Casey and Ginger

On Friday, Casey was ready to be mated, so I drove up to Ostend to help our Falco do his first mating. After trying for a while, we inseminated Casey because although Falco wanted to cover her, he didn't finish the job. Martine would repeat it two days later and then we could only hope it would be enough. On Fridayafternoon, Martine left for a whole weekend agility competitions with Falco, Bruce and Phoenix, Casey stayed at home. When she got back and Falco went outside with Casey, he immediately mated her. Martine was very happy and when I heard the news I was to of course!
The mating has been repeated on Tuesday and on Thursday, we should be expecting chocolate and chocolate merle puppies around the 20th of August

We've started to draw blood from Ginger on Thursday, to see when she would be ready to be mated so we wouldn't have to drive all the way up to Laakdal for nothing. We got the results back at the evening and it needed to be repeated two days later. We went back on Saturday and she was almost ready for it, we've decided to drive to Daisy's on Sunday, since we already were halfway up there on a family visit anyway so. When we got there and Ginger saw Zion, she immediately growled at him, we've tried a couple of times but it was useless, she didn't want him near her. We drove back home and would come back on Tuesday.
When I went back that morning, everything looked totally different from the moment Ginger saw Zion, she totally fell in love LOL. After having played for an hour, Zion finally mated her! Daisy and I were both very happy of course! This litter is also expected around the 20th of August. We're very excited!
Here is a lovely photo of the handsome Zion, Illusion in Red From Borders Paradise: