18 July 2020
Hallo, peeps!
Never a dull moment, over here at Kensington Palace. I kid you not. Since I last reached out to you, Campari has left and gone to Kentucky, Questa was wicketed at 16″, Xtremely Yvette has returned, Kristof has arrived from Slovakia, Piper has gone on holiday, Ziva’s been re-homed and her puppies have left for their new forever families in Nashville, Virginia and Massachusetts.
And on top of that? Yogi’s moved in with the lovely retired ER nurses who have Emmett and Sophie up in Milton, VT.
Oh, and we drove 3100 miles to breed Leo x Piccolo. Holy cow.
You want to see pictures? I’ve got some to share. And videos, too.
Meanwhile, here’s the update:
Leo was bred to Piccolo and she’s showing signs of the breeding having taken . . . sleeping a lot and being REALLY cuddly.
Layla is with us for another three weeks, as her VA humans asked for her to be trained and socialized with her pack of aunties, while Lady Melanie recuperates.
Weeds have taken over my dwarf conifer garden but I am committed to evening weeding for the next four nights and believe that I will win this battle, too.
The Crested Polish ladies are suffering with the stress of overnight road construction and some of their eggs are misshapen. A sign of stress and not something of which I am proud. M’ladies! Dreadful. No matter how many ‘day old’ apples and veggies I can buy at Market Basket? It’s not enough. Stress in all of God’s creatures leads to deformity. I am convinced.
Lady Bernadette had a birthday this weekend and we want to toast her good health and fabulous attitude. She helps us in ways more than she knows.
And we also toast handsome Andrew and his lovely lady, JL. They’ve encouraged me to get into the agility ring and next? Andrew and I are going to compete in Conformation together. He will show Kristof and I will show Yvette.
Next week, Questa and Campari will compete in Pennsylvania. There are something like 90+ Goldens, 70+ Frenchies and ~ 6 Tibetans entered. Good to know that we’re still under the radar. ;>)
Piccolo’s ultrasound is scheduled at Dr. Rossi’s on 12 August. Ssshhh. Don’t tell anyone. ;>)
Love to all of you! Please let me know that you are well. You know that we LOVE hearing from you.
Yours truly!