Puffin has been bred to Dance (Southern Md's Dances with Wolves MH**) for expected April 1 litter.

Dance is an Eastern Shore hunting dog that was lightly campaigned in his younger days (he's almost 9) and easily earned his MH and qualifying placements in very limited trialing. His owner is an avid waterfowler however and he no longer competes, Dance has picked up thousands of birds and hunted hard every year. He's a sound, correct deadgrass dog weighing 80 lbs. He's by Dual Champion/AFC Gamblers-Dilwyn Stacked Deck MH and out of Southern Mds Inquisitive Teal MH. In very limited breeding (owners do not actively promote him at stud) Dance has produced MH progeny. Puffin has produced Hope Springs Rufsail JH WDX** from her only previous breeding of 3 living pups (The other two are hunting dogs); so we already know she crosses well with Decks sons.

Both dogs have all clearances (Dance is OFA Excellent; Puffin is OFA good; CERF, both are PRA Pattern "A"); Puppies will sell with 28 month genetic health guarantee for hips and eyes, additionally there is ZERO chance any of the pups will develop or be a carrier for the PRA blindness gene.

This breeding combines the best of old and new Chesapeake bloodlines. In addition to the proven field trial/hunt test production record of Decks and his sons, this cross doubles up on the now rare Mount Joy and Native Shore bloodlines of Dance's granddam and Puffin's dam. Both parents are very attractive, correct representatives of the Chesapeake breed with good dispositions. All colors expected, especially deadgrass. We are very excited about the pups!

Puffin has her own fan club but for those that dont' know her: CH. Puffin II, JH, CD, WDX, CGC (MHR Chestnut Hills Ironwood Oak MH, QAA x Jezebel of the Hollow) Puffin was owner-handled to her AKC bench champion title and obedience CD after whelping her first litter in 2004. She is training and running in Seniors (has passes and a National Specialty Team Obedience win) and open obedience. She is a pleasure to hunt (NO noise except chattering teeth!) and very easy on the eyes. She has an outstanding disposition and loves kids and other dogs.

Pups priced $600-800; we can take 3 more deposits. Special consideration given to working homes that have titled other dogs.
Julie Reardon HopeSpringsFarm@gmail.com (540)364-9480



Photo courtesy of Karen Hocker photography

The Puffies are here! Born April 4, 6M & 1F and they are so beautiful I just have to show them off.



We may have one or possibly two males available--six were presold but two of the buyers really wanted females. E-mail or call for info.

looking for a light sage colored male, do you have any left?
thanks jessi

home email may be bouncing. any males available?

millie.ornett@total.com

Still wondering if you had any more info on available pups. Thanks Jessi jcollins@ococean.com

I have one and possibly two males available. One buyer who wanted a female has til Mon. to decide whether to take a male or get a deposit refund. If you don't hear back from me post here because I just found out my spam filter is eating puppy inquiries!

My inbox is eating replies as well. Puppy must be a spam word. Sent a reply this morning.

Look what showed up on my doorstep this morning!!

Puppies puppies puppies... I love puppies......

I had a deal fall through on one of the pups, the deadgrass male on the right in this photo taken May 27. He's a really nice puppy, very high prey drive, fearlessly swimming out and doing puppy retrieves, he's been in a boat, around gunfire, comes flying to the whistle (thank you Ed Atkins for that litter box training tip!) is being crate trained and is a very handsome, correct pup. DIscounted to $750 to the right home, 8 weeks on June 1.

The buyer of this pup will be in good company--other pups have gone/are going to Bruce Mitchell (for his neice, theirs is the sedge pup in middle) Adrienne Bordo (handsome brown boy on left), George Francis & Betsy Madden (all age Labs, this is their 1st CBR and they LOVE her!) and Vickie Lamb (RJ columnist, well known judge, and though we think of her as a Lab gal she's a closet CBR lover!!). Jim Murray (duck hunter from PA) and Millie Ornett in TX are also reportedly in love with their new family members so plenty of good references are available at how well socialized/started these little guys are. After all, they're learing from the best--my Thug! That's her in the picture with her little half sibs. Puffin is sick of them

PM or e-mail me at reardonjlee@hotmail.com or call (540)364-9480.

Julie,
Waytahgo girl on the quality homes/handlers! But then with a nice Dual breeding like this one quality attracts quality!
Good Training,
Dave

quote:

Originally posted by Julie R.:around gunfire, comes flying to the whistle (thank you Ed Atkins for that litter box training tip)

Julie...I apologize...I'm new here, but could you share the tip with us/me? Thanks

Be glad to dback...
When the eyes first open/they're first starting to respond to my voice, I've always banged on the side of the box and called them over saying "puppies puppies PUPPEEEZ!" This batch, I whistled when I called them. I also started whistling when I started feeding them (3.5 weeks) after reading Ed Atkins did this, seemed like a worthy experiment. As they got older I still whistled when I called them to eat, sometimes to get them in the kennel outside or pen them up in the x-pen inside or just when they were roaming around the yard. Lately I've been randomizing the treats but they all still come flying to the whistle EVERY time! Even a parading pup will come to the whistle after puppy retrieves when they naturally want to run off w/the prize.

I still have 3 here, because of the heat and not being able to ship and today I babysat a 4th for the day, one that lives locally. In fact the owner of this pup said they had her at training last week and she went running to anyone that blew a whistle! Now of course at 8 weeks they still think humans are godlike and the source of all the best things in life so I'm sure they'll still need reinforcement on the recall later as they get more independent, but right now it seems to be imprinted in them that when they hear the whistle, to come running.

The other thing I've done with my past 3 litters is put collars w/tabs on them at about 5 weeks. They pull and drag each other around (and screech and fight it) but this way they learn not to freak out when there is pressure on the neck area and the human is not the bad guy who is restricting their freedom. SO at 7 weeks they're somewhat leash broke and none of them offer up any of the backflips and leash rodeos that sometimes happen when they're first collared/led.

This is also the first litter I did the Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) exercizes (at 0-10 days). Can't say if it made any difference because some of it was just that this was a nice time of year to have a litter and lots of time to enjoy them outside so they got to see and do a lot more stuff than a winter litter.

But I will do all 3 again from now on (ENS, collar tabs and whistle training) because, it can't hurt.

Very interesting...thanks Julie for the very polite response.

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/curlycr/2001pups2a.html

Julie R.
Did you guys do this with the pups??

UPDATE on the Puffies: On June 11 little Sterling won the puppy stakes at the Tidewater RC's picnic trial at the tender age of 9 weeks including a run off against older puppies. Here's a picture of her with George Francis, who's totally smitten (rumor has it Sterling even sleeps in his bed while the Labs are out in the kennels!). He's having to hold her up to see the marks here because she's so little:

July 2 at the Virginia Retriever Benefit picnic trial, the Puffies were clearly the top 3 of the 15 little guys in the puppy stakes. Unfortunately one of the judges, who'd announced between stakes that no Chesapeake was going to win anything he judged, gave the blue to an older BLM pup owned by the landowner/host but everyone watching knew who the best puppies were! Here's Betsy holding Mama Puffin, Usher, Sterling and Flapjack (she's having to prop them up after 3 series in 97 degree heat including a 125 yard mark on land)

Happy Birthday to the puppies! They turned 3 months old on July 4. Vickie Lamb is on her way up to pick up Flapjack (deadgrass pup on left) we will miss the little guy. When I agreed to keep him an extra month I had no idea I'd get so attached to him.

Hey Julie,

I've enjoyed your pictures and news about your litter. There was something in that little silver one and red one that I liked from your pics when they were just babies. They looked very alert and smart. That sliver one in this 2nd photo always seems to have that look that you see in few puppies. The wheels are already turning up there at a rate most chesapeakes will never know. Here's to the future Field Champion!!
Scott