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.
