Time Flies

I realize that with the best of intentions I hoped to blog as the Dynamic Dozen grew up and share accolades of their brilliance, successes, and beauty. However, I found that life gets away from me. I find myself now two and a half years later sitting here wondering where the time went.

The beautiful hot pink girl became Scarlet -- Gr CH A'Dell's Gone With The Wind. She is lovingly co-owned by myself, Loraine Hofer (my mom) and great friend and mentor Jane Treiber. Scarlet turned out to be much more than the little 15 oz dynamo she started as. She finished her championship at 14 months of age and then the following weekend won Best In Specialty Show. Her dad was shown that day as well and went Select Dog and First award of merit to his own daughter -- Mission Accomplished -- breed a better dog!

The litter as a whole includes 5 pups that earned their championship by age 2, Best in Sweeps winners, Best in Specialty and Best Opposite in specialty winners and as a result, Essie not only earned her Record of Merit but also was the Top Producing Dam in the US in 2010. Quite an accomplishment for one litter.

Now, here we sit with Scarlet and her newly arrived litter of nine. They do not yet have a nickname but I expect they will gain one. They arrived Monday November 28 and are large and in charge! I will post a few pics of Scarlet before and after babies ... but perhaps not until tomorrow. For now ... someone is crying and would like to be fed! :)

Ready for the next leg of the journey known as Breeder.