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I can't stand it
Yes, it’s probably bad form to start naming puppies before I even know if they’re coming. But I was bored this morning and started doing some searching on iTunes…and well, you know how that goes.
Litter theme is very likely going to be children’s songs and/or children’s TV shows. So far here are some of what I’ve come up with, the artist or source in parenthesis. Some have obvious call names, others I’m not sure yet… There are plenty of other songs that I like but that I don’t think make particularly good registered names. Additions, comments, whatever are all welcome!
Allegro Schoolhouse Rock
Allegro Witch Doctor (Chipmunks)
Allegro Get The Sillies Out (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Allegro Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Allegro Trash Can Band (Schoolhouse Rock)
Allegro Juice Box Hero (Imagination Movers)
Allegro Everything is Boinga (Backyardigans) – may be asking for trouble with this one…
Allegro Queens Are Never Wrong (Backyardigans)
Allegro Rocketship Run (Laurie Berkner)
Allegro Candy Cane Jane (Laurie Berkner)
Allegro Choc-o-lot In My Pock-o-lot (Laurie Berkner)
Allegro Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie (Dan Zanes)
Allegro Secret Life of Six (They Might Be Giants)
Also great news from C-Myste today, as Pilot has also tested N/N Normal for DM. That means that if Lizzie is indeed pregnant, all the puppies should be N/N Normal as well.
And she's back
Lizzie has happily returned home, to be greeted by many many sniffs from her canine companion. She’s shinier than when she left, which leads me to believe that someone is proving a point with a raw diet. 
Doesn’t help that her coat typically looks like hell this time of year, when she has shed out and gone into season she always looks horrible.
I have tasked 4-year old Charlie with daily belly rubs, whispering “Healthy puppies. Free whelp.” She asked how many times a day, and I told her as many times as she wanted. Her response was, “How about ONE HUNDRED??” I don’t think Lizzie will object to that many rubs. 
An Alabama corgi in Orygun
Since Lizzie didn’t wait long enough for Pilot to come here to woo her, it looks like she will be traveling to him instead. Don’t make fun of her Southern drawl, ‘kay?
I’m also looking for ideas for a litter theme. Yes, I’m probably the only person on the planet who doesn’t have a laundry list of themes that I’d like to use. 
Since my kennel name is Allegro I was thinking something musical but am not sure what exactly! Popular songs? Classical artists? Jazz? Kid songs? I dunno.
Naturally
Miss Lizzie is coming into season. I had hoped she would wait until AFTER the Nationals, in which case Pie had a ride in this direction! But no, instead it looks like she will probably be fertile right in the middle of the Nationals. Le Sigh.
Some news
Anyone recognize this handsome man?
Doesn’t he look pretty next to…?
Yes, you can correctly read that as a change in plans. I have loved Pilot since he was a baby and have always had him in mind as a potential “future” suitor for Lizzie. When his latest pictures came back I realized that he really HAD grown up as nicely as I hoped…and when coupled with a few other things, I started thinking about switching around my breeding plans.
The advantages to doing a breeding to Pilot this year is that it will prove Lizzie’s fertility without such a big cost outlay. To do the breeding to Eli would be a surgical AI at a clinic about 3 hours from me, and considering that I’m not working right now (something I didn’t forsee when I made initial plans for this litter) it’s a lot of money to put into a breeding when I’m not sure whether she can successfully get pregnant. If I couldn’t find another male that I loved for her, then I would probably find a way to do it and go ahead. Luckily I think Pilot is also an excellent choice and I can’t wait to see what they might produce together!
More health stuff
A visit to our local vet today was expensive, but well worth it. I had an extensive talk with him about the breeding plans this spring, and he seems like he’ll be very helpful. As I figured, so yay! I also had a blood panel run on Lizzie and her thyroid, as well as everything else, looks perfect. Only bad news of the day is that she has a slab fracture in her molar that I hadn’t noticed, sigh. I need to get her in for a cleaning and we’ll see how bad it is then. Perhaps if the girl wouldn’t chew on rocks…
I’m expecting her in season within the next month and am keeping close watch. I’m so paranoid I’ll miss it!
Do corgis shed?
Just a little.
I may have to post a photo of the pile of hair I get from the brushing episode that is coming later this afternoon. And this fuzzy gray not-quite-black-anymore dog is what I got after the bath where I washed an entire puppy-worth down the drain. Oy.
Moving on…
Following Carolyn’s lead. I tried to draw the lines, hopefully I did it correctly. They are at least fairly close, I think. Her upper arm is shorter to me in real life than it looks with the lines. But you can clearly see her lack of layback in the shoulder. However, she has good placement of the shoulder, which is what keeps her from looking like one of those dogs with shoulders coming straight down from their head. I have an example that I’m thinking of, that I’ve seen on a website, but since it’s not my dog I won’t post it LOL.
If I have time later I’ll post my other dogs.
They like it when Grandma comes to visit
Because not only does she invite them up to sit with her while she reads, but then she leaves her bedding on the floor where it makes an excellent place to pile. All they need is people to fan them and feed them grapes, and they’d be all set!
Now I'm in trouble
I put new batteries in my bathroom scale so that I can start weighing myself. I guess that means it’s time to stop being lazy about the baby weight! Not all of us can look so cute pregnant, Ariel. Bitch.
Oh and it also gave me a chance to weigh the moose girl, Lizzie. She’s 33.5 pounds, which is significantly less than I was afraid she weighed so I’m actually rather happy with that. Consider that she’s probably 1-2 pounds overweight still so she’s not nearly as big as I thought she was. “Oversized” is hard to gauge when she lives with 2 males, one of which is 31 pounds and the other who is 28 pounds. She’s still the moose of my house though, but that’s not hard to achieve.