The cavalier babies from both Tori and Paige’s litters wanted to wish everyone a happy, healthy 4th of July on this 250th anniversary of the USA’s independence.
The babies have been listening to firework sounds for weeks and as expected had no problems sleeping through the festivities.
Remember how I told you they were sleepy little lumps? Yup – still that 🙂 hahaha. In all honesty, they do get up on their feet and walk around like little drunk soldiers, and are starting to growl and chew on each other – but they are pretty calm and lazy if given no incentive to get up.
We have tried mushy food this week – they think it is interesting but so far just a few licks and tastes – I think next week Paige will come out more and more and force them to start enjoying their meals more.
Enjoy the photos of these precious little lump cavaliers 🙂
Ennis
Derry
Dublin
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Tori’s puppies are finally eating 3 good meals a day – I find that as they gain confidence in eating on their own, they also grow confidence in life. When they play outdoors now, they are excited to get out and about and explore.
We are starting to see little hints of personality come forth which is really fun too. Salsa and Tamale are the boldest and first to explore while Nacho is always scrambling to be on my knee. Miss Pico is a little more independent and Churro and Taco like to hang back and watch. We shall see more information as they have their Volhard temperament test next week.
Enjoy the photos from this week – they wanted to explore these rocks so badly, and not just sit on them for photos. I am starting to wonder if my days of taking photos of them by themselves are coming to an end.
Enjoy the 6 week photos of Tori and Charlie’s little love nuggets.
Salsa
Churro
Pico
Nacho
Tamale
Taco
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Paige took to being a mommy so well – her poor inverted nipples made latching hard work, but once we got them on, they nursed vigorously. They are now 1 week old and approaching doubling their birth weight so that makes me very happy.
The two girls are so much bigger than the boy, but he holds his own so we are not concerned about him much.
Since Murphy’s AKC name is “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” we decided to name them after Irish landmarks/places.
There are some weekends where things seem to just fall into place and this last weekend in CDA was one of them. I only took Nick to show and it was nice to be able to just relax and enjoy my time with him. Nick didn’t disappoint at all.
On Friday he won BOV under judge Dr. Steven L. Keating. He went on to a regular Group 1 under judge Ms. JoAnne M Buehler and a Owner Handler Group 2 under Justin Dannenbring
On Saturday he won BOV under judge Ms. JoAnne M Buehler. He went on to a regular Group 1 under judge Mr Allen Odem and a Owner Handler Group 1 under Mr. Michael L Savage, going on to Owner Handled Best In Show under judge Ms. JoAnne M Buehler
On Sunday he won BOV under judge Mr. Allen L Odom. He went on to a regular Group 2 under judge Dr Steven L Keating and a Owner Handler Group 1 under Mr. Allen L Odom
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 🙂
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.
Nova continues to be an amazing momma – the puppies are now her playmates as they are eating 3 meals a day. They LOVE food and the bowl is always licked clean. They don’t want to use their potty box yet, so we will just call that a work in progress. All I can say is lucky they are all so cute <3 haha
The weather was so warm in the 70s today and so I took the babies outside for a small outdoor play – they weren’t too sure about it, but I know each time they go out, their confidence will grow.
I love these tiny precious little pups. Lucky me for being the one to raise them.
Enjoy the photos of them from this week <3
Buddy – Big Red/White boy
Andy – Tri Boy
Stan – Small Red/White boy named after Eminem’s song “Stan”
Deliliah – Tri Girl 1
Roxanne – Tri girl 2
Gloria – Tri girl 3
Jolene – Red/White girl
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Ivy’s babies are 8 weeks old and doing great. They are getting very good at being in their crates while they eat, and practicing being patient to be picked up so we dont have them jumping all over us. I believe in reinforcing the bahviour we want at a young age, so it becomes the norm and habit for a lifetime. I am trying to lay a good foundation for them to sit on as they leave for their new homes in a couple of weeks.
We did photos on some rocks today – I thought it would contain them but i was wrong – they all figured out how to jump off or climb off – lol. Safety comes first so I didnt try it for long 🙂
