I don't want to speak too soon but we had some news about our little (well monsterously huge) doggy. Turns out the bitch is pregnant (yes, I'm technically correct).
With how many little puppies? Well the easy answer is they don't know. Well the real answer is may be 4. Why such a hard answer to a potentially easy question? I don't really know.
Considering the pups will be born in 2 weeks, you would think a simple X-ray/scan (whatever they do) would be able to show up some clear things. Apparently not.
So why am I not jumping for joy? Well I am a little. But I have to be a realist. We have been waiting a long time for a dog, well why you might ask? The answer is in the breed.
You see, we want a Bernese Mountain dog. For those who don't know what that is, then check out the incredibly shite video about the breed below. The important part is the cheesy comment from the slightly eighties woman about half way through (something about adoption).
Lets just say if 4 are born, are healthy and all the works, that is half of it. We are amongst 2 others that want one (well 'promised' one). These people both want females, wherease we don't really mind. I mean the males can be pretty big, and by big I mean big, I'm not kidding. The bigger boys can be 60 kg, so yes, the same weight as me.
Also, the kennel wants to keep a female. The markings on these other dogs apparently have to be perfect as they want to show them (at dog shows, not randomly), whereas we are 100% not interested in all that pageants for dogs stuff. Ah yes, what I forgot to mention, was the waiting list for this breeder is up to 20 people including us, so to make the top 3 is a result, but the odds are not in our favour.
So fingers crossed the pups are healthy and indeed the right number as to please everyone. Male or female, we don't mind. We also don't mind if the markings are not perfect (for god sake)- it's a dog, not a model.
With slight optimism, we have realisitic pessimism. Our fingers are crossed and we should know within a few weeks, at least how many they have, what sex they are and more importantly, if we are going to get one.
Enjoy this amazing (ly bad) video- please don't laugh too much about the doggy bone thing at the end, weirdos.
p.s. I couldn't embed the video for some reason so just click on the link.
With how many little puppies? Well the easy answer is they don't know. Well the real answer is may be 4. Why such a hard answer to a potentially easy question? I don't really know.
Considering the pups will be born in 2 weeks, you would think a simple X-ray/scan (whatever they do) would be able to show up some clear things. Apparently not.
So why am I not jumping for joy? Well I am a little. But I have to be a realist. We have been waiting a long time for a dog, well why you might ask? The answer is in the breed.
You see, we want a Bernese Mountain dog. For those who don't know what that is, then check out the incredibly shite video about the breed below. The important part is the cheesy comment from the slightly eighties woman about half way through (something about adoption).
Lets just say if 4 are born, are healthy and all the works, that is half of it. We are amongst 2 others that want one (well 'promised' one). These people both want females, wherease we don't really mind. I mean the males can be pretty big, and by big I mean big, I'm not kidding. The bigger boys can be 60 kg, so yes, the same weight as me.
Also, the kennel wants to keep a female. The markings on these other dogs apparently have to be perfect as they want to show them (at dog shows, not randomly), whereas we are 100% not interested in all that pageants for dogs stuff. Ah yes, what I forgot to mention, was the waiting list for this breeder is up to 20 people including us, so to make the top 3 is a result, but the odds are not in our favour.
So fingers crossed the pups are healthy and indeed the right number as to please everyone. Male or female, we don't mind. We also don't mind if the markings are not perfect (for god sake)- it's a dog, not a model.
With slight optimism, we have realisitic pessimism. Our fingers are crossed and we should know within a few weeks, at least how many they have, what sex they are and more importantly, if we are going to get one.
Enjoy this amazing (ly bad) video- please don't laugh too much about the doggy bone thing at the end, weirdos.
p.s. I couldn't embed the video for some reason so just click on the link.
