Nova’s babies are 8 weeks and will start to head to their new homes next week. I can’t even believe how fast this time has gone and how much I love these precious little gifts. Thank you again to Nova’s dad Ken for partnering with me to allow me to show Nova, health test her and have a litter.
I am just making my final decisions on who stays here at Kazuri and who goes to their new home in the up coming days. Who are your favorites?
Enjoy the final pictures of the babies all together as they play in our yard as they were not interested in individual photos at all this week 🙂 I can’t blame them – the world is a wonderfully interesting place and it’s their job to discover it all.
Tori is doing a wonderful job with her babies and they are growing steadily. She must have golden milk as the babies are not super interested in mushy food – unless its from the bowl that mama is eating from. Silly babies.
They are walking around, growling and starting to clumsily play with one another. it’s very cute.
Enjoy the photos I took of them outside today – they werent quite sure what to make of it
I know they will just gain confidence more and more in the coming weeks
This last part has flown by – the puppies are growing at the rate of weeds and are enjoying the Seattle pre-Summer weather. It has been so warm and the puppies are getting plenty of playtime outside – I am thankful.
They are learning to be independent and eat in a crate on their own. We are working on “patience” while waiting – and later this week they will start to sleep independently in a crate on their own. We are starting to give them confidence going in and out of a crate and so it is a positive place to be.
I can’t believe I have only a short time to be with these beautiful babies before they all start leaving the nest. <3
And please excuse our less than wonderful photos for this week – the puppies were not keen to hang out for photos at all – this was about all I could do LOL. Oh puppies <3
Tori’s babies have their eyes open and are up on their feet – wobbly but making their way around the pen to find their mom wherever she may be. They are making little squeaks and growls – this is the fun stage where they sound like little chipmonks.
We will be starting solids in a few days – let the new sensations begin 🙂
At any given dog show, a champion can get a maximum of 5 GCH points (or less if they beat less dogs) towards their GCH levels.
Nick is the first beagle, of either variety, to achieve this. He had to get 1600 points to get this. It proves his worth as he is still consistently winning breed and group/owner handler group placements even with amateur me at the end of his leash.
Gosh I feel so blessed to be the breeder/owner and handler of this amazing boy.
NICK – MBIS MBISS GCHP2 Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGCU TKN ATT BCAT FDC
Bred and owned by Sarah Sweetman, Michael & Karen Kurtzner.
The 4 days after the INBC specialty shows are 4 days of all breeds. I did not mention in my last post that we also had a NOHS regional which is just for NOHS champion dogs – the points are double what they normally are giving the winners a lovely boost.
If you want to know who the dogs are, please refer back to my last post for AKC names/breeder/owners 🙂
NOHS regional – Nick won the 15 inch variety under judge Mrs Rhonda Silveira and went onto a Hound group 2 under Ms. Nancy S Amburgey.
Friday: Under Judge Mrs. Paula Nykiel – In 13s Murphy went BOS and Lyric went select B. In 15s Nick won BOV/OH and Miles won WD/BOW for his first major. Bro went Select for his first GCH ch defeat and major as a move up. Nick went on to win OHG4 under judge Ms. Christine Erickson
Saturday: Under judge Ms. Christine Erickson. In 13s Murphy went BOV and Savannah went select B. Alice won WB to finish her CH! Murpy went on to Group 3 under Mrs. Linn Klingel Brown. In 15s Nick won BOV/OH to finish his DOUBLE PLATINUM and Miles won WD for his second major. Bro went Select for his second GCH ch defeat and major as a move up. Nick went on to win OHGroup1 under judge Mrs. Paula Nykiel and OHBIS under judge Ms. Robin A. Hug
Sunday: Under judge Jan K Schreiber. In 13s Murphy went BOS and Savannah went select B. Truly went WB for her first points and first major. In 15s Nick won BOV/OH and Miles won WD/BOW for his third major. Nick went on to win OHG2 under judge Ms. Annella Cooper
Sunday: Under judge Sid Marx. In 13s Murphy went BOV and onto a Hound group 4 under Sid Marx. Lyric went BOS/OH and Savannah went Select to finish her Silver GCH! In 15s Nick went select. Miles went WD and Hudson went RWD.
So many goals were achieved this weekend – Nick achieved his double platinum making him the first and only beagle to achieve that. Savannah got her Silver GCH. Bro and Alice (littermates) both finished. My friend Sarah Yates with her dog Tommie got their BGCH and went onto a OH BIS on the final day. My friend Pia got a OH Hound group 3 the day Nick got his OH group 1 so we were in the lineup together. My friend Heidi finished her girl Sage’s CH title. My friend Jim with his veteran girl Mashaba went BOSS to Nick’s BISS – Mashaba is the highest pointed 13 inch and so Nick and Mashaba together made quite the pair.
A day that beagles place or win is a good day for the breed. SO so much to celebrate this weekend <3
The INBC is a relativly new beagle club – our first specialty shows were last year (2025) and so we tried to put on a show with excellence that exhibitors would want to come to. We were very proud of the ribbons and prizes offered – many were hand made by member Heidi McKeon from Tradewinds. Thankyou to her. Thank you to show chair Lorna Boydston, and to raffle hustler extraordinaire Dolly Stearns for having such amazing things for us to raffle off. Thank you to Ruthie for making a cohesive and beautiful website for us to enjoy. Thank you to exhibitors Pia, Robyn and Diana for driving from several states away to join us for the weekend – it was SO fun to have you all there.
Where do I begin on this incredible weekend? I will start with who was entered that was owned/bred or co-bred by me 🙂
15 inch – NICK – MBIS MBISS NOHSP GCHP Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGCU TKN ATT BCAT FDC – Bred/owned by Sarah Sweetman, Michael & Karen Kurtzner, shown by Sarah
15 inch – MALIBU – CH Kazuri’s Blue Skies Over Malibu Bred/owned by Sarah Sweetman, co-owned and shown by Malia Throop
15 inch – BRO – Kazuri Wonderlust Trouble’s A Brewin @ Cloudepoint – Bred/owned by Sarah Sweetman & Malia Throop and co-owned by Amie McLaughin and Garrison Sharp, shown by Malia
15 inch – LEO – Kazuri Wonderlust Trouble At the Top – Bred by Sarah Sweetman & Malia Throop, owned by Jaycee Barrett and Sarah Sweetman, shown by Sarah and sometimes friends for extra hands for BOW
15 inch – HUDSON – JoyfulNoise N Kazuri’s Appearances & Alibis – Bred by Dolly Stearns & Sarah Sweetman. Co-owned by Dolly & Ruthie Tesky, shown by Dolly & Ruthie.
15 inch – MILES – Kazuri Every Road Leads Me Home Bred/owned by Sarah Sweetman, shown by Sarah and sometimes friends for extra hands for BOW
15 inch – OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN – Kazuri’s Summer Lovin’ – Bred/owned by Sarah Sweetman, shown by Sarah and sometimes friends for extra hands for BOW
13 inch – MURPHY – BIS BISS CHS Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Bred by Sarah Sweetman, Michael & Karen Kurtzner. Owned by Sarah Sweetman, Sarah Smith Falkner & Ruth Sampson, shown by Sarah at the specialty shows
13 inch – SAVANNAH – GCHB Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy – Bred by Sarah Sweetman. Co-owned by Malia Throop, shown by Malia.
13 inch – LYRIC – CH JoyfulNoise N Kazuri’s Sound Of Sunshine – Bred by Dolly Stearns & Sarah Sweetman. Co-owned by Dolly & Ruthie Tesky, shown by Dolly.
13 inch – CARDI B – Kazuri’s A Little Sweet A Little Spicy- Bred/owned by Sarah Sweetman, shown by Sarah and sometimes friends for extra hands for BOW
13 inch – ALICE – Wonderlust Kazuri’s Curiosity Leads To Trouble, Bred/owned by Malia Throop, co-bred by Sarah Sweetman, shown by Malia and sometimes friends for extra hands for BOW
OKay – we had two specialty shows in one day. Plus the NOHS regional but we will come back to that, 🙂
Sweeps judged by Mr Christopher Abrahams, Cardi B went BOV in 13s and then BOS to the sweeps overall winner. Leo went BOV and onto winner of sweeps in Breed. Olivia went BOS in 15s
In show one, judged by Hound man Mr Ronald Lukins, in 13s Murphy went BOV. Alice went WB/BOW for a major, and also got BBE/Best Bred By In Show and Savannah went Select B. In 15s, Nick went BOS/BOVOH and onto BOSS/BOBOH. Bro went WD to finish his CH and Hudson went RWD. Olivia got RWB.
In Show 2, under respected beagle breeder Mrs Lesley E Hiltz, in 13s Murphy went BOS. Cardi B went WB/BOW/Best Bred By In Show. Lyric went Select B. In 15s Nick won BOV/OH and went on to win the specialty plus Best Owner Handler in Show! Leo won WD/BOW for his 2nd major, and Olivia NJ went WB.
What an absolutly incredible day – a little bit crazy with so many dogs to show but also so so wonderful. I will do another post about the rest of the weekend in another post.
Nova’s lovely 7 are growing well and getting up to lots of mischief. They are enjoying the nicer weather now that Seattle has brought out the sun. I am really enjoying watching the movement on these puppies – it seems very true – I am going to try and narrow down my selections for now – it’s so hard 😛 LOL.
Enjoy their photos from this week on my favorite blue chair.
The weather matches the joy of raising these busy little puppies. We moved them upstairs to the main room, and they were “let us out and explore” so we did. The confidence on these puppies is outstanding.
They now regularly play outside thanks to the weather being so nice right now – they are loving exploring and beating each other up.
Enjoy their 5 week photos taken today
Buddy – Big Red/White boy
Andy – Tri Boy
Stan – Small Red/White boy named after Eminem’s song “Stan”
