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                                        Upcoming Litters Here at Ynda/Shenandoah for St Francis
                                                           - Jeannie                - Imp

  News:

9 June 08:  These girls !  Jasmine has swollen up and acts like she IS in season, and now, Ella is in season 2 months early !  Jeannie is in, in, in..... Someone surely has dominant hormones in this household.  All the girls are 'in' much too close together to consider mating Ella at this time.  So we wait........ In the meantime, Miss Imp is getting lots of sleep and demanding attention more and more -- it makes us wonder 'if' she 'knows already' that she is pregnant or not .... Time will tell... She comes to me and offers her paw, hangs her head slightly, and then looks coyly at me, batting her eyes -- she THINKS she has a secret!!! We will see if she does or not.... Meanwhile, Pappa Hawkeye is very pleased with himself these days and waits expectantly to be invited from the 'bachelor pad' at the Big Kennel to come and visit 'the girls' down at the house and Small Kennel.  He's such a dear fella.
28 May 08:  Well, the 'dormitory effect' is certainly hard at work here at Ynda this summer.  First, Miss June came into season for the first time in 3 years.  She was followed immediately by Miss Imp.  Now, as soon as Imp is mated, Jeannie has come into season.  AND Jasmine is trying to have one of her 'you girls cant leave me out of all this, semi-seasons'.... YIKES.  This is disastrous timing for us with Jeannie.  It simply is not fair to Jeannie and Imp to even try to have 2 litters of pups only 2 weeks apart.  Since Imp is already mated, the decision has been made for us by Mother Nature.  Jeannie will have to wait to have pups, once again !!!!  You may remember we wanted to mate her last year at this time, but when Ella came into season almost the same time, we chose to mate Ella to Zack instead.  Jeannie has already 'told' us that she wants to be the 'center' of attention and get the motherhood opportunity, so we will pretty much have to mate her to Calvin at her next season.
26 May 08:  Imp has successfully been mated to Hawkeye !  Her 'due date' is set as: July 29.  That means her pups should tentatively be ready to go to St Francis about September 15th. What happens next?  Well, even tho very important fetal development is taking place during the first 4 weeks post-conception, there is little we can do to influence that except to keep Miss Imp happy and healthy.  That means her normal diet, exercise, and lots of love and praise.  She wont be allowed to swim in the pond as long as her system is 'open.'  She will continue to receive her bath and nail spa treatments on schedule, too.  Sometime between the 28th and 35th days of pregnancy we will schedule an ultrasound to see if we can determine whether or not she is pregnant.  We will probably only have sporadic updates between now and then.
24 May 08:  Progesterone testing continues.  Imp has NOT yet ovulated.
23 May 08: Imp is in season.  We continue to test her progesterone levels every other day.  We believe we should have ovulation and a successful mating early next week.  She and Hawkeye are enjoying each other's company every afternoon, and they play and court each other in the back yard.  Hawkeye is very much the gentleman, respecting Imp's report that the 'time is not yet right.'  Imp is charmed with Hawkeye sharing toys and being attentive to her. 
 

RBIS GRCH 'Imp' Our beloved Miss Imp (Reserve Best In Show winner, and a Grand Show Champion) will
                                         be mated for the final time.  Her chosen mate is our darling boy,
                                         GRCH Hawkeye.  This will be a wonderful litter of B.B. and B.Y.
                                         blacks, very moderate in size, hopefully with all of Momma Imp's smartness
                                         and joie-de-vivre and all of Pappa Hawkeye's carefree attitude and rugged
                                         good looks, fabulous coats, and superb substance.  Both of these dogs excel in
                                         front assembly, short coupling, head type and coat.  Both are excellent retrievers.
                                         Imp is one of our 'pupsicles' from June and Calvin.

                                                         
                                                             Hawkeye                 Imp

                                        Click here to see a Pedigree for these pups.
                                        Both parents are OFA, OFEL, CERF, CHIC, Optigen A1 by parentage.
                        Click here to visit Hawkeye's web page.     Click here to visit Imp's web page.
 

                                                                STUD PUPPIES FOR ST FRANCIS

#1  Bonnie & Harvey Henry have generously donated IAN's stud puppy from his litter to LACI:
Puppy PETRA is now a St Francis Service Dog in Training !
 Flash ! two of Petra's brothers join her at St Francis as Service Puppies in Training.
This brings Ian's sire-total to 6 currently training Service Dogs/puppies.
Ian's youngsters out of Imp -- Banner, Mac, and Ready -- are in Advanced Training.

    
 #2  Our St John and Pacesetter Jazzy Blue produced 9 beautiful pups. 
6 of those 9 have gone into Service Dog Training,
including Yellow Female Puppy GOLDIE (now named GEORGIE)
donated by us as our stud puppy to St Francis. 
Congratulations to Pacesetter for such a lovely litter. 
2 pups are St Francis Service Dogs in training.
4 pups are Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota pups in training.
Here they are arriving in Minnesota:



 

     BIS/BISS  Jeannie      our beautiful Jeannie will be mated to CH Colton's Calvin Black
                                                                             a special Thank You to Mary Ellen Walsh of Colton Labradors for sharing
                                                                             Calvin's frozen semen with us.  PEDIGREE for Jeannie/Calvin pups.
                                                              
                                                           
                                                                         Calvin                                    Jeannie

What a blessing this is to be able to use Calvin again.
During his lifetime, Calvin easily earned his AKC Championship.
He was an influential sire in New England,
producing get who are titled in several venues.
His stud work includes 8 years at stud at Guiding Eyes in CT.
His offspring have an impressive record of health clearances.

Learn more at Calvin's page.       Learn more about Jeannie

We have adored our 2 precious Calvin offspring -- St John and Imp -- and
we are so excited about the prospect of more Calvin youngsters.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Mary Ellen !!!

Meet multi-BIS/BISS GRCH Ynda's "I Dream Of Jeannie"
visit Jeannie's page

Jeannie gives me ringside kisses at Potomac

 Jeannie is every conformation person's dream come true.  In 2002 when we knew June was carrying a singleton puppy out of CH Chelon's Mac The Knight, we picked out 1 name for a male pup and 1 name for a female pup.  The 'Dream' names we chose represented the blood tie to June, Midsummer Knights Dream.  The puppy was a male, and the rest is history -- he became our beloved Martin, "I Have A Dream".  Naturally, when Martin's first litter was born (to Jasmine), we named the darling, fiesty little girl the 'other name' we had held close.  " I Dream of Jeannie" thus was christened.  Her song I sing to her to the Stephen Foster tune is 'I Dream Of Jeannie with the dark brown eyes."  And every day I tell her, "I dreamed of you before you were born."  And I did.

Jeannie has always loved to travel and to be with us.  Many was the time as puppies that she and sister Ella would vie for our attention.  That's how I think Jeannie got her 'hey, look at me attitude."  You can certainly see it in the show ring.  Jeannie just sets herself squarely and wags that tail, asking for her treat AND to be noticed.  I have never had to hand stack Jeannie -- everything you see is truly her. 

Jeannie finished her United Show Champion and Grand Show Champion titles almost before she was leash broken.  She went on to earn not 1 but 4 Best In Multi-Breed Show awards AND a Best In Specialty Show award.  We take her out sparingly so as not to 'burn out' her love of showing.  Jeannie was in the UKC Top Ten in 2005 and 2006.

Jeannie at LRC Potomac showing herself off !

Jeannie is a delightful girl who is always full of herself, who loves to play and run with the other dogs, who is ready for any adventure life throws her way.  Jeannie is eager to please, wants to be with us and is always cheerful.  She is 21 inches tall, has all her clearances and is dominant black (like her parents).  Click here to see Jeannie's clearances at OFA

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