28-12-2008 and Vaglie is well into her season and she thought it time to be with Mint.

Mint, the to be father, is staying with my other brother Erik and his wife Dora till its safe for him to come home. Kiwi is in season too so we really don’t want any miss matings there.
Dora brought Mint to us and Vaglie was more than delighted to see him. But after a few half hearted attempts at a mating Mint wasn’t really interested anymore. He laid down recovering from the heat while Vaglie kept on pestering him. But he really wasn’t interested in her. He must like the other gender more we decided LOL.

29-12-2009 24 hours later…..
11.40 Dora arrives with Mint for another attempt for a mating. They are greeted by escaped dogs Tree, Rowi, Saki and Vaglie. This time Mint only had eyes for Vaglie and I quickly called the others inside, looked back to the love birds and with in a couple of blinks of the eye Vaglie and Mint mated!!!!
Mint did the deed as if he had done this all his life and in a flash he took his position of turning and standing bottom to bottom with Vaglie until they would unlock.
This is my 7th litter and I can honestly say I never saw such expert action by a stud dog, and this was his first time!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. He sure proved me wrong about my comments the day before.
While sitting with Vaglie and Mint during this successful mating Dora whispered “its all due to the 4 leafed clover Minty”.
????? “What” I asked.
And then Dora tells me this incredible story.
Early morning, and Dora took Tiki and Mint for a walk in the park they usually frequent. While leisurely on their way to her huge surprise Dora sees a 4 leafed clover! She picked it and right away Mint, who never misses a beat, came running up looking as if to say “can I have it???” She looked down to the ground and saw another!!! But at that moment Tiki came rushing up and ate the one on the ground. So she held her precious 4 leafed clover high from Mint when she saw yet another!
Never in my life have I seen a 4 leafed clover and Dora found 3. She couldn’t believe it either. She kindly gave the 4 leafed clover in her hand to hungry Minty who gobbled it up in a rush while she quickly picked the 3rd leaf and put it in her pocket before either boy got wind of it. “That’s for your puppies’ album” she told Minty.

Perhaps we will have to call all the pups “Lucky” …. Lucky1, Lucky2, Lucky3 etc… ;-)

Hmmm You look nice today...


The start of something wonderful... beyond this no one free to take photos :-p


Untill 21 minuts later and the two love birds played and kissed and Vaglie was making happy squeeky noises of delight :-)))