Yesterday, May 8, 2022 — Mother’s Day, Lily Belle whelped five, beautiful puppies. This is the Seedling Litter, Maxwell’s Build Me Up Buttercup x Lily Belle crossing. The first puppy was born at 6:59 PM after two hours of hard labor. The fifth and final puppy was born at 10:26 PM. Lily Belle had three…
Continue readingButtercup x Lily Belle Seedling Litter (Mother’s Day)
Original X-Ray Contrast Enhanced X-Ray Contrast Enhanced 2 X-Ray X-Ray With Likely Puppy Outline Yesterday, Tuesday (May 3, 2022), Lily Belle went to the vet for a pregnancy radiograph / puppy count. The vet tech came in and said, “Lily definitely has puppies.” A few moments later the Vet came in and said I counted…
It’s Day 52 of Lily’s pregnancy! We are super excited for her first litter to arrive. Dogs typically have puppies between day 58-64. Nearly every Springer Spaniel breeder I have talked to, including Lily’s say that the normal day for Springers is Day 60- which puts us at May 7- a week from Saturday! I…
Today, Lily Belle had an ultrasound at the Franklin County Animal Medical Center. The ultrasound confirmed that Lily is pregnant. The vet thought he saw at least six puppies. This is just preliminary and exact puppy count will not be known until the puppies are born. In about 30 days, Lily will have an X-Ray…
Yesterday, Lilly Belle, along with all the other AKC registered dogs eligible, received an invitation to the AKC Rally National Championship to be held on July 8, 2022. You can read about the championship at the AKC’s Rally National page. Lily Belle Rally Jump Rally is an obedience sport for dogs that uses a course…
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, Dardenne Prairie Retriever Club had its 2nd Annual Poker Run. The dogs worked four different stations. After finishing each station, the handler drew a card from the deck. At the end, the best hand won. The video above shows Raven (handled by Al Collver) and Jynx (handled by Terra Collver)…
The Gateway Upland Hunt Club took a break from flushing birds to work on basic upland skills with their dogs. This past weekend we focused on training the dogs to do quartering. The short video shows how we trained the dogs to quarter.
Lily Belle & Buttercup For the past week, we have been staying at Maxwell’s English Springer Spaniels in Unionville, Tennessee. We travelled to Maxwell’s kennel once Lily Belle’s progesterone level reached 5.1 on Tuesday, March 8th. Lilly Belle and Buttercup were bred Tuesday through Thursday. We will have to head back…
Yesterday, we had a break in the cold weather and took the opportunity to train at Busch Wildlife. Lily, Raven, and Jynx all worked on send outs and retrieves. Charlie, Jynx’s puppy, was introduced to birds and gunfire. It was a good day.
By now the puppies from our Jynx and Raven litters have settled into their new homes for a few weeks. While puppies are cute, I’m sure everyone has noticed that puppies also need a lot of structure. Puppy classes can provide you with guidance to get your puppy on a great path of training. If…
