What do I file this under? Oh. AAAAAAAH!!

Dachshunds are very unexpected creatures. In more ways then one, in more ways then one.

I stated my plan for the year. Breed Shelby after the May field trial. Preserve Penny's coat for show this year. Good plan, eh? That would give me plenty of time to show Penny before she went into heat in May, I figured.

Well then I began noticing that Penny was dropping some of her coat...

I got a big surprise today when I found out Penny came into heat a few months earlier than planned. And she is loosing her coat like crazey. She did this before, so I'm not surprised.

I'm kind of very disapointed. Not only were we looking forward to getting back into the AKC ring, but we were looking forward to finishing her UKC championship in May. Looks like the latter will for sure not be happening...

However I might *MIGHT* be breeding her, to Shelby's father. We'll see, I'm contacting the breeder tomorrow. I usually never make a decision like this, I usually like to have my breedings planned out at least 10 months in advance. At least, if not a good whole year to know.

We'll see what happens. I was toying with the idea of breeding her. She is very well old enough, though, so I don't know what I am worrying over SO much.

Ah yes. Staying up in the middle of the night TWICE in 2008 for puppy whelping, that's it!