Large Munsterlander Litter Planned for the Summer!

Trio (Seahaven Borrowed Heaven) & Alfie (Raycris Quite the Charmer)

After a lot of thought and consideration we decided to go ahead and mate Trio!  As her season was so late and we knew that she could go even longer until the next season we thought that it was time to have another litter.  This did make planning this slightly problematic, as we were planning on having her eyes tested when we go The National Dog Show in May as she was due a eye test.  Thankfully there was a clinic being held in Swansea yesterday and we hoped that we could get an early appointment, however as it was Easter we couldn't get hold of the clinic to make an appointment.  Thankfully Mr Cormie was very accommodating and fitted us in at short notice, this would enable us to have the test and then travel north to Alfie.

The day didn't start well with us planning on arriving in Swansea early to at least be available if the clinic was running ahead of time and have the eye drops in.  We managed to set of at a decent time but after ten miles realised that I'd left my purse at home!  So a quick return which initially delayed us by half an hour, the traffic was dreadful as the rain was creating a lot of spray on the road and visibility was poor. We arrived at the clinic as Mr Cormie arrived and he put drops into Trio's eyes straight away so that he could test her as soon as he had set up.  As she was in season we left her in the car until the last minute, when we did go in it was a German convention!  A LM, two Schnauzers, and a Doberman!  Thankfully all was well and she got a A1 pass!!

We were all set to travel up to meet with Alfie!  Just over four hours later we arrived in Rotherham, Lynn had kindly agreed to meet us there to save us travelling another hour to her house.  A quick cup of tea and a catch up with Lynn, Christine and Ray and then down to business. 

Alfie was a complete gentleman, and after a little bit of coaxing got down to business.  Trio wasn't the usual wanton hussy and took some persuasion! However we did have a successful mating and a good tie of 20 minutes.

After travelling all the way up it was then time to travel home, and finally arrived home in the early hours of Thursday.  We did have a bit if fun (only word for it!) on the M43 at Birmingham trying to get on the M5, we passed the sign for Shirley more times than I'd have liked!  We even managed to very nearly visit Lucy's old house just off the A45, how the satnav sent us there I'll never know!  Over 10 hours of driving and over 600 miles, we certainly travel for the best.

Now it's time to wait and see if we have the patter of paws at the end of June!