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Yesterday, Mom, Monica, Jacques and I drove down to Veneta (near Eugene) to meet our new puppy. There were only two available after selections were made for breeding and showing, which made our choice a little bit easier, but I’ll tell you what — not much! I was overwhelmed by their cuteness, and am probably [...]

Good news! Our little chubbilee is feeling much better after “a series of enemas” (boo) and a few weeks of a special, wet-food diet (yay). No, J and I did not have to administer the enemas ourselves, but frankly, I’m not sure what would have been worse: giving them to her and taking the heat [...]

At last, we have been gifted with some ridiculously cute pictures of Amelie’s litter:

These babies were born 16 July 2007. I can’t imagine trying to pick one of them over the rest. I just hope that somebody in the bunch takes a shine to us when we meet, to make it a little easier!

For the last few weeks, Tuta has been feeling pretty poorly. She’s been on a variety of medicines and is scheduled for an endoscopy/colonoscopy next week to see if we can pinpoint the cause of her symptoms: irritable bowel disease or some form of cancer. Our fingers are crossed for the former. Please cross yours, [...]