Naast de zorg voor de 5 volwassen honden vragen die kleine donderstenen nu meer aandacht en vooral activering. Ze zijn nu 7 1/2 week en we hebben ze laten werken op een sleep van een ree vel – wildzwijn poot laten apporteren en vleugels van divers pluimage. Op de grote hoefdier geuren zat er wat verschil in hoe ze daar op reageerde. De een super geïnteresseerd en fel en de ander wat minder gretig. Allen werken ze zorgvuldig met hun neus en hebben ze een grote apporteer drive. Grotendeels willen ze het ook heel graag brengen waarbij een enkeling halverwege het 3-4 apport toch ook graag een beetje voor zichzelf houdt. De FRC puppy test gaf ons geen verrassingen – een super social en stabiel nest met veel samenwerkingsbereidheid en dappere pups.

Taking care of 5 grown flats is a day job on its own – on top of that the small “bandits” are asking more and more entertainment and attention. They are now 7 1/2 weeks old and we have had them tracking on deer skin and retrieving wildboar feet and several dried wings of different birds. One the big game there was a difference on how keen they were on owning it, on the retrieves they are show a lot of retrieving potential. One of them has a higher “keep it to myself” attitude but the whole are very willing to retrieve and bring even after several retrieves. The FRC puppy test did not surprise us – very biddable, social and engaged puppies with reliable temperament. Very happy with the results.

The puppies have also been tested for maternal antibodies prior to vaccinating and they were thanks to our preparation completely relaxed during the handling

De pups hebben ook hun titer test gehad en waar nodig ingeënt. We hebben de lichamelijke handelingen vooraf geoefend om zo het bloedafnemen zonder stress te laten verlopen.

Het was ook weer tijd om een mooie stand foto van de knapzakken te maken:

It was also time to make nice standing photo’s:

Hemels is het wel met deze kanjers – wat een schatjes en knuffelen dat ze doen.

Hier zijn wat foto’s van hun eerste staan oefenen.

Absolutely gorgeous little ones – their just love their cuddles and kisses.

Here are some photos of their first practice to stand.

Heeft u al de nest verwijzing kunnen vinden en raden op de mooie nestaankondiging? Het is een vikingen helm verwijzend naar de namen van Scandinavische goden. Omdat Indy een Zweedse stamboom naam heeft en Flatastic een Deense achtergrond.. C staat voor Celestrial oftewel hemels – verwijzend naar de goden. De namen hebben Jan en Alie bedacht en ondergetekende heeft er een Deense toevoeging aan gegeven.

Did you already discover the name hint on the litter announcement ? It is a Viking helmet pointing towards the names of Scandinavian gods. The connection here is that mother of the litter has a Swedish name and Flatastic has a danish background. Celestrial is pointing to the god theme. The names were found by Jan & Alie and I added a Danish touch to it.

The males:

The bitches:

Vandaag zijn alle pups gechipt door een Raad van Beheer medewerker en er is DNA afgenomen voor ouderschaps bewijs. Alle pups namen de handeling compleet gelaten en ontspannen – ze zijn heerlijk koel in de kop.

Today all the puppies have had their identification chips implanted and their DNA swaps have been taken by the Dutch kennel club employee in order to prove their parenthood. The puppies were very relaxed and not impressed at all by the handling. They are very cool headed little Flatcoats.

De Kaspar & Indy pups zijn nu 6 1/2 week oud

The Kaspar & Indy puppies are now 6 1/2 weeks old

Terwijl wij op vakantie waren kwam er een heel verdrietig bericht binnen dat er in Jan zijn omgeving ernstige onvoorziene omstandigheden opgetreden zijn. Dit resulteerde in het feit dat wij eerder naar huis zijn gekomen om te helpen met de verzorging van de pups. Eenmaal thuis had Jan en Alie al met Yvonne overleg gehad en samen besloten we dat de enige juiste oplossing was om Indy en de pups te verhuizen naar Rijnsaterwoude zodat hun gezin kan dealen met de huidige situatie zonder de zorg voor de pups. Afgelopen woensdag heb ik ze met een zwaarmoedig hart verhuist. We wensen Jan en zijn gezin alle kracht en sterkte toe de komende tijd.

While we were enjoying a long awaited holiday I received a very sad message that personal circumstances in Jan’s family have taken a very unfortunate turn. Therefore we decided to return home in order to be able to help them out. Once we were home, Yvonne (breeder of Indy) and Jan & Alie had discussed the options to deal with the current situation. We all agreed – with deep grief in our hearts – that the best option was to move Indy and the pups to our kennel in Rijnsaterwoude. Therefore I picked them up and drove back home last Wednesday. We send Jan & his family our warm thoughts and wish them strength for the time ahead.

Indy & de pups maken het heel goed – mijn roedel heeft ze geaccepteerd en ik ben bijna op peil met de was..

Indy and het puppies are adjusting very well and I am almost up to date with my washing..

Een groot dank naar iedereen die heeft geholpen en komende weken gaan bijspringen zodat ik af en toe eigen honden kan uitlaten. Alle hulp is zeer gewaardeerd, daar dit niet voorzien was heb ik geen maatregelen vooraf kunnen treffen.

A large thanks for all help that I have received this far – glad with every bit as this was rather unexpected and unprepared.

A very unfortunate holiday planning landed at our doorstep from my husband’s employer this year.. in the middle of high season and the C litter. Therefore we shortened the time down and to a mini vacation hoping for a rebound later this year. Traveling with 4 dogs is not always easy as many camping’s are hesitant allowing that many dogs. I am very proud of our foursome though – they have behaved very well at each campsite.

On our last evening we got the chance to take some beautiful shadow shots on the beach:

And some more holiday shots:

Here is the latest photo update from our C litter:

The girls:

The boys:

Bovenstaande foto’s met dank aan familie Janssen

The puppies are now 5 1/2 weeks old and will be chipped and dna tested later this week.

The gorgeous puppies from our C litter are now fat little cuties. Mother Indy has taken very good care of them and now they are 4 1/2 weeks old.

Today the puppies were dewormed and fed their first solid meat meal after a slow adjustment with puppies mousse. Look at these beauties.. are they not absolutely adorable?

📷 thanks to Lucré Koster – van der Vegt

On Saturday the 12th of July all the Cajus x Lotte puppies met in Vuren. Miriam Zegers (exterior judge) was so kind to provide an introductionary workshop on how to show your dog. After that we enjoyed a nice lunch and did some balance work. Hosts Jan & Jacqueline had arranged a lovely dog pool for the youngsters to have fun in and we finished a lovely day with icecream from a nearby diary farm and lovely talks under the shadow of the afternoon sun. I am so blessed to have such lovely puppy buyers who take well care of the dogs and put so much effort in raising them to become balanced working dogs.

I also had to shed a tear when seeing them all back together – I am so pleased with the result of this combination.

De C nest puppies zijn nu ruim 2 weken oud en zijn veranderd in dikke nijlpaardjes. Alles groeit en glimt – tijd voor hun eerste portret serie.

The C nest litter is now a bit more than 2 weeks old and they have changed into fat little hippo’s. They are shiny and therefore time to realize the first portraits.

All puppies have a forever loving home – alle puppies hebben een fijn thuis beloofd gekregen.

When she was at her top point of gundog competitions and we were ready to end her working career – she came in heat and was tackled by her son – causing a nasty fall. Sadly we therefore had to cancel the participation of the Champions Trophy – the end of year retriever championship. Her injury and the aging body made me decide to commence her well earned pension anyway and we slowly started downsizing the training. Of course she still get some of the fun parts and she gets the chance to go hunting when I can offer “an easy job”.

Past spring we had a chance to take a final goodbye in “showbizz” and we had an emotional last competition at the veterans working test.

Rumi finished with a nice certificate and I had my emotional goodbye. What an amazing career have we had together – here are the highlights:

SJP A 2nd place WT A several certificates MAP A FRC Trophy 3rd place

Of course I am very proud of our achievements – Rumi had an inexperienced handler and I made many mistakes and took poor advice along the way.. but she was the best teacher and I feel the need to express my thankfulness for her – my queen – the one and only “badass” Rumi.

She has given life to 12 puppies and is now grandmother of 15. I think she has played her part well in preserving the working genes of our breed..

Apart from her certificates it is worth mentioning that our richness with her primarily lies in the many hunting days – the incredible retrieves she has come up with – she has been fantastic and mesmerizing all the way.

Rumi is enjoying her pension and we do our best to provide her with all the comfort she needs and the food she loves.

And we are looking forward to some more lovely camping trips and everyday hours at home.

Thank you my queen 🙏 for being such a wonderful spirit and gorgeous flatcoated retriever. 🖤