I have to apologize for not doing “3 week” photos. Cleo’s puppies somehow contracted mycoplasma and it manifested in green gunky noses and coughs. I spent the better part of the week giving them all hydration enemas every 2-3 hours (because the body can absorb it well that way). I am happy to report that thanks to hydration and antibiotics, they are feeling much better.
We introduced the potty box this week. I had giggles as they like to sleep under the bed rather than in it. Their little personalities are starting to come out. I love their little growls and attempts to play.
oy 1: “Frog” (Thin white line on his head – green collar)
Boy 2: “Toad” (Mostly black without white markings – Red collar)
Boy 3: “Bass” collar with a notch taken out – blue collar
Girl 1: “Duckie” (White dots on her back – white collar)
Girl 2: “Kitty” (White Stripe on her butt – orange collar)
Ivy is doing an amazing job with her 7 puppies. It isn’t easy to nurse that many, and she is keeping them clean and well fed. Their eyes have just opened and so they are starting to move around the whelping box and explore their world. It is so cute.
Enjoy the photos of them – sorry the lighting isn’t super consistent – it was a wet and dark day today but I didnt want to let them get chilled by doing the photos in a different space. I am sure you will enjoy them all just the same.
Girl 1: “Blossom” (Has a “c” shape on her butt)
Girl 2: “Iris” (Has a line between her shoulder blades)
Girl 3: “Tulip” (Has a thin line across her hips)
Girl 4: “Primrose” (No white marks on back or hips)
Boy 1: “Crocus” (Has an “L” shape on his neck)
Boy 2: “Trillium” (Has Thicker collar with a black dot in center)
This week went so fast – probably because Ivy had her puppies. Cleo has her puppies well fed and content – they sleep a lot still but are just starting to wander around and play with each other
Enjoy the photos of them with their little peepers open.
Boy 1: Thin white line on his head – now “Frog”
Boy 2: Mostly black without white markings – now “Toad”
Boy 3: Shoulder collar with a notch taken out – “Bass”
I took some quick photos of Ivy’s puppies tonight – hope you enjoy. Ivy is doing a wonderful job taking care of them – great dams are truly a gift from Heaven <3
Without further ado, we will continue with the spring theme with spring flours.
Girl 1: “Blossom” (Has a “c” shape on her butt
Girl 2: “Iris” (Has a line between her shoulder blades)
Girl 3: “Tulip” (Has a thin line across her hips)
Girl 4: “Primrose” (No white marks on back or hips)
Boy 1: “Crocus” (Has an “L” shape on his neck)
Boy 2: “Trillium” (Has Thicker collar with a black dot in center)
Ivy had her xray on Wednesday and we saw 6 puppies. While she was officially due on Monday/Tuesday, I had a weird feeling she might surprise us a little early. My gut was right and she was restless all night on Saturday night and panted/shivered all day Sunday as she moved through stage 1. We were with her most of the time, and when we gave her space to rest and labor, we had our ring cameras on her.
Around 5pm I felt that she was stretching more than I was comfortable her being alone for. So i joined her in her whelping room. I took her for a walk in the garden and she pushed out her water bag (some people call it the mucous plug). I swear she wanted to give birth outside – so I convinced her to come back inside.
Around 6pm she started hard pushing and by 6:05 the first baby had arrived. A boy – 9.6oz
The next baby came about 15 mins later – our first girl – 9.25oz
Baby number 3 came just after 7 – another boy 10.9oz
Ivy decided to take a little break and rest up. She waited over an hour before she started pushing again and had baby #4 – another boy at 8:25 at 10.05oz
Continuing this new trend, baby #5 was born at 9:21 – another girl 8.6oz
Baby #6 made her appearance at 10:14 – weighing in at 8.6oz- a girl to make it a perfect 50/50 boy girl split. A welcome discovery after many many boy heavy litters.
Miss Ivy settled in and we cleaned all the suction bulbs and bedding, sanitized our hemostats etc.
About 11pm I noticed Ivy wasnt really settling and was doing small pushes. By 11:15 the pushes became more serious and I gloved up. Lo and Behold we had a bonus baby at 11:23pm – another girl – what a miracle.
Ivy is an incredible mama already and loves her baby. I am so so grateful for so many girls to choose from. Well done Ivy and Beau <3
Nick and Sarah had another amazing weekend in Lewiston Idaho – my first time at this cluster and it didn’t disappoint.
Nick (MBIS MBISS GCHP Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGC ATT TKN BCAT) gives me his all in the ring, and has quite the reputation for taking naps on top of the trolley – he is a wonderful companion at home and we adore him. He is looking better than ever for almost turning 6. The road to double platinum continues
Friday 18th April – Nick went BOV under judge Ms. Kimberly Anne Meredith. He went onto a OH Group 3 under judge Ms. Lee Whittier
I was also so proud of Murphy (RBIS GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright) with his 13 inch BOV with Randy Benns, and his daughter Savannah (GCHB Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy) for BOS/BOVOH shown by Malia Throop.
Lucy (GCH Wilderness You Can’t Take My Sass) won Select for another major towards her GCHB title.
Saturday 19th April – Nick went BOV under judge Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman. He went onto an OH Group 4 under judge John Schoeneman.
Also, Roads (Kazuri’s Find New Roads) went BOW for a 4 point major under judge Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman. Thank you to Shelley for showing him
Lucy (GCH Wilderness You Can’t Take My Sass) won BOS for another major towards her GCHB title with her breeder Cheyenne who came to visit for the day.
Murphy (RBIS GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright) with his 13 inch BOV, and his daughter Savannah (GCHB Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy) for BOS/BOVOH
Dolly Stearns debuted little Lyric (Joyful Noise N Kazuri Sound Of Sunshine) and they did great together in the ring with this 6-9 month old puppy taking it all in her stride.
Sunday 20 April – Nick went BOV under judge Mr. Jon Titus Steele and went onto making the cut in group under Mr. John Constantine-Amodei, then OH Group 1 under Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman and OH BIS under Mr. Jon Titus Steele!!
Murphy (RBIS GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright) with his 13 inch BOV, and his daughter Savannah (GCHB Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy) for BOS/BOVOH
Lucy (GCH Wilderness You Can’t Take My Sass) won Select.
Monday 21 April – Nick went BOV under judge Mr. John Constantine-Amodei, then OH Group 1 under Mr. Ronald Freeman and OH BIS under Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman!
Also, Roads (Kazuri’s Find New Roads) went BOW for a second 4 point major under judge Mr. John Constantine-Amodei and Pickles (Kazuri’s Gonna Be A Big DIll) garnered another 4 point major too, making her a few singles short of her CH. Thank you to Shelley for showing them both so wonderfully.
Murphy (RBIS GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright) with his 13 inch BOV and Savannah (GCHB Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy) for BOS/BOVOH with Malia.
Lucy (GCH Wilderness You Can’t Take My Sass) won BOS again
Sorry there arent more photos – I helped show some Dachshunds for Shelley and we volunteered at FastCat when we werent in the ring, and so it was a wonderfully busy time. Congratulations to all the friends and also co-owners Malia Throop, Dolly Stearns, Ruthie Tesky, Sarah Yates, Jonah and Hannah Kvernum, Shelley McGaugh, Cheyenne Wohlschlegel – what a great weekend
Cleo is an amazing momma – she keeps the whelping pen and her puppies squeaky clean and has more milk than she knows what to do with. Her babies have all doubled in size and I find them moving all over the whelping box despite not having their eyes open yet.
I am doing ENS (Early Neurological Stimulation) on them daily and I am sure that help too.
Malia (Wanderlust beagles) and I decided to go with a “Spring by the lake” theme and choose cute little animal names – so without further ado – meet the babies again <3
Boy 1: Thin white line on his head – now “Frog”
Boy 2: Mostly black without white markings – now “Toad”
Boy 3: Shoulder collar with a notch taken out – “Bass”
What an amazing weekend in Lewiston Idaho. First of all, we had a blast doing FastCat with the Ridgeback Club. Callie, Gracie, Savannah, Nick, Lucy Grey and WIllow all had qualifying runs and Lucy got her BCAT title.
In the conformation ring, we had a great weekend.
On Friday under judge Ms. Kimberly Anne Meredith Nick went BOV and Roads (Kazuri Find New Roads) went Winners Dog in 15s. Murphy went BOV and Savannah went BOS/BOVOH in 13s. Sarah & Nick went OH group 3 under judge Ms. Lee Whittier
On Saturday under judge Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman, Nick went BOV and Roads went Winners Dog/Best of Winners for a 4 point major in 15s. Murphy went BOV in 13s. Sarah & Nick went OH group 4 under judgeJohn Schoeneman
On Sunday under judge Mr. Jon Titus Steele, Nick went BOV and Roads went Winners Dog in 15s. Murphy went BOV and Savannah went BOS/BOVOH in 13s. Sarah & Nick went OH group 1 under judge Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman and OH Best In Show under judge Mr. Jon Titus Steele.
On Monday under judge Mr. John Constantine-Amodei, Nick went BOV and Pickles went Winners Bitch for a 4 point major and Roads went Winners Dog/Best of Winners for a 4 point major in 15s. Murphy went BOV in 13s. Sarah & Nick went OH group 1 under judge Ronald Freeman and OH Best In Show under judge Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman
What an amazing weekend – we floated back to washington on air 🙂
Miss Cleo, right on time, started showing signs of early labor on Monday afternoon. Digging in her blankets, being generally uncomfortable and panting/shivering on and off. We try to give our girls space, and so I have a camera on them that I can watch from the next room. I see all kinds of things like them burying themselves in blankets, or looking at the camera, or sitting panting.
At 1:15am I felt things were getting close and so I went and lay down beside her on the bed we have in the whelping room. Sure enough by 1:45 she was pushing with intention and at 1:53 we had our first baby born – a boy 9.65oz
Baby #2 was born at 2:38am – a girl who was 10.35oz
Baby #3 was born at 2:48am – another girl – this one 9.4oz
Baby #4 was born at 3:29 – another boy – he was 10.35oz
Our final baby arrived at 3:38am – a 9.3oz boy.
Cleo did so well and settled right into motherhood nursing them and cleaning them wonderfully. All of the pups are strong and healthy and mama is doing awesome. I am so happy.
We are so thrilled to have co-bred this litter with Malia from Wanderlust beagles as she steps into her new role as a “breeder” of her first litter. I am grateful for the opportunity to mentor new breeders and then watch them fly into their own <3
I had an incredible weekend with Nick this weekend.
Nick, (MBIS MBISS GCHP Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGC ATT BCAT TKN) won Bov each day at the Chintimini Kennel Club in Albany OR. Thank you to judges Ms Pamela S Lambie, Mr Ronald Lukins and Mr David J Kirkland for finding Nick in the breed ring.
On Friday, Nick won BOV made the cut in the Hound Group under judge Mr David J Kirkland.
On Saturday, Nick won BOV and received a Hound Group 4 under judge Ms Pamela S Lambie
And on Sunday we won BOV and a Hound Group 1 under Mr Ronald Lukins, and an OH Group 1 under Mr David J Kirkland, and onto OHBIS under judge Mrs Ainslie L Mills!!
I am so proud of Nick who gives it all every time he steps into the ring. I am so proud of how far we have come after only 4 weekends together as a team!
Nick is handled by me, as his owner and breeder. I am so thankful of course to co-owners/co-breeders Mike and Karen for laying the most incredible foundation for me to step into with Nick.
The road to Double Plantium continues for us
Win photos to come – the rain set in Sunday so we apologize about the dark indoor photo!
