MEET THE BREEDS HUGE SUCCESS!!

Here are some pictures of TMY's booth at Meet the Breeds this weekend. I brought Payton, Georgio and Faith with me. We were all exhausted by the time the day was over but we talked to lots of folks and the "kids" got lots of attention.

ANGEL DUE NEXT WEEK- XRAY DONE

Angel's x-ray revealed 3 of Indy's puppies. We will keep you posted as to what she has.

2011 YORKIE CALENDARS FOR SALE

TMY has 2011 yorkie calendars for sale. Each month has pictures of our darling yorkies from over the years. The front of our calendar shows Kelsi, our 13 year old. If you are interested in one of calendars, please email me. You can email off the home page with puppy@ or you can email hollyrn@roadrunner.com.
The calendars are @10.00 plus shipping and handling of 3.50 for a total of 13.50 per calendar.

MEET THE BREEDS

Meet the breeds at Tractor Supply this Sunday 10-4 pm. Come and learn about the different breeds and meet the puppies and dogs. Please do not bring your canine friends. Route One. Scarborough Maine.
TMY plans on being there.

GEORGIO TAKES IT ALL.........

Both Saturday and Sunday in North Conway NH, Georgio took Best of Breed, Best of Winners earning 2 more points. He showed very well and is doing much better on the table. He is good little boy!! and we are proud of him.

GEORGIO WINS IN UNION.

Sugarmaple's Designed with Taylor in Mind made his debut on his 6th month old birthday in Union Maine, winning Best of Breed, Best of Winners and being awarded his first point. Georgio is sweet little guy with lots of leg, neck and loving personality......hopefully our next Champion and a permanent ornament here at TMY. Holly

LUCYS LITTLE GIRL 3.5 WEEKS OLD

Here is our little miracle baby. Lucy delivered via C section on 8/14/10. This baby was the only live pup, the other was dead for some time inutero. She weighed almost 6 oz at birth but quickly started losing weight and not nursing well. She went down to almost 4 oz even with supplementing. In the meantime Lucy lost her milk, and we had to feed glucose, sc fluid her, vitamins etc but finally she turned around. We honestly thought we would lose her so I didnt publish much on here about the situation. Our sleepless nights paid off!!! Now our beautiful little girl weighs one pound and is 3.5 weeks old. She is just adorable with personality and loves all the attention.....something she got lots of during the first few weeks of her life. Enjoy!

PAYTON GETTING READY TO SHOW

FUN IN THE RV WITH GRANDKIDS

Took the grandkids to the waterpark in Fitchburg after the dog show. we had a great weekend.

LUCY BABY GIRL

VEGAS BABY GIRLS

NEW AT TMY

My sincere apologies and thank you to all for emailing me to see what is up here. It has been tremendously busy. Unfortunately I have been swamped and I mean swamped with my regular job. As most know I work from home as a Registered Nurse.
Anyway, inbetween I have been showing. Payton earned single pts in Fitchburg last week and one in Springfield this week. She still needs her 3 pt major to finish her Championship. We are not in a hurry and it will come.
Vegas delivered as you know. Her 2 girls are 5 weeks old now. I do not know where the time went. They are very cute and fat little playful butterballs.
Lucy delivered by C section one single female. This little one had a hard time and for 1.5 weeks we battled to keep her going. She all of a sudden just turned around and finally started gaining weight. she nicely weighed over 5 oz at birth but dropped like a rock daily. Now she is 8.5 oz and I think we may be out of the woods. Thanks to SMVC for helping us consistently with her. I will get pictures soon.
Angel is next in line for delivering around 9/15 then Delia around 10/15. Sierra is being bred this week. All in all we are holding our own. A bit of bad luck with a false pregnancy with Meadow this time around.
feel free to write me or call. I always can use a break and thanks again for being so supportive! Holly

RESULTS OF SHOWS

Payton showed very well all weekend.....but we ended up the Reserve Queen at both the Greenfield Ma and the Keene NH show. It's ok, some judges feel that they should not put puppies up for wins over open dogs........we will get there and just having fun.
Tessa made her debute today in Keene......half way around her tail went up which is great. she was timid on the table but that will come........I was proud of her anyway ...Holly

NEWEST TMY FAMILY MEMBER

Laura Jane Clukey came to visit her "Nana" today at TMY. The barking dogs never phased her.........hmmmmmmm, maybe another show girl in store for TMY!!!

BABY GIRLS

The baby girls are doing great and gaining well..........just wanted to keep everyone up to date.

A COUPLE MORE TESS PICTURES

TESSA

Tessa just turned a year old this month. She is working deligently to make her debut in the show ring. She has an exceptional dark steel blue coat and rich golds, and a soft eye. I think she may do very well. I can't wait to get her out there.

VEGAS DELIVERED 2 GIRLS

Vegas delivered 2 beautiful girls late yesterday, 7/30/10. Both pups weighed 6 1/8 oz and both are doing exceptionally well. They are just beautiful. Sutton is the daddy.

HYPOTHYROIDISM IN DOGS

One of girls that I was growing coat on to show as an adult suddenly gained 3.5 lbs in less than 3 months. Thinking somehow she was bred I had x-rays and took her to a vet. They found nothing. I was told she was fat, put her on a diet and give her exercise. This was back in January. Since that time I did control her eating, walked her and made sure she was getting enough exercise. Her weight now 9.9 lbs ( she used to weigh 6 lbs soaking wet) is affecting her breathing.....she grunts and groans and carrys on. Again concerned because we thought she was coming into season, she bled and swelled just 2 days and poof.....stopped. She has done this twice since January. I took her back to the vets and told him I wanted a thyroid test done.
He felt she had pyo.......she just turned 2 years old in May. Convinced she had an infection I agreed to having other bloodwork done as well. I kept saying she did not have an infection. I was right, no infection and a thyroid level of .3. It should be up over 1.4-3.4 to be normal. The only symptoms was the weight gain, however she does have dark pigment in her skin.
The following are signs and symptoms of hypothyroid.
Lethargy/mental dullness, Hair loss, Weight gain/obesity, Dry hair coat/excessive shedding
Hyperpigmentation of the skin, Cold intolerance, Slow heart rate, High blood cholesterol
Anemia
It is rare to see hypothroidism in toy dogs. With medication she should drop her weight and we should be able to add her to being a mommy her at TMY some day. Hope this helps someone out there.........Holly

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We are pleased to announce the birth of my granddaugher "Laura Jane Clukey" born in the wee morning hours today. She weighs 8 lbs 11 oz and is 22 inches long. Mom, Danielle and baby are doing great. Shane my son is the beaming daddy and Garrett, big brother to Laura Jane (L.J.) is happy as well.