PICKLES (Kazuri’s Gonna Be A Big Dill) garnered her 2nd and 3rd majors from the puppy classes, in only 2 weekends of showing, for a total of 12 points, I am guessing she will be finished before we know it.
On Saturday, she went WB/BOW/BOS over a special for a 5 point major under judge Erika N Wyatt.
On Sunday she went WB for a 3 point major under judge Ms Marilyn L Van Vleit.
Pickles was bred by Sarah Sweetman and is co-owned/loved by herself and Sarah Smith-Falkner.
Vada Potato is from Willow and Murphy and is 4.5 months. We had a show in Albany and they were hosting 3 days of “BPUP” for the 4-6 month old puppies which is a low key fun way for them to see what this showing thing is all about.
The judges Mr John Mayhall, Ms Annella Cooper and Mrs Donna M Gilbert were so loving and sweet and gave all the puppies such a great experience.
Vada (Kazuri N Joyful Noise Sunshine On A Cloudy Day) aka Potato took everything in her stride – she moved beautifully and held her stack on the table and group despite all the sight and sounds of the other rings. I couldn’t be prouder as a breeder and owner of this sweet smart little girl.
She won Hound Group 1 all 3 days and showed her socks off (no win) in “best puppy”.
These photos were taken from videos so please excuse the quality.
Ozzy came into his first show of 2025 needing 2 majors and 8 points total (so if he got 3 point majors he would have needed a couple of singles too).
Knowing there would be potential majors in Albany OR, I entered Ozzy hoping he might be able to garner those points and finish.
Well – finish he did. I asked for Cheyenne Calvert’s help since I can’t take 2 dogs in the ring at the same time so I am thankful for her.
The first day, under judge Ms Rhonda DeSilva, Ozzy went WD/BOW/BOV for a 5 point major. Talk about crazy amazing. He then made the final 6 cut in Hound Group under judge Mrs Christine Erickson – from the classes!
The second day he went WD for another 2 points under judge Erika N Wyatt. On Sunday he went WD/BOW for his final major to finish under judge Ms Marilyn L Van Vleit.
Talk about so proud. Our first Kazuri CH for 2025. CH Kazuri N Joyful Noise Just Over The Rainbow
Congratulations to his “mommy” Tesla and co-breeder/co-owner Dolly
Our first 2025 litter is so special and was born on Valentines day. <3 Can you believe it?
This is a litter co-bred by myself and Dolly from Joyful Noise beagles in Spokane WA. She was a true gem and whelped this litter which i anxiously awaited as we had a snow storm on the pass and it wouldn’t have been safe for me to get there. (and in hindsight I would have never made it in time).
Violet and Denver did so good and gave us 5 bonny babies – 2 girls and 3 boys. I will introduce them all properly in a bit.
For now, mommy and babies are doing awesome. We are so so thankful.
These photos were taken in the snow the other day, and cracked me up – they are actually great friends and get along very well.
in this moment, Callie was howling at Nick for having a ball that she wanted and he kept looking at me like “what is her problem mom?” LOL. And tenny puppy Glinda was like “Im staying out it” 😛
Did i ever tell you I love beagles? Life is just never dull with these merry little hounds around
I love the snow much more than the cold and wet we so often get in the PNW. The beagles and golden just love the snow too – its so sweet to watch them playing chase, finding sticks and just enjoying themselves out there.
I know it wont last long here in Seattle, so we will enjoy it while we can.
Enjoy the photos of them all – the 12 week old babies in the coats are Kiwi (blue-almost going to his new home) and Elphaba (colored) and Glinda (red).
How is this even possible? I guess for a while there it felt slow as little Glinda was so sick and fragile, but now the pups are running and jumping and playing like little crazy beans and almost ready to go home.
Due to the rain and bitter cold, we are still only doing small times outside, but I am thankful for their confidence and know they will adjust to pottying full time outside when it warms up.
We will do one final group shot of them, but otherwise enjoy these final photos of them together as 7 (actually 6 as it was cold out and Glinda cant handle it quite yet – bonus she has made it to 2.5lbs!!). Glinda will stay at Kazuri for a few more weeks as we monitor her and make sure she is healthy and strong.
It has been raining and wet and so much of the puppy playtime has been indoors which is fine as we adore these little souls.
I decided to record today one of their play sessions – their little stair set, the cat tunnel, and the crab toy they like to chase – we use all of these things and more to help them be confident little puppies in their new homes. Whether in the ring or on a couch, I want each of my pups to have a solid foundation to be confident in the world.
Harley’s sweet babies are 6 weeks and moved to their big dog area today. They have so much more space and multiple beds along with more toys to play with.
The weather was not too cold today and so we were able to take them outside for their first explore and they did so well. A little complaining but mostly exploring, eating leaves and wandering around sniffing things. I was so proud of their confidence.
These little munchkins are growing up before my eyes and I am so excited by the families who will take them and love them forever.
Enjoy their photos from this week – I did my favorite “blue chair” shots.