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So in the spirit of occasional posting, here we are four months later almost exactly when we should have adopted our puppy and the next litter has been announced. The parents this time around are a little more diverse and the lineage of each can be traced back on both sides to the great-great-great-grandparents or something like that, what comes out to be like 50 dogs whose genetics are contributing to this litter.

The site says expecting puppies in March of 2010, so that looks like mid-late May before we’re able to adopt. Fairly ideal in terms of timing for socializing etc. but still 5 months away 🙁

The mother, Usarka (Moya) z Gangu Dlugich has a traditional Polish name for a dog. Usarka is the name that the original breeder gave her. Moya is her “common” name or what she would respond to. Gangu Dlugich would be the name of the original kennel she was from. I’m 90% sure that z means of.. or delineates ownership/belonging.

The father is from the UK and is named in a typical fashion of all english-speaking countries: Mybeards Challenge. So basically his name is Challenge and he’s from Mybeards.

I’ve been meaning to do a post on this, but never had the time. Finally had the chance to grab some photos of the guitar. It plays really nice. Nicely balanced sound, not too warm and bassy, but not too tinny. Perhaps I’ll write a more detailed review down the road, for now, you’ll have to settle with just a collage !

(I realized I’ve filed this under ‘toys’, but I’d like to think of this guitar as more than a toy =P)

edit: as yfa pointed out, I did not include a full body shot of the guitar in the collage, this is for the simple reason that, I don’t know where my guitar stand is and so couldn’t prop the guitar up onto anything.

Another friend sent me this cool link – The Fray’s acoustic rendition of Kayne West’s Heartless.

Tim Be Told
Friend sent me link to this Asian (mostly) band, they sound pretty good, nice sound. Yay Asian band!
Apparently they are all Christians but their music is mainstream (i.e. like The Fray).
What TPX could have been!

Time to post again! As you all know, Sam and I have been debating and sleeping on whether or not to get a dog. It has a fairly large effect on lifestyle, and especially the first few months are so important for the puppy’s development. Anyway, we decided that it’s something we want to do and so we’ve sent our deposit along.. I guess we need to wait until it’s guaranteed and stuff before we know for sure, but we’re pretty excited, yet still a bit worried of course with how its going to go.

Here are the parents of the litter, due at the end of August, available to leave around the end of October. Lots of learning to do before then!

The sire, Theodore (a CKC 2008 champion, and currently top PON in Canada as awarded by the CKC):

The dam, Zalie from Domlina (the breeder we’re hoping to get a puppy from):