The Eclipse litter experienced a duck wing today for their daily scent introduction. Mostly very positive results! I don’t know if the scent was more exciting or if they are just more mobile, but they all responded quickly.
Today is day 10 for the Levi x Raven puppies! This is an exciting day for these guys. Today we saw some milestones as well. We had our weigh in this morning and 3 of the pups have doubled their weights! This is great news and means Raven is being a great mom! Most of…
Eclipse Litter 6 Days old WARNING: NOISY!! Days 5-10: Neonatal period. We are removed from the nest for 3 minutes a day to drop our body temperature. This neurological stimulation creates a mild stress to stimulate our hormonal, adrenal, and pituitary systems. This boosts our ability to cope and adapt to stressful situations faster and…
Early scent introduction (ESI) is a training program for puppies designed to enhance their ability to identify, and react to, specific scents. Each day, the trainer introduces a strong scent to the puppy for brief intervals, and records the puppy’s reaction. The reaction is considered to be positive when the puppy shows interest in the…
Day 3-16 – Neonatal Period In this amazing week, we see the puppies transform from deaf , blind, helpless loaves of fur, to real little puppies who can hear, toddle, and play. You’ll get to take a peek at the funny and touching moments when they realize there’s a whole world outside of themselves. Yesterday was Day…
Raven has been starting to nest quite a bit. She’s getting big so I took her in today for an X-ray. We have a lot of puppies in there! The middle of the X-ray is a little cloudy- probably because of puppies getting in the way of each other and some of her organs in…
The Micah x Jynx puppies that we are expecting the first part of December is going to be an amazing litter. These puppies will have 21 Hall of Fame dogs in their pedigree. They will share many of the same black Hall of Fame dogs that we highlighted in our upcoming Levi x Raven Litter.…
I’m a bit biased- but I think our labs and the boys they were bred to are gorgeous. Both chocolate labs already have been used by pet talent agencies. Let’s face it, these two litters of pups are going to be cute! The word is getting out, and I’ve had a few professional photographers and…
Pedigree for HRCH UH RFC’s Levi’s Truth Be Told MH x SHR Raven Of Tatanka Bluffs, Joining Three-doves TD, CGC,RN Both Levi and Raven have a distinguished pedigree. Twenty-one dogs in their pedigree are in the Retriever Hall of Fame. Levi and Raven share several dogs in their pedigree and are distant cousins. They share 6 ancestors…
On October 22, 2021, Raven had an ultrasound to confirm that she was pregnant. The vetinarian counted at least 6 puppies. Raven will have an X-Ray in the near future to obtain a more precise count of the number of puppies. A brief video of the ultrasound follows.
