Princess Sparkle...

[Kembe]

Congratulations! ✨Sparkle 🌟- GRAND CHAMPION! 💐 🎉 ⭐️

[tanza]

@jengosmonkey - Congrats! Nice picture of Sparkle and in fromt is Jeff with our Joy. Joy is also a new Grand Champion, she needed one point to finish and got that on Thursday.

[elbrant]

YAY!!! WTG Princess Sparkle! :smiling_face_with_heart-eyes: How awesome!

[JENGOSMonkey]

We received Sparkle's official GCH photo from Santa Barbara and I forgot to post it. Here it is...

[Kembe]

@jengosmonkey
Wow! She is Gorgeous ! Absolutely STUNNING!🥰🐾✨

[JKent]

Congratulations!

[tanza]

@jengosmonkey - She looks wonderful, congrats!

[JENGOSMonkey]

Sparkle Barkle has a ton of nick names... Newest is... "Easy Bake."

[tanza]

@jengosmonkey - Hmmm... baking puppies? LOL I think so...

[JENGOSMonkey]

@tanza Look at the other show pic above. Before... after. 🤣

[tanza]

@jengosmonkey - Well either that or you are way over feeding her... LOL!

[JENGOSMonkey]

@tanza She's up three pounds. Waist is 21"... if you call that a waist anymore. I'm SO excited! Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. @DonC hanging on to cardboard boxes at this point. Jengo's provided me with such the adventure. So grateful to have found him.

[elbrant]

@jengosmonkey said in Princess Sparkle...:

Newest is... "Easy Bake."

I thought you had avoided breeding her this time.... guess not! Congrats Gramps!

[Zande]

Who is Daddy ? She looks in blooming condition !

[JENGOSMonkey]

@zande Logan Balogan. Both big mammas (Grand Mothers) are tris. Really hoping we get a few. We’ll see…

[Zande]

@jengosmonkey I wondered cos I thought Stella had intended another boy. This should be great fun and you have a second participating parent in the house as well. Some of my boys have almost taken over the litters and been wonderful teachers. I'm sure Logan will be too, once Sparkle lets him take his turn !

This is so exciting. Good luck !

[JENGOSMonkey]

@elbrant said in Princess Sparkle...:

@jengosmonkey said in Princess Sparkle...:

Newest is... "Easy Bake."

I thought you had avoided breeding her this time.... guess not! Congrats Gramps!

We did avoid it back in May, but Stella decided this was a good time. It's been really fun being able to work with her and play a small role in her breeding program. Like riding the coat tail of a giant. Just love working with her. 🥰

[JENGOSMonkey]

Sparkle Barkle Easy Bake is getting BIG! X-Ray on Wednesday. She’s all over the map. Happy, grouchy, tired, and hungry. Think we have everything ready. Christmas puppies on the horizon. So excited. Hoping for four tris and two red and whites. I’ll settle for healthy puppies and a happy momma. It’s gonna be a bit of mayhem, but I’m so looking forward to it. I get to experience a pack of Basenjis. How cool is that! I can’t think of a better Christmas!

Showing the Loganator in January isn’t gonna happen, dang it, but I’m gonna be busy with a pack o puppies with mouths full of needle daggers chewin up all my best stuff, and me! CAN’T WAIT!

I have a great mentor, a great friend and a great coach. Don’t do this without all three.

[JENGOSMonkey]

I asked Princess Sparkle if she would be offended if I posted a boudoir photo. She said she didn’t care as long as I gave her more cookies. Seems she’s hungry all the time now. Can a pregnant Basenji have pickles and ice cream? Anyway here’s my goddess…

[Zande]

Not sure about the pickles but ice cream, why not ? Mine love my home-made ones.
Main thing is, once the Princess has actually given birth, she is going to need help feeding them ! Which means, in my book, increasing her to 3 or even 4 meals a day, nothing too large at once but a supply of calories throughout the day. You don't want to start it too early, but once the litter is on the ground the last thing you need is for the Princess to go downhill. So up the number of meals, not the size of each one !
This is all so exciting !