Time is getting shorter and shorter with this bunch. For those of you who check in with my often, you all know that my litters are spoken for well before they are bred. For those of you who are new to my blog and are looking for a puppy in the future, feel free to reach out to me at bluestemkennels@gmail.com. It is taking me a few days to get back with folks since I am so busy with not only these six week old puppies, but I just trained the new editor of the AWPGA magazine the Griffonnier, and I’m working on more preparations for the 2024 National Specialty in North Carolina in November. Whew!!

I needed a new headshot with the puppies, so here I am (from a week and a half ago, the pups are smaller here than they are now):

Spring in the Carolinas with puppies and pear blossoms (and sun in my eyes!)

And here is Charles from his latest NAVHDA Utility Test run with Cedar & Spruce’s Apollo NA III, UT III “Duke”. They hit prize three in both runs this spring with the Foothills and Carolinas NAVHDA chapters after Duke just turned two. The duck search is so hard, but we’ll take some passes to start.

A cool morning in the Carolinas is great for NAVHDA Utility Test field work.

April 2nd was the 14th birthday of my “A” litter. Thank you to Winston’s owner Nancy for posting about it (I have a spreadsheet with litter whelp dates, but I’m terrible with birthday wishes for humans even). Winston is the last one alive who I am still in touch with. Whiskey in Nevada passed at 13.5 in January and Gauge in Nebraska passed not too long before that at 13. Their mom “Sue” lived to be 17, so I am not surprised.

Happy 14th birthday Bluestem “A” Litter Winston in Colorado!!

Of course, here is what everyone has been waiting for: puppies! I should have posted this yesterday, but the eclipse threw my whole groove off. I probably spent at least and hour looking through my eclipse glasses at it, since North America won’t see another one for 20 years.

Here’s this week’s video, good thing I got the footage yesterday because it is raining today.

Females

Unique

Unique, female, face
Unique, female, body
Unique, female, action

Unity

Unity, female, face
Unity, female, body
Unity, female, action

Ursula

Ursula, female, face
Ursula, female, body
Ursula, female, action

Uma

Uma, female, face
Uma, female, body
Uma, female, action

Uschi

Uschi, female, face
Uschi, female, body
Female, Uschi, action

Males

Ulysses

Ulysses, male, face
Ulysses, male, body
Ulysses, male, action

Uriah

Uriah, male, face
Uriah, male, body
Uriah, male, action

Upman

Upman, male, face
Upman, male, body
Upman, male, action