Hesed Puppies
OO & VV Litters
pedigree
Hesed bred to Cantor
OO litter whelped 8/22/18: 2 males and 2 females, all black sables
Mr. Blue (Titus) went to Utah for Search and Rescue. Mr. Green (Finley) stayed close in Wyoming as a pet. Miss Pink (Leidy) went to northwest Wyoming for Search & Rescue. Miss Purple (Pilot) went to the Spokane area for competition in a variety of venues: tracking, nosework, agility, herding and maybe more.
to OO litter police/narcotics temperament test results
to OO litter Search & Rescue test results
to OO litter background information
VV Litter whelped 10/26/21: 3 females and 1 male, all black sables
background information
VV litter Temperament Test Results
Mr. Blue (now “Dancer”) went to a friend in Spokane who has his sister, Pilot, from the OO litter. He, too, will compete in all kinds of venues. Miss Green (now Solo) went to southern Utah for Search and Rescue. Miss Purple (now “Veda”) went to South Dakota as a service dog.
I kept Miss Pink (“Varoom!!”) for breeding and competition, but she was infertile, so in January 2026 I placed her in a home. She is now known as “Vista.”.
Vista – formerly Varoom! (Celhaus Victory Against All Odds CGC THD) at 4 years 2 months
“Ok, Cel, I tried really hard, but….Varoom! just doesn’t roll off my tongue easily. All my previous dogs had two syllable names ending with a strong vowel. I need that, so may I please introduce you to Vista. To me that word means a beautiful future view, a lovely future. She is easily accepting it and I don’t see any problem with her recognizing that name fully in a couple of days. Sorry that I cannot keep the call name that you gave her, but I did keep the “V” and I am sure this is not the first time you have received this type email. Feel free to use either name when mentioning her.“
Photos 1-2: “Just arrived at new home in Lincoln, NE.”
Cel’s note: I had a real hard time when they arrived Wednesday night, but I felt better on Thursday morning when they arrived to take Varoom!. I had given Varoom!’s therapy dog shirts to Eve on Wednesday night – and on Thursday morning she was excitedly wearing one, opening her coat to be sure I saw it. You can see the shirt in these photos that she sent me when they arrived home.
Photos 4-5: “Oh, there are squirrels here, also.”
1/13: Photo 6: “On the patio watching the birdfeeder in case another squirrel shows up.”
1/13: Photos 7-8: “Today was Tractor Supply, quick visit to Barnes and Noble to meet my husband’s coffee buddies and then a bath because today and tomorrow are in the upper 50’s. I think you can take her page down. So embarrassed, but clean. She even tolerated the blow dryer and two pitties in other tubs.”
Photos 9-10: “Looking out the window for squirrels. Glad we were at your place and I saw her on your raised bed. My previous dog didn’t like it so it was put away. Has “thought about” spinning. Once or twice but has not actually completed it. She must prefer being an only child. She’s living the good life, enjoying walks and helping Eve lose a pound or two. I have never had a dog wag her tail continuously like Vista does. She walks down the hall banging everything but luckily hasn’t knocked anything off the coffee table yet. Nothing breakable anyway.”
Photo 11: “I see a black squirrel in the tree. Standoff!”
Photo 12: “Temperatures in the lower teens, she is reading stuff online, I am just going to sleep the afternoon away.”
Vista at 4 years 3 months
Photo1: “Who wooda thunk that her favorite security blanket toy is a small squeaky penguin. I am trying to remember where I bought it so I can get a few more in case this one gets lost. She carries it around everywhere inside and drops it before going out.”
Photos2–4: “Cold morning!”
Photo 5: “One rule is that she will not be allowed on the bed.”
1/23/26: “Vista was accepted into the next class of Therapy Dogs which will start in June. That should give us enough time to be comfortable with working as a team.”
Finley (Celhaus Onyx) at 6 years 2 months
Photo 2: “Bud Love”
Finley at 6 years 1 month
Photo 1: “Cull Watt Park”
Finley at 6 years
“6th birthday”
Finley at 5 years 11 months
Photos 1-2: “Brown Bear Lake”
Photo 4: “Maybelle Lake”
Finley at 5 years 10 months
Photos 1-2: “Camping near Burges Junction”
Photo 3: “Porcupine Falls”
Finley at 5 years 9 months
“Bighorn Trail Run & Steamboat Rock”
Solo (Celhaus Venture Solo) at 4 years
“Here are pics of Solo rappelling and canyoneering down buckskin gulch, the longest slot canyon in the world! We haven’t got back into SAR, unfortunately. We had a second attempt to build a team after we got done rebuilding our house after the fire. Solo is doing well. She is a true blessing and companion in our adventures. We are now in charge or our community emergency response team and may expand into our own SAR team…”
Leidy (Celhaus Odina Leidy) at 7 years 2 months
Name story: Odina is Native American for mountain; Leidy is a mountain of which Tammy has particularly fond memories.
“Hope all is well. Here are a few photos of Leidy.”
Pilot and Dancer came by on their way to Texas and stayed long enough for me to get some fantastic photos of them at play. See all the photos of Pilot and Dancer on 9/27/25. I show two of each below:
Pilot (Celhaus Olabisi Isolde CGC TKN TD) at 7 years 1 month
Name story: Olabisi is Egyptian, meaning brings joy; Isolde is Gaelic, meaning brat)
One photo – be sure to see all of them.
Dancer (Celhaus Vespasian Isildur Sundancer BH OB1) at 3 years 11 months
Name Story: Isildur means devoted to the moon and is a word from Tolkien.
One photo – be sure to see all of them.
Dancer at 3 years
“Thought you might enjoy. This is the face when I have ignored him for 20 minutes. This is after tracking in the morning, followed by 2 intense training sessions, and a half-mile walk over the hills. It’s the dog version of ‘What have you done for me lately?’”
Dancer at 3 years
“We’re still doing IPG (Schutzhund). Dancer passed his OB1, which is the obedience part of the IPG1, no tracking or protection. His heeling wasn’t great (acted like he never did that before), but the rest was really nice so we had enough points to pass. Our protection helper who comes once a month said he really likes Dancer.”
Veda (Celhaus Vivacious) at 3 years 5 months
Veda was placed as a Medical Alert Service Dog on 11/17/23.
Veda at 3 years 2 months
“Veda is doing okay, never more than a few feet from me. I have learned she loves to swim. She loves road trips and her big “sister” Whiskey. She LOVES hiking! We have been all over the mountains, desert and the Black Hills of South Dakota. She is doing amazing with her service work! This fall we were hiking in the woods and she somehow managed to shatter a knuckle in one of her hind toes. So we have battling with being quiet! V is 1000% my dog. Where I go, she goes. V, Whiskey and I drove to Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota this summer and fall. V also flew to Arizona and impressed everyone on the flight. They even gave her a certificate and pilot wings honoring her first flight!! Thank you so very much for entrusting me with her. She has been such a HUGE blessing.”
Titus (Celhaus Octavius Titus CGC) at 4 years 3 months
Titus got an OFA Excellent hip rating!!! Congratulations! He passed all his other health screenings (OFA elbows, OFA cardiac, OFA eyes, OFA thyroid, and is also free of vonWillebrand’s/hemophilia). He has the following SAR certifications through Tri-State K9 Search & Rescue: Wilderness Live Find Area, Cadaver 1 and Cadaver 2. He also has his AKC Canine Good Citizen title.
Lovely was bred to Titus. The XX litter was whelped July 11th, 2022.
Name story: Octavius, was the family masculine name is Gaius Octavius, who became known as Cesar Augustus of Rome the name means Magnificent or Majestic. He was known as a great tactician, philosopher, and statesman who brought Rome out of Civil war following the death of Julius Cesar and into a golden age for the empire know as the Pax Romana (Roman Peace). Since we learned that trying to call any two dogs with an O name is just bringing them both to us we liked Titus who was another Roman Emperor and his name means depending on culture, pleasing, saved, of the giants (He has big paws). We felt a call name of Titus sounds nothing like Oakley and matches his personality he loves to please and work hard with a smile on his face.
12/1/22: Photos 1-3: “Titus recertified in Cadaver 1 this past weekend.”
Photo 4: “”This final photo was taken a couple of months ago before it got really cold outside.”
Titus at 3 years 8 months
Titus at 3 years 5 months
Titus at 2 years 1 month
9/23/20: “I just wanted to update you on Titus. He has completed his CGC, Tri-State 40 Acre, and this past weekend he completed his Tri-State 120 acre live find certification and his Cadaver 1 certifications making him and Angela the newest mission-ready Wilderness Search & Rescue team with Great Basin K9 Search and Rescue! I am so proud of those two, and thankful for you bringing Titus into our lives!”
