Isabell's pregnancy has gone extremely well and she's looking fabulous. She's into her last week now so puppies should be coming very soon. Enjoy the following pics of her playing with a feather yesterday, but of course she still needs her tummy rubbed :)!
What We're Hoping For...
One thing we're particularly excited about is the genetics behind this breeding. As you can see Isabell is a black and cream, but has a bit of brown shading on her ears most likely inherited from Jenna her mother. When Isabell was young she also had a few little patches of white on her chest indicating she may be carrying for the piebald gene, again something she would have gotten from Jenna who is a dilute piebald. From my readings on various sites piebald is a dominant gene and the sire of her pups, George, is a full piebald. We have our fingers crossed for about half or more of the litter to be a variety of pie's, likely black pie, potentially brown pie, and maybe even a cream pie! The other half we are anticipating beautiful and classic black and creams. As always though who knows until they're here.
