Not to be outdone by her daughter Tory who had 12 April Fools in 2008, Kadie was determined to have her own dozen. That’s right I said another litter of 12 puppies has hit the ground at Woodcrest in the form of our 2009 Striker x Kadie litter.

Congratulations to proud Papa Striker! This is Striker’s second litter of 12 puppies, the first being his 2008 Striker x Mona litter which was bred by Joy Thompson of Essex, VT. 12 seems to be the magic number around these parts lately. Striker is also the father of our Porsche who finished her championship in just two weeks on the Florida show circuit as well as Dreama who went Reserve Winners during Montgomery weekend.

Congratulations to happy Kadie! This is Kadie’s largest litter. Her first litter was of 10 puppies in 2005 which produced Tory who went on to attain her championship in a single weekend with 4 majors. Kadie’s second litter with Max produced 6 adorable creatures including our Ava who is already on her way to a championship at just 15 months old.

In all this promises to be a beautiful litter.

When I titled yesterday morning’s post, “Thar She Blows!” I certainly didn’t expect the final results to be quite so volcanic. We ended up with 7 boys and 5 girls. All puppies are doing fantastic as is surprisingly upbeat mom Kadie. Some girls are more taken with being a mom than others and Kadie is certainly one of those enthusiastic types who lives for her pups. The whelping went quite smoothly. The last puppy took her time, but is just an lively and hungry as all the others. We used Whelp Wise with this litter and highly recommend their services.

6 of the 12 puppies weighed in at a full pound while the smallest was only a few ounces behind. We are extremely happy with these weights. If you would like to compare weights take a look at the birth weights on our last litter of 12 puppies and you will see that these guys are actually a little heftier. (You will also notice the trend for the girls to hang out and let the boys come first in order.) Good weights bodes well for the puppies as does their liveliness and desire to eat. You will see in the photos, they all appear equally healthy and happy.

For those looking for a puppy out of this litter, please give us at least 3 days before expecting to hear from us. We are extremely busy around here and need to let the activity settle and also take the time to look at the wait list and decide what we have available. At that point calls will be made to those we would like to offer puppies to. In the case of this litter, four puppies will be going to show homes. That means we will be able to take deposits for 8 puppies. We are not sure at this time if we will be able to guarantee male/female to those making deposits, but we will do our best to make sure everyone is happy (we probably will be able to guarantee to at least a couple people who are looking for a male only). Please email us in the mean time to confirm you interest in a puppy from this litter and also please indicate if you are looking for a MALE ONLY, a FEMALE ONLY, or are flexible and have NO PREFERENCE. For more information about our selection process please visit the FAQ & Policies page on our website.

We welcome everyone’s Congratulations (which has already started to stream in) at this time, either as comments on this post or by email, but please give us some time to respond (especially to availability inquiries) as we are very busy.

Congratulations Striker and Kadie on a lovely litter!

CHECK BACK HERE AT WWW.DOGGEDDOGDOM.COM TOMORROW WHEN WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING A BRAND NEW GIVE AWAY CONTEST! Hint: The contest is related to this litter, and it’s time to put your thinking caps on!

(The photo below has the puppies numbered in order of birth, refer to the litter page.)

Num, Collar Color, Time, Sex, Weight
1, Green, 9:15am, M, 15oz
2, Lt Blue, 9:50am, M, 14oz
3, Red RR, 11:20am, F, 16oz
4, Brown, 11:58am, M, 15oz
5, Maroon, 12:16pm, M, 16oz
6, Navy, 12:49pm, M, 16oz
7, Yellow RR, 1:33pm, F, 16oz
8, Black, 2:23pm, M, 16oz
9, Purple RR, 5:51pm, F, 12oz
10, Yellow&Brown, 7:00pm, M, 12oz
11, Blue RR, 7:35pm, F, 16oz
12, Orange RR, 12:10am, F, 12 oz

On this day in history (February 18th):

# 1885 – Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
# 1901 – Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons.
# 1911 – The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
# 1913 РRaymond Poincar̩ becomes President of France.
# 1929 – The first Academy Awards are announced.
# 1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
# 1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
# 1960 – The eighth Winter Olympic Games opened in Squaw Valley, Calif.
# 1972 – The California Supreme Court struck down the state’s death penalty.
# 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
# 1979 – Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only recorded time in history.
# 2003 – Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
# 2001 – Auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr., 49, died from injuries suffered in a crash at the Daytona 500.

Also with this Birthday:

# 1516 – Queen Mary I of England, Mary Tudor (“Bloody Mary”) (d. 1558)
# 1902 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
# 1933 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
# 1954 – John Travolta, American actor
# 1957 – Vanna White, American game show presenter
# 1958 – Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver

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