The little ones are exactly 3 weeks old now and it was time to make a little portrait of all of them: in order of birth

Are they not gorgeous & flatastic ?

♥️ 💜 💙 💛 🩷 🤎 💚 🖤

The 8 puppies of Cajus & Lotte are thriving and so is mom. Here are some photos from the past week:

What a blessing it is to have 8 puppies & a mama dog who are thriving. It is sweet and wholesome – boy what is this experience special.

Here is an impression of their first week:

As we are settling into a new daily routine the smell of small baby puppies and the unbelievable sweet sounds from the birthing box are touching our hearts and souls. I am living out of coffee and oxytocin I believe 😚.

How can I otherwise, look at these sweet pups:

All puppies are thriving and Lotte is eating and drinking like a builder to keep up with the production 🍼

It is with great joy that we can announce that the Flatastic B litter has arrived.

Deep in the night on the 22nd of January Lotte had a textbook welping process and delivered the absolutely perfect nummer of 8 puppies in 5 hours:

Males: 🖤🖤🖤🤎

Females: 🖤🖤🖤🤎

We are deeply in love with the beautiful puppies who are very lively and strong.

Lotte is doing very well – she has a strong maternal instinct and Kaspar and Rumi are only allowed to have sneak previews around the corner:

The puppies are gaining weight and enjoying the service of mummy, meanwhile we have contacted all future owners bringing them the good news.

Our B litter is called “Flatastic Beasts” inspired by the J.K. Rowling film “Fantastic Beasts”. Attentive followers may have found the hidden clue on our mating announcement already.

Thank you Yvonne for providing outmost professional medical and emotional support throughout the welping process. 🖤🤎

Het is met grote vreugde dat ik de voorgenomen verloofde van onze Kaspar mag voorstellen:

TRICKSYWOOD’S FLICKA LIV roepnaam Indy.

Geboren 11.06.2021

HD A Patella vrij ECVO vrij (m.u.v. distichiasis) ICAA (Gonio) vrij

Show:

Uitmuntend

Werk:

Clubdiploma C – working test C – workingtest Talentenjacht starters

Indy is een heel mooi vrouwelijk teefje. Perfect formaat en heel rastypisch. Ze heeft een heel fijn karakter – ze is heel toegeeflijk en meegaand. Ze bezit in hoge mate will to please en markeert werkelijk subliem. In het werk is ze vlot en gemotiveerd met een vrolijke inslag.

Indy komt uit mooie dual purpose lijnen – haar moeder is bejaagd en beide ouders van haar hebben mooie MAP B diploma’s. Haar vader is niet alleen Nederlands en Belgisch show kampioen maar ook internationaal show kampioen (link naar pagina van Bamse https://www.winchmore.nl/in-memoriam/bamse). Haar moeder en zus ken ik persoonlijk heel goed van diverse jacht en trainingsdagen. Indy is gefokt door Yvonne van Houten – kennel Tricksywood’s (https://tricksywoods.nl/)

Het fokplan van Kaspar & Indy is onlangs goedgekeurd door de FRC en de pups zullen onze kennelnaam Flatastic gaan dragen. COI is via Zoieasy berekent op 0,0 % op 5 generaties en 1,19 onbeperkt.

Zowel Yvonne en ik staan Jan van Heeren bij in het begeleiden van het voorgenomen nest. De puppy’s zullen bij Jan en Alie in huiselijke sfeer opgroeien.

We verwachten een mooi dual purpose nest met werklustige pups met een zeer vriendelijk karakter – honden die toegankelijk zijn maar wel uitdaging en beweging nodig zullen hebben hun hele leven. Beide ouders zijn bescheiden in formaat en hebben een zeer sociale insteek.

Voor meer info over Kaspar zie zijn eigen pagina op de Flatastic website. Voor vragen en/of opname op de wachtlijst voor dit nest neem a.u.b. contact op met Jan van Heeren via email janenalievanheeren@outlook.com

Grootouders van dit nest:

Brösel vom Timeloberg x Flow of Spirits Silver Skipper

Winchmore Bet Your Bottom Dollar x Flatcastle’s Indy Brown Girl

We verwachten het nest in het voorjaar van 2025

As we are entering the 8th week of the pregnancy of Lotte things are getting busy here at Flatastic headquarters.

Getting everything ready and feeding our sweet girl several times a day whilst still caring for the other dogs, communicating with possible puppy buyers and doing our regular stuff on the side. One thing is sure – breeding puppies is not a “walk in the park”.

Even though we are busy setting up for the B litter I manage to take many moments to cuddle up with the future mom. She is so sweet and she enjoys all the attention. Since this week we can feel the small puppies inside her belly moving and kicking. They are very lively. Lotte seems somewhat bothered by the strange feeling of the puppies and she gives me a certain look of disapproval. She is getting tired of the weight load.

Hopefully everything will go according to plan when the little ones arrive.. after birth we will reveal the theme of our B litter.

My lovely and funny boy Kaspar..

Last spring he met a girl.. and boy is she gorgeous. A beautiful, sweet female with a lovely personality and above that she loves to work.

Who is this girl? It is soon to be revealed..

This couple will be given a chance to mate early this spring and if everything goes well we expect them to produce offspring with uncomplicated attitudes, modest sized, beautiful working talents, with plenty of will to please and love for gun dog work.

I am so excited by the prospect of these summer plans. 💕

HD A ED free ECVO free (except distichiasis) ICAA mild

Show: several 1st excellent working class & double BOB working – 3rd place excellent all breeds working Gundog show

Work Brugsprøve Debutant prøve SJP C CDD B SJP B MAP B WTb1 WT novice

Kaspar is used for allround hunting.

Through the years of experience bringing my dogs out to retrieve at different hunts I have gained a lot of insight how they work and how I can handle them. Having full attention on the dog and the retrieve allows a very effective execution of the work.

This past winter season certainly changed the game for me as a handler completely..

Being focused with my own gun and a dog or two at the same time is really not the easiest job – especially when there is a lot of action. My dogs do not need a lot of encouragement to fill in any blanks or use opportunities so to speak..which has cost some of their steadyness and calmness. Enough work to do over the summer to reinstall these skills.

Having said that – I realize that being out in the field – especially being an inexperienced hunter – we rely on the game finding abilities of our gun dogs to minimize suffering and to maximize the harvest of Mother Nature.

In my opinion Flatcoated Retrievers are the best in finding game – wether it was a mark or a blind. The will use their nose and will power to continue.

We really enjoy being out in the fields, I love witnessing Nature and observing the flora and fauna. Doing my best to harvest in the best possible way – a clean and deadly shot and if that does not succeed as wished I am glad that the dogs are quick and work efficiently. But the whole goal of me hunting is not merely to “enjoy” the outdoors. I notice that obtaining my own meat created a deeper and more profound respect for living. I am developing a bigger sense of value of what I take from Nature. Meat is no longer something I buy without notice of the fact that an animal lost it’s life for me to eat. I also like the fact that the meat me and my family eat has come out of animals with a very good well being. Here are some pictures of what deliciousness came to our table through my dogs good work and my own efforts to obtain my license. Of course none of this was possible if it was not to the generosity of the hosts. Thank you so much Lieuwe, Piet, Frank, Roel, Gerlof and Lars.

Finally I would like to share some beautiful pictures of our Dutch nature:

Thank you for a Flatastic 2024

Our Christmas is as good as it can get as a gundog lover. Yesterday I managed to hunt a full Christmas dinner that I will prepare myself for the family in law. I will tell more about that later because we are totally consumed with happiness as the ultrasound this morning showed that Lotte (Flatastic Red Strength) is with pups. We expect a normal sized litter – thank God it will not be a as many as a football team. We are looking forward to a wonderful time and so thrilled to welcome the puppies at the end of January.

Check out the heritage of this litter on Lotte’s own page here on the website.