More stories from Inga

Dear Mum Virginia and Dad Lyle

Life here at the Gold Coast gets better by the day although I have to tell you

about a nasty experience that I had the other night. 

Would you believe, I found fresh, green, chopped, crisp,  crunchy  BEANS 

at the bottom of my dinner plate (the one with Snoopy at the bottom)!!! 

Now I ask you "What were they thinking?"

The Snoopy plate looked perfectly normal to look at with a layer of fresh

chicken breast on top, which I devoured in two seconds flat, 

then a layer of yummy freshly cooked penne pasta underneath which only took 1 second

to polish off and THERE THEY WERE, JUST STARING UP AT ME   - 

the fresh, green, chopped crispy, crunchy BEANS. 

I tell you, just the look of them would turn a dog's stomach. 

I carefully picked up a couple and gave one bite and quickly spat them out

on the mat.  I managed to pull out another lot and put them aside without tasting 

them and then I had to push the remainder to one side of my plate to find the one

and only piece of pasta that had escaped me. 

It took a lot of patience I can tell you. 

The story gets even better because by this stage Mum and Dad had collapsed on the couch 

literally laughing their heads off.  How could they do this to me?  I heard Mum say 

that next time she would cook them with other vegies as she knows that I do like them. 

I couldn't even get to lick Snoopy's face because of those horrible little green things 

and Dad had to empty them into the bin. 

I hope that they have learnt their lesson. 

I looked across at James and to my horror there he was chewing up the nasty 

green beans and ENJOYING them!  What is wrong with that dog?

We are going away in our caravan for over 3 weeks and James said the caravan parks

are great for dogs and we can go for long walks on the beach. 

Vale Inga

Sadly Inga past away aged 9 years after 4 years being loved by Lyle and I 

and 5 wonderful years of loving and being loved with Carol and Ken.

 Carol and Ken were distraught at losing her and asked 

if we had another older girl who could be a friend to James. 

So then along came Lucy with the waggly tail!

Lucy joined James in January 2012

Babies are now 4 weeks old

They are eating solid food now ,and are getting around on their feet well.

Haven't they grown from those first photos  from day one! They are still very interested in feeding from Mum  and we do not restrict this at all, Maggie will decide when she has had enough.......

All doing well

Maggie and her babies are doing exceptionally well and to date it has been a dream run, all our fingers are crossed! They are now 2 and a half weeks old.

the 5th boy is under the 2 closest to mum's head

The girls have white colours and the boys black for identification purposes, as they are difficult to tell apart at weighing in times.

Taking time out for a brief lay in the sun today, Maggie is looking like all new mothers, very tired!

Some exciting news

Tuesday 2nd April was a day of great relief after several days of anxiousness. 

Our Maggie 'finally' produced our first litter since October 2011, she spent 3 days and nights preparing herself for the event. 

Finally 5am Tuesday we had 1 female born at the Vet. 

Fortunately after a calcium injection she managed to produce another female and 3 males , all healthy, over the next 7 hours. 

We are so proud of her .

 Maggie is quite the 'talker' and keeps  telling me what a difficult time she has had, and now has to spend all her time feeding them as well! 

Fortunately she is an excellent mother  and the puppies are all doing wonderfully well.

We should also of course give some credit to Dad ,'our Pete' aka Gr Ch Sonree Starlite Quixtep for these excellent puppies.

 Pete turned 12 years old last month and managed the mating without assistance.

DAY 1

 DAY 5

Tug O War

I recieved this cute photo recently from another breeder. The puppy pictured was sired by our 'Marcus' and he is pictured with his Mother (Red) and big sister (B/T)

Wirehaired Dachshund Puppies FYI

This is a photo of my friend Meg's litter of Wire haired Dachshunds, aren't they so cute.
The Puppies were 6 weeks old in this photo. Mum 'Bella' is an Australian champion and the Sire  from Victoria is also.

  "We had a lovely break and spent heaps of time with Rio. He is getting more and more adorable each day and is doing really well. He is so clever and has a really good temperament."  Carolina

"We had a lovely year and our puppy Rio is doing extremely well. He is the most gorgeous dog and has brought us much happiness. Attached are some recent photos of him. "

Carolina

 Rio:
Sire: Ch Sonree Paint It Black 'Marcus'
Dam: Ch Sonree Royal Flush 'Maggie'