Fiona had four males and one female born yesterday.  They are doing well.  I check on them every thirty to forty minutes.  They will get their dew claws removed on Monday, October 19th.  I haven’t put Velcro collars on them yet.  Fiona frets when I pick one up.

Fiona’s parents:

MacArthur Park Prankster (grandsire)

 

Another Valentine Amour (Ava, granddam)

 

Highland Angus McDuff (great grandsire)

 

Herron’s Heather Claire of Edinburgh (great granddam)

 

Sir Lancelot of Raeford (great, great grandsire)

 

Sophie’s Scarlet Sage (great, great granddam)

The above pictures are of Fiona’s lineage

 

 

 

Fiona is due to whelp any hour now.  I have her in the large crate. I will move her to the whelping box once she starts having the puppies.  I was hoping she would whelp tomorrow since I have Lily at the vet getting spayed today.  My vet is about twenty-five minutes away. I will keep all posted.

Yesterday, Merlin and Merrybelle mated once.  They did not today.

Fiona is doing well.  Her puppies are due around the time I am taking Lily to the vet to have her spayed. I have a special place to put Fiona while I am gone.

Fiona is on week seven on the pregnancy timeline.  Puppies continue to develop.  The abdomen hair will start shedding.  However, I had Fiona’s belly shaved when she was groomed.

Lady Greer is on week one.

Happy birthday to Merrybelle, October 8, 2019.

Happy birthday to Malachi, October 14, 2025.

Happy birthday to Annie, October 20, 2020.

Grooming is complete.

 

I just learned that I could breed these two Scotties when Maggie Mae gets old enough.  Maxwell’s sire is Herron’s Glorious Roundtown Bannockburn Bagpiper.  In Maxwell’s pedigree, he is related to Call to Glory’s Argentina Mafioso.  I have a link of Mafioso that is worth checking out.  You can find it on the second page of my Current News section.  He is a gorgeous silver brindle as is Maxwell.  Though this grooming he is showing red on his back.  I am excited about this mating propect.

Two more days of grooming and then all will be completed.