• Hip hip hooray for our beautiful Oonah!

    Four years ago today, our beautiful Oonah was born at kennel Amal Hayati in Belgium. I found this kennel sometime in June. I contacted Sven, the breeder, and showed my interest in a female puppy. She was the only one that was not spoken for. After some days I told Sven that I can’t have her as I was close to loosing my job. It hurt a lot but there was nothing to do about it. I continued to follow Oonah on Facebook and I did loose my job. In the end of September, Oonah was still available. I am…

  • Two months long waiting period starts today

    Follow the pregnancy in our pregnancy journal that can be found HERE Oonah met with Chili today and everything went very well. Together they were the kindest and the sweetest couple I could wish for. No hurry, no force, just love them between. And it is fantastic as none of them has done this ever before. They just knew what was the right thing to do. We will let them meet a couple more times during next week just to increase the chance of puppies. Link to the puppies’ pedigree: https://saluki.breedarchive.com/animal/testmating?sire_uuid=13383bed-ca77-437a-b613-da0aa085a166&dam_uuid=661b0357-bb72-464e-8c48-69dba4e7d929

  • “So what are you waiting for? Why don’t you take Oonah to meet with Chili now?” Our 15-year-old asked this morning

    Her questions were followed by a simple answer that Oonah is not ready yet and that she would just get angry at Chili if he tried to do anything at this point. We need to wait until she gets ready. Below is a more facts based explanation of a dogs heat: The canine heat cycle is also called estrous or season and it has four stages: Proestrus. The signs of the first phase are bloody vaginal discharge from your female and somewhat enlarged vulva. This discharge is often bright red coloured. Males will be attracted to your female but she…

  • Still no heat but is it close now?

    7 months and 9 days since the last time Oonah was in heat. The time between the two last heats was 6 months and 10 days. Shouldn’t her next heat be close now I wonder? She is showing many of the signs that it will come soon such as, peeing 6-7 times during our walks instead of just 2-3 times. As soon as she see a dog in a distance she forgets everything called obedience. At the same time, at home, she is more clingy than ever. And the latest behaviour that we can add to the list of signs…

  • Feeling grateful

    I can’t stop feeling grateful for all of you nice people that are showing your interest in Oonah and Chili’s future puppies. All of you that I talked with and that are seriously interested in a puppy from us are so kind, engaged and offer perfect homes. That makes me feel blessed. Thank you very much for your interest and patience! I can’t be 100 % sure when Oonah will get in heat but I so hope that it will be very soon.

  • WAITING PART 2: Possible colours of the little ones

    I know that it is not only me that is waiting for Oonah to get in heat, we are several that are waiting for that to happen. I don’t know what you are doing to get your time to go faster but for me there were some pleasant tasks I could do. One of them was to check which possible colours could Oonah’s and Chili’s puppies get. I will share my findings with you below, but first let me write a link to >>an article<< written by Caroline Coile that explains the basic genetics of saluki colours. It will help…

  • WAITING PART 1: Waiting for the heat to start

    We all wait for something but I must admit that for me the hardest part is all waiting I have in my role as the breeder. It all starts with the decision for a specific litter. Usually the decision for the litter has been taken several months prior to the probable start of the heat which for me means that I will count days and weeks until that probable start of heat is finally here. During this time I am trying to fill my days with something else to think of why it is good to have a lot of…