Long Time No Update

It has been quite a while since I updated the blog with things going on. Well there have been a lot of changes since the last post in January 2019. First, my heart and soul dog, Alice, passed away in December 2019 of a sudden cardiac episode. We miss her and her presence every single day. We are looking for things to create a memorial of her and are finding it quite difficult to find just the right thing for her. 

After she passed, I was very sick with coxsackievirus. It is usually something that is spread between children and relatively mild, but when an adult catches it, it can be devastating to their immune system and their body. I lost my voice multiple times, was put on vocal rest multiple times, and ended up needing extensive vocal therapy due to vocal paresis and vagus neuropathy. Those with small children, if you see that your child has a rash on their head, hands, and/or feet, take them to the doctor and quarantine your entire family from others. This virus is highly contagious. 

While I was battling my illness is when the COVID pandemic happened. I have been tested multiple times and have consistently tested negative. Thankfully, none of my immediate family have been severely impacted by COVID. Michael and I are now proudly vaccinated and ready to get back to normal. 

During COVID, we tried to breed Selene using frozen semen from Norway. The breeding failed due to major issues caused by the laboratory in Norway, Sires on Ice Norway. I recommend never using them or their affiliates. As soon as I paid for everything, they stopped communicating until I announced that my girls were due to come in season, then the collection finally took place. They did not inform the stud dog of an issue. They then sent over poor quality and quantity of semen. They sent the semen using a carrier that is notorious for not delivering things on time and the semen arrived with barely enough dry ice to be cold. When I questioned the lab on the quality and quantity of the semen, they lied to me regarding the stud dog’s age. I was promised a buccal swab that would travel with the semen as the AKC requires it for all foreign AI and foreign dogs. We still did the breeding, hoping that it would take, and it didn’t. Our amazing reproductive specialist vet said that the reason for the failure was due to the fact that the laboratory knowingly sent over poor quality semen. I reported the lab to the Norwegian government, requested a refund of the thousands of dollars that I spent, and contacted the parent company. As of today, June 1, 2021, I have yet to hear a response. I had to break the hearts of several families because of this.

Now, I am planning another frozen semen breeding from Sweden and this lab has been amazing. So I have high hopes for two breedings very soon. 

Finally, I am well aware that I am being cyberstalked, and possibly stalked in person. This website and blog are powered by Squarespace and they have excellent analytic tools. This means that I can see the IP address and location of every single person that is on my site. I have used this tool in the past due to people pretending to be puppy buyers but really aren’t. I continue to use the analytics tool in that manner. For those that find it amusing or funny or whatever by stalking somebody, please note that I see you and every single move that you make on my site. Please leave me, my fiancé, and my family alone.