Humpday?

    So when last time Zumi wasn't ready yet we were making a new appointment for her to get tested again and the vet suggested half way through next week, but we didn't want to chance it so we opted for monday instead of tuesday or wednesday, like the vet suggested and we were right. Over the weekend she had suddenly shot up 10+ points and when we went to get tested on monday she said that tuesday would be the ideal day to go and visit with her beau. 

    Which was a little sad for me because tuesday was the only day that I had to work the whole day and so Bart would have to drive to the Netherlands alone to do the breeding. Since we wouldn't make it if we left after my workday had finished, because he had to work the night shift as well that week. So I was waiting eagerly for news while I was still at work. And they were perfect, Zumi was flagging and Santos was showing a lot of interest and they tied in the most uncomfortable place in the yard. I heard lots of dogs do that. They were there for about 10 minutes and that was that. 

(Zumi and Santos getting along)

    Just to be sure we drove on wednesday as well. Though we noticed immediately that they weren't as interested as they had been yesterday. It was a lot harder for them both to stand still and in the end there was only a slip tie. But they both reacted the same way they had the day before, so we were hopeful. Before we drove home we had already made an appointment for Zumi to get her echo, in 28 days. Which makes it April 14th. It's a long wait but we're hopeful that it worked. It was for everybody the first time. So fingers crossed. 

    I am scared and excited. Two people who were on our waiting list cancelled. One opted for another litter that had already been born, because there isn't any certainty that Zumi will even have puppies at this time. And for the other this wasn't the ideal time to add a new puppy to the family. Which is both very understandable of course, but it does make me a bit nervous. Where before we had a full waitlist now there are suddenly falling holes. And with the litter that Zumi comes from in the back of our minds, it would have been better to have a few people on the list. The litter she comes from was 9 puppies. Ha.. ha. 

    But who knows, let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet. According to google Huskies usually get litters between the 4 and 6 pups, which should be doable. Though there are a lot of litters being bred this year. Mostly because this is the ideal setting to be missing a female. No shows, races, trails or anything else to go to with the dogs, so it's not a disaster if puppies are born and the female is out of the running for a little while.