It’s tough to believe that I have only two weeks left with these guys. This is the toughest part of this process aside from the whelping. There is a lot of poop to clean up. You have to schedule time to do the different exposures that you’re wanting to do now that they are ready. You’re really attached to them and wish that you could keep them.

But they are also super fun and I love seeing them start to venture out into the world.

And then here are the individual photos of the pups.

Female pup, Tabitha:

Female pup, Tabitha, front
Female pup, Tabitha, side
Female pup, Tabitha, running

Male pup, Tobin:

Male pup, Tobin, front
Male pup, Tobin, side
Male pup, Tobin, running

Here’s this week’s YouTube video:

In other news, Obi and Charles finally get their big day next weekend in Ohio at NAVHDA Invitational 2023. Send good vibes their way for a successful VC pass!!

As of right now, all of the NAVHDA chapters in the Carolinas are in North Carolina. There is a South Carolina chapter making grumblings to form, so look for more information on that in the future.

It looks like the East Region AWPGA National Specialty 2024 is between North Carolina or Pennsylvania. Both areas are finishing up their bids and looking for the board to make an announcement of the decision at the 2023 National Specialty in Montana in less than two weeks. Should any of my puppy owners want to join the AWPGA and receive the quarterly Griffonnier magazine, feel free to put me down as your sponsor: https://www.awpga.com/2023-member-application-form.html

After Invitational we have some hunting plans coming together, so we’re looking forward to finally getting out for that. Having our son Caleb join us for his first wild bird season is pretty exciting.

If you have any questions about NAVHDA, the AWPGA, future litters, or anything griffy email bluestemkennels@gmail.com and we can find a time to connect on the phone if you’d like. I quit publishing a phone number after I was harassed non-stop by overseas robocallers, scammers and telemarketers when I did have a phone number published, so I took it all down and use email as my “are you a robot?” screening tool.

Good luck to everyone in the field and everyone headed to Montana for AWPGA National Specialty 2023.