June 19th litter, Juneteenth

Mer, or Mermaid, my Henry daughter, had her first litter nine days ago.  All of the puppies weighted over 7 ounces, two were well over 8 oz.  Beautiful, healthy puppies, five of them, four of whom are GIRLS!!!!  All are grizzle, although at least two are going to be very DARK grizzle dogs, like their grandmother Reese.  I thought that they were blues at first they are so dark.  They aren't. Kathleen and I are very excited and happy with them.  I'm not getting much sleep yet, but that is the way it is.

My email has changed to cmetzler48@yahoo.com as somehow I broke my gmail.

I would put pictures of my puppies up if I could figure out how to do it.  I used to be able to, and now I cannot.  My MacBook has been in the computer fixit store for three weeks and NOTHING was fixed.  At least I can tell you that there are puppies, just cannot put their pictures up.  The pictures are being put on my and Kathleen's FaceBook pages, in case you are interested.  I'll put more up today.

I hope that everyone is staying safe and wearing masks when going out.  It really is helping the people who do it and we obviously need help!!!

Today in Hawaii is NICE.  There is a gentle breeze so that it isn't too hot.  The dogs and I just took down another banana tree with ripe bananas on it.  Did you know that a banana tree will die after it has grown a bunch of bananas?  They do, but the baby banana "trees" that grow underground during the time the banana bunch is ripening take over and the banana patch keeps on producing and growing bigger every day!  Nancy's goats like the banana leaves a whole bunch, no pun intended, but it is a pain in the neck to get the leaves up to them.  Sometimes Prentiss comes down with his pickup and gets the leaves.  The goats like bananas even more than the leaves,  and they LOVE breadfruit leaves.  Not at all what you wanted to hear about.

I guess that I will get back to making some more masks.  Pam Mizuno was awfully nice and ordered some fabric for me to use to make more masks.  I had sent her masks with foxes on them, and so she sent me otter fabric.  VERY cute.  Let me know if you know of some really cute fabric and where I can get it!

Stay safe and happy from Curmudgeonville

To Neuter or not to Neuter/Spay

http://www.theriogenology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=59

Maybe this will answer some questions.  

I am hoping for a litter in a couple if months, despite this social distancing.  According to CDC, COVID-19 does not attack dogs, so the dogs can mate!  Having said that, Duke is nice and little, Mermaid is not.  I don't know if he is going to be smart enough to get the job done and I have no one here to help me help them!  So, all I can do it keep my fingers crossed.  

Mermaid is a blue, Duke a grizzle, but Duke does have a fifty/fifty chance of having a blue gene.  I almost hope that, if there is a mating, the pups will all be grizzle as blues are harder to keep cool in paradise than grizzles.  My yard is fine, but most people aren't as lucky as I am to have all of the shade trees I have.  That is my reasoning.  

If I get puppies, the event will surely go into the blog.  Keep watching!  And cross some fingers!

PS I just found these haikus that someone once wrote for me, for my puppies, long ago and far away.  I have treasured them and will share them.  This person had one of my puppies for a few days or weeks and found that his wife was allergic to her and he had to bring her back.  He was devastated.  Still makes me sad....

A wiry coat
Belies a soft-hearted friend.
Border Terrier.



The diminutive 
hunter scents the air. Snap snap!
Rat meets its Maker.



Two giggly girls.
One grizzly, wiggly friend.
Match made in heaven.


Says the Curmudgeon, aloha.