The puppies are 1 week old and of course being a professional photographer by trade, I couldn’t help myself but take them into my studio for a quick shoot. My daughter helped and in 20 mins we were all done – warm air was our best friend for sleepy puppies 🙂
Enjoy xo
Boy 1 – aka “Nemo” 
Boy 2 aka “Rueben”
Boy 3 aka ” Pebble”
Boy 4 aka “River”
Girl aka “Lulu”
Boy 5 aka “Gabriel”
Laila, Arrow’s daughter is here for a quick visit while her puppy parents are on vacation. we love having pups come to stay – it is so neat to see them grow up. They just become part of the pack while they are here.
xo
Maddy’s temp dropped on Monday evening so we knew it was just a matter of time before her babies would be making an appearance. She was calm and sleepy and certainly made the most of her final days of beauty sleep.
The morning of her labor, I had gotten up several times to check on her in the night. While she didn’t want me to leave her alone, she also wasn’t ready for birth so I went back to bed.
In the morning, she decided the couch was where she wanted to have her babies. We had other ideas of course. Around 7am her water sack appeared and she promptly popped it. So, Brianna took her on a few walks around the yard and we waited for the signs of the first baby to appear.
At 8:50am our first baby was born – uneventfully. 🙂 A big bonny boy. 10.1 oz with a full white face and big wide blaze. i was officially in love and excited to see the litter if this was any indication.
Baby #2 came at 10:15. Another boy. 9.7oz – this one with a little J shape on his neck.
Boy #3 came at 10:47. He was 9.6oz and had a little spot in the middle of his neck.
Boy #4 arrived with a lot of noise. He was born feet first and at a whopping 11.7oz with loads of white.
Our next puppy was a GIRL – we had almost resigned ourselves to a full litter of boys so she was a fun surprise. A petite 9.5oz
And our final baby was a final baby boy – 11.6oz (again feet first).
Then Maddy went into rest mode. I thought there might be another one to come, so I made sure with an xray at the vet, but it showed we were all done. so we brought her home to enjoy her babies.
Boy oh boy, Maddy and AJ did good <3
We have wonderful news – today we confirmed that Madison is indeed pregnant via ultrasound and so at the end of September we are expecting a litter of puppies to arrive. We wont know exactly how many until we do an x-ray closer to her due date.
This is a lovely line breeding and we have high hopes for what we could get from it. We were very lucky to get a breeding in days before he left for his debut in Canada.
AJ is Canadian BIS Am GCH FoxTail’s Race To The Finish
Our little Vixen is a constant source of fun and entertainment and her latest joy is to spend her days on our Stand Up Paddle Boards with us. She LOVES the water and has even discovered swimming in the shallows of our lake. I have never had a water beagle before so this is all new territory for me. 🙂 She is such a delight indeed.
B and Sirius debut’ed this weekend as a Jr Handler.
She walked and worked with him with confidence and it looked like they had been a team for months not weeks. to say we were so proud of them was an understatement. I think these two have a bright future ahead of them.
B and I took Sirius to Ocean shores on our “girls weekend” away so she could practice her moves for her first junior handling events at the COPS (Cavaliers of Puget Sound) dog show. They actually make a wonderful team and I cant wait to see them in the ring next week.,
Now that the cavalier puppies are almost 10 weeks old, we are approaching our final days with them here in our home. In some ways, it seems like a long time and in other ways, the last 10 weeks have flown by in a blink of an eye.
The weather has thankfully been getting nicer lately and so we have been able to enjoy getting outdoors and enjoy the yard outside. The cavalier babies love exploring the yard with the beagles and momma Arrow.
Enjoy the latest pictures of them playing together – possibly the last of them all together as Maggie (now Chloe) will be going to her forever home this weekend.
xo
The cavalier puppies are 7 weeks old and we are thrilled with how they are growing and developing. They are growling and pouncing and playing.
Maggie is non stop energy and a ball of fun. Max is reserved and a thinker. Julia is bold and fearless and James is cheeky. Little Dottie (born from Arrow’s sister Penny but being raised with our litter) is a little bit of a Diva.
We are going to do evaluations next week – I look forward to assessing them for show quality.
Mia’s two boys Kris and TT have come to Seattle for a visit. Kris is going to his forever companion home and TT is going to do some maturing here for a while. We also decided we will keep their sister Vixen as our newest show prospect, so watch this space in the future 🙂
I took some pictures of them this evening – aren’t they handsome boys? they are 4 months old 🙂
