Violet's VGL testing came back and we are uploading her info to BetterBred as well. BetterBred is a website that helps breeders analyze their VGL testing, and to make breeding plans according to what the current research and genetics tell us.

We are happy to announce that Violet has finally gone into heat. Now we do our testings and wait for the breeding to take place. After that we will do a confirmation ultrasound a little over 30 days after a successful breeding to confirm that the breeding took.

Happy Fall to you all!
We are waiting for Violet to go into heat for her next breeding, hopefully it should be soon! 
We haven't been able to show this year as all the UKC shows in Colorado were canceled; and traveling to out of state shows were not in the cards since we as a family have human kids to worry about as well with traveling and COVID. 
Fingers are super crossed that the Mother's Day show here in Colorado is a go, and if COVID numbers start looking better we may try traveling to some small shows close to us.  Emmy and Quinn have really enjoyed their shorter summer/not showing clips this year though. Quinn and Emmy have also started doing some obedience training to try to keep socialization up through all of this COVID social distancing.

We hope you all are doing well and we will keep you all updated on the breeding with Violet.

Hi all! 
Here at Fireside we are happy to announce that all of the puppies have found amazing families from Violet and Gus' last litter. And Jagger has found an amazing local co-own home with a great standard poodle brother for him to live and play with!
We have our fingers crossed that the May and July dog shows won't be canceled this summer for Jagger, Emmy, and Quinn. We know many dog clubs have had to cancel shows due to the conditions our country is currently enduring with the COVID-19 virus.
We hope everyone is doing okay in these trying times. I know many in our dog community are facing hard times with this pandemic and how we live our everyday lives.

Echo, Tango and Zulu have been picked by our deposit holders on our waitlist. Bravo and Delta are available for the choosing!
Bravo is a very outgoing puppy who wowed the temperament assesor and conformation judge. He he has gorgeous conformation and would do well in a show, performance or pet home. Bravo is one of my kids' favorite puppies as he is playful and cuddly.
Delta is a very sweet and smart little girl who is lower energy than her brothers and sisters. According to our assesors she would do great in a performance or pet home, she also has the potential to develop into a wonderful therapy dog. Delta loves her attention and cuddles with the my kids, and sits beatifully to get it.

We were recently asked what kind of treats that we recommend for training treats. So we are putting together a little post here about what we like to use with our puppies.​​ For training we recommend only soft treats. Crunchy treats leave a mess and are too hard to chew during training sessions. Here are some of our favorites:

• My favorite on the list is the meat rolls from Happy Howies. We have used the turkey, lamb and beef and just love these for our dogs to train with. We usually end up getting a larger roll and cutting them up into bite sized pieces and freezing them until needed. These rolls are great but don't have preservatives so they need to be refrigerated once opened (up to a week) or frozen. Chewy.com and Amazon also sell these rolls and some times are cheaper than the actual Happy Howie website. https://www.happyhowies.com/product-category/premium-meat-rolls/
• We also use Zuke's mini all natural training treats. We love the rabbit and duck, because they give your puppy some thing a little different flavor wise for training. Petsmart, Petco, Amazon, Chewy.com all sell these treats as well. www.zukes.com/dog-treats/training/mini-naturals-rabbit-recipe
• Another training treat that we like to use is Wellness Soft Puppy Bites. They have other formulations of the soft treats for adult dogs as well. Chewy and other major pet retailers carry these as well. We don't recommend the crunchy for training purposes. www.wellnesspetfood.com/natural-dog-food/snacks
• Primal also has some options that may work well for you with your puppies as well. primalpetfoods.com/collections/treats

While we are on puppy watch this week.....The Colorado Brewery Tour Litter is a year old! Here are pictures of the puppies all grown up to a year old!

Violet's pregnancy was confirmed this morning! Vet  said they looked great. We have our X-ray scheduled for November 5th to get the final puppy count before whelping!