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.
Tori is doing a wonderful job allowing the babies to grow up. When we take her outside with them for 10-15 mins at a time, she shows them how to play and gives them confidence. She is dancing away more and more as they try to nurse, and so I am glad the puppies are starting to eat better on their own now.
The weather continues to be beautiful in the PNW, allowing good time for playing outdoors each day.
Enjoy the photos of Tori’s cavalier king charles puppies as they are now 5 weeks old.
Salsa
Churro
Pico
Nacho
Tamale
Taco
If you are interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup?
Nova’s babies are 8 weeks and will start to head to their new homes next week. I can’t even believe how fast this time has gone and how much I love these precious little gifts. Thank you again to Nova’s dad Ken for partnering with me to allow me to show Nova, health test her and have a litter.
I am just making my final decisions on who stays here at Kazuri and who goes to their new home in the up coming days. Who are your favorites?
Enjoy the final pictures of the babies all together as they play in our yard as they were not interested in individual photos at all this week 🙂 I can’t blame them – the world is a wonderfully interesting place and it’s their job to discover it all.
Tori is doing a wonderful job with her babies and they are growing steadily. She must have golden milk as the babies are not super interested in mushy food – unless its from the bowl that mama is eating from. Silly babies.
They are walking around, growling and starting to clumsily play with one another. it’s very cute.
Enjoy the photos I took of them outside today – they werent quite sure what to make of it
I know they will just gain confidence more and more in the coming weeks
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 🙂
At any given dog show, a champion can get a maximum of 5 GCH points (or less if they beat less dogs) towards their GCH levels.
Nick is the first beagle, of either variety, to achieve this. He had to get 1600 points to get this. It proves his worth as he is still consistently winning breed and group/owner handler group placements even with amateur me at the end of his leash.
Gosh I feel so blessed to be the breeder/owner and handler of this amazing boy.
NICK – MBIS MBISS GCHP2 Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGCU TKN ATT BCAT FDC
Bred and owned by Sarah Sweetman, Michael & Karen Kurtzner.
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.
The weather matches the joy of raising these busy little puppies. We moved them upstairs to the main room, and they were “let us out and explore” so we did. The confidence on these puppies is outstanding.
They now regularly play outside thanks to the weather being so nice right now – they are loving exploring and beating each other up.
Enjoy their 5 week photos taken today
Buddy – Big Red/White boy
Andy – Tri Boy
Stan – Small Red/White boy named after Eminem’s song “Stan”
