It is likely we are not pregnant.

 Lilly does not seem to have taken in our accidental pairing. We have no evidense of anything going on in there and we are nearing the due date. So, as far as we can tell, there will be no puppies in February. This is not a sad thing. We really were never happy about Rocky making the effort to break out of his segregation, absolutely not happy about him finding Lucy all ready to go. Had there been puppies we would have happily accepted them into our lives, but it is better there are none. 

Nobody should be having children back to back like that, it is too hard on Mothers.

So until we find out differently (there might be a singleton litter) we are calling off the panic. Lucy is scheduled for pairing normally on her next season and we are really looking forward to this happening. Pixie will be in line for the Fall litter. There willl most certainly be puppies in our future.

But not so soon. 

Accidents Happening

 We have been fighting our tangle of hounds' animal urges for about a week, though it seemed longer somehow. Lilly went into season almost immediately following the delivery of the last puppy from the Snack Cakes Litter to her family and our boys have been impossible ever since then.

Figuring out what was happening right away is one of the things we really work at. There's a schedule and a plan in place to make things seemingly easier. So as soon as we spotted Lilly "spotting" we sequestered our boys to keep nature from taking its course. We have three spaces for dogs to be, other than running free around the Farm.

We have the big Dog House, this features a ten by three foot heated bed, smart squirrel T.V., and its own small yard. There's the House and Farm, the dog's preferred place. And there is a large enclosure tied to the west end of the house which is fenced and has a small heated dog house. All of the spaces are heated and comfortable, but we are still working toward building more permanent solutions because things are not as tightly controlled as they have always seemed. 

Rocky is a strong boy. He was able to push through the double locked gate where he found Lilly, who wasn't opposed to anything Rocky wanted to do. The bottom line is that we will be having puppies in February. Nobody is happy about his because of the timing and closness of two litters. But one doesn't look gift horses in their mouths or question God's planning. We always look forward to puppies no matter what or when. But we have our preferences. . .

More news as we find it.
There is good early information on our Reservations Page  (https://rocketdogbassets.blogspot.com/p/reservations-for-future-litters.html), but you can call Ann for any questions. 

The Wait List for this litter is open. Just send me a message using the email widget on the left side of this page (phones won't see the widget so use CreeksideFarmOregon@gmail.com to contact us). We will keep you informed. 

The Snackies are all with their new families.

Breeding puppies is a labor of love. But this doesn't change the apparent fact that it is also simply a lot of labor too. This past five months gave us two wonderful batches of Basset pups to love, the proceeds enough to pay the bills too. But having finished we are in for a long Winter's nap. 

There will be another litter in Spring. god willing. Please feel free to join in our Wait List should you wish to be kept up on the changes. But for now we will spend the week putting our house right and returning things to normalcy. We have eight Bassets here, there's plenty to do.