Just because I haven't posted anything doesn't mean stuff hasn't been going on!

I got a call from Mike Reid and then Jason Cook on Tuesday night. They wanted to use Rex on Jason's Jello. No problem. Jason brought Jello over to Bowdon Animal Clinic and they inseminated her on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The vet staff was very impressed with how Rex handled himself. He semen was clean, active and very voluminous. He is a good stud that is throwing nice pups.

I got Trojan's Major win picture in the mail. The angle is horrible and makes him look as though he is straight in the rear which is ABSOLUTELY not the case. He is awful handsome though. Jennifer stepped in since Norlee had to go to the bulldog ring. The Judge is Mr. Ed Bivens.

Tammie sent me more pictures of the pups earlier in the week and I failed to get them up. These are from Wednesday the 14 when they were three weeks old:

Sidney, James and I went over to see Tammie and the pups on Saturday. This is the most special time for me with puppies. They are changing from being infants to something that can walk around and act on its own. I really like the 4 to 8 week stage. They are still very fragile and require a lot of attention but you sort of take a deep breath once they start eating solid food. They have razors for teeth and will chew on anything! We had just picked up Rex when Tammie called me back so we took him along. It was great and the pups love being outside in the sunshine.

Today was spent cleaning and washing and stripping. With this many big dogs, the work never really ends. Sidney put Trojan in Morrigan's pulling harness. He didn't care. He drug a stick around for a while. I told Sidney to tie him to an old bumper I have laying around. He didn't like that as much until Sidney's knot came loss. Then they trotted around for a pretty good ways until she realized he wasn't dragging anything but a rope. It was humorous.

Chocolate has been in South Georgia and Northern Florida all weekend. She was being shown as a special trying to earn a best of breed. She ran into Honey and lost all three days. That's okay. Chocolate's day will come very soon. Jennifer brought her and Oscar to the house on her way home. They are both gorgeous. Chocolate is beautiful and Honey must be in top form to beat her. Chocolate will soon be VERY hard to beat.

I am going to get Oscar and Chocolate's hips and elbows done at BAC this week so that they can have their health testing completed. Right now, Rex with Roxie and Oscar and Chocolate are having a contest to see who can bark the loudest. We will be diplomatic and call it a draw.

It has been a long time since I have had eight Mastiffs on site. It makes me very happy.