the door. Skylar whinned for his Mommy (me) and that's the symphony of Doxie birth in our house. :-)