Miss Arrow’s pregnancy has flown by so fast and we are now about 2 ish weeks away from meeting our little cavalier babies. Arrow looks amazing – until you pull back her hair, its hard to tell she is pregnant at all. But when you do, there is definitely a belly 🙂
Next week we will do an xray and see how many to expect. I cant wait to announce their safe arrival 🙂
Kazuri is thrilled to announce that we today confirmed that Arrow is pregnant via ultrasound.
We approached the amazing Marybeth from Embee Cavaliers in Ontario Canada about using her beautiful boy “Loki” (CH Embee’s Mischief Managed) as a match for Arrow. Not only is Loki beautiful and has a wonderful disposition, but has passed his health testing (including the same kind of MRI Arrow had done) with flying colors.
We have been lucky enough to see some of the puppies he has already produced and they are gorgeous. To say we are excited about these potential puppies is an understatement.
The litter is due at the end of June, so stay tuned for the announcement sometime around then. While Arrow and Loki are both black and tan, they carry the white gene and so could produce any of the 4 cavalier colors.
(Loki)
The beagle babies are 6 weeks today – I can hardly believe we have known these little (orI guess now big) babies for 1 1/2 months.
They are spending more and more supervised time outdoors – they live to play and explore (and chew sticks). They have mastered going up and down stairs – i am constantly amazed at how fast they are – there is no where in our house they haven’t explored now 🙂
Maddy is too kind to wean herself, so i designed a nipple-hider for her so she can play with them without them nursing. It seems to be doing the trick 🙂
Enjoy the latest pictures – they are candids taken in the yard this morning 🙂
The babies are 3 weeks today – they are all a little more mobile and starting to potty themselves so we started introducing the potty training box. They have used a little so that’s a great start.
They ate food for the first time yesterday – they were a little confused, but I am sure they will start to get the hang of it.
They are growing well – little chunky monkeys 🙂
Girl 1 – 3 lb 2.6oz
Girl 2 – 3lb 3.4 oz
Boy 1 – 3lb 9.3oz
Boy 2 – 3lb 3.6oz
Enjoy these latest pictures of them 🙂
boy 1
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boy 2
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boy 2
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As you know, health testing is just as important to me (as a breeder) as beauty and temperament. I take my job as a breeder seriously, and I believe that if I am going to add dogs to the world, I want it to be done so with careful thought.
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels can have issues with SM (Syringomyelia) in their brain. The only way to detect it is with a MRI. So Alisha and I decided that we wanted to scan Arrow before we bred her. We flew her up to the amazing team at Thames Valley Veterinary Services in Ontario Canada.
I am so glad we did – no SM was detected in her brain at all – what a wonderful health clearance we have!!! Now, on to breeding her 🙂
The puppies are all thriving – Maddy is proving to be just what we thought she would be – an amazing momma. Her milk came in right away and the puppies are putting on loads of weight.
Girl 1 – 10.2 oz at birth – she is now 14.7oz Girl 2 – 10.9 oz at birth – she is now 14.9oz Boy 1 – 11.4oz at birth – he is now 15.3 oz Boy 2 – 10.9 oz at birth – he is now 15.9oz
I took a few quick pictures of them today while Maddy was out on a potty break – now you can get a better idea of what they look like 🙂
Girl 1
Girl 2
Boy 1
Boy 2
Its been over a year and a half since we had a litter of puppies so when Alisha from Lockestar Cavaliers contacted me about socializing her recent litter, we jumped at the chance. These puppies’ mom is Arrow’s sister Penny.
Baylea, Kinzie and Dollar were a little timid at first but it didn’t take them long to get used to the “small humans” in our home 🙂
What fun to have these little puppies in our home for the week!
It is my first time being on the road and staying away from home during a dog show – the Portland Rose classic is a big 4 day All-breed show. Its fun to play around in the Best of Breed ring as we try to garner points towards our Grand CH title.
Over the weekend we got Select 2x and went Best of Opposite 2x which equates to 4 more points towards our title. Wahoo!
We like to take our dogs everywhere we go (if we can). On this gorgeous wintery day, we went hiking at the beautiful Snoqualmie Falls and Maddy and Arrow came with us 🙂
Getting Best of Breed is an honor. Once you are the best in your breed, you get to show against the best in breed in all the other breeds in your group.
For beagles, they are a hound and so go back into the ring with the best of breeds such as Afgans, Deerhounds, Bassets, Dachshunds, Whippets, Greyhounds….well you get the idea. 🙂 There are a lot of amazing dogs in the same ring.
Well today, Maddy got 4th place in Hound group – how exciting for us!! We are well on our way to our Canadian CH title.
