Havanese & Rain

It's raining again and this gives me the opportunity to address this mother nature thang. There's something about wet paws and soaking wet grass tickling our feet that our humans just don't get. Sure, some of us don't mind it where the others are found lifting their paws out of all that wet.

I tend to be one of those dawgs that appreciate a raincoat on a rather wet day on my walks but when it's warm, I don't mind not having one - still that grass - well I don't like it all sopping wet where my pack mate Katsuro will plow through the grass as if he owns the world (today he is rejoicing as Maggie is a faded aromatic memory - and relishes everything in it. Read about it in 'A Dog's Sense of Smell') It's not that I don't. I just don't like all the cleaning I will have to do when my feet get muddy - him, he will just allow it to dry and then cleans it off. Ha! We are all so different.

Yesterday - well I know today's another day but yesterday Maggie came by and we found she's going to meet her connection soon. Maggie is Yvonne's dawg who is going all the way to - well read about it! If everything works out alright and she likes this hook-up, well then babies will come to their house again. First Lola and then the Mags - how much fun is that? Do you think it's right that these humans pick our boyfriends? Do they know something WE don't know? I mean, are we supposed to meet them and then fall totally in love or is it okay that we have one night, two night stands? Ha!

Today we have Rita from Sonrisas coming for a visit and maybe Linda with her crew. It sounds fun. More after it all happens. Now the mom has to woo me and show me how much she loves me by giving me something good to eat - yeah right - only daddy knows how to do that!

Gloom & Rain Where's the Sun?

Okay, it's Tuesday and where's the sun? Mommy tends to keep her doggies in a stylin' fashion but me, I am learning from my pal Opal that you can also be a junk yard dawg and enjoy life. Still, Mojo looking at me saying - whose that babe isn't half bad. If it takes me looking boo-ti-ful, well I can stand it SOME OF THE TIME!

Now they are saying thundershowers at 11am so I am not sure we are going to get swimming in. I can't believe it. It was supposed to be our last hoorah. Pool is a salt water one with a temperature of 32c/90F

Mommy got on her scale this morning and it said I gained 2lbs. There is no way - I am still a svelte thang. The scale HAS to be broken. On a serious note,mommy says - it doesn't sound right so maybe we will check this out at the vets later this week. All I know is the bathing suit no longer fits. It's getting close to debut time!

Missing Daddy & Yvonne's Pics

UPDATE: Photos From Yvonne's With Pups and More are In. Even got Wasabi playing with pups and Katsuro Wooing Maggie. Check Them Out Here.

Now back to Wasabi's adventures...in getting ready for Havanese motherhood!

It's rather pathetic - me sitting at the front door waiting for daddy. I had a really long day yesterday. I did eat well this morning but visiting all those cute puppies was exhausting.

With daddy working a trade show till Tuesday night, I have a feeling it will be eat what I give you or else.

Mommy did make a chicken stew with veggies, pieces of prime rib - huh chicken stew with prime rib. Hmm - I think she's giving me the slop - the leftovers - my oh my. Now mommy, I thought I was the light of your life -that really special one. She whispers to me so the others do not hear - but you are! Oh not enough to make the others jealous. Mommy reminds me she has had lots of human kids and everyone thought the other was loved the best. It's the nature of the child and she believes the nature of the canine pack - she says we all count and I guess we do. She makes sure we always have special moments and hey she now carries me upstairs at night as I look at her with those gorgeous eyes saying - are you going to make me climb those stairs? Still, she makes me walk and I rather do love it even though I don't realize it lately till I get out there.

I am hoping mommy goes swimming with us now that I am brushed. She may create a frame with lots of photos for the whelping room. Mommy and daddy are even trying to figure out what to do with the desk in there so they can open the bed and daddy can sleep in the room with me that first week. This way I can be in comfort too. I rather like that and besides, the couch closed up is okay but nothing like a big bed to spread out on and still look down at the pups in case they need me.

Well, we finished Yvonne's puppy pictures let us know if you like them. Much work but worth it to share!

Hey, girlfriend!!!

When you were here at the Sonrisas picnic I wondered why all the guys were all over you. My mommy tells me that I'm about to find out cause I'm in "season". Don't know what that means but I'm gonna find out real soon or so she tells me!!

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.

A Girl & Her Toys

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.

Nathan's Adventure Into Feeding Wasabi

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

Wasabi's First Adventure in Motherhood

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.
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