Week 2 & 3

Well...not too much new to report. We still don't know if Millie is officially pregnant yet, hopefully soon. All the signs point to yes however. She is now on all puppy food, high quality of course! Her energy level has dropped slightly and goes through spurts of eating like a cow, then not eating at all. I think she had some morning sickness this week when she wasn't feel that great, but that seems past now. She has become even more cuddly, if that's possible with Millie. She was already the cuddliest dog I've ever met. She also seems to have less tolerance for Zach lately.

This is the end of week three, moving into week four. Her belly should start getting bigger sometime during week 5 or 6. We may even be able to experience the puppies moving around a little during week 7 and 8! Sorry this posting hasn't been too exciting, but c'est la vie:)

Week 1

Well, here it is, week one of Millie's journey to becoming a mommy. At least, we hope it's here. Millie went into heat about a month earlier than expected and since we have no control over nature we sprung into action. We had already pre-arranged a boyfriend for Millie. We did our background checks, asked all the questions we needed to, exchanged contact information and life went on. We have been researching to some great extents on how, when and where to breed dogs. We have become novices at the whole business of breeding dogs. So we knew that Millie needed to be bred on her 9th or 10th day of her heat with another visit within a couple of days. That time has come and gone. We have met with her boyfriend (Benny) on two occasions within the last 3 days. Benny is a "sure thing" according to his owner. That's what we wanted, an easy guy with a proven track record. I mean really, isn't that what every good mom wants for her offspring? Now we wait. We have 4 or 5 weeks to wait before being able to tell if Millie is pregnant (according to my research).

Following the rules of breeding we have switched Millie to a high quality puppy formula. Every week there are new things to do or watch for, so we will be following that process carefully. Our projected due date is March 6, 2010!

Introducing Millie

Millie is our absolutely beautiful, adorable, sociable, loyal friend. She lives with us in Brampton in our house with our son Zach and our other dog Dixie. Dixie is a border collie mix, which is the smallest (40 lbs) dog we have ever owned. Buying Millie was quite a decision for us, knowing that she would only be between 4 and 10 lbs full grown! Millie is, afterall, a purebreed Yorkshire Terrier, or Yorkie for short.

Millie is full grown having just celebrated her first birthday. She weighs in at a whopping 5.8 lbs! Aside from teaching her not to bark (and yes it is mostly possible) she has been a very easy girl to train. We don't seem to have the typical "I'm so excited I could pee" thing going on, which is always nice for guests visiting our home.

The whole reason for starting this blog on our dog is because we are crazy! No, actually, we are doing it because a while ago we decided that breeding Millie would be a good idea. Don't try to convince us otherwise, there's no turning back now:) Millie's temperament and cuteness factors are way up, so we're hoping she'll pass these qualities on. We have had friends, family and neighbours fall in love with Millie very quickly, just as we did, and we hope to create new families with "little Millies". The rest of this blog will follow Millie's "pregnancy". I put that word in quotes because we won't know if she's pregnant for a few weeks yet.

So, fingers crossed and hopes high, here we go for what may be a very exciting, educational journey into the somewhat unknown. To boldly go where no Millie has gone before, yadda yadda yadda. Whatever the case, check back often and read on!