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On the 22nd of May Rumi gave birth to 12 puppies. It was a marathon and we were all very tired afterwards. The puppies are very lively and healthy with very descent weights from birth on. We are slowly getting into a routine of caring for this huge litter. We feel happy, blessed and exhaustedContinue reading “Puppies are born!”

We have entered the last week of the pregnancy and Rumi is huge. Her belly is hanging like a swimming pool ball under her and she moves like an old dog. Since yesterday her appetite has dropped and her breathing sounds heavy and I really feel with her. Seeing this makes me happy I didContinue reading “Pre birth nerves”

We have another 2 weeks to go before the expected birthdate of the first Flatastic litter. Rumi is not doing much at daytime. It is too hot and she is tired. So we eat and sleep. In the evenings we try to encourage her to walk a bit more to maintain some condition. She isContinue reading “From Ferrari to VW bus..”

Last February everything seemed perfectly normal, apart from the Covid-19 crisis in China. The first unexpected change in our 2020 planning was the fact that Rumi’s sister Phoenix (Flow of Spirits Holly Blue) came into heat. Rumi has up until now always followed her sister with 1 1/2 year in-between heat. Lenk Krispijn (Rumi’s breeder)Continue reading “Sweet memories of the German road trips part 1”

We are intense happy to announce that my long time wish has now officially been confirmed: Puppies are on their way🎉 Today we went to Sterkliniek Nieuwveen to have an Utrasound of Rumi. Vet Michiel Albers performed the Utrasound and counted 5-6 puppies. But due to Rumi’s hairy belly he could not scan the wholeContinue reading “Dreams coming true”

Our Ferrari, our race horse has changed into a lazy dog – spending her days sleeping and begging for food. Her belly is growing and she has really started to look like a grown up with her eyes in a wise glow. We are enjoying every moment of the proces and allowing her to setContinue reading “Counting days & only serious requests”

Only 1 week to go before we will visit the vet’s place for Ultrasound to see if she has puppies hidden in her belly. We are very exited here at home, because there is no doubt that something’s cooking. A few days ago Rumi started to look as if she had swallowed a football andContinue reading “Morning sickness”

Normally I keep Rumi in training year round, with excemption of our family holidays where we do more “fun-training”. Having a dog on a high exercise & training level can push the stress-hormone levels up. So in our normal schedule we have balancing days with short walks where sniffing is priority. Now we expect herContinue reading “Enrichment and Training”

Me and my family wish you all a lovely Easter holiday, hoping you are all safe and sound in good health. While spending time in social distancing, I contemplate how thankful I am for the dogs in our lives..they keep us grounded and bring us smiles on a daily basis. Rumi is most of allContinue reading “Happy Easter”

After a successful lift-off of this page – Flatastic also got facebook’ed. You will find us under the name: Flatastic flatcoated retrievers. Na een succesvolle lift-off van deze site werd het ook tijd om Flatastic op Facebook te zetten. We zijn te vinden onder de naam Flatastic flatcoated retrievers.