YY Litter
Lovely bred to Cantor
Whelped 4/8/23
Miss White (now “Jiva”) went to Minnesota for tracking, nosework & herding competition and possibly Search & Rescue. Mr. Red (now “Archie”) went to Georgia as a pet and for therapy dog work. Mr. Gold (now “Zeke”) went to Montana as a pet and for therapy dog work. Mr. Purple (now “Ducati”) went to southern Colorado for forensic detection (cadaver). Mr. Blue (now “Ve”) went to Idaho for Search & Rescue. Mr. Green (now “Brodie”) went to Casper. I kept Miss Yellow (now “Pascha”) for nosework competition, therapy dog work and hopefully breeding.
12/20/25 Pascha’sSnowy Playtime: We had rain that turned to snow overnight and woke this morning to a gorgeous snow-covered world. I decided to take photos before the sun evaporated the sparkling flocking from the grass, fences and branches. Cloud cover was still pretty heavy from last night’s storm, but the lighting was good enough – and it was 25 degrees so I could work the camera, which I can’t do well if I have to wear gloves. I have to throw the ball with the ChuckIt, drop it, then then grab the camera and try to photograph before the ball holds the ground, which just can’t be done with gloves! The clouds began breaking up during Pascha’s play time so I got some really cool photos in a variety of light qualities.
See ALL of Pascha’s snow photos
See Pascha at morning playtime 12-28-24 and10-19-25
See Pascha training in nosework, August – November 2024
(1 year 4 months – 1 year 7 months old)
See her favorite training photos
Ve (Celhaus Youngest Brother Ve) at 2 years 8 months
the former Mr. Blue
Name Story: “Ve is one of the brothers of Odin in Norse Mythology. My two male dogs are named Vili (middle brother) and Ve. (Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_and_Ve). Ve is pronounced ‘Vay’.”
“Hi Cel. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope everything is well with you. We’re good here. Ve and I are still doing Schutzhund. We were supposed to do our BH in October, but I ended up with a work conflict. So, we have to wait until Spring.”
Zeke (Celhaus You are a Blessing) at 2 years 8 months
the former Mr. Gold
“Cel! This is Jenny Jones and I got your Christmas newsletter. Zeke is doing great. We got to go camping A LOT this summer and the loves swimming in all the lakes with my golden retriever. He is a good boy with my four kiddos. Very patient with them and absolutely loves it when he gets to snuggle with them on their beds at night when we read. He is usually pretty aloof but recently has been asking to come up on our love seat when my husband and I are watching tv after the kids go to bed he just sort of slowly crawls up there and scooches in in the middle of is to snuggle in for some cuddles. It’s pretty adorable. Hope you had a good Christmas!”
Photo 4: “Oh and I have to explain the picture with the man. I asked ChatGPT to imagine Zeke as a human and that’s what the AI came up with. I actually think it’s pretty fitting!”
Jiva (Celhaus Yaj of Ten Thousand Lakes TD) at 2 years 9 months
the former Miss White
Name Story: Yaj is Sanskrit for a person who is a wise sage. “Yaj is Sanskrit for a person who is a wise sage. Jiva is short for Jivamukthi. A Jivamukthi in Hindu is a fully “enlightened” soul who incarnates solely to help humanity. “Jiva” means the self and “mukthi” means freedom from the mortal world, emancipation or fully absorbed in God. Minnesota is known for its over 10K lakes.
“”Happy Jiva!”
Jiva at 2 years 8 months
Photo 1: “Last gasp for the cute Lil ladybug finding a warm spot on Jiva’s nose. It’s cold and the sky is heaping a lot of snow here right now!”
Photos 2-3: “A bit blurry! A lot of snow to play in tonight!!!”
Jiva at 2 years 6 months
10/19/25: “Jiva passed her tracking test! Only 2 of the 7 entered passed. Judges commented on how well she did! (Cel’s note: A dog earns a TD by following a track 440 to 500 yards long with three to five changes of direction and usually changes in terrain (open land, trees, different grass, etc.). The track is laid by a human tracklayer and is “aged” 30 minutes to two hours before the dog begins scenting. The goal is to use the scented track to locate an article (a glove) left at the end of the trail by the tracklayer. The owner follows the dog on a long leash. There is an article at the beginning of the track too in this case a yellow bandana. It is an exacting test, and the judges complemented Jiva and her mom, Sarah, for a fantastic job.) “Corners were crisp, nose down with a few head checks. Great pace. My only “angst” was after long walk in, we had to wait 15 minutes as previous dog needed extra time. Jiva was initially wired for bear and then chilled and lay down as we waited. When judges arrived I gave her another cue, my usual i had already given Are you ready to track? Clipped leash on harness. And went to start. It seemed that “chill time” made her settle calmly right away at a good pace. So it wasn’t the problem I thought it would be. I also petted and praised her a bit longer at the start. There was a turn in small grove of trees that she circled to work the scent. Really a spectacular tracking performance! So damn proud of us!!
Photos 1-2: “Jiva with the 2 judges and the tracklayer.”
Photos 3-4: “Jiva posing with articles after taking picture with judges and track layer. First article a yellow bandana, end article is the glove. On top of both is her toy.”
Photo 5: “Jiva waits for me to say she can retrieve the ball.”
Photo 6: “Joy”
Ducati (Celhaus Yamaha Chasing Ducati) at 2 years 2 months
Ducati joined his full older sister, Roxanne from the TT litter, in training for Search & Rescue
“Ducati’s first trip to the ocean.”
July 14 (no photos): “Ducati is on his first search after certification. We are in Oregon and will be working on 2 to 3 cases this week. One case is 4 years old and the other is a homicide that is about 1.5 years old.” He and Roxane are both doing fantastic!”
Ducati at 2 years 1 month
June 20 (no photos): “Ducati certified this morning in human remains detection. He did a super job!”
Archie (Celhaus Yan) at 1 year
the former Mr. Red
“Here are some birthday pictures we took this morning. He wanted to play instead of hold still for photos. He is doing really great. We have been going for morning jogs now that the weather is a bit better and the snow has, for the most part, quit for the season. We started slow at 1 mile, three days a week. He LOVES it. We get deer and bunnies and squirrels out this early in the morning and so Zeke has tons to look at. It has been a bit of a learning curve because he is coupled with my other dog, Indiana, so they have to run together in a team so we don’t all get tripped up. We are soooooo ready for camping season to get started! And nice weather so we can be outside more – planting flowers and playing in the yard.”
Archie at 11 months with Ava (from the KK litter, 8 years 2 months)
“Hi Cel, hope all is well. Here are a few photos of Archie. He is such a joy!”
Pascha (Celhaus You Walk on the Wings of the Wind CGC ATD) at 1 year
Pascha now has her own page.
Name Story: Since this litter was born on Holy Saturday, I wanted an Easter-themed name for my girl. The name for Easter in the Eastern Rite Churches is “Pasch.” In the Western Churches we talk of the Paschal Mystery of Easter. “Pascha” is a derivative of both Easter names. Her registered name is from my favorite psalm (Psalm 104), which is one of the Psalms prayed in the Liturgy of the Hours for Easter Sunday.
Pascha (1 year 8 months old) passed her therapy dog test on December 27th.
The tester was concerned that perhaps her walking with a cane would bother Pascha – until I told her part of the therapy dog test involves how she reacts to a person walking unsteadily, so we wouldn’t have to pretend this time.
AND her Canine Good Citizen test on December 28th. Good girl!!!
The CGC tester wears an oxygen tank. Last January when she tested Varoom! for hewr CGC, she worried that the hissing of the oxygen tank would bother Varoom! but I told her it was one more great experience for a potential therapy dog. This time she didn’t even ask if it would bother Pascha. I love that we have “extra” distractions on these two testings on my potential therapy dogs.
See Pascha doing Therapy Dog visits and Reading Dog at the school.
See Pascha at morning playtime on December 28, 2024 and October 19, 2025
See Pascha training nosework
See more one-year-old photos
to the YY litter Background Information
to the YY litter pedigree