Thursday, March 28, 2013

Spring and Puppies!

I absolutely love Spring in Texas!  There is no better place to be than here, with the first flowers blooming in February being my hyacinths and daffodils, then the iris, bluebonnets, indian paintbrush, cactus, evening primrose, mexican hat, and on and on.  Bluebonnets are starting to bloom now.  They are my favorite!  So beautiful!

We attended the Fort Worth dog shows this past weekend, and Victory showed well, but did not place.  Lots of good dogs there due to the Dalmatian Specialty show.  Here are some pictures of Victory at the show.  I think he looked lovely and he behaved very well.
The dog behind Victory won best of breed, owned by the Skibinski's and shown beautifully by Dave Slattum.


CH Atlantis Wildcat Victory

Victory in the middle.  The dog in front of him was Best of Breed, a dog named Chocolate, out of CH Tuckaway Winged Foot, who is also the sire of our girl, CH Dalmino's Victory Vegas. 
Here is Vegas kissing my Mom.

We have exciting news!  We believe Vegas is pregnant and Victory is the sire.  She should be about 4 weeks pregnant.  This will be our first litter of puppies, so I am very nervous.  Both sire and dam are champions, with pedigrees of some of the finest Dalmatians and champions all throughout, and serious, successful breeders throughout their pedigrees, such as Sue MacMillan, Lori Finlayson, Suzi Casey, Carrie Jordan, Michele Markoff, Liz Hancock, and many others.  These should be some gorgeous puppies, and we are hoping for another show puppy for us.  I will post pedigrees and show and movement pictures of sire and dam in the near future.