Happy new year!

The year 2009 is over and I am sitting next to the whelping box writing, while I constantly watch over Bliss and her puppies. In the next room Frida is sleeping with her puppies. So peaceful.

This year has been very very busy since we startet the pension for dogs and cats. All work with the pension has been done in addition to our ordinary jobs and taking care of own dogs. In 2010 I will have to make a change in my working situation. We got a new breed this year thanks to the pension, two volpino italiano females stayed in pension for a very long period and we decided to keep them when we got the offer.

The dogs have had great success in shows. The top memory is Ciachi winning best male in the Sweedish specialty and Bliss second best female, only beaten by her most beautiful half sister which is also a daughter of our Cachemire. The same thing has happend in Norje Boke before, Ciachi best male, Bonnie 2nd best female only beaten by her half sister!

I made a debut in the showring with a volpino! What a difference there is, showing pyrs and volpinos... Qyriah startet her first shows ever and gained two CAC in 3 shows. A wish for 2010 is to get Qyriah her champion title, but first she is expecting her first litter!

Ciachi came home from his stud stay in Belgium and he has got beautiful offspring in France, Belgium and Switzerland and I am so proud that so many breeders in Europe has kept and bought his offspring for future breeding. On my visit in Belgium I was so lucky to see some of his offspring. Yesterday he became father again to the 8 puppies of Bliss, they all have the markings of their father! Two puppies were lost, there was a total of 10 puppies like I expected! These puppies are line bred my foundation female Jolie (Ch Sayot's Jaunty Japonica) who had the beautiful dark blaireau markings. We sadly lost Jolie in the beginning of the year, she was 11 years old and healthy all her life. Inloc Kaptain in Jolie's pedigree had the most beautiful markings and I obviosly managed to double the gene.

In March Cristal had her puppies from the beautiful French import Clermont da Serra do Mar. Only 5 puppies in our J-litter, but very beautiful heads! It was again a very sad day when Jolene passed away only 6 months old, I will never forget her.

Later in 2010 we also plan to breed the beautiful Belgian princess Gavarnie, that is if she comes to heat in the spring, I want no more winter puppies! Gavarnie is engaged to Ciachi, and later to Igor.

Health results have again been excellent this year as before, all pyr hips A/A and Qyriah eye checked all clear. I hope this continues, at least I will do my best to get excellent health results in my breeding.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The whelping boxes

Bliss and the volpino girls all have the symptoms of pregnancy. First out is Frida expecting the puppies on new years eve, then Bliss a couple of days after and then Qyriah ca 10th of January. Bliss and Ciachi both come from litters of 10 puppies. The volpinos get on average 4 puppies. The pyr whelping box will be placed in my computer room/office/puppies room. Then I have to make two brand new XS whelping boxes for Frida and Qyriah :-)

New years puppies expected

During the last 14 days 5 of my females have come into heat, so this is not an easy time for the males in my kennel. Since the two volpino girls were going to be mated at the same time, I had to cancel the trip to Belgium with Bliss. I took a progesteron test of Bliss, but it was lost somewhere between the vet and the lab. Last time in Belgium I arrived too late in the heat and got no puppies. I decided this time it was better to mate her at home in an environment where she felt safe and relaxed. I think that is a much better option for her first litter. She loves Ciachi and she was mated to him as early as day 8 in the heat. No wonder it was too late last time. I really hope with this combination to preserv some of the rare dark blaireau and arrouye markings in this line. In addition both dogs are very sound in construction and movement, according to specialty judges made for moving in the mountains.

About the volpinos: Frida has been mated to the beautiful Skymningens Igor, and Qyriah is now ready to be mated to the beautiful Hedehuset's Matteo Bonaventura. Big thanks to their owner Laila (kennel Skreppeng) for letting the boys stay here with my girls this very busy week. I look forward to our first volpino puppies in the end of this year.

Planlagte kull /Planned litters

I have been planning to mate both my volpino females this autumn, they are so small and normally gets about 4 puppies so I was thinking about two litters at the same time. Now they have come into heat only 4 days apart. Then Bliss who was going to be remarried to Cantaou in December got the idea "why not three litters at the same time?" and came into heat a month earlier than planned together with the two volpino girls.

To be continued......

Norje Boke 2009

We had a great weekend in Norje Boke participating in the Sweedish specialty show. The judge this year was Dr Guido Massimello. We entered 5 (!) dogs for him, two puppies and three adults. We are very proud that Ciachi for the second time was selected BEST MALE in the specialty and Bliss 2nd BEST FEMALE!

Show results and photos of our dogs can be seen at our homepage http://www.jolijaunter.com/showresults/results2009.htm and the full results at this page http://www.pys.se/NB%20resultat.pdf .

The show was like allways very well organised by PYS - pyreneersällskapet.

Web album from Norje Boke
http://picasaweb.google.no/jolijaunter/NorjeBoke2009?feat=directlink

Harmonie's puppies

Harmonie de Joli Jaunter has got 8 puppies at kennel du Mas de Beauvoison in Belgium. The proud father is the beautiful Begons du Tuc de l'Adosse. Photos can be seen at the breeder's homepage: http://users.skynet.be/fb338852/masdebeauvoisin/Chiots.htm

Show debut

The puppies of the J-litter had their show debut yesterday in Moss. The judge was pyr specialty judge Elina Haapaniemi from Finland. Best of breed was Jolene de Joli Jaunter and Best of Opposite Sex was Johny Montagne de Joli Jaunter. They are 4 months old.

Bliss did not have any puppies, but her sister Harmonie has got 8 puppies! The puppies are born at kennel du Mas de Beauvoisin in Belgium. The father is the beautiful Begons du Tuc de l'Adosse.

Ingen valper denne gang

Bliss var til ultralyd idag og vi fant ikke en eneste valp. Det var ikke helt uventet da progesterontesten vi tok i Belgia viste at det var i siste liten, jeg skulle reist to dager før.

Bliss blir parret på nytt på neste løpetid. Om det blir med Cantaou eller en annen hannhund får vi tenke på i mellomtiden. Det er litt i lengste laget å kjøre tur retur Belgia for en parring. Det ser ut til at Bliss sin søster Harmonie som bor i Belgia har blitt drektig, hun ble parret en uke før Bliss med Begons.

I mellomtiden venter vi på at de to snertne volpino damene Frida og Qyriah skal få løpetid!

Utstilling i Sandefjord

Utstillingen i Sandefjord var flyttet fra januar til juni, og det håper jeg de fortsetter med. Det var nå utendørs på flott gressbane med store ringer. Et drømmevær gjorde det til en ren fornøyelse å være der, for det ble en lang dag. Havanne var alene som valp og ble BIR. Icibelle var også alene som voksen py og fikk excellent med tilhørende cert og best i rasen. I gruppefinalen ble det meget hektisk for de kjørte gr 2 valp først og deretter rett på gr 2 voksen. Jeg rakk ikke forhåndsgranskningen med Icibelle for da var jeg inne i ringen med Havanne. Havanne ble plassert som nr 4 i gruppa!

Trip to Belgium

Neste uke reiser Bliss og jeg til Belgia med to viktige formål: parre Bliss og hente hjem Ciachi.

Planlagt parring:
Ch Cantaou du Tuc de l'Adosse
Ch Histoire d'Amour de Joli Jaunter ("Bliss)


Next week Bliss and I are going to Belgium for two important purposes:
Mating of Bliss and to take Ciachi with us home.

Mating is planned between:
Male: Ch Cantaou du Tuc de l'Adosse
Female: Ch Histoire d'Amour de Joli Jaunter