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