I am sad to inform my readers that there are no puppies! She was late in delivering them so we took her to the vet, only to find that she had a false pregnancy. I had never considered that she would be a candidate for this as she is six years old and never had before.  She had so many of the symptoms of pregnancy as the hormones in the body tell them that that is so. . . I guess some females even go into labor, make a nest and produce milk! They can even be a perfect mom for orphaned puppies.

So we were in shock here for a few days after being so ready; sad, even mourning  and even mad and angry which are typical emotions for mourning I guess. We might try again later this year as soon as possible. I still think that Allison has a lot to offer to the breed, and our Vet has given us the go ahead while Ally is six years old. Perhaps as my son’s fiancee says, that it was just a dry run and her body is now ready for the real thing! Here’s hoping!

In the meantime, we will get back to sheep herding next week and possibly even have a competition next weekend.

Here is Ally at around 8 wks. old. Every morning she would get up with my husband at 5 am. and would start gathering up anything that was loose. She would have a full herd of stuff by the time I got up. Usually she would wake me actually by getting her last hard to handle items–the toilet brush and toilet plunger!

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