Bellawai Dogs NZ Golden Retriever, Retrodoodle, Golden Shepherds NZ

22/08/2024

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22/08/2024

Arthur you are majestic. I love you dearly. You are confident and so grand. A special gentleman.

Thank you for all you have given Bellawai. 😇

22/08/2024

Today Arthur had his last groom with us and then joined us for lunch on the table 😂.

Marie started grooming him as an 8 week old and finished grooming him. It was only the right thing to do.

He then came and said goodbye to our Vets who have loved him for two years. A great mentor for Heidis pups at their vaccination appointment.

Arthur you have been a wonderful dog to us. Part of our family. Thank you for everything. Just a few more days left with him 😘

21/08/2024

Less than a week to go Mr Arthur until you are in your new home. We have some of you on ice for our future cream babies and I know you are going to be in a wonderful home with a neat family. Tomorrow you have a clip down as this level of floof is not for the faint hearted!

The Golden Retriever babies Ernie, Baxter, Benny, Pippin, Walter and Finlay really enjoyed meeting you today and thought you were very snazzy!

21/08/2024

Darling Finnegan practicing next level of bond gaze. Good boy my love 😍

20/08/2024

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20/08/2024

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20/08/2024

Ruby Joy you are the biggest teddy lover out. Always a huge waggy bum. Only one and a bit weeks darling until we meet Finnegan and your babies 😇

20/08/2024

As much as he runs around with puppies he is also calm with them to teach them to be quiet and how to relax.

The more relaxed and quiet you are with your puppy and dog the more relaxed your furkid will be.

20/08/2024

Cupcake tea parties and puppies. Louis you love life so much

20/08/2024

What a glorious day here today 💓. Lots of Vitamin D for me ❤️🙌

19/08/2024

Jewel that is not what I meant by “wanna go play with the bath”

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Laughing my head off 🤣

19/08/2024

Louis rather disappointed the babies are going one by one. He perked up back at the car as Daisy was there to greet him and take him to school 🥹

He is so lucky to have this life experience we feel to learn the importance of not keeping the pups and enjoying our own dogs. I have never felt tempted to keep them. Sometimes we will grow a puppy on - once, with Percy so we can continue to work with that dog for a time. I know who our team are and I keep that team tight so we have the time necessary to love them within our family.

Keira and Purple white collar girls arrive to their Wellington and Palmerston North families later today xx

19/08/2024

Goodendoodle gorgeousness and a peep of our young lad from across the ditch.

Rory 🐩. He had been here for just under a year. Many of you have met him as he has grown up. Right back to when Poppy, Holly and Mabel had their litters born in December.

He enjoys playing with the babies. Flossy was rapt to see them again today too. ❤️💓

The Goldendoodles are so so beautiful. Sarah’s boy is the biggest I have ever grown and little Orange collar is the smallest 😝.

It’s been a wonderful day of sunshine and our furkids… and your fur kids ###

Rio - maroon collar
Blue collar boy of Sarah
Yellow collar girl of Jana and Peter
Orange collar boy

19/08/2024

Our four dogs Finnegan, Holly, Poppy and Lily enjoying their insulated huge kennel that is open for them to come and go and play. Elevated and in the sun. It’s a beautiful Winter spot with a view.

Yes our gardens for our dogs are substantial. This is where they are when they are not with us and excludes their walks and run times.

The same dogs go into their covered crates with blankets and clip on buckets with fresh water inside at their lunchtime rest and again overnight.

It’s important to us that our dogs - the parents of your pups are never feeling stressed and confined. Their gardens are right next to and behind our house so we can have them easily move inside and to outside of our home.

It’s a beautiful sunny day today here. Hello Spring!

19/08/2024

Naww a pupdate from Bastion! You are such a sweetheart and your parents are awesome 🤩

19/08/2024

Nana dat was my Mum and Dad!!! We FaceTimed and organised me to go home on Friday!!

Such an adorable boy Benny. Your parents are so so excited to meet you!

19/08/2024

Oh my heart ❤️

18/08/2024

We took Daisy on a date day in Auckland today to deliver some of our babies to their families!

It was a wonderful day together and so nice to see the families again who had visited when their babies were young and connect with the families that I have spoken to on the phone during their wait list period.

The drop offs were brief to get those babies home and fed but they were lovely.

Home again now and of course I miss each one already however are super happy with every family who has one.

Molly went to Melanie and her kids. Timing was really special since as it turned out her son has a birthday tomorrow. Happy birthday to you buddy. I know Molly will be a special addition to your day.

Pixie it was so good to see your Mum, Dad and human sister again. They had visited us in Kerikeri when they met Pixie. It was lovely to see them again and them drive home to Tauranga with their girl.

Otis you are another off to Tauranga. The same size as your sister it’s super neat that you two go to the same area! It was lovely to meet in person your Mum, Dad and human Sister. They look lovely people and I have had lots of chats with your Mum prior to going and it’s been great being involved in all your preparations prior to today via phone and email.

Purple collar yet to be named. Your Mum and Dad are so super excited to finally meet you. They have waited a long time for your arrival and are going to thoroughly enjoy you and you are going to enjoy your fur cousin too. He comes to visit quite a bit so it will be fun for you to have a play mate.

Juni your Dad, Nana and human brother were so thrilled to meet you. One of my favourite beaches and one Daisy knows well. We popped back on our way home to the seaside for her to play after a city walk and shop. Juni you met Rex who is your fur brother an aging very well loved border collie who was really interested in you and sprightly for his age. You have a beautiful spot to grow up in.

Kahlua your Mum and Dad adult Sister and cousin came to collect you x man she makes the best run slice and shortbread out! We had hoped to stop for coffee prior however the rain and traffic slowed us down and then you got yourself in quite a muck on the drive which of course your parents cleaned you up and already sent me the most beautiful photos of you. We are going to love seeing you again one day when we visit. We were also given amazing treats that your adult Brother has as a business. Daisy scoffed them! You are lucky to live with these guys. I will be sure to share the details so more people can enjoy them! You have been a wonderful soul to raise. Kind, keen and funny. I will really miss you

Ella your Mum and Dad have raised two Golden Retriever guide dogs in times gone by and now it’s time for them to enjoy training and raising you just for themselves. They were very fortunate to have been able to have kept one of their Golden girls. This time they want to have you forever so chose Bellawai. You like Kahlua are going to have some beach blasts down Orewa and Stanmore Bay. Such a gentle kind girl. You will be someone very cherished I can see.

Bastion it was so wonderful to see your Mum and Dad again. They met you when you were a little fella and were so happy to see you again today. You recognised them like Kahlua, Pixie did their parents. You have a great park across the road from your house and with living very close to June and Richard as well as Dot and Hugo - I am sure you guys are going to he able to reconnect again. You have been such a gorgeous big boy to raise. I will miss you chunky monkey lad. I can’t wait to see you again one day.

Falco darling boy. Your parents are wonderful as all Bellawai parents are. You are this wonderful families fur child that came after their puppy Sandor of Poppy and Vincent didn’t make it as a young fluffball here. Your parents wanted to wait on our next list and it was a given that you were to be theirs not that long after you were born. You are a wonderful boy and your parents and human siblings are going to really enjoy you. It has been a pleasure raising you.

What a wonderful day. We saw our Uni son for a few minutes too which was a real bonus. Home again now and off to bed with our team and more of our puppers that leave from Tuesday this week.

17/08/2024

Recall and redirecting play without treats and using toys and praise.

It’s something that we pride ourselves on. Working with puppies without treats and have them less treat driven and more praise and toy focused.

Learning to play as a constructive group by distraction and return to group play - then back to focus on us … and repeating this helps your puppy with recall.

It’s one thing for a puppy to follow but we teach to follow, then independent play then follow again. Louis does this with a game he calls tauganuaght (his own made up name 😂) which is all part of a puppy learning the foundation of hide and seek too.

17/08/2024

Pippin playtime! Such a gorgeous boy who loves balls big time!

One of Olives darling babies who is everybody’s friend and such a pretty peach cream and white colour.

He has such an adorable waggy butt and loves to be up front and centre with his brothers in the garden. So so adorable ☺️

17/08/2024

That Baxter absolutely loves the velocity dryer 😂. This is a typical morning routine for us with damp days.

They love to play around in the garden and then move to the patio zones and one by one dried off to play inside.

They have their breakfast half an hour after vigorous play. This is important with puppies to avoid tummy discomfort.

17/08/2024

Somehow I recognise my babies I have bred even nearly four years on 😅. So did one of our adult sons friends which is even more priceless 🤪.

I rang our Vets as soon as I recognised that face of Goldbirds lol. I flicked through my client file on my phone and rang her owner to let her know. Goldbird has never wandered before and had found herself down the Highway. One of only three pups local to us.

… The next absolutely classic thing was when our sons friend (and one of my besties daughters) messaged me …from her overseas holiday in the UK!!! to ask me “are they yours?”. She had helped hand raise and bottle feed this litter along with a whole gang of her girlfriends since Daisy couldn’t breastfeed successfully.

Green collar girl of Daisy and Inka. Goldenshepherd gorgeous girl. I am happy you are safe and sound back at home and was so glad I recognised you. You almost got to have a sleepover back at Nanas house again 😂

17/08/2024

It’s been an absolute pleasure working with Fiona and Diego who had waited 18 months on our wait list for Willow to grow up into a mature dog and their baby to come from her. A great choice for the future role Snowy will have as she grows. Finnegan our beautiful calm English Cream is Snowys father.

The family visited from the deep South when Snowy was four weeks old to meet her and flew and drove back to es**rt Snowy back to their Queenstown home yesterday now she is 8 weeks old.

Not everyone can do this when they have a baby from us and that is completely fine. It is such a privilege when people do though. They come into our home and meet our dogs (as all of our dogs are either inside our house or directly outside. I never have them far away from our four walls as they are family to us).

Snowy will be a clinic dog by day with Fiona and literally on the slopes as she grows as this couple are competitive climbers.

We are so glad to have met this family and been a part of their journey to have a mountaineering dog of their own. I feel really privileged they chose Bellawai and allowed me to prepare Snowy with so many experiences here.

Go well little Polar cub. I will never forget you ⛄️ . Thank you Fiona and Diego for trusting me.

“We had an amazing g experience with Maria. Since the day we decided to get a puppy till the day we picked her up at 8 weeks. She shown great care and professionalism to guide us on this journey. We had the privilege to visit her home where she has all her dogs, a very impressive setup. Her dedication to the dogs is outstanding and the quality of her working dogs provides reassurance of the live companion we have. Thank you very much Maria. Snowy, Fiona Diego”

17/08/2024

Overtired and how it affects your dogs brain development negatively.

So many studies done on exhausted humans and the mental health effects. Not so many on dogs.

Dogs are mammals like us.

They must have sleep to grow, process their learning and not get overtired.

Overtired puppy means fractious and fractious means opportunities to practice undesirable behaviour… resulting in behaviour problems that are then unwanted as a teen and adult dog.

90 mins up - 90 mins sleep.

Their routine is so important so you have a mentally well adjusted dog.

17/08/2024

Did you know the reason why many clients experience biting puppies and I don’t experience that here?

Not only with your puppies I am raising but also with any puppy I have raised as a Bellawai Dog.

Overtiredness is the cause.

Puppies sleep so so much which is why we bring them in to play and then leave them to sleep.

90mins up and then 90mins sleep is the rule 🐾

16/08/2024

16/08/2024

Morning puppers!!! It’s adorable waking up to them. They slept through and did their toilets on their mats. Such clever babies for almost 7 weeks old. 🐾💓