Although the breeding had been planned for a while every thing that could go wrong with the breeding seemed to happen. The Reader's Digest version of the story was that Cybil came into heat early, needed to be bred on a Sunday (stud dog in Florida -- Cybil in Arkansas), semen prep kit did not reach the stud dog owner as planned and she had to use an outdated kit, stud dog escaped the fenced in yard prior to collection and when found was overheated, semen arrived and was implanted on Tuesday a couple of days post "optimum" day, etc. Needless to say I was less than optimistic that Cybil would get pregnant.
I guess the good Lord is smiling on me as I have wanted to do this breeding for a long time. Cybil had produced a very nice puppy girl from her last litter that has already done some big winning in her young show career (see blogs about Gloria). I was really anxious to breed Cybil for her last litter to Dickens (Grand Champion Twinroc Santa Paws) -- who is a proven producer of some very nice dogs. His most famous offspring being the beautiful Coco that recently won the Herding Group at the world famous Westminster Dog show.
Here is the pedigree for the litter.
Cybil is due on or around the 28th of March. I am expecting brindle and red puppies. If you are interested in a puppy feel free to email me at mark.clarke@cox.net. At the earliest these puppies would be available to go to their new home some time in June. All pet puppies are sold on a strict spay / neuter contract.
Cybil
Dickens
