Lilly and William are Expecting

CH Blue Run's Red Robin (Lilly) and Blue Run's Aries (Willie) are expecting.
This is the first breeding for the very handsome Irish marked William and the
second for petite tuxedo marked Lilly. Willie has just started showing and
he is pictured with the ribbons from his first weekend of shows. Lilly is
pictured in previous posts.

Both parents are wavy and probably all of the pups will be, too. Puppies
will arrive on Memorial Day, 2013. They will be black with white chests
and feet and moderate sized like the parents.

Charlie has a new home

Charlie was adopted by one of my families with a 6 year old PWD named Scout. I know Charlie will be given lots of love and attention by this family. They live in the area so Charlie's first owner will have the option of staying in touch as this promising boy develops.

Libra begins her show career

This is Blue Run's Libra from the Zodiac litter on the occasion of her first ring appearance when she surprised me with a major win. We were just hoping she'd stand still for the judge on this first outing. The judge commented "It's nice to see a Porty with good bone in the ring." Libra cleans up nice and hopefully lots of other judges will appreciate her exuberant personality. The handler says she's bouncing around like a rubber ball showing "too much" enthusiasm for the judges to get a good look at her.

Lilly"s and Chase's Brood born 10/18/2012

These are the handsome  eight week old puppies produced by my girl CH Blue Run's Red Robin (Lilly) and GCH Kimlyn's Catch a Dream (Chase). The independent evaluation of this litter suggested that 6 of the eight were show quality/prospects. All of these pups were placed in local homes with enthusiastic young families. When you have this many high quality pups, it's nice to keep them close by so one can watch them develop.

The Chase/Lilly Litter is Here!

One day early but oh so welcome! Eight beautiful puppies with 5 boys
and 3 girls, two of the boys are curly, everyone else is wavy. Most of
the babies Have white chests, some are all black except for their toes.
I'm so happy when everyone arrives kicking and howling as these pups
did. Lilly is already showing herself to be a gentle and caring mom and
she whelped this whole litter in just two and a half hours. I think she is
trying for the record for speedy deliveries.

Yes, Lilly is Pregnant

Lilly is doing all the mischief pregnant girls do like digging holes in the back yard. She is enlarging, too.
We expect her to deliver her puppies on the 19th of October. I think the puppies will be half wavy and
half curly. They may have a little white on them but not much. Beautiful black dogs like their handsome father would suit me just fine. I am interviewing prospective owners giving preference to those who live in the D.C. area and who are open to having a show prospect. I expect a high quality litter out of these two dogs who are both descended from the healthy and magnificent stud BISS CH Watermark Toby's Black Jack who is
14 years old this year.

Swimming Porties

The above is a picture of my sister's two Porties, Darcey and Jack, enjoying their above ground pool in Florida. The dogs cry to be allowed to go swimming. See their happy smiles? Yes, Porties really do love the water. Sometimes we have contests to see who has made the biggest purchase to make their dogs happy. Some of the answers: king size bed, new pool, boat, bigger van, recreational vehicle, etc. I win. I bought
them a farm with their own pond.

Violet's 8 puppies are here

Surprise! Mostly brown pups with 4 pie bald, one Irish marked. and three with tuxedo markings.
Who knew Violet carried brown? Her Great Great Great grandmother Velvet is on both sides
of the pedigree and she is the only source of brown. Who would think it could hide for 4 generations?
The puppies were all between 11 and 13 ounces, pretty big for a little girl like Violet! We hope some
of them will share their mom's talent for water work.

Here is Chase, GCH Kimlyn's Catch a Dream, who is the stud I have chosen for Lilly (CH Blue Run's Red Robin) who will be bred on her next heat. This very balanced handsome boy looks like just the ticket for a beautiful litter with Lilly. He has an absolutely marvelous chest. I liked everything about him! This will be another line breeding on the fabulous CH Watermark Toby's Black Jack who is both Lilly's grandfather and Chase's father.

Blue Run has THREE new Champions!

Pictured above are Champion Blue Run's Red Sky Delight (Violet), CH Blue Run's Black Jack (Shamu), and CH Blue Run's Red Robin (Lilly). These three are all off spring of Blue Run's Right on Red mated to CH Watermark Toby's Black Jack (Jack) and CH EbbTide's Poetry in Motion (Dickens). In the middle photo,
Shamu is given a group placement out of the classes with the judge commenting "This is the nicest head I've ever seen on a Portie".

Violet and Fix

Last week, stud owner Barbie Buchheit and dam owner Kelley Dimke drove 1200 miles each to accomplish a mating between Violet (CH Blue Run's Red Sky Delight) and Fix (CH Aarion's Delorean of Deblon) who is the handsome brown boy pictured. It was too hot to ship semen and these two determined individuals were determined to get the job done right! We are looking for a colorful (lots of white on chest and paws) litter out of these two dogs. The litter would arrive just after Labor Day and we will be doing the whelp in North Carolina where Kelley lives. I have already been accepting deposits on this litter as the Amber / Rider litter was small with only four surviving the whelp. (The babies are 4 days old and what they
lack in quantity they make up for in quality.)

 If you live near me (Washington D.C area) or Kelley (Charlotte, North Carolina) you may want to apply for a puppy from the Violet/Fix litter. You can contact me using the link at the right of the blog page or by e-mail at drcwinchell@gmail.com or Kelley at  kelleycatamount@gmail.com.

Amber's puppies are here

Today Amber delivered four lovely puppies. There are two girls and two boys. One of the girls is
curly and each puppy has some white on paws or chest. This was a long and difficult whelp but we
are looking forward to the fun of watching these little ones grow. They weigh between 11 and 16
ounces and are robustly nursing. Amber is sleeping and soon I will be, too.

Definitely Expecting

I used to do sonograms to confirm pregnancy. Now, I just wait until week number five. It's like
watching a zucchini in your garden. One day there is nothing to see, the next day you have a big
fat zucchini ready to be picked. Amber has gone from svelte to definitely pregnant in the last few
days. Of course, I can't tell how many puppies but sonograms are notoriously inaccurate because
of the dog's anatomy which precludes examining the full extent of the uterine horns under the rib
cage. So we wait to see. Rider is already ordering his cigars to hand out. I am interviewing
prospective owners and accepting deposits on the litter.

Rider, on the left, and Amber, right, spent a week together "cannoodling". We hope to have a nice big litter as a result of their joyful efforts. Puppies should look like the parents. No browns. Just wavy black or black and white pups with an occasional curly puppy. Amber's previous litters were above average in size (nine pups) so
I hope to have 9 happy families at the end of the summer when the puppies go to their new homes. They do look compatible, don't they?

Amber and Rider are expecting....we hope!

CH Ebb Tide's Two if by Sea, RN, RA,CGC (Rider) and CH Blue Run's She's a Caution, CGC (Amber) are expecting a beautiful litter on July 9th, 2012. This is a line breeding on their grandfather, BISS CH Watermark Toby's Black Jack. Rider is pictured above. This breeding was only possible with the kind assistance of stud owner Lesley West who supervised their enthusiastic attempts to get together and get the job done. We are pretty confident they were successful and they had a great time. As Lesley said, "Rider is in love."