Kvell Beagles

06/30/2024

June has been an exciting month for us at Kvell!
We started off the month down in Colorado to attend the two specialties hosted by the Rocky Mountain Beagle Club. Our kiddos did pretty good for themselves!
Retro went Winner’s Dog at both specialties under breeder judges Barb Scherer and Michelle Sager adding two more majors to his total. He now only needs 4 points to finish!
Birdie went 13” BOV under Michelle and select under Barb! She loved strutting her stuff as usual.
And our Canadian visitor miss Demi was Winner’s under Barb for her second US major!

After a whirlwind of shows we were able to pick up our special hitch hiker. A very exciting red boy Peppe (fka Ricky Roy) needed a ride to his new home in WA and a place to stay for a couple months until his new family was ready for him. So in the meantime he will be hanging out with us and will be at stud while here. We are hopeful to incorporate his lovely pedigree into our program soon!!!

04/22/2024

Happy National Beagle Day to all who celebrate by loving this awesome breed! May your sunshine be perfect for basking and your trails perfect for sniffin

01/30/2024

Forgot to post on here!
Ace turned 6 weeks old on Saturday and is looking quite dashing. We made the official announcement that Ace will not be staying here with us but will be going to live in California with Mary and Claire where he will get to experience all kinds of new adventures, be a demo dog for Mary’s dog training business, and participate in sports such as agility and scent work! He’s going to absolutely love it and they are going to be obsessed with him 😂❤️

This decision was not made lightly as Ace is turning out quite beautiful and is a very special guy out of our very special girl Poppy. Ultimately as much as we would love to keep him we had to consider the bigger picture of our breeding program. So here is a little insiders look on that decision process.

1. Even if Poppy is unable to have another litter we still have the ability to practically repeat this pairing since Birdie is 3/4 the same pedigree as Pop and Ace’s dad Catcher is alive and well in Canada!

2. The standards are already higher for boy keepers but Ace was also born into a competition since we brought in young man Retro late last year. Although he is also very nice Ace is phenotypically and genetically very close to all of our current girls so we would not want to use him for several generations.

We’re so excited to watch him continue to learn and grow with his new family but for now we’re gonna soak up every last second of these last few weeks with our goofy little man 💚

01/21/2024

5 weeks old and was a devil for stacking, but who could resist that face!

Ace!

01/14/2024

4 weeks old and standing up! Yes he’s a little chunky 😂 too be expected when you’ve had the full milk bar all to yourself for weeks!

01/07/2024

3 weeks old!
Little man Ace is starting to explore the world this week. He’s walking and talking all about it! Today he graduated to his big boy play area where he will get introduced to his litter box, new textures, sounds, and fun toys! Although he still spends most of his time sleeping we’re starting to see his personality peek through those rolls. He’s a very chill dude who loves to cuddle and expects to be spoiled!

Another interesting development… it looks like he may lose his blaze (the white streak between the eyes) and be our first plain face beagle as well! How neat 💚

01/05/2024

Updating Retro’s album 😎

01/05/2024

Our little singleton

10/30/2023

If you haven’t heard of him yet, it’s time for an overdue introduction!

Meet Retro
Shadynook Back In Time 🚀
(CH Ha-penny’s Clear Blue Sky x CH Shadynook Piece of My Heart)

Retro has been with us a few weeks now as our first little boy to join the pack and he has already managed to steal our hearts. He’s proven to be a mama’s boy through and through but will cuddle with anyone really. We can hardly believe how easy he has been! Retro is a very smart boy and seems to catch onto things quickly but he’s a little pickier about which treats he likes compared to the girls who will eat almost anything.

We super excited to see how he matures as he has some amazing dogs behind him in his pedigree with great movement and conformation. We are honored to have a piece of this valuable history in Retro.

Retro is co-owned with our good friend Sam of Foxfire Beagles who is a great co-parent from a distance. This pup will be hitting the ring in spring of 2024 and will receive recommended health testing at the appropriate age.

08/18/2023

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks!

Two weeks ago we had the pleasure of traveling up to Canada to show at the Alberta Kennel Club cluster including the beagle Regional Specialty where Fern went reserve WB under Barbara Scherer. We had a fun five days of meeting new people, catching up with old friends and talking beagle.

After that show we returned to Washington and spent a few days moving into our new place! We are starting to feel settled now right before Jonah starts his second year of vet school on Monday! The girls are thrilled with their new big yard and we are thrilled to have a place of our own without neighbors 😂

07/17/2023

Something about those floppy ears really gets my cuteness agression going!

06/30/2023

Looks like Fern might be part retriever 😂
All three girls like to swim but Fern apparently loves to play fetch at the same time more power to her.

06/08/2023

Poppy has some exciting news…
She PASSED all her health tests! 🎉

Heart: clear/normal
Eyes: clear/normal
Thyroid: clear/normal (prelim to be rechecked 2024 for CHIC)
Hips: fair/passing (prelim to be rechecked 2024 for CHIC)
F7: carrier/unaffected
LaFora epilepsy: clear
Clear for all other genetic factors as well!

We are absolutely thrilled with these results to say the least! Following the health testing recommendations is so important to us to ensure that our foundation girls are what we want to build on when starting our own program so that our girls and their future descendants have the best opportunity that we can give them to live long healthy lives.

Stay tuned for some exciting news and details on Kvell Beagles very first breeding plans… 😜

04/17/2023

Miss Fern at 8 months old and currently in her first heat! She has her first big show next weekend too.

She enjoys digging holes, chasing her sisters, and cuddles on the couch. She doesn’t like missing out on anything fun 😂 We’re very happy with how she is coming together and are excited to get some more show experience for her!

01/17/2023

The Kvell girls enjoying a beautiful January stroll.

12/26/2022

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us💚

11/13/2022