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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 16:49:07 GMT -6
Natural's Better With Marshmallows x Wiltholm Estate's Deal Me In1/3 Breeding for Patronne 2/3 Breeding for Matronne
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 16:53:34 GMT -6
Morgan already had quite a few pups to deal with already, but they wanted to open up their kennel to more people in the future, and to do that they needed to get their promises out of the way first. Not that they weren't excited to see what came out of breedings like this one with Cozette. Morgan had been worried that Cozette wouldn't make a good mother, but it turned out that she made an excellent mother, but she couldn't really 'latch' well. Poor Mercury had to be alternated between being fed by Selene and Morgan with a trusty bottle and houluh pup formula, but Cozette was an excellent mother and a bit of an auntie to Selene's own pups otherwise.
So now that Cozette was ready to go again (even with Mercury still being a little underweight, it wasn't like Cozette was feeding him though) Morgan had decided to call up Jack at Natural's to bring in their newest Patronne. More blood in the pool was a good thing, no matter which way it was looked at.
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 17:04:33 GMT -6
Cocoa was her newest Patronne and Morgan had seemed eager to breed Cozette to him when she had shown them a picture of him earlier, so here they were, heading to the Breeding Center again with a smile on her face. The Houluh was still all puppy, running around and barking even though he was trained just a little bit at this point, but still, he was a handful and she wasn't sure how shy Cozette would deal with him, if she could handle him at all... Jack sighed a little and then smiled when she got to the Breeding Center and waited on Morgan and Cozette. She wasn't sure how Cocoa would do with pups, he was more of an uncle to the pups at the Kennel, but she was sure he would do well on his own. She started to fill out paperwork as they waited, wondering what the pups would be like.
2/20
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 17:23:05 GMT -6
The human finally makes it to the breeding center with the white houluh walking at a sort of jilted heel; she didn't really know heel at all, but she tried to do her best to do what Morgan wanted her to do, as creatures with the psycho-social bond progressing nicely tended to do. Morgan patted her on the head to calm her (she wasn't used to not being around her and Selene's pups, and well, Selene herself anymore) but when the houluh found out where it was that they were going to, she calmed down anyway. It made sense to her; Selene had gotten to make more pups recently, and now it was her turn! Would she be seeing Kanellos again? That was an exciting idea.
Morgan opened the door with a single hand, letting Cozette in, and then stepped in theirself. They looked around, searching for Jack and Cocoa. They were, after all, usually here first since Morgan tended to stop to get coffee on the way.
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 20:49:40 GMT -6
Jack chuckled a little at her pup and patted him on the head as she filled out the paperwork, finally turning around when she heard the door open and her Houluh bark at whoever had just come in. It was Morgan and Cozette, with the Houluh Matronne being as lovely as ever, and she smiled and waved at them both before shushing Cocoa when he barked again. Sure he knew how to behave, it didn't mean he would behave when she wanted him to, that was the fun part of it! "Sorry, he's still all puppy I think..." she apologized and to Morgan and made her Houluh sit still for a little bit. Cocoa whined and licked at the air, a little stricken by the other Houluh, wondering what they were there for. It wasn't like he was going to have pups of his own, was he? But this place looked like how the others described it, so that was weird.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 21:13:26 GMT -6
Morgan held their little cup of coffee and felt more than a little embarrassed about having given in to this little guilty pleasure of theirs. For some reason they were more than a little bit embarrassed about their love of pumpkin spice coffee than they were about their otherwise hefty drinking habits of much harder fare. They were at least functional about it, however, and prided theirself on that. They gave a wave to Jack, but not before Cozette just about jumped at the bark. Morgan stilled her with a pat, and she went to simply panting instead- as she did when slightly anxious.
"That is fine, I r-reckon that she needs to learn how to deal with other houluh better anyway." They said, giving her another gentle pat and tousling her ears in the meantime. They lined up behind them to do the paperwork. Cozette stood there a bit nervously, her chocolate eyes passing over him quietly. Then, she greeted in the softest way that a houluh could probably get their point across- Hi...
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 21:43:45 GMT -6
"Fair enough!" Jack said with a smile, and turned to Cozette while twisting her ring around her finger, "I'm sorry Cozette, Cocoa gets a little worked up from time to time." She patted him on the head to calm him down a little when he started to whine a little, but he licked her hand and panted happily. "It's good to see you again though! How is Selene's newest pup?" Jack asked, stepping aside so Morgan could start on their portion of the paperwork.
Oh! She was talking to him! Cocoa's tail wagged from side to side furiously and he woofed low and masculine, Hello! How are you? Kanellos says hi! All the communication came flying through him like he wasn't even trying, and the woman chuckled at him. She could tell what he was saying, but she wouldn't intrude on that by any means. It was going to be alright, they would have some cute pups too.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 21:50:19 GMT -6
It was a good thing that Jack was usually in a pretty good mood and friendly. It made this sort of thing a lot easier for the easily anxious shut in, and that was certainly a boon. Cozette sniffed Jack for a moment, and then wagged her tail just about like a propeller. She remembered this human! She liked this human. She moves from Morgan's side after casting a look at them first to make sure they wouldn't be upset, and then they stood beside the other human instead, licking at, but not quite touching, whatever she could get close enough to in her own little greeting.
"S-She is doing fine." Morgan said, nervously. They moved up to work on the paperwork, getting it as quickly as possible.
Oh, wasn't he pretty cute! He was a little loud, and a little young, but Cozette didn't mind him being so loud now that she had ascertained that he wasn't mean. I am glad! Tell him I say hi as well, please. She conveyed, kind of all at once and softly. Who are you? She asks, leaning forward to sniff momentarily.
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 21:54:23 GMT -6
"Good! Good to hear. Hopefully she can help with Cozette again as well..." Jack said with a look toward the happy Matronne. She smiled and reached out to tousle her ears a little and chuckled at the little lick. She was a sweetheart, she felt bad that she couldn't nurse, but Selene was helping her out at least with the other litter, and she was sure she would help with this one as well.
I will, he's excited but thinks we don't know, Cocoa said with a little canine wink toward the Matronne, his tail still wagging furiously before he lifted a paw in front of himself and then put it back on the floor, Cocoa! She says I look like a drink she has sometimes! He stood up and wiggled a little while wandering around her to sniff at various places. She was older than he was by a little, but that didn't matter, he liked her already! She smelled nice, like the pups back home.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 22:00:50 GMT -6
"I sure hope so." Morgan says in reply, finishing up the last bit of jotting on the paper and turning back as they did so. They picked their drink back up from where they had sat it down on the counter just before filling out the paperwork in order to take a drink from it. "She doesn't really do well with that part- puppy whining makes her nervous, and they su-sure do whine when they're hungry." They elaborated. They thought they had it figured out anyway. Cozette seemed to be enjoying the petting, looking up at Jack as she was petted. She really was a sweet but nervous hound.
Cozette wagged her tail at him, quite glad. Oh, how sweet! She practically whispered, looking a little shy. He watched the patronne as he showed off a bit. Humans do drink strange things... Like that bitter water? She had tried some, when Morgan wasn't looking one time. It was yicky to her, a little sweet though. That is cute, Cocoa. She says, feeling a little better already.
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 22:05:38 GMT -6
"Oh yes they do..." Jack said with a wince, thinking of some of her own pups. She only had a couple of Matronnes right now, and only one had pups so far, but Selene, Red, and the other pup were all grown by now it seemed, and Selene and Red having pups of their own! It was crazy, it seemed, how fast they grew, but she knew better than to take it for granted. Although sometimes it was easy to forget just how fast they could grow, she did her best to remember to enjoy the time they had.
He beamed at her happily and wagged his tail some more before he trotted back over to the woman and nuzzled up against her, Thanks! You're cute! Cocoa was a happy Houluh, it seemed, still acting like a puppy. He would make a good father, he would train his pups how to be silly when the others had forgotten, most likely.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 22:09:58 GMT -6
It was amazing to Morgan that Nico didn't just have pups now, but grandpups. Absolutely baffling! He'd also been bred less than Selene had, and that was partially because Morgan was admittedly a little more protective of him than any other houluh they had- even his own daughter. It was a little embarrassing to admit that even to theirself. They had so many pups right now that they weren't sure how long it was going to even take to get them all grown. It took a lot of work to get a houluh ready to go to that first Debutante show. They turned towards Jack and gave the best grin they could muster. "Welp, we'll both be uh, p-pretty bogged down with pups, after this." They said.
Cozette was quite happy with the male, now that he wasn't quite as scary as she had thought. That was pretty common with her, she was always on the edge. She always assumed that the worst was going to happen, but it didn't usually. That was good! Ah, and he thought she was cute too! He was so innocent, so very innocent. She felt a little bad that she was going to teach him how the puppy thing was done. But she could do that, and she was sweet.
That made her a good teacher, from what she was told.
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 22:14:18 GMT -6
"Ah, no joke," Jack told him with a smile as she leaned on the counter for a little bit, "Might have to take a bit of a break after this one just to get caught up with training!" It wasn't a lie, it seemed, she really did need to take a break and figure out what she was going to do, even though she had a plan for another Houluh, her only other Matronne aside from Luna. Genie was an interesting Houluh at least, so she hoped the breeding would turn out well.
Cocoa barked and tilted his head before pawing at her a little, Are you okay? His tail wagged a little slower as he scrunched up his face to look her over, making sure she wasn't hurt or anything. She seemed nice enough and not one to go out scrapping, but he didn't know her all that well just yet, did he?
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Post by Morgan on Mar 9, 2020 22:26:56 GMT -6
Morgan nodded. "I think I agree... I'd l-like to get my kennel open to breedings from the other kennels around too, but uh, I migh' have ta wait until I get the pups all grown." There was also the matter that there was a distinct lack of non-Wiltholm blood in the breeding pool from what Morgan could tell at this point in time, and that might make it difficult to do so in the future. Ah well, they thought, it wouldn't be that way forever. More people would get houluh grown, and then they wouldn't have this issue in the future. They wondered how many others would breed out there?
Cozette was standing a little nervously, but she turned towards the pretty chocolate hound. Oh yes, I'm fine. She conveyed to him, tail wagging more loosely as she willed herself to be less anxious. I get nervous a little sometimes when there are a lot of others around. She admits.
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Post by Jack on Mar 9, 2020 22:31:11 GMT -6
"It is a problem, though I've bred outside of the pair of us already, I figure you might do the same? Breezy Kennel or something like that, I know the show name started with Breezy at least?" Jack offered with a smile, "Fiera owns it, have you met her yet? She's a little... flamboyant." A chuckle escaped her when she thought of the flashy woman, and her laugh turned into a little smile as she thought about things. It didn't help that she needed some more breedings in the future, but for now she would be content with what she had.
Oh! Window! he yipped and nudged her toward the big window near the entrance. He walked over and sat next to it, pawing a little at it so maybe she could see the outside and not feel so cramped. There, big and open! Cocoa finished saying with a big toothy puppy grin.
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