Posts filed under ‘Puppies’
Alfi’s first birthday.
The past year has flown by, and our Belatarr Amalfi and her siblings are all celebrating their first birthday and moving into adulthood.
Alfi has grown into a beautiful girl and is maturing into all that we had hoped she would be. A real firecracker with a big personality, she adores absolutely everyone, both human and canine, and is, without question, the most outgoing and playful HWV we’ve ever had. Like her mother, Aja, before her, she is also quite the athlete, flying, zooming, (digging!) and swimming around the valley here each day. In the occasional moments of downtime, she is also hugely affectionate, loving her cuddles, in typical HWV fashion:
We were delighted to receive some photos of her sisters, Mango and Wilma, celebrating their first birthday too:
Puppies arrive!
We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the safe arrival of Belatarr’s 7th generation – 5 girls and 1 boy – born to our beautiful girl Aja.
The births were very easy and all 6 pups are feeding, squeaking and wriggling well, gaining 15% weight across the board on their very first day, and all are very even in size and weight, with Aja a completely devoted and attentive mother to them, as ever.
As usual, we will be adding weekly updates to show the progress and development of each of the puppies, with much snuggling and snoozing to come!
Cuba takes to the water.
What better way to keep cool on the hottest day of the year than to explore our river:
Cuba is approaching 13 weeks old and has excitedly splashed and paddled in the river before, but today she first retrieved a stick and then went for a series of full-on deep water swims, demonstrating an amazing technique right from the very first attempt!
Introducing Cuba!
We are delighted to announce that the newest addition to our Belatarr clan, and the puppy staying with us from Aja’s recent litter, is Belatarr Cuba, formerly known as Miss Purple. We will look forward to documenting her ongoing adventures!
Final week – puppy update.
Time has flown and the puppies have safely travelled to set out on their adventures with their new families; these were their final days with us at Belatarr HQ and their first day in their new homes:
Belatarr Java (Java) aka Miss Lime
Belatarr Sumatra (Willow) aka Miss Yellow
Belatarr Corsica (Roxy) AKA Miss Pink
Belatarr Kodiak (Kodi) AKA Mr Red
Week 7 Puppy Update.
Week 6 Puppy Update.
Week 5 Puppy Update
Another highly eventful week for the youngsters, with several important milestones reached. The erratic weather has meant that the pups have only this last week been able to get outside for the first time, but some warm sunny days have now given them lots of opportunities to explore their outdoor run and gain valuable exposure to outdoor sites and sounds at the same time.
Lots of visitors have come to see them too, with many toes chewed and many laps fallen asleep on.
At the same time, they transitioned seamlessly from hand-feeding of solid foods to using their big-boys-and-girls weaner feeder, something that every generation of Belatarr puppies before them have used and benefitted from.
Also, just like every previous generation of Belatarr puppies, these 5 love snuggling into their mini-den, whether they are indoors or out:
And finally, this week’s portrait shots:
Belatarr Kodiak (MR RED)
Week 4 Puppy Update.
Week 3 Puppy Update
Big changes this week as the pups’ eyesight and hearing come fully online, their walking grows stronger and more stable and they start to explore their new world. We can now finally see their rapidly developing heads properly too, so without further ado, these are their 3-week-old headshots:
And not forgetting, some action shots as the pups romp (and chew) together.
Belatarr Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla. 