Today Raven’s litter is 2 Days old. We took their weights have had some healthy gains. So far we have been blessed with a great litter and no issues. I’ve been keeping a spreadsheet on their gains so I thought I’d share a bit of it. Everyone loves a bit of data crunching. I found…
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.
We’ve been going over list ideas for our early scent introduction. Here is what we are thinking of using: The 4 scents used by AKC scent work titles: Birch Anise Clove Cypress Various bird wings: Pheasant Duck Chukar Quail Pigeon(?) Goose (?) Other scents Cat Antler Shed Used Shotgun Shell/Gunpowder Let us know if you…
This is a picture I got from another Breeder who also uses Puppy Culture. This picture is worth a 1000 words. The difference you will see in your puppies will be amazing. These puppies are 7 weeks old and already know so much! Sierra/Raider puppies week : Our final week with mama and littermates! This…
Three Doves does Puppy Aptitude Testing with all of our puppies as close to day 49 (7 weeks) as possible. We use two independent trainers to evaluate the litter so that we can make the best placements.
Our goal is to get the puppies outside as much as possible so that they learn to potty outdoors. Our next two litters will be born in the winter so we may not get out as early or often as we’d like. Litter box training will start early and this will be a great stepping…
