No, I’m not keeping two puppies. 
The pet home that I was hoping would love to have Lucy never contacted me back despite multiple attempts and messages. She was never “out of the running” as a show-quality puppy, but up until this point this home had been very good about communicating with me and they seemed wonderful, so I really wanted to be able to place a puppy with them. I honestly don’t care that they changed their mind or got a puppy elsewhere, but I do sincerely wish that they would at least have let me know about it rather than leave me hanging for days wondering whether she had a home or not. Regardless, that’s neither here nor there. So once it seemed that I didn’t have a pet home waiting for her, we looked at her again for show and the consensus was that she really has quite a bit to offer.
Mandy discussed it with Keith and Jo, who own Pilot’s beautiful sister Clem, and they are going to own and show Lucy. She flies out next week to Spokane!
If you’re keeping track, that does indeed mean that 7 of the 9 puppies are in show homes. It feels a little crazy to say that, and I certainly never expected or planned for it! I feel *extremely* lucky that there was such a good amount of quality in the litter AND that I had so many people (and friends) who were interested in showing one of these babies. Now I just keep fingers and toes crossed and bite nails that they all turn out well!
#1 by penni on September 10, 2009 - 4:38 pm
Jeri, that was a flat-out lovely litter. Lizzie and Pilot were a beautiful blend. I expect you’ll have great health results as well. Good for you and good for our breed!
#2 by Holly on September 10, 2009 - 7:19 pm
Jeri- your success with your first litter is what many of us breeders work so hard for. Kudos to you!!
#3 by C-Myste on September 10, 2009 - 9:40 pm
You did kind of get a head start over the 15 years of hard knocks Mandy and I put in
(And that was just in Cardigans)
#4 by Lybertygirl on September 10, 2009 - 10:42 pm
WOW that is amazing – Hope I can find show homes for any worhtwhile pups in Kate’s litter! But then again, I’d settle for great pet homes too.
#5 by Patti on September 10, 2009 - 11:24 pm
Wow! That’s great that you were able to place so much of Lizzie & Pilot’s litter in show quality homes. Thank you so very, very much for letting us have Harmony as a pet. We are very lucky to have such a beautiful, sweet and smart little girl.
#6 by daveandjeri on September 10, 2009 - 8:27 pm
Years of hard work on the parts of other people is what made it possible…with a good dash of luck thrown in. I’m thinking I should never breed again! LOL
#7 by Keith & Jo on September 10, 2009 - 11:45 pm
It was a wonderful litter. We are both very excited and pleased about Lucy coming to live with us! We are counting the days until we finally get to meet her. Thank you so much!
#8 by Traci on September 11, 2009 - 12:57 am
So is Lucy going to stay Lucy – or will she get a new name? Is her registered name decided on yet? (I’m a name obsesser, I know..)
VERY exciting! 
I’m so happy that so many puppies are in places where we can watch them grow up on the internet…
Congrats to Keith and Jo on getting one of these amazing babies…
#9 by Keith & Jo on September 11, 2009 - 3:19 am
Both Jo and I feel that Lucy is a great name for her. Very fitting a Corgi with a Pilot-like attitude, but hopefully not Pilots skill at flying from tables, need to watch for that.
We have a few registered names under consideration, but are sorta waiting for Lucy to tell us which fits her. We do feel very blessed to be recieving one of these wonderful pups, a truly outstanding litter, poor Clem, Lizzie and Pilot set some very high standards.
#10 by Le'o on September 11, 2009 - 8:21 pm
I know from Kayla’s litter it was disappointing when 2 people backed out at the last minute. I at least got a written word on the subject but it was difficult nonetheless.
I learned there is wisdom in taking deposits. If I had had to back out I would have refunded the money but it’s a lot of work raising a litter properly especially after 9 or 10 weeks of age when they need so much outside socialization experience. The deposits went to puppy kindergarten and that helped a lot to make them good boys and girls for the families that did come along.
And it sounds like in the end it sounds like you’re as happy as I am in how it turned out with who ended up with who.
#11 by Joanna on September 13, 2009 - 3:49 am
Look at you all up in the PHP!
In Safari (Mac) it needs like five more pixels over on the left margin; your text boxes are bleeding into nowhere land. I can read all the text but the borders are gone.
Ummm… yep, same deal in Firefox (mac). I’m not going to turn on the devil box (PC) because, let’s face it, I just don’t love you enough.
#12 by admin on September 13, 2009 - 7:40 am
Hmm, my Firefox/mac looks fine. *scratches head* Maybe try clicking the button in the top right that looks like “<>” and see if that fixes it for you?
#13 by Joanna on September 13, 2009 - 3:51 pm
I went and started up the devil box because I decided that I really DID love you.
The first time the site loads, it’s too far left. Once I click the resize button and click it back, it looks OK – but when I refresh the site it opens left and then bounces to its normal position. Want me to take screenshots? Once I’ve invoked the resize and it’s cached the look is pretty seamless, but the first opening is wonky in (so far) firefox, safari, and opera.
I am grooving on the magically appearing quote and reply buttons.