3 Weeks Old — Romance Litter
The Buttercup x Lily Romance litter is now three weeks old. Here are the girls. Here are the boys. Some more photos and close ups.
8 Days Old — Romance Litter
8 Month Old Aster Watches Over Siblings The Buttercup x Lily Romance Litter has reached the milestone of 8 days old. Five of the seven puppies have doubled their weight (the doubling of weight is an important day 10 milestone). The litter is healthy and developing well. Here are the puppies’ day 8 weights. Here…
Day 4 — Lily Belle’s Romance Litter
We would like to introduce Lily Belle x Buttercup’s Romance Litter. The seven puppies were whelped on January 29, 2023. The past few days have been very, very busy at Three-Doves with the puppies. The three girls did not cooperate for the photo. In order of the photo: 1) Yellow Collar — Mary “Shelly”; 2)…
Lily Belle Puppy Count
Yesterday, Lily Belle had her pregnancy X-Ray. The vet said at least 7 puppies. The drawing on the X-Ray indicates there might be 8 puppies. This litter is from Buttercup x Lily — both have full OFA health clearances. Lily is feeling rather uncomfortable.
The Historic St. Louis Rain & Flood
We’ve been a little behind providing updates on the Three-Doves website. The Seedling Litter puppies have gone home. We kept one puppy, Aster, featured in the video. More on that later. Recently, you may have heard of the historic rain showers Saint Louis, MO, has experienced and the flooding. We escaped damage to our property,…
5 Weeks Old!
Today the Seedling litter is 5 weeks old! We have seen huge changes over the past week. Puppies have gained quite a bit this week, and they are walking, running, playing, barking, giving kisses, and wagging their tails. This is where it starts to get to be a lot of fun! This past week we…
Socialization Starts!
This week we are starting a lot of new things. The past week the main goal was to start the puppies weaning, learning to walk, and learning to use the litter box. We’ve had a mixed bag with all three tasks, but we are getting there. This week is a big change! They are no…
Companion Animal Eye Registry (CAER)
Now that the puppies all have their eyes open, its time to talk about eye health. Spaniels, as a class of dogs, are susceptible to many inherited eye diseases. As a good breeder, my goal is to work to improve the breed, and this means making sure that my puppies are not carrying any of…
Seedlings are 2 Weeks Old!
The Seedlings are 2 weeks old today! So far they have been doing great! I tried to get a good picture (using help) and you can see how difficult it can be! They are very mobile. Today we had a huge milestone! Our first little one is starting to open her eyes. I expect the…
Seedlings Day 8
Today the Seedlings are 8 days old and they have hit some great milestones! Yesterday, all three black and white females doubled their weight. Today, the remaining 2 liver and white puppies doubled their weights. The liver and white puppies were bigger, so it usually takes the biggest ones and extra day or two to…