2006

Dezember 30, 2006
For the last time this year Mum and I have visited our Ula, her children and our breeders. Today we have been there for a very song time, since we drove off already in the morning. As always we have spent a great day, have had delicious lunch and enjoyed the time. Our friend Ivana also came over with her two sons, and so we could see her again after quite a time.

Ula's children are total sweet little babies, they walk around already and start to play with each other. Ula herself will tell you about all the other things around the puppies.

Well, and there is a big surprise: my big brother Hopi (Ch. Family Song's HOPKIRKLACHESIS) spends one week vaccation here and drove back home with us right away. Es was a bit surprised to see that so many dogs are running around here - big ones and small ones - but he will get used to that rather soon. All of them gave him a big welcome and wanted to play with him, but that was not what Hopi wanted to do on the very first evening. When all the others were off to bed, Mum started to download the photos from the camera and Hopi and I went to bed besides her. Of course the first vacation pics of Hopi are already available.

Next Sunday Hopi will go back home again - of course together with us, when we are visiting our dear family again.

Now we wish all our friends and families a good slide into the New Year as well as healthiness, luck and success in 2007. We look forward to meet you here again soon.

All the best - Voodoo & Family

Dezember 25, 2006
Time had come again: we went to Ula, her kids and our breeders, and as always it was a rapturous welcome. Before lunch the Christmas presents for our breeders were handed over: there was a calendar with monthly photos from Ula and myself and two big coffee cups, with a photo each from Ula and myself. The calendar was hang up immediately and Iveta had her tea out of the cup with my picture. As always we spent a very pleasant afternoon with Iveta and her family.

Of course lots of pictures have been taken from Ula's children - what else could have been. I don't blab out more, because the proud mother also says some words about our visit. So come and visit Ula, if you want to know more and see the latest puppy photos.

Oh well, we meet again here latest in a week, because then Mum and I drive of course again to our Ula and our breeders.

Dezember 24, 2006
We wish all our friends all the best for these festivity days!

our Season Greetings

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Dezember 16, 2006
One week has passed and full of joyful anticipation we - Mum and I - have visited our Ula and her children. The welcome of Ula was again totally tempestuous and Mum was of course accordingly happy. There was an excellent lunch for Mom and we spent an utmost comfortable afternoon wit Iveta, Jozef, Ondrej, Martin and the dogs. Once again unforgettable nice hours which passed much too fast.

Ula's children have gained much weight in this week and developed nicely. Of course there were taken pictures which can be admired in the puppy album.

Lots of thanks for the wonderful hospitality! We look already forward with delight to travel to our dear friends at Christmas, and will then see Ula's children with their eyes opened and again a bit bigger.

Dezember 10, 2006
Today Mum and I have a long last visited our Ula. That was a real joy! Ula was all excited - less with me, but with Mum - she really kissed her all over. And then she proudly showed Mum her babies. I was not allowed to go there, I could only see them from a distance. I can't imagine at all that I have also once been that tiny. They are such tiny little doggies. But take a look yourself, there have been taken lots of fotos and some of them are now in the album of Ula's puppies.

Saying good bye was not that easy for Mum, but next Saturday we drive again to visit our girl and she will get through that; I will help her.

So in a week there will be some other news. Till then!

December 8, 2006
Our sweet little Ula has made it:
On December 6, her puppies were born: 3 boys hairless, 2 girls hairless and 1 girl powderpuff. She is a real great mother - as if she has never done anything else. We all are mighty proud of our girl. Many thanks to Iveta and Ondrej, that they kept us informed about the whelping via SMS! With these puppies Ula has made a gorgeous Christmas present to our breeders.

Congratulations to the kennel Family Song's for some more very promising offspring, and congratulation to Gondy that he has turned to be dad of lovely small Chinese.

The first photos of the kids can be seen via the page of the parents Ula & Gondy.

December 3, 2006
Since Ula is with our breeder to be prepared for her litter, it is calmer here. She is missed very much by all of us. I am really not in the mood to play and preferable sleep all day long, and - if possible - on Mum's lab or behind her on the chair.

A pleasure for all of us: Ula did NOT turn to be sick. So it was good that we brought her out of the house immediately after the first ones had started with the Laryngitis. We are incidentally all healthy again; besides Gizmo, Whoopy, Zabou and Courage all had been laid low - me too.

And of course Mum is asking about Ula frequently. We only hear good things: she is eating good, she is sleeping in the bed with Iveta and Jozef and she sees to get spoilt continuously by Jozef. Since last weekend the puppies can be felt and they shall be very lively, as we heard today. Some more days Ula has to get through that, but by end of this week the puppies should be born. We continue to have fingers crossed that everything will work fine and that Ula will whelp strong, healthy puppies.

November 21, 2006
Yesterday Mom had to make new arrangements, totally unexpected, and bring Ula over to her breeders immediately:
In the evening our family member Frizzante was "coughing" and was brought to a vet. Diagnosis: laryngitis. Frizzy got a vaccination and some tablets. And because he is always togehter with dear Oh-Lala, there were also given tablets for her. This was good, because when Frizzy came back home from the vet, she was also coughing. Before we drove off, two other family members began: Amaretto and Armagnac, Gizmo's children.

Immediately Ula's most important things were packed, Slovakia was phoned and off we went for the trip. Meeting place was the clinic of our vet in Ivanka, where Mom was provided with more tablets for all the other ones here at home, in case we all would get infected. There was a cold comfort for Mom: one of the three girls of our vet has also caught the laryngitis, and so we know that this virus is going around and that we are not the only ones.

As we were already in the vet's clinic we had another ultrasound done with Ula and everything is ok with her children. This was of course something thrilling for all.
Then the trip for Ula continued to our kennel, where she will now stay until her expected children are old enough to get along without her. Ula was happy to meet all the family. And because she did not have her dinner because of the overhasty departure, she got a great portion of chicken, and one could hear that she liked it.
Ula also has our joint bed with her, toys and her travel bag, and therewith things with her, which smell like at home. She will like this. And as we got to know today, she spent her first night in the bed with Jozef, the head of the household. ;-)

Much too fast time had come to say good-bye, and Mom really had to take care that she did not start crying. Well, she still has me, her little Voodoo, and I can see to get spoilt very much.

This was a sad surprise for all of as, since Ula would have still stayed here at home for a couple of more days. But the hope, that she is not yet infected and the worry about her health and the health of her expected puppies, did not give another choice. The sad it is that Ula will now not be here for quite a time, the good we know that she is in the very best hands with Iveta and her family. Until the puppies are born the risk of an infection will be gone, and then we can visit the girl. But for the time being fingers are tightly crossed that Ula remains healthy and that soon she is giving birth to her babies without any problems!

When we had arrived at home, another family member had started to cough: little Absinth, Gizmo's daughter. Luckily Mom has got enough tablets and so could begin with the treatment of the three Yorkies immediately. Oh-Lala got a vaccination today because despite the tablets her coughing did not turn to be better since yesterday; Frizzy nearly does not cough anymore and this is a small bright spot on the horizon. Anyway, all of us are now having Ecchinacea for strengthening of our immune system. Hopefully the nightmare is over soon and the still remaining healthy family members are not infected!

November 19, 2006
Ula can now absolutely not hide that she is pregnant. The sixth week is over and soon she will have her puppies. Today in a week we are going to drive to our breeders Iveta and Ondrej, and will leave Ula there with a heavy heart and lots of tears in the eyes, so that she can raise her children in our kennel.
In the page Ula and Gondy there are some photos of today, where one can easily see that it won't be very long for Ula.

November 7, 2006
There is a new site in our homepage:
From the owners of Gondolier today Mom has received lots of photos which have been taken at the occasion of the mating. Therefore, today a site for Ula and Gondy has been put up.
Lots of thanks to Lada, that she took the time and effort to e-mail these many pictures!

Mom and Lada have already talked much via e-mail. Now both of them hope that sometime they get to meet each other personally. Well, maybe there is a chance when Ula has her puppies ...........

A link to the kennel Al Shraifi, where Gondy lives, has also been placed in our link page.

November 3, 2006
Today we have great news:
Yesterday we (Mom and I) have been at the ultrasounds with Ula ...... and there we could see that the trip to Gondolier was successful and that she is going to have puppies. Everyone is totally excited and they are happy. Crossing fingers has helped and beginning of December there will be puppies in the kennel were both of us were born.

Tomorrow once again we are going to Slovakia to our vet, and we are going to meet our breeders there, so that Mom can discuss the time when Ula will be brought to our home country to whelp and to raise the expected puppies. I really don't want to think about that, because I will really miss Ula; the time while she will not be here hopefully won't be too long. And ...... we will spend Christmas and New Year without Ula ...... That's sad, but luckily her heard Mom say that we are going to visit Ula every week.

Latest after birth of Ula's children you will find news again here.

October 10, 2006
Yesterday evening we brought Ula back home. We met our breeders, who had just directly come back from Czech from the stud, at our vet. We were so much delighted!
Ula still smells quite interesting and I am after her, which I should not do, so Mom separates us, which does not bother Ula, but I don't like it.
Now it is meant to have fingers tightly crossed that the long travel was worthwile and that Ula has gives birth to healthy puppies after Gondolier.

October 5, 2006
Once again there are great news from here:
When last week we have met our breeder, she asked Mom, if she would agree that Ula was bred in her next season, so that she could be in the show ring again next year. But we had absolutely no idea about Ula's "rhythm", because from the former owner our breeder Iveta had not got any information, but Ula, was highly false pregnant when she had come here.
Mom did not have anything against the idea of Iveta.

Ula seems to have listened to that conversation, see - she came into season last week Thursday. A perfect timing, also concerning the health check of Ula, because just on this day another vaccination of Zabou's kids was due and therefore that was working at the same time for Mom at the occasion of her date in the Vet. University in Vienna.
Immediately after the health check (Ula is healthy) Iveta was informed and it was arranged that on October 4, Ula would be brought to our breeders, so that she could leave on Friday, namely tomorrow, to Czech to the chosen stud and spend the weekend with him.

Mom then looked at the chosen stud for Ula in the Internet and said, that he is rather beautiful. I am a little bit jealous, because for me it is not ok, that my best friend travels to another beautiful boy and leaves me alone for some days. But Mom is right .......... he is a pretty boy, this Gondolier (that's his name).

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This one week passed rather quickly and suddenly all the most important things for Ula were packed: food, toys, treats, copy of the pedigree, vaccination passport, collar and lead, rain coat, house coats in case it gets even more cold, and the great comfortable travelling bag, which has been bought only for us. The house coats were specially sewed from Mom last weekend, so that our girl looks neat in case she needs these suits.

Yesterday evening we drove again to Slovakia and met Iveta and Ondrej at our vet. Time was flying very fast and soon Ula went home with Iveta and Ondrej and I with Mom.

So tomorrow Ula travels to Czech and will spend the weekend with CH. Sasquehanna GONDOLIER (Champion of Czech and Cyprus, Youth Champion of Czech, father of 31 children until now). On Monday we are going to pick up Ula again, and I really look forward to that, as I dearly miss her and so does Mom.

Fingers are tightly crossed that everything works find and that in two months healthy and sweet Chinese Crested are born out of this very promising combination. And we wish Iveta and Ondrej a safe trip and that all of them arrive healthy and happy at home, where we will meet them on Monday. So then, till soon - Voodoo