Those who have kept track of the crazy changes know already that Wrecks was a recent unexpected blessing, and that he is Whiskey’s half brother. We knew we wouldn’t use him as a stud long term, and we decided to place him in a new home before he got too attached to us. He has found his new home and seems to love it! In the meantime, Astraea is absolutely ginormous! We’ll be scheduling her puppy count radiograph soon for next week sometime. We have been busy nesting and preparing the whelping box/ nursery, making tiny little collars, and preparing supplies. I’ll post some pictures when we’re finished. I personally can’t wait for Halloween!

Astraea and Wreck’s have completed and passed all their health tests! Wrecks is officially for sale at $5,000 for full rights or $2,000 for limited registration which will include neutering. We’re open to a few other arrangements as well if you’re interested in being Wreck’s new owners.

We’ve taken more deposits since the ultrasound on Wednesday, and we will now wait until the birth to see how many puppies are actually born and thrive. If you’re interested in a pup, please subscribe to this blog. We will announce if we have extra puppies available around early November.

We would like to announce that Astraea is VERY pregnant! The poor vet had difficulty getting a good count because there were so many pups. She estimated 12-14 puppies!!! We have decided that we will accept more pre-birth deposits, so if you have contacted me with interest about a puppy, have filled out a puppy application and were told you would be a good fit, and subscribed to this blog, text me if you are interested in putting a deposit down. It looks like it’s going to be a busy Halloween!

Astraea and Wrecks are getting updated OFA eye exams tomorrow, and Astraea will be getting her ultrasound on September 30th to confirm her pregnancy! At the moment we only have room for 2 more deposits! What a great fall we have ahead of us!

We have a special announcement! We got two adult goldens on our trip back to Wyoming. One was a female (Astraea) with almost all her health testing complete  from a retiring breeder, and the other is a male (Titanic Wrecks) from our first litter whose family circumstances changed.  Provided they both respond well to training and pass the rest of their health tests,  we may have puppies much sooner than we expected! These are quick pictures that we got while traveling.  We’ll take better ones soon!

In our past updates you will find that we lost Carmel who was our perfect girl and the foundation of our kennel. Her final pups have homes, and we have kept one of her sons. We have also chosen another female from California to add to our program. Our next litter will not be available until at least later in 2021. Pictures and videos of our new puppy couple will probably be all over our Instagram. Please follow this blog, our Instagram, and/or our Facebook page for current information. We would be happy to discuss our deposit process with families, but we will not officially accept any deposits until 2021. Thank you!

The passing of our dear Carmel and the pups that followed her grieves us deeply. The updates have been non- existant because it was too overwhelming to keep up with everything that happened. We have decided that we will keep a boy who will become our stud. After making this decision, a search ensued for a future girlfriend for our new little buddy. Dreams of a happy little puppy couple growing up together comforted my heart and eased the pain of losing the bright future we expected with Carmel. We found our new girl, and she was born on the day that our stud and the rest of Carmel’s final litter was due (they were born almost a week early). We plan to pick our new girl up March 28th providing all goes smoothly. Thank you for everyone who has messaged, texted, called, prayed, and hugged us. We feel so blessed to have so many people care. Thank you!

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