Happy birthday Amore!

Amore, aka Mo, turns EIGHT today!!

Mo is the matriarch of our whole breeding program. We got her at the age of 16 months, in whelp, from Urban Doodles in Calgary in June 2009. She was in part my daughter’s ninth birthday present (so now you can figure out how old my daughter will be this spring). From day one she has known she was my daugher’s dog, sleeping in her room, watching over her, keeping an eye on her when we would be out hiking or playing. She is a very maternal, caring and smart dog with a bit of a protective streak, so we could never have prospective puppy families visit before her pups turned six weeks and even then we had to watch her as she didn’t like strangers handling her pups. For all that, the pups from her that we’ve kept as breeders have been calm and pretty laid back (especially Galena!).

Mom gave us 15 pups in four litters, so she was never a big producer, but we loved her anyhow. She is now the family pet and matriarch of the pack. She is sometimes a bit jealous when Galena, Phoenix or Topaz have their pups and acts like she’d like to be the mom, but knows to keep her distance as they other moms don’t want her barging in (for all they accept humans, another dog is more threatening).

Born on Valentine’s Day, our Amore is indeed our love.

Happy eighth birthday Mo!!