Beauty and the Boxer

This is my story in raising a puppy litter from its inception to when they are adopted to their new wonderful families. I will share the ups and downs of dog breeding and puppy raising. I hope it's fun and enjoyable for all the readers. If you are interested in one of the pups or you want to talk puppies, please feel free to leave me a message.

So here's my first post:

My little princess Kuna met with a handsome fellow named Booth on May 10th. The two of them acted like they had known each other for years. The chemistry was instant between them. And although Booth outweighs Kuna by 40 lbs. or more he allowed her to be in charge of everything. Since it was love at first scent we are expecting there to be some gorgeous love puppies out of the two of them.

You have to know these two dogs to truly appreciate the uniqueness of this relationship. Booth is the suave, have-any-girl-he-wants kind of guy, with both muscles and brains. And despite his lover boy ways, he is actually quite the gentleman. He is a AKC registered flashy reverse brindle that weighs 90 lbs. Kuna is a small, delicate female that would do anything for a child. She is also AKC and this will be the second time she is a mommy and will be the last. Miss Kuna gets to keep one of the puppies from the litter to become her new companion. Her current companion, a non-registered Boxer named Max, is getting up in age. He is the rock of the whole family and Kuna is very attached to him. So I decided to breed Kuna one more time for a new family member. We hope for a new man of the house, one that will follow in Max's footsteps and be like him when he grows up. So the fact that Kuna liked Booth was quite the surprise.

So now if you know anything about what the nickname "princess" entails, then you know that it requires that the "princess" must be given constant petting, special diets and prime real estate on the couch AND the bed. So it's only just begun, the princess is officially going to be pampered for the next few months.

Because my girl Kuna is going to be nourishing babies, she is on a very high fat, high protein diet. She gets a decent mid-grade dog food (she gets upset stomach on the high grade dog food) mixed with canned puppy food, cottage cheese every morning and night, as well as a raw egg once a day. Because I had been anticipating her getting pregnant I started her on this diet about a month ago to ensure that she would not be deprived of essential nutrition when the time came.

So, now we wait for the first signs. We have done everything we can and now we just let Mother Nature do her magic.