AAA Litter
Lovely bred to Justice
Whelped 10/9/23: 2 sable females, 2 black & tan females, 2 sable males & 1 black & tan male
Background Information
Pedigree
See Dakuya & Addy playing, 5/18/24.
See Dakuya training in nosework, August – November 2024
Mr. Orange (now “Booker”) went to SW Wyoming for Search & Rescue. Miss Green (now “Addie”) went to Sundance to be a service dog and therapy dog and to compete in nosework. Miss Pink (now “Masie”) and Mr. Blue (“Asher”) went to Colorado to be therapy dogs. Miss Brown (now “Ellie”) went to Pennsylvania to be a therapy dog. I kept Miss Yellow (now “Dakuya”) for nosework competition, therapy dog work and hopefully breeding. Mr. Purple, whom I’ve been calling “Packer” leaves February 3rd for southern Colorado to be a cadaver dog. He joins half-sister Roxanne (TT litter) and half-brother Ducati (YY litter) on the team.
See the Police/Narcotics Temperament Test ratings. At the end of the page, temperament test ratings of the AAA litter’s parents and many dogs behind them are listed.
See the Search & Rescue Temperament Test Ratings.
I am extremely grateful to Whelpwise (Perinatal Veterinary Specialties, www.whelpwise.com), a canine pregnancy support group, which helped me get all four pups of Hesed’s litter safely on the ground (VV litter). Without them, I am convinced – and so are my vets – that Hesed would have lost that litter like she did the litter a year before. They have since helped save pups in the WW, XX & YY litters. I have learned amazing things about pregnancy and whelping that I didn’t know, even after 44 years of breeding, so I signed up with them for this litter, too, which is my 6th with them. I asked them if a lot of people used them for trouble-free litters and they said quite a few, that people appreciated knowing what exactly was going on with the litter and having the expertise available to intervene to save a pup or whole litter that was in trouble. Many people, after their first experience, call on them for every litter afterwards. I can believe that, as I have been highly impressed with their expertise and availability at all hours, day and night.
Addy (Celhaus Angel of Faith) at 9 months
the former Miss Green
Addy joins Jamboree from the JJ litter (her aunt).
Service dog training – steps and stays.
Asher (Celhaus Always Love & Justice of Eagle Vista) at 1 year 1 month
the former Mr. Blue
Name Story: Asher is Hebrew for “happiness.”
Asher joined Radik from the RR litter.
Photos 1-2: “Asher this afternoon. Lots of wildlife (including mountain lions) moving around, and the boys are my guardians.”
Photo 2: “Beautiful morning for livestock checking.”
Asher at 1 year
Photo 1: “Asher on his first birthday. I wanted to let you know Asher has his CGC and Trick Intermediate titles. We’ve just started training on nose work and are also prepping for rally.”
Photo 2: “Asher greeting his favorite mare good morning.”
Photo 3: “Asher sleeping on his back after supper, after playing hard in the snow with Radik today. We still have to do our ball-throwing session too.”
Asher at 10 months
“Asher receives many compliments on how handsome he is. (And also how loud he is). We still love him. We’re hoping when we go camping in September that he’s able to stay “quieter” than usual. However, he is super sweet and smart so we just try to redirect and compromise when he can bark. For example, he gets to bark during water play, and ball play, when he’s alerting at something, or when he’s trying to tell me he’s had enough of something (like class after one hour with 8 other dogs all in the same arena at the same time), or he doesn’t understand my instruction. I think they are good compromises/communication and we both try to understand each other. He wants to please and is very sweet, and he’s gorgeous, which people comment on all the time. He loves people (he has only met a few that he’s suspicious of). He’s learning to “wait” and know something good will come after (like water play, etc.). He’s good on the ranch, likes the horses, and protective when he needs to be. He is, in a word, ‘wunderbar’!!!”
Asher at 9 months
“The boys this morning. They are both so handsome and smart. Asher is the noisy one, and Radik is the quiet one. I figured Asher got his noise from his dad, Justice, since you posted on the litter page that the puppies would be loud. My son has an app on his phone that measures sound. Asher barks at 100 decibels!”
Booker (Celhaus Aghen) at 11 months
the former Mr. Orange
Name Story: Ag’hen means “honored Teacher” and is from Star Trek.
“Uncle” Riker, from the JJ litter., is a Search and Rescue dog and Booker is training to be one.
Photos 1-2: “Good seminar, worn out pup”
Photo 3: “Booker and Raptor (ZZ litter) adventuring!”
Booker at 10 months
“We just wrapped up a ‘therapy’ visit with dispatch. Fire sides have been getting hammered recently.”
Booker at 9 months
“He has become quite the sweet gentle giant. He’s very good with kiddos. I am absolutely ecstatic how he is growing up!”
Photos 1-4: “Hiking with the pups, exploring new trails. Camped up in the Beartooth pass area at 10,000 ft. The pups crashed out hard after running around in at that altitude.”
Photos 5-6: “He’s been learning how to swim by watching Riker splash around in the water and fetching sticks. He just started going all the way in on lakes, but still only comfortable in the shallows on the moving stuff.”
Photo 7: “Booker was curious about where the Marmont went. Couldn’t figure out where it disappeared off to.”
Photo 8: “Booker likes to tag along on errands with me. A very chill pup in the truck. We have been checking out all the strange sites in the area, like the massive troll in the park.
Photos 9-10: “Working on “environmentals”, experiencing different places, environments, building’s, etc. Booker was a little unsure of this bridge at first. It wasn’t an issue after a few minutes. The second is practicing walking on top of a rock wall. He preferred to climb up there and just watch the world go by instead.”
Booker at 8 months
Photo 1: Exploring new places
Photo 2: First Search Seminar. He was the only pointy-eared pup so they made him an honorary floppy-ear. He did very well, learned a whole lot and passed out on the drive home mid-chew.
Photo 3: “End of the pup’s first seminar. Dead to the world mid-chew.”
Photo 4: “He’s such a peaceful little dude in the truck. Very quiet and calm. Riker is the noisy one. Working really hard to make sure Booker doesn’t pick up that particular bad habit.”
Photo 5: “Playing with Raptor (from the ZZ litter). He follows him everywhere. They get along very well.
Booker at 7 months
Photo 1: “Big boy hike! Exploring the places the ‘big boys’ get to go.”
Photo 2: “Experiencing his first car wash.”
Photos 3-9: “Learning about the desert.”
Photo 10: “End of a 1/4 mile trail through a sage brush field.”
Ellie (Celhaus An Answer to Prayer CGC) at 1 year
the former Miss Brown
“Here are Ellie’s 1st birthday photos. I believe we are on number 4 of the “chuck it flyers”. That is her absolute favorite toy. She carries it around on one of her front canines. I weighed her yesterday and she is 58 lbs. Thank you for all you do and thank you for the updates.”
Ellie at 11 months
“Ellie sure does love her flyer!“
Ellie at 9 months
“Here is Ellie’s 5-month photo wearing her Star Puppy School medal. She is now 43.8 pounds. We started pre-novice class and Ellie did great.”
Maisie (Celhaus Aliza Akemi CGC) at 1 year
the former Miss Pink
Name Story: Aliza is Hebrew for “joyful” and Akemi is Japanese for “bright & beautiful.” David is Jewish and I am half Japanese.
Photo 1: “On the dog ‘love seat’.”
Photo 2: “Hiking in September.”
Photo 3: “She and Koji take turns getting on the treadmill after I run – it’s warm.”
Photo 4: “Best buddies: Maisie and Koji.”
Packer (Celhaus Allaying Ablaze) at 1 year 1 month
the former Mr. Purple
(no photo): “Just wanted to tell you that Packer is beyond excellent. I am super proud of the little guy. He is such a great dog, probably one of the best so far. HIs personality is amazing.”
Packer at 11 months
“The county had a big first responder event and Packer got all dressed up for it.”
Packer at 10 months
“This is a photo I took when he was being sneaky. He chewed my son’s Spiderman toy and that was the look he gave me right after I caught him.”
Dakuya (Celhaus Always Give Thanks) at 6 months
the former Miss Yellow, whom I kept
See Dakuya’s page
Name Story: Dakuya (pronounced “DAK yuh”, with the accent on the first syllable), is the Ukrainian word for thanks. In February our parish began adopting Ukrainian refugees. Our refugees’ gratitude for being safe, and able to sleep all night without the fear of Russian bombs hitting their homes, has made me more grateful for all the blessings of living in this country. Their calm focus on rebuilding their lives here, despite having left everything except what they could carry in one suitcase, has sure made me examine the little things that I whine about. All this inspired me to give a name to my new pup that will remind me to be grateful for all blessings, and to LOOK for them.
We had a great time at morning playtime on April 25th. A nice day, finally, let me go without gloves and a warm hat, so I grabbed my camera and took photos of Dakaya and the three other pups.
See all of Dakuya’s playtime photos from 4/25/24
See Pascha’s playtime photo from 4/25/24
See Zeal’s playtime photo from 4/25/24
See Zest’s playtime photo from 4/25/24