Puppy Update

Things kind of got away from me, time-wise, in terms of keeping up with puppy updates.  The pups are all off to their new homes now.  I ended up keeping Hazel (formerly Palladium) in addition to Sasha (formerly Cadmium). I had originally planned to place her, but began to like how she looked more and more as she got older, and decided to hang onto her for a while rather than placing her in a pet home. We will see how she looks, and how she compared to her sister, as they get older. The other five are all in great new homes. Faith (formerly Platinum) and Sterling (formerly Tungsten), will be shown, which I am happy about. The three liver boys are in great pet homes across the country.


I did take eight week old pics, but didn't get around to posting them, so I'll do that now, with info about where the puppies are now and their registered names and new call names. 




Argon, now called Archie
Registered as Kalwa's Noble Element
Living in Grand Junction, CO



Archie



Krypton, now called Max
Registered as Kalwa's Magical Element
Living in Leesburg, VA

 

Max

 

Xenon, now called Teddy
Registered as Kalwa's Essential Element
Livingin Phoenix, AZ



Teddy



Tungsten, now called Sterling
Registered as Kalwa's Elements of Sterling
Living in Midvale, UT, where he will be shown in conformation and obedience.

Sterling

Platinum, now called Faith
Registered as Kalwa's Elements of Faith
Living in Williamstown, WV with her aunt, Grace (Kalwa's Waitin' for a Sunny Day).
Faith will be shown in conformation.

Faith

Palladium, now called Hazel
Registered as Kalwa's Elements in Harmony
Staying here at Kalwa, where she'll do all the stuff the Kalwa dogs do.

Hazel

Cadmium, now called Sasha
Registered as Kalwa's Elements of Style
Staying here at Kalwa (although living with my mother).
Sasha will be shown in conformation, obedience, and possibly agility.

Sasha

Available Puppies

I've had some planned homes fall through, so I now find myself with a couple puppies still to place.  Exactly which puppies are still available is somewhat up in the air at this point, as I haven't finalized puppy choices for the homes that are getting one.  Everything is pending outcomes of health clearances, even though I am starting to get a good feel for which pups may go where.  What I'd really like is homes that are interested in showing and possibly performance events for Platinum and Tungsten.  Both have outgoing, confident, personalities with strong retrieving instincts and will probably make decent perfomance dogs, and both are also shaping up nicely into show prospects, and I'd love to see them in the show ring.  So, if anyone out there is looking for either a dog or a bitch to show and/or do performance events, please let me know.  I'd especially like to find local (Salt Lake area) homes interested in getting involved in dog shows.  We'd love to increase the population of Springer people involved in dog events in this area, with the hope of creating a local Springer club at some point in the future.  So, anyone in Utah who already has a Springer and might be interested in joining a club, contact me, too.  kalwaspringers@gmail.com  

Show Brags

We made the trip up to the Helena, MT shows last weekend and had a good time there.  Tucker (Kalwa's Sweet Emotion) who lives near Helena was entered, and I brought Tucker's sister Georgia (Kalwa's Sweet Georgia Brown) and Carter (CH Kalwa's Incense and Peppermints RN).  We were at the shows Saturday and Sunday, and both days Tucker was Winners Dog for a point, Georgia was Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best Opposite Sex for a point, and Carter was Select Dog for a point toward his grand champion title.  Would have been even better if Carter won the breed, but he's hardly been shown since finishing his championship last year, and he's a little out of condition.  Not to mention that his competition in the breed is one of the top Springers in the coutry who has been heavily campaigning for a while, and who happens to be a very nice dog in his own right.  So, definitely happy with the outcome of the weekend.

Six Week Photos

So, once again I'm a little behind getting pictures up, but here are six-week-old photos of the puppies.  They got their first baths and haircuts the same day the pictures were taken, so there are before and after the haircut shots of each puppy, as well as stacked pictures.  I'm hoping to get another good set of pictures this weekend, when the puppies will be about eight weeks old.  I'm starting to think about who's going where, and final placement decisions will be made in the next couple of weeks, before they start heading off to their new homes October 16.



Argon (l/w boy) before his haircut



Argon after being groomed



Argon stacked

Xenon (l/w boy) before his haircut



Xenon after grooming






Xenon stacked





Krypton (l/w boy) before being groomed



Krypton after grooming

Krypton stacked

Tungsten (b/w boy) before his haircut

Tungsten after grooming

Tungsten stacked

Cadmium (l/w girl) before her haircut

Cadmium after grooming

Cadmium stacked



Palladium (b/w girl) before her haircut





Palladium after grooming





Palladium stacked





Platinum (b/w girl) before grooming





Platinum after grooming





Platinum stacked



In other news...

Carter passed his therapy dog evaluation!  On September 11, Carter and I went through the evaluation to become Delta Soceiety Pet Partners, and passed.  So Carter is now officially a therapy dog, just like his mother, Harmony.  Once all the paperwork is submitted, we will be doing some volunteer work in the local hospitals and care centers, and I am hoping that in the future I will be able to use Carter in my professional work, like I did with Harmony, as well.

Five Weeks Old

The puppies are six weeks old today, so I'm a little behind, but here are pictures taken a week ago.  These are the first stacked pictures of the puppies.  Some of the babies were more cooperative than others, which is reflected in the pictures.  All the puppies are happy and healthy, even little Argon who had such a rough start.

Argon

Argon



Krypton





Krypton



Xenon



Xenon





Tungsten



Tungsten

Palladium

Palladium

Platinum

Platinum

Cadmium

Cadmium









More Three Week Old Pics

My niece, Zoey, with Platinum

Playtime!

The liver puppies

the black puppies

My daughter, Lydia, with Argon and Palladium

Kali's getting less fond of motherhood