One Week Old Today

As with all Blue litters, she has a couple of porkers on her hands. Her puppies always seem to grow so fast with weight gain NEVER an issue. So much so that her 6oz birth weight puppies charted to grow to 6.5lbs but never made it to 4lbs! This litter is following suit with past pups and has doubled their birth weight in seven days.

As they grow, I cannot help but wonder something else. Another unique Blue trait is that while in heat, she accepts males WAY early in her cycle.  Normally it is day 9 or 10. For Blue, it can be as early as day 5!! This is usually a sign of dominance, helping to ensure she gets the boys FIRST! Well, in this instance, it has brought me to a perplexing conclusion.

J.B. attached to Blue on day six of her heat. I didn't anticipate the tie taking, especially since it was very short and so early.  He is our gate-jumper and really does have an unwanted mind of his own!!!! The planned breeding with Ace took place on day 10 - ideal for ovulation on day 13. We all assumed that Ace would be the daddy to this litter but I am now questioning that. J.B. could very well have some super spermies and be the daddy to these girls - or at the least, Dixie Daiquiri. Buddy and Ginny both carry the tri-color gene and the chocolate dilute gene, so I can assume that Ace does as well.  But J.B's grandpa is a a chocolate-tri, just like Dixie! To make sure we know for sure, we are doing DNA tests on all five. We should have the results in a couple weeks. Until then, we will not have them listed as available. Once the results are in we will list them accordingly. I can tell you though, there is a list built already with families wanting Dixie. Watch for updates in a few weeks, but until then, you can enjoy their growing gallery of photos!