Did you guess our secret? It’s been so hard to keep this news to ourselves, and we just can’t wait any longer! Our beautiful Peyton, CH Winterberry’s Lightning Strikes Twice, BCAT, FITB, is celebrating!
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Why? Because she has some exciting news!
Peyton is expecting! Peyton is due sometime around the end of June. It’s been five years since we last had puppies, and we are so excited. The veterinarian who did her ultrasound said she thought Peyton was having 5 - 6 puppies.
As the Sire, Beckham, is a rough tri color collie, and Peyton is a tri factored sable, we could have sables or tri colors and they could be roughs or smooths. I’ve always found collie coat inheritance interesting. I wrote about it a long time ago, the post can be found here - A Coat of a Different Color. The post describes all the different types of coat colors and the difference between the smooth and rough varieties. The charts below go into a bit more detail, as they give percentages from different pairings.
Going by these charts, Peyton’s litter could be 50% tri colors and 50% tri factored sables. The litter could also have 50% rough coated puppies and 50% smooth coated puppies. Of course, we just have to wait and see, as genetics don’t always follow the rules. Anyone want to guess how many tris, how many sables, how many roughs, how many smooths and how many males and females? Leave us a comment!
Wonderful! Exciting! Amazing! Too long to wait ... but we have to, don't we ... but all good things come to those who wait, it is said. And this is truly the Best Thing. Happy for you ... and those two gorgeous "parents to be"!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Peyton and Beckham and to the peeps of both of you! This is truly exciting news! BTW, I wouldn't have gotten to eat the entire yummy donut either.
ReplyDeleteI ate the donut and what exciting news. I'm sure we'll hear more and more wonderful updates and the weeks go by. I'm doing a happy dance with you.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. ♥
Congratulations! Looking forward to the progress. ♥
ReplyDeleteWe couldn't possibly guess, but our hope is that everyone is healthy, and that mom has an easy delivery.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That really is big news, congratulations and I can wait to see the puppies.
ReplyDeleteHi hi hi! Ojo here! Congratulations friend! This is exciting news! We wish you a healthy pregnancy and puppy-whelp!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Can’t wait to see pictures of the puppies! How did you find that handsome boy?
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Congratulations, Peyton! We know you are going to make a great mama dog!"
ReplyDeleteOh.My.Dog! How exciting! Congratulations! What wonderful news! I cannot wait to see the pics! Hugs to Mama-to-be Peyton!
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