I am so excited about our new litter of puppies! When I had to retire Zack as our German shorthaired pointer stud dog, because he had missed several siring attempts four years ago, I was heartbroken. He has been an amazing hunting dog and companion and I really wanted to keep one of his pups to continue his lines. After the natural process failed several times and my investment in transcervical insemination was unsuccessful, I had to face the sad reality that I wouldn’t get to keep one of his pups. He is getting old but just had a fantastic season so I decided to give him one last hail mary try at siring a litter and it worked! Tick just finished whelping 10 puppies!
I received the much-anticipated lab results from the soil samples the health inspector required in preparation for our septic system when he gave the ominous warning that we will have to take our house off the market if the soil lab results come back as unsuitable. I am joyously relieved the deep sample came back as B1, middle of the road, the topsoil came back as C1, a step above acceptable poor soil. I called our septic contractor to celebrate and discuss the next steps but I couldn’t reach him, maybe tomorrow.