Mike - our superdog.

8 new Lil'Mikes.

The Lil’ Mikes have landed July 22! An artificial insemination success story came to light when Velvet gave birth to 8 healthy pups out of our late super leader Mike. Mike passed away in -06 but his semen lives on in frozen form and is producing pups around the world. This is our 5th insemination we have done (with different males) and have always had good turnouts with 6 - 11 pups in each litter. Artificial insemination is a bit of a hassle compared to natural breeding but if it is planned well, timed right and performed by a competent vet you have the chance to re inject the genes of super stars long gone. Viva Mike!
8 seems to be the number this summer because last night we had our third litter containing 8 pups... starting to feel like an overflowing kettle of popcorn around here! Kimo is the proud mom and Casper is the dad. This is her second litter.
So within two weeks we added 24 new members to our kennel. It will be busy, busy here with all the pups in a few months…
Weather has not improved and the rain keeps hammering us. Its grey, dark and with temperatures struggle to creep over 50F it starts to feel like fall but no, I want at least a couple of weeks of warm sunny days… we need it before the days get too short and nights longer and …
Tonight I made one of the best chicken dinners I have ever made; Creole fried chicken – it was so good, crisp and just perfectly spicy. Served with chickpea salad it was a meal to remember. Bon appetite!
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