In the Highs and Lows - Passion Endures

I thrive off of immersing myself in my breeding community and being part of their joys and sorrows as they go through chapters in their programs that I've either gone through myself or am just not living right at this specific moment.  Importing new males, making the hard decision to pull a dog from a program, failing a health test, passing a health test,  finding out a girl didn't get pregnant, confirming a pregnancy, ... telling the families, watching pups show up, sitting in grief as pups pass, celebrating new squeaky healthy lives and sharing the love and passion of it all as it is very much a reality... all of this.  It's what we do.  Pull together,  support once another,  share in the highs and the lows of the hard truths of what we do. 

We go through it all, all of us at one time or another so we can bring the highest quality,  best of the breed, healthiest, strongest little lives we possibly can to you all.  Love,  life,  loss, hard decisions,  spectacular moments,  harsh truths, highs,  lows and everything in between. Resilience is key as we find a path to walk between passion, strength and hardship and challenges. Passion always wins though. Love for what I do conquers and smashes it all.  

Although I have walked through some truly difficult and painful challenges myself, I have also been blessed with indescribable magical moments of immense joy and times of sharing life stories and connections that I will cherish forever.

I've have the joyous opportunity to welcome a handful more families on board this week whom I am incredibly grateful for. Hearing their stories of love,  loss, their desire to love again or to simply start a new dream of diving into the world of puppy love, is truly heart warming and beyond fulfilling.  

We still are sailing through each day with gratitude of each present moment but also welcoming in the anticipation of moving into a window of higher watch.  All the girls have been on watch for an early shift but now they move into a higher window of watch as their cycle times draw closer.  There is plenty of assessing from our Tonka boy as he is very accurate at being my reader of upcoming shifts that will happen.  The girls have been plenty busy practicing a skill they don't need just because friskiness is in the air!

I'm still crossing my fingers and toes that cycles will delay a bit longer still to get us out of the wettest spring months for bringing a new pup home but of course I simply feel blessed and honored to welcome any new pups into this world at any time. 

I have a daily chit chat with the girls about not syncing up yet again. I have had girls not do this but the last 2 times indeed all 3 of my active girls have synced up and had pups all at the same time... or at least within just merely a week of each other. 

Last time round I had 2 litters born on the same day!  

As part of the difficult decisions that I have to make,  this will be on my plate once again and a decision I will have to make in the moment. For now we chat,  put energy into timing and try our best to visualize the perfect timing for everyone.  Spring pups for some,  hoping for summer pups for others.  Spring showers and blooming flowers for some families and warmer days and more free time available for others.  

So we sit in cruise control but with gears turning in the background always. Neema completing her health testing,  Anya checking off her boxes with flying colors,  dreams and potential opportunities for the chance once again at a secondary stud to be brought in, Isla's forever family watching her life here with me play out, grooming, playing, making sure nutrition and weights are spot on and yes, everything in between.  

Leaves dance down in abundance as fall and winter storms blow in more frequently.  Gardens get put to bed and apples get pulled from trees.  The chill affects my toes but never phases the dogs. They dig in flash flood puddles and roll on the freezing cold ground.  The heat gets cranked up to dry them out but they lie flat out like they could do completely without the heat at all.  

I am grateful for you all, on board, incoming, and future families.  Keep doing your puppy research,  dream big of future plans and upcoming adventures.  Bundle up in front of a fire and dream of warmer days ahead of running on the beach with your new furry addition!