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Mishka welcomes her babies into the world

August 17, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

Miss Mishka was due the same week as Nellie. With all the complications Nellie’s babies had last time, I wanted to make a plan just in case. We also have family here from NZ and I knew my attention would be divided anyway.

So, I asked my friend Jamie if she would whelp Mishka’s litter. She agreed and I was so thankful.

Mishka had a long stage 1 nesting and resting. Jamie didnt get much sleep. I felt so bad.

Finally, in the evening at 8:15pm she popped out baby #1 – pink collar girl – 7.83oz

at 8:43pm came a 7.55oz boy she gave the blue collar to.

At 9.28pm came another boy who was 8.93oz. He got the red collar

While she was pushing the next one out, she started to vigorously clean the other puppies and accidently opened the stomach of blue boy. It was not intentional and happens sometimes, but it meant he wouldn’t survive long term and we chose to humanly euthanize him.

Puppy 4 was born in the chaos of that, a girl at 10:20pm – 8.13oz – miss purple

Puppy 5 was born at 12.22am – another boy- a big 10.85 oz pup and he got orange.

Puppy 6 was born at 2.05am – another girl who was 9.18oz and she got green.

The 5 remaining are thriving under Jamie’s care and I am so happy. <3

Want to see more puppy play? Visit us on Instagram @Kazuri.beaglesandcavaliers

Interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup? Please visit our Puppy page for information on our breeding plans, and pricing, how we place pups and how to apply.

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Echo and Murphy’s pups are 5 weeks old

August 16, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

Echo’s babies are fully weaned and trying hard to be independent. They are so cute as they are getting bolder at exploring the yard and trying new ways of playing. I love hearing their little growls

Enjoy the photos of them playing outside today- it has been unseasonably hot and we arent letting them out too long as we dont want them to overheat. They sure have fun though.

Want to see more puppy play? Visit us on Instagram @Kazuri.beaglesandcavaliers

Interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup? Please visit our Puppy page for information on our breeding plans, and pricing, how we place pups and how to apply.

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Nellie welcomes her babies into the world

August 14, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

First thing you should know is that dogs hardly ever read the “rule book” about what a “normal” birth is going to be like 🙂 LOL. Cavaliers typically give birth on days 58-60 where another breed might go to day 63.

Nellie decided to wait till day 62 to give birth this time. Last time was day 56. We had been watching her like a hawk and I stayed up several nights with her. On the morning of Aug 14th, she started to really show signs and the first pup was born around 9:30am. Of course, since she was on day 62, I had an appointment to see my vet to assess how things were and a possible c-section at 11:30 – i quickly realized that we wouldnt make it.

The first baby got a little stuck but it didnt take us long to get him warmed up and breathing well. A 7.7oz tri baby boy. My mom is visiting from NZ and so helped give him cuddles and oxygen while I attended to Nellie.

The second pup came soon after, about 9:45am. A tri girl – 6.35oz

An hour later, we saw Nellie straining again. The 3rd puppy came head first (good) but the shoulders got stuck and so nellie was having trouble getting the body out. We gently helped with every contraction and a big blenheim girl 8.4oz was born. She gasped a lot and again my mom was put onto warming/rubbing and oxygen duty.

Another hour later, we took Nellie outside for a potty break walk and she instantly started pushing again. This one was a decent size again, and feet first (normal but harder for mom) and so my husband and I tried hard to coax it out. He was born while and lifeless and so we went to work on rubbing him, oxygen and warmth. His first breath I cried. Another boy – 8.2oz

Unfortunately while we were tending to our last little guy, the blen girl started to really crash. We had her on oxygen and warmth but her breathing become labored and slow and then stopped. We checked her over and she had blood in her stool and so I believe she suffered some internal damage from being so large. It was so heartbreaking to lose such a gorgeous girl.

The three remaining pups are doing great and we are thrilled about that.

Want to see more puppy play? Visit us on Instagram @Kazuri.beaglesandcavaliers

Interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup? Please visit our Puppy page for information on our breeding plans, and pricing, how we place pups and how to apply.

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Echo and Murphy’s pups are 4 weeks old

August 9, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

Echo’s babies are 4 weeks and toddling around like little champs. Today we took them outside and they explored the puppy area. They did very well and I know they will just keep getting more and more confident outside in the coming weeks. Enjoy the photos of them from this morning.

Want to see more puppy play? Visit us on Instagram @Kazuri.beaglesandcavaliers

Interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup? Please visit our Puppy page for information on our breeding plans, and pricing, how we place pups and how to apply.

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A great Hound Show weekend

August 6, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

What a great Hound Show with the Western Washington Hound Show this weekend. We were thrilled that Mike and Karen and Nick snuck across from TN to attend these shows. We finished 2 dogs and got group placements in a beautiful line up. Fantastic.

Here is how the weekend went –

On Saturday Audrey (Rosehounds Brown Eyed Girl at Kazuri) bred by Bonnie & William Farrell and owned by Bonnie and myself, went WB for a major towards her CH. She just needed 1 more to finish. On Sunday, she did just that and finished 🙂

On Saturday Murphy (Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright) bred by myself, Mike & Karen Kurtzner and owned by Sarah Smith-Falkner andmyself, went WD/BOW for a major towards his CH. He just needed 1 more to finish. On Sunday, he did just that and finished as well 🙂

And to top off a wonderful weekend, Nick (MBIS MBISS GCHP Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGC TKN ATT) won BOV and then Hound Group 2 both days.

Thank you to judges Mrs Marylyn Pipes and Mrs Lori Nelson for the placements on Saturday and to Mrs Lori Nelson and Mr Hal T Beirmann for the placement on Sunday.

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The beagle pups get loads of socializing with my niece

August 2, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com 1 Comment

My family is visiting from NZ and one of my brothers has a 1 year old and a 3 year old. The 3 year old is obsessed with holding the beagle puppies – she is super gentle and always supervised. I am thrilled with how many positive experiences they are having with toddlers.

Enjoy the photos that I took today <3 Im in love

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Echo’s beagle puppies turn 3 weeks old

August 2, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

Echo is continuing to do a wonderful job with her little ones. They have tasted and love food and so that’s a new achievement unlocked. I will post some pictures of that soon.

I did their photos on the blue chair today as they are starting to move about and I think by next week they will want to explore and move around too much 🙂

Enjoy their latest photos

Girl – Savannah

Boy 1 – Memphis

Boy 2 – Raleigh

Boy 3 – Austin

Want to see more puppy play? Visit us on Instagram @Kazuri.beaglesandcavaliers

Interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup? Please visit our Puppy page for information on our breeding plans, and pricing, how we place pups and how to apply.

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Echo’s beagle babies turn 2 weeks

July 26, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

Echo is keeping her little ones very satisfied and so they don’t really want to move around a whole lot yet. Their eyes have tiny peeps so we should have eyes open by the end of the week.

I am loving their bone and their lovely heads – its a very consistent looking litter and I can’t wait to see how they keep developing once they are up on their feet.

Girl – Savannah

Boy 1 – Memphis

Boy 2 – Raleigh

Boy 3 – Austin

Want to see more puppy play? Visit us on Instagram @Kazuri.beaglesandcavaliers

Interested in your own Kazuri Beagle or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup? Please visit our Puppy page for information on our breeding plans, and pricing, how we place pups and how to apply.

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Kazuri wins multiple awards for the NBC Best of the Best 2022

July 24, 2023 sarah.sweetman@outlook.com

If I’m honest, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude with the honor of standing beside such incredible breeders and exhibitors and humbled that I had a part to play in several of the awards given out for 2022.

The National Beagle Club announced that Nick is the official 15 inch beagle of the year for 2022. I am beyond grateful to co-breeders and co-owners Mike and Karen who have made Nick the superstar he is as they take him to all the shows across the US

It was a 3 way tie for “Stud dog of the year” – each with 7 CH progeny- Nick (MBIS MBISS GCHP Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGC TKN ATT), Spencer (BISS CH Ha’Pennys Too Much Trouble) and Alvin (BISS GCHS Tallie Farms Mysteries and Mayhem) – I am so thrilled for breeders and owners of Nick – myself, Mike Karen and of course Penny Petrille who is Spencers breeder., to Dan & Terri Carter (Spencers owners when he was alive) and Susan Kustrup (Alvin’s breeder and owner) – congratulations to each of these deserving dogs.

As if that wasn’t enough, the girl Chelsea Metteer and I imported from Australia and bred her together, Puddin (Aus CH Karakush Proof Is InTh Puddin) won Dam of the year with 7 CHs from one litter (Her litter with SPencer). Huge thank you and congratulations to her breeders Leigh and Helen Gibson.

The thing I marvel about is none of this was done alone. I have strived to build community with my life in dogs and the fact that all of these wins were with my friends is such a bonus. I am so grateful for all the work and effort of those who went before me to set me up for such success. So thank you to my co-owners, co-breeders and everyone cheering us on.