Piper & Rowan Puppies – Week 6

In week 6, puppies are so much fun.  They play and play and then sleep and sleep.  They have been for multiple rides in the car, they have visited a bunch of new places and have met a TON of new people of all shapes, ages and sizes.  They’ve learned to dig and...

Piper & Rowan Puppies – Week 5

Puppies are growing fast!  They’re now 5 weeks old and little personalities are starting to emerge.  Today was quite warm and they let me know in no uncertain terms that it was time to fill the pool and get our feet wet.  Then, later in the afternoon, it was...

Piper & Rowan Puppies – Week 4

  This week, puppies are getting stronger and are up on their feet, motoring around.  They’ve moved from the whelping box into the kitchen and the deck for the day.  Inside, they listen to all the sounds of the household like the washer, dishwasher, vacuum, big...

Piper & Rowan Puppies – Week 3

Puppies came out on the deck this morning for outdoor adventures.  They got to run around a bit and they got their nails cut.  As you can see, eyes are starting open, they can now hear.  As a result, there is BARKING!  We have had an escapee from their whelping box...

Piper & Rowan Puppies – Week 2

Piper’s puppies are two weeks old tomorrow.  They’re getting bigger, starting to really be able to move around and if you take a close look at the photos…you’ll see little eyes starting to open.  We popped them outside for their photo op...

Piper & Rowan Puppies – Week 1

Babies are 1 week old already.  I can’t believe how quickly the time passes and how quickly they grow.  All puppies have doubled their weight and are starting to crawl around the box and crawl over each other.  At this age, puppies don’t hear or see, but...

Piper’s Puppies Are Here!

Welcome to the world little ones.  We’re so pleased to announce that Piper’s babies are here.  We haven’t had a bunch of sleep this week and puppies are settling in.  Mark will be in touch with all of you on the reservation list to talk about when...

Piper Has Been Bred

We bred Piper on March 12, just before lock downs and border closings and all the other weird and wonderful things that are going on with our country managing the spread of the Covid virus.  Normally, by now, we’d be posting an ultrasound confirming pregnancy,...
Piper is in Season

Piper is in Season

For those of you on the list for a Piper puppy, she came in season on Sunday.  This means we’ll likely breed her towards the middle of March.  The timeline from there is that we’ll know mid-April if she is pregnant and if so, we’ll have puppies mid-May.  If Mother...
An Excellent Summer!

An Excellent Summer!

    Congratulations to Rob McSpadden and his girls for such an excellent summer.  Willow (Rowan/Leia) has gone 5 for 5 to achieve her HRC Hunting Retriever title and Piper (Drake/Shannon) has gone 4 for 4 to achiever her Started Hunting Retriever title.  The...