Leyva Labs

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas everyone!

12/15/2023

It started out as a bittersweet morning taking Sako in for her spay. She raised 29 amazing puppies, but she let us know she was done after her 3rd litter, so we took her in for a routine spay expecting zero complications from our healthy dog.
We got a surprise call from the vet when Sako was on the table, letting us know things became complicated when they opened her up to discover a pyometra. She didn't have any symptoms prior, but this can be a life threatening infection of the uterus.
Due to the timing of her spay and some luck, we caught it early enough and Sako is going to make a full recovery 🙏

12/13/2023

Sako and her boy 🥰

12/07/2023

When I'm having a cardiac episode away from the house, Sako walks right at my side and stares at me until I sit down.
She's never been trained for any sort of service work, but she has always been very in-tune with her people.
The majority of her puppies from every litter scored very well with aptitude testing for service work, and I give all that credit to this awesome dog. A few pups from her last litter are in training to do some therapy and service work and I can't wait to see how they perform as they grow!

10/22/2023

Midas is a pup from Sako's first litter. He is living the good life in Minnesota and attends church every Sunday.

07/31/2023

Sitka has made it to his home!

His family says: You have done SUCH a good job with him…..he listens, is SO laid back, SO friendly, and SO sweet! Thank you SO much for all of your hard work

I love hearing that my puppy families are happy when they get their puppy home 🥰

07/27/2023

Sitka still has a few days before his family comes for him. He's getting extra loves and spoils being the last puppy

07/26/2023

I thought I posted this already but it disappeared lol so flashback to a few weeks ago when the puppies were proving they're learning. They are only brought out of the box to play when they sit, we do this 2-3x a day. Look at those smart puppies 🥰

07/24/2023

Darla and the boy just chillin

07/24/2023

Izzy has made it to her new home!

07/24/2023

Pawter is all settled into his new home and getting used to his new sister!

07/23/2023

Only 2 puppies still waiting for their families to pick them up. Makes for a much quieter playtime lol.
To all my puppy families dealing with their teething little alligators, frozen apple slices and carrots are good chew toys!

07/23/2023

Xander is all settled into his new home. His new family is very excited for his future doing therapy work with veterans 🥰🥰

07/22/2023

Shield has a long trip crossing some states to get to his new home, but his family says he's handling the noise and kid chaos like a pro!

07/21/2023

Evening playtime

07/20/2023

The kids got Pawter all worn out while we wait for his new family to pick him up. We try to play with the puppies for about an hour before their family arrives to make the car ride home a little easier.

07/20/2023

Riggins is all settled into his new home!
His new family says he thinks he runs the house and loves to play outside 🥰

07/19/2023

Tika (brown girl) settled into her new home like a champ! I'm so excited for Tika's potential future in service/therapy work, can't wait to see what she accomplishes with her new mama 🥰

07/16/2023

Water dogs in the making

07/16/2023

Darla is trying to teach the puppies how to use the dog pool

07/14/2023

We survived our trip to the vet! Every puppy got a clean bill of health and took their vaccine like a champ.

07/13/2023

07/13/2023

07/09/2023

Coconut 🥥

07/09/2023

White collar has officially been named Shield! 🥰

07/08/2023

Xander

07/08/2023

Pawter is always the first one to fall asleep 🤣