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
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.
See the AAA litter, 39 days old, visiting Big Horn Rehab during a concert.
See the AAA litter, 38 days old, visiting the Holy Name School Kindergarteners
See the AAA litter, 37 days old, visiting the Alzheimer’s Unit
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 6 monthks
the former Miss Green
Addy joins Jamboree from the JJ litter (her aunt).
Photos 1-2: “What do you mean I’m getting too big to be picked up?”
Photo 3: “There isn’t anything too big to carry. ”
Photo 4: “Nosework. Not a very good photo. I wish her nose was in the scent portal, but my phone is too slow taking pictures. She is picking up the sit indication nicely, though.”
Asher (Celhaus Always Love & Justice of Eagle Vista) at 26 weeks
the former Mr. Blue
Name Story: Asher is Hebrew for “happiness.”
Asher joined Radik from the RR litter.
Photo 1: “I was watching Dr. Pol (veterinarian) and Asher was also watching when the puppies appeared.”
Photos 2-5: “We were doing our morning walk…they were hunting “something”…not sure
what it was. Good noses though!“
Photo 6: “Asher surveying his territory tonight.”
Asher at 23 weeks
“Asher is 6 months old! He’s growing so fast. His best dog bud is Radik!”
Asher at 22 weeks
“What a tiring day! Asher and Radik walked around a professional center, saw a passing train, kids playing at school recess, a park, and met some new people and children. Whew! Plus his regular exercise times, of course. He’s a sweet boy!”
Asher at 21 weeks
“The boys, Asher & Radik, say hi from the snowy terrain in the Colorado foothills!”
Asher at 19 weeks
Photo 1: “So excited…Asher slept through the night for the first time. Here he is with Auntie Hilda behind him.”
Photo 2: “He LOVES the snow.”
Photo 3: “Asher loves to find sticks on our walks. He’s so proud!”
Asher at 18 weeks
Photo 1: “Sharing chews.”
Photo 2: “Picture taken this morning on our walk. He LOVES to explore, but always comes back when I call him.”
Photo 3: “Asher is tired after today’s puppy kindergarten class. By the way, the instructor and some of the other students in the class think he’s gorgeous!”
Booker (Celhaus Aghen) at 6 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.
“Baby beastie’s first trip to the ‘big city’ of Idaho Falls. He may not be too sure about it.”
Booker at 24 weeks
Photo 1: “A couple of search dogs up to no good.” (Booker is standing)
Photo 2: “Experiencing the thing called Spring”
Booker at 22 weeks
Photo 1: “Rolling up on 6 months and almost as big as the old beastie! (This is when he stops growing, right …)”
Photo 2: “Booker went again to play with Raptor. Raptor (on left) and Booker of their own choice while we were trying to move the crate.”
Booker at 20 weeks
“Booker went to play with Raptor (ZZ litter). Raptor is bigger for now, but Booker will undoubtedly catch up. We couldn’t get them to sit or stand still for a “half-brothers” photo though.”
Ellie (Celhaus An Answer to Prayer) at 26 months
the former Miss Brown
“Ellie sure does love her flyer!“
Ellie at 20 weeks
“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.”
Ellie at 19 weeks
Photos 2-4: “Thought you would like this. Ellie likes to help with the laundry. She sniffs everything, but she leaves it alone.”
Ellie at 18 weeks
“Ellie graduated from Puppy Kindergarten class on Saturday. Here is her class photo. We couldn’t be happier – Ellie is such a sweet, sweet pup. She is very friendly to everyone and so excited to meet people that I can’t get the squirm out of her enough to sit and greet. God bless you for all you do for these pups.”
Maisie (Celhaus Aliza Akemi) at 25 weeks
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.
“Maisie just turned 6 months and she weighed in at 55 lbs. I don’t think I mentioned before but she is QUITE the talker! She has something to say about pretty much everything! We are already identifying a lot of her vocalizations to mean very specific things and it cracks us up. The yodeling is especially hilarious. She is very confident and such a happy girl. She takes delight in everything. Her training is going very well – she’s very responsive on leash and stays perfectly at heel on our walks. Weather is warming up and we’re doing more training outside which is great for everyone. More distractions but she’s doing very well to curb her instant excitement at meeting a new or old friend, human or pet. Putting the indoor training into practice. We’re mixing walks with Koji and also one on one to give her individual attention on training. Since we walk about 5-6 times/day, everyone is getting their steps in! Maisie knows when it’s not her turn to go for a training walk. When we leave her behind, she’s as quiet as a mouse and sits right at the door until we get back with Koji. She always goes first so when we come home, she knows she has to be patient! She and Koji (now 1.5 yrs) are the best of friends. He is incredibly tolerant of her and loves to engage her in play. If she looks sad about a toy he has, he will literally give it to her and let her have a turn at it.”
Maisie at 19 weeks
“Attached are some pics of Maisie. She weighed in at 47 pounds yesterday. Maisie has been Ms. Social – she finished a round of puppy classes and we’re doing intermediate classes right now. We start advanced at the beginning of April. She has also been going to random doggie daycare dates with her big “brother,” Koji. She’s also been able to tag along to Koji’s nursing home visits and will be starting to go with him to his Thursday pre-school reading group. She’s quite the well- behaved girl and loves all the compliments she gets every day. Maisie and Koji are best buddies and I think she’s learning very quickly because we work on lots of training with him and she is so eager to perform and do it before he does.”
Packer (Celhaus Allaying Ablaze) at 25 weeks
the former Mr. Purple
“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.”
Packer at 21 weeks
Photo 1: “Hey Cel. Just wanted to give you a little update on Mr. Packer. He is doing great. Fits right in here at home. He has 2 more classes of puppy school then he is all done. Then we will move on to the fun training – we start trail searching on Wednesday this coming week. I’ll take more photos when we start the trail searching.
Photo 2: “Got one of him sitting. Gosh, he’s dark!”
Photo 3-4: “Packer loves his ball, so we are using ball time as a reward. Thank you for all the help you have done.”
When I finally get everyone else’s photos on the website, I’ll take some of Dakuya.
Dakuya (Celhaus Always Give Thanks) at 12 weeks
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.
1/7/2024: Here she is at a recent playdate at my friend, Denise’s home. She has played several times with Denise’s 2 Shelties and her Cockapoo, but the Corgi pup was new.
See all the puppy playtime photos
See another playtime when she was 14 weeks old
I promise to do a photo session soon…