Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 1:59AM Hey, Wasabi, I'll keep you informed about all my (Maggie) adventures during my trip to Minneapolis (mom helped me with that). Yvonne and Rita are taking me to Nona Dietrich's house which Nona calls Gingerbred Kennels. Sounds like good food and lots of dogs too. Mom says I will especially like the one called Rowdy. I sure hope he doesn't live up to his name. I am a very refined lady, you know.
Friday, September 21, 2007 at 3:39PM 
We're gonna go with Auntie Rita on a long car ride (not sure if I like that idea) to a place far, far away. Somewhere called Minnie apples??? And I'm gonna get to play with my new boyfriend!! Yeah, I like to play.
Well, I'll tell you more when I see you tomorrow.
Friday, September 21, 2007 at 11:38AM 
What can I say - T.G.I.F. Tomorrow I get to go see Yvonne's pups or shall I say Lola's as Maggie has a huge secret, read her post here. Mommy and daddy said they would take lots of photos to upload.
Then tomorrow night, if I am plain lucky, maybe I will get to go see Danielle for her b-day. That's mommy and daddy's grandchild and she is full of jumping beans and just loves the puppies so she is alright by me.
The sun is shining. I jumped in and went swimming. This paddling around is addicting. Now if dear old Opal didn't show me how to rub up against the bushes and roll in the dirt while I am wet, mommy may not need to bathe me. Tsk Tsk mommy says - Opal just had to show you how to have fun rolling around in the muck. Then Katsuro runs and jumps way up in the air and does a splat belly flop but it didn't seem to bother him. He kept jumping way before daddy came in. Then mommy tried to dive but that gal needs some practice. Then Risa came in and Terra jumped - not walked in - you go Terra. Wow, the Potechins are swimming - just in time for the pool to close.
Mommy finished the whelping room so now all the extra junk is out of it. Risa gets a room with baseball bats and I get a room all spiffied up. Now who counts more? Shh! Risa is listening. We do not want to upset the queen. (hahahaha)
Every day now I go in and smell the whelping box. I remember Risa's pups and I adored teasing them - oops playing with them. Did I tease them - nah. I just went in and got them woken up to raise a ruckus so Risa had to go in and check. I did it so much that when they were almost ready to go home, Risa knew it was me and ignored it. I just adore the little ones.
Well, I see my dear friend Maggie posted so be sure to read her hot news! She doesn't know what she is in for. Are we going to have an exciting winter or what!
Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 5:06PM 
Well, I decided it was prudent to get the rest wherever I can. Eat rest, eat, rest and changes are coming. It's approx Day 40 if success happened at the picnic, day 39 if it was the day after. Time will tell.
Mom just read that Asian elephants have a gestation period of 645 days. That's a year and 3/4 - yeoch. Here it is day 40 for me and I can't imagine thinking of having 605 days more but maybe if daddy kept feeding me like he is, there are some benefits. Still...
I turned my nose down at mom's chicken stew - veggies, nice broth, chicken, thrown over my kibble. Daddy - I want filet mignon - go get me lamb, go get me anything but mommy's stew. The others can eat it but not me. Maybe she's sick of chicken, mommy says but daddy makes his famous chicken and warm - well then she will eat it. Oh - she doesn't like mommy's food and who's the great cook around this house. Well, mommy is thinking it's not her anymore.
Daddy always has a way with the preggie gals. That's when Risa made him her person and there was no going back.
Well the belly is growing. I decided air is better than the pool and mom is out working at the pool. Me, I am anywhere where the food guy is. If you haven't figured that out - that's daddy.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 5:50PM 
Well, soon the pool will be closed. I thought it was today. Seeing it was so warm, I wasn't going to let my pack mate, Katsuro have all the fun. I decided to go in as well.
Sure he gets way crazy when daddy puts on his suit but I have my own way of showing excitement and I don't need a suit. If you got it, flaunt it, I say!
Boy, it was refreshing and sure helps shift the weight around. I am going to miss the pool but when that safety cover goes on, well, we all love to run across it like it is a trampoline. Daddy often has to go out on it himself to retrieve one toy or another.
Mommy has yet to brush me as I also have one of those coats that hardly knots.
Okay, that was mom's cue to brush me and pregnancy does a body good or how does that go? Not a single knot and I was almost dry. Katsuro was the same.
Pool guys came to close the pool for the winter and Daddy said come back next week. We are celebrating. We can handle one more week of that. Risa got pool time when she was preggie and loved it at the end. Me, I get the cover at the end.
Here I am after my swim waiting for my chair - well it's daddy's chair and Katsuro has the audacity to get up on it, shake all over it and get it totally soaking. It's bad enough that he makes sure daddy doesn't have a dry chair but I am the one that is supposed to have special treatment.
Well see who gets the fresh burger tonight and you expect me to share it? You didn't think you could get my chair and burger too, did you?
Okay - maybe I will share a little bit...we shall see.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 11:33AM 
Well, already my pups received a cool present - this ducky from Rita Thomas of Sonrisas Havanese and mom and dad placed it in the whelping box and I jumped in. With one full swoop, I retrieved it and I won't let anyone else touch it. It quacks. It's soft and I just adore it.
A girl has to do what a girl has to do when it comes to those special toys.
What - it was supposed to be for the pups? Well mom and dad can get another for them, can't they? I mean, it may look like the cat dragged it in and stomped on it by the time they come...
I am not eating much yet today. I am waiting till daddy goes and gets me something truly special. I have the guy wrapped around my tiny paws.
Oh, I must be eating enough as the tummy is growing and they actually have this idea that they are taking photos of me all round and - well bloated. Well, they can think twice about THAT but I may have to learn HTML, steal mom and dad's passwords and zap a photo or two or better yet put one interesting of THEM up.
Thank you to my other momma Rita for such a MARV-e-LOUS present. I could get used to this pampering.
Less than a month and counting.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 3:03PM 
I remember this well - the Havanese huddle at Katsuro's party with me in my pink bow. Hmmm and here it is my birthday and is there a party? Not a single Havanese huddle, kisses, fancy bows, yum food or toys.
Hmm maybe when I have puppies, they will celebrate THEIR birthday and I can join in.
Mom did sing me 'Happy Birthday' and I would have rather she not. One can only cover their ears with their paws only so well but she had good intentions. I love her for it.
Much to celebrate - another year older, puppies coming and all that coddling by dad. Life is so good!
Monday, September 17, 2007 at 4:53PM 
Well little lady Wasabi, what was I -R'Gang's Buster At Rockhurst- a fleeting stop in your life? I came to see your lovely face and what – not a single mention of me. My nose is out of joint!
We made beautiful magic together and that's not all we made together! You just wait till mid-October to see I don't just love them and leave them with nothing.
We are going to have amazing pups - the best - you just wait!
The rumour is out that we are going to have six little darlings. I best get a ton of photos. It's the least you can do, don't you know!
Well my mom, Beth Obrecht is telling me I am spending too much time reading your site. Maybe she's telling herself - not again!
It's okay mom. I haven't convinced Sonrisas' Hot N Spicy Wasabi (oh, I just love that name) to run away with me. She rather likes it at her place where her packmates, Whitney, Terra, Risa, Shoshi and Katsuro would be more than miffed if she decided to go anywhere but at her home!
Monday, September 17, 2007 at 9:14AM 
Well, another day down and the bed was empty last night. No Mojo or Opal. That gives me - Wasabi a wide berth to stretch out and not get the - I am crowding your space growls from Risa and Mojo. Not that I pay attention to such silliness. I just have more room to lay on my back, roll whichever way I want and dream those great dreams us Havanese tend to have.
Mom thinks I need a bath today. I'm sitting in the gazebo hoping mom doesn't notice me. My hair is silky - okay a tad frizzy from rolling around but it looks and feels clean. It's not that I hate a bath. Mom makes it fun for me taking me in the bath tub with her in her suit and we sit and play with toys while she gets the dirt off me - it's just that it's cold out today.
Mom just came to find me and told me if it doesn't warm up, I am safe - no baths today and anyway, she's not feeling well and wants to just snuggle with me on the couch. She told me so.
Oh, gad is mommy and daddy going to cuddle with my pups that way? I saw them laying in the play pen and letting Risa's pups climb all over them. I think they love the pups as much as I do.
What is this day 37 and counting. I can't imagine what those humans do with 9 months. I feel for them. 63 days is enough for moi!
Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 5:19PM 
Mom & Dad were going to take a photo of me drinking from my new Mutt-tini glass. I was already using it but mom didn't have her camera ready - silly mom! So, she found a photo online to post. I am using it daily but mom never has her camera when I do - geez mom!
Thanks to my other mom - Momma Rita and Daddy Willard for such a trendy gift. They know I am a red carpet gal.
Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 4:14PM 
Daddy and Mom took me to the vet to see if I have pups coming soon. Until then, I was just getting my food and if I felt like not eating, well they would feed me next time.
Well now that they know, well am I eating good or what. They give me the very best and feed me all sorts of foods - different each day or I won't eat. Oh, do I have it good and do I have them wrapped around my paw.
They think I am a finicky eater but in reality it's all about what they feed me. I am no junkyard dawg! I only like the very best!
Rita and Willard came to pick up their Mojo and Opal. I am going to miss them - sniff! Life is good and I am lazing after eating all that great food Rita and Willard got for lunch.
Mom gave Shoshi, Katsuro, Opal and Mojo a bath today. I overheard her telling dad that I am getting mine tomorrow with Risa. I think tomorrow is my day to stay incognito.
As I said - a gal has to do what a gal has to do.
Day 36 and counting. I got to play with Rita and Willard's new pup today and am I going to have fun or what. I do love the pups.
Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 10:00AM It is now Sept. 16, 36 days after her first breeding. Wasabi's tummy has a slight bulge, she hasn't really gained much weight yet, ounces only. She seems to be suffering from morning sickness and she is definitely more lethargic, preferring to sleep. Always a finicky eater, she's worse now or she has my number, waiting for the increasingly good fare she gets when the hours pass and her bowl remains untouched. So far today, she stayed in bed an hour after everyone else had gone down and outside, eaten breakfast etc. Now she's asleep on the couch. Tough life. I'll try to get her eating shortly.
Nathan
Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 6:38PM 
Well, we recently found out that Sonrisas' Hot N Spicy Wasabi is pregnant for the first time. It's so exciting. Wasabi is a Canadian championship. The sire is R'Gang's Buster At Rockhurst who is an American and Canadian champion.
You can see the beautiful dam here with one of her pack mate's Risa's pups. She's going to make such a great mom. She played with Risa's and tried to take care of them throughout. We would even catch her in spying on them in the middle of the night.
Such exciting times.
Wasabi is having morning sickness, not acting her usual playful self.
We set up the whelping box and Wasabi jumped in and we wondered if she thought Risa was going to have more pups but this is her turn and we know she is going to love it.
Wasabi is due mid October so she is now more than halfway through her pregnancy.
Be sure to follow this blog to see Wasabi's exciting first time into motherhood.