Orange Girl is getting prettier and prettier.
I couldn’t resist a photo.
Dec 042018
Dec 022018
We’ve been practicing every day. Maybe now that they are 9 weeks old we’ll see some real progress.
Pink Girl has a mind of her own! Don’t hold her head or you will hear about it from her. (I make a practice of holding her head). She isn’t afraid of anything.
Sometimes Purple is sedate, sometimes she is wild and crazy. Yesterday she chose wild and crazy during her training.
Orange Girl is showing real promise as she gets older. I see nice movement and attitude.
Blue Boy is a people dog. He is one of the first to greet you and ask to be picked up. Sometimes he asks too loudly!
Green Boy is not quite as confident as his siblings. He loves to rumble but seems more reticent in new situations.
What can I say about Brown Boy? He has always been the largest, being the pup to pass the 4 lb. mark this week. He’s handsome. He’s sometimes good….sometimes not as good! I guess they all fit that description.
Oct 282018
Blue Boy likes to wrestle with his siblings.
Green Boy’s first picture was blurry, so we had to do a re-take.
Brown Boy is quite happy to explore. He likes to play.
Four weeks have gone by quickly.
Today the puppies will have their first meal of very smashed puppy chow.
Aug 262018
LeDoux is a puppy from our first Bichon, Duchess. He is the last puppy born from her last litter. Now, at 16 years old, he is still handsome and is still “The King”.
Jun 242018
During week 5 visitors returned to play with the puppies. I think this is Pink girl–who seems to like flipflops and people!
Hmm, I think the puppies have a foot fetish! Exposed toes are fair game–and these little girls have those baby puppy needle teeth.
Apr 032018
All the puppies are doing very well. They doubled their birth weight by day 6. Pigment is coming in. They had their first nail trimming today and Mr. Turquoise was kind enough to pose for this picture.
Dec 252017
It’s been a couple of years since we made the trip to Orlando for the largest dog show in the country. It’s a great show to see all the stars of the dog show world, canine and human.
Similar to Nationals, we take a dog there with cautious anticipation. Hoping for our dog to show well, maybe pick up a ribbon or two and represent us well. That’s all we ask. We have yet to be disappointed.
This year was Oliver’s AKC Nationals debut. He is only 13 months and still very much a baby. Baby hair and a baby brain. But he’s a pretty tough little guy.
First day out Oliver was experiencing the biggest and busiest venue ever. He was not totally comfortable with everything but managed to show well and we were happy when he was awarded Reserve Winners dog behind a very nice dog.
Day two was much the same. Oliver was a bit more comfortable, showed a bit better and again awarded Reserve Winners Dog.
Day three he started coming into his own. He was more comfortable, showed better and was awarded Winners Dog for 2 points. Yippee!
Day four was the Puppy and Junior Stakes. A competition for puppies and juveniles. Oliver was victorious that day and won Best of Breed Puppy going over a nice Champion. Sweet!
Day five (the main event). More Bichons showed up for the big day. Oliver was on his game that day. I could not asked him to show any better than he did. He was awarded Winners Dog and Best of Winners for a 3 point major!!! We were over the moon!
The Best of Breed lineup was beautiful. It’s wonderful to see so many quality dogs there and Oliver fit right in.
We are hoping that this is just the start of something big.
Here is a little montage of our experience. The following images were captured by Dina Taylor (with the exception of one).
Well that’s it in a nutshell. We could not be more happy with this little guy. Looking forward to 2018.
Sidebar: Dina was looking to see an alligator while we were in Florida. There were none sited at the Convention Center or the Grand Hyatt where we stayed. But while on our way to the airport she spotted this beauty at a shopping mall.
Nov 142017
Over the weekend Liberty added more titles to her name–getting her first agility title. Liberty’s official name now reads, CH Absolutely Snowbird Free Reign, BN RN CGC TKA NA NJ. Tasheena’s goal for Liberty–be the MOST titled Bichon Frise on record–and Liberty and Tasheena are well on their way to achieving that goal. Way to go!!!!
Jul 152017
On Monday, July 10 Tasheena and her “girls” had a good day. Kevlar was awarded Best of Winners and picked up a couple of points toward her AKC championship–just a few more points and Kevlar will be a finished champion. Liberty earned some points toward her Grand Championship by being awarded Best of Opposite Sex. Great day–lots of fun and many nice compliments on her dogs!!!
Jul 142017
Thank you to sweepstakes breeder judge Robyn Orvos for your appreciation of Oliver and giving him this sweepstakes win!
Thank you to Judge Joan Zielinski for recognizing this young puppy.
