The good news...

DAY 2

The good news is this is the breeding we would have planned for her, if we had planned it. Henry is linebred Sporting Fields, which is exactly what I wanted to work into our breeding program (and why we got Henry from Debbie in the first place). We had planned to wait until Rini was 2 years old (at least) but we're happy either way if she is pregnant or not.

Here is the litter pedigree: http://thewhippetarchives.net/testmating.php?dam=89668&sire=49889&gens=6

Starting supplements just in case...

DAY 1

We don't know if she'll be pregnant or not, but we're starting to give Rini her folic acid supplement just in case. We feed all of our whippets 3/4 cup Purina ONE dry kibble plus two tablespoons of canned food (usually Alpo Chop House), one omega 3 gelcap, and one vitamin E gelcap, twice per day. Now we're adding folic acid to Rini's food, and trying to add a little extra vitamins such as a little yogurt, some fresh fish, chicken, etc. to her food at most meals.

Uh oh ...

DAY 0

Well, today Rini was accidentally bred to our stud dog, Henry. It was a simple mistake, but of course I flipped out. All of our dogs live in the house and we do not typically crate any dogs, so handling girls in season is complicated. We were watching a movie and had the lights off in the living room. We have two fawn brindle dogs, Chippy who is a girl, and Henry who is a boy.

I was putting Henry outside to go potty, and as normal Derek was stationed at the back door to usher him through. I let Henry out of the bedroom where he was sleeping, sent him through the living room, and asked Derek if he had him. In the meantime, Chippy had gone to Derek because she wanted out, too. He replied that he had Henry, and put Chippy outside. In less than a minute, Henry and Rini were "together" and that's all she wrote. Sigh. They say an "oops litter" happens to the best of them. We'll see what happens. It's day 13 of her season so she is completely, totally fertile today.