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
I can’t believe they are 7 weeks old and almost ready to start going to their new homes. Sigh. It always goes so fast.
They are doing great eating their meals in individual crates, and using their potty box, and even sleeping in a crate on their own. I am so so proud of the progress they have made in a few short weeks as they prepare for their forever homes.
Here are their photos – as tradition would hold, on my favorite blue chair
Not everyone has a supportive spouse and I don’t take for granted that my hubby works his busy FT job and then assists me in all kinds of ways with my dogs and puppies.
So these photos were taken when I did puppy pictures the other day and i wanted to share them – you can see the puppies are just as in love with him as they are with me.
Thank you Steve for being the best “behind the scenes” partner I could ever have.
6 weeks old and raring to explore the world. They want to play outside more and more, and thankfully the spring in the PNW is allowing it to happen most days.
They are starting to sleep in a crate by themselves – it’s a big step in being ready to go to their new home.
We are going to try and narrow down picks this week.
5 weeks is such a fun age – they are still little and awkward but they are also getting more adventurous.
We introduced them to the pack this week and they LOVE the bigger dogs. I am grateful for little ones that are just enjoying growing up in every way possible.
Now that their eyes are open, I love watching these sweet babies begin to move around and fall over. They love sleeping on their backs with their little bellies in the air, and are starting to growl and play with each other.
Enjoy this week’s photos of our Valentines lovies – this week they will try their new puppy pen with potty box, and mushy food. I can’t wait.
This was a big week for the little beagle puppies as they opened their eyes and are starting to explore their world. I love this stage where they are trying to toddle around on legs that don’t quite work.
Violet continues to do an amazing job and Dolly (from Joyful Noise beagles) couldn’t be happier.
Violet is a great mom and is keeping them clean and very well fed – we like chunky babies. So now is the time to introduce our sweet babies one by one to the world.
The Spokane/CDL cluster is fun for us as it’s not too far away and it is where I can spend time with all of my friends who live in Eastern WA and Idaho.
Here are the dogs that were entered that were related to Kazuri.
Callie – GCH Kazuri’s Everything’s Sugar N Spice (13 inch) bred by Sarah Sweetman, Mike & Karen Kurtzner. Owned by Sarah Sweetman & Dolly Stearns
Murphy – GCH Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (13 inch) bred by Sarah Sweetman, Mike & Karen Kurtzner. Owned by Sarah Sweetman & Sarah Smith Falkner
Lumi – Kazuri’s Illuminate My Dreams (13 inch) bred by Sarah Sweetman, Mike & Karen Kurtzner. Owned by Erin Roman
Maxim – GCH Kazuri’s Rockin The Naughty List at Roylcrest (15 inch) – bred by Sarah Sweetman, Mike & Karen Kurtzner. Owned by Lorna & Sam Boydston & Sarah Sweetman
Dutch – GCH Van-Mar N Kazuri Brewin Up Trouble (15 inch) – bred by Sarah Sweetman & Chelsea Metteer. Owned by Sarah Smith Falkner, Sarah Sweetman & Chelsea Metteer
Willow – GCH Kazuri’s Cover Me In Sunshine (15 inch) – bred by Sarah Sweetman, Mike & Karen Kurtzner. Owned by Sarah Sweetman & Dolly Stearns
On the Saturday in Spokane, under judge Mrs Christine Erickson, in 13s Callie won BOV and then went on to a Owner Handled Hound group 1 under judge Dr Sophia Kaluznaiki. In 15s Maxim won BOV, Willow BOS and Dutch Select. We were so thankful for the amazing prizes sponsored by the newly forming Inland Northwest Beagle Club!
On Sunday in Spokane, under judge Ms Bonnie Linnell Clarke, in 13s Callie won BOV and then went on to a Owner Handled Hound group 1 under judge Mr David A Alexander. In 15s Dutch won BOV, Willow BOS and Maxim Select.
On Monday in CDL, under judge Mr Richard Todd Jackson , in 13s Callie won BOV and then went on to a Regular Group 4 under Mr Terill S Undenberg and an Owner Handled Hound group 2 under judge Mrs JoAnne Buehler. Murphy went BOS and Lumi went WB for her first 2 points. In 15s Maxim won BOV, Willow BOS and Dutch Select.
On Tuesday in CDL, under judge Mrs JoAnne Buehler, in 13s Murphy won BOV and then went on to a Regular Group 1 under Mrs JoAnne Buehler. Callie won BOS/BOBOH but unfortunately we needed to get on the road so didn’t stay for group. Again Lumi went WB for her another 2 ch points. In 15s Maxim won BOV and an Owner Handler Group 4 under judge Mrs Valerie J Brown. Willow was BOS.
What a weekend to remember, and to experience it all with friends made it 10000% better.
