Shadywood Brittanys

08/13/2024

Come and join the fun!!!

08/11/2024

Bozeman (Shadywood 12 Gauge) went Best Puppy at the Washington Brittany Club Specialty August 10. Proud of this 9 month old guy. Thank you Judge Dr. Karen Erickson for the placement.

08/09/2024

Nuff said.

07/28/2024

Matia, Sue, and I took a trip to White Bird, Idaho to visit Katherine Thompson. Such beautiful country.

07/15/2024

06/29/2024

06/19/2024

Reba with Mike.

06/19/2024

Went to see Reba today at her trainer’s. She’s standing for wing and shot, retrieving, and learning to back. Next will be backing a live dog. She was just 2 in January and has her AKC show championship. Reba was 2nd money female at the ABC Futurity this year. She’s going to be a dual dog.

06/07/2024

06/07/2024

Prada, after the dog show today.

06/06/2024

First day of Woofstock 2024.

06/06/2024

We made it to Woofstock 2024!
Prada #16

06/02/2024

What a fun show the Rainier Sport Dog Association put on for the first time at the Medicine Creek Winery yesterday. They had a selfie booth. Prada and I are on the left. Bozeman and his owners are on the right. This was Bozeman’s first show and he did great. So proud of our boy. Prada shocked me by going Best of Breed. Thank you Judge Joan Savage for the honor.

05/26/2024

To all of you who have Shadywood Brittanys, I’m redoing my website and need your favorite photos. Please provide information such as name, age, or anything else. Send them to [email protected].
Thank you!

05/17/2024

Annabelle, out of the Matia/Jake litter, at 11 1/2 weeks of age, using the Talking Dog buttons. She was Wren and you will be seeing her in the show ring. Her owner is giving her so many learning opportunities. She’s pretty impressive.

05/12/2024

Fable, out of our Halley and Arlo won her first show point today at 6 months. She is sister to our co-owned boy, Bozeman. Isn’t she lovely? Congratulations Island View Brittanys.

05/10/2024

05/05/2024

Reba ended the weekend with 3 passes toward her Junior Hunter title. So much fun with her excitement over the birds. Thank you Wenatchee Kennel Club for everything, great food, dedicated judges, and friends.

05/04/2024

Reba also earned a leg today. Good girl Reba.

05/04/2024

Prada is a good girl. First time at a hunt test and she earned one leg today. Thank you Wenatchee Kennel Club.

04/25/2024

Phoenix has settled in his new home and I got pictures today.

04/23/2024

Sweet Caroline had her first calf this morning, a heifer we are calling Audrey.

1/4 Brown Swiss, 1/4 Black Angus, and 1/2 Wagu.

04/23/2024

Matia, my cat/dog. Loves to perch on the couch.

04/18/2024

Matia playing her puppies. They will leave in a few days and they will be missed.

04/17/2024

I’m starting to send my precious babies home in a few days. Their new owners are excited and I believe they will love their puppies but you always worry a little.

"Dear Past And Future Puppy Owners

I loved them first. I thought of you years before you even realized. I planned for and cared about your baby long before you started thinking of adding to your family. I worried about your future with that puppy before you knew there would be one.
There were hours upon hours spent researching lines for the parents of your puppies. Going over breeder after breeder, choosing not only my pet but looking for a dog that will make you your pet. Worrying if you'd be happy, if I had chosen correctly and your puppy would grow up healthy and happy.

Going over puppy after puppy with fellow breeders, running over my program with as many knowledgeable breeders as I can, determined to not miss anything. Tracing lines back as far as I could, learning the ins and outs not only for my knowledge but so that I was informed, prepared to go over every detail with you, to answer the questions that sometimes you don't even ask.
Then there's years of watching your puppies parents grow. Loving them and enjoying them as part of my family. Taking them every where I can, training them, socializing them, watching how they fill out.

Asking myself I had made the right choice in both of them. Scrutinizing their conformation, how they move, and their temperament. There was the stress of health testing. Praying not only that my babies were healthy but that they had the genes to make your baby healthy.

Finally came the time to put your puppies parents together. For the next 63 days I worried, I obsessed, I grew excited. I watched your puppies mom like a hawk. Making sure my baby was ok, monitoring her diet better than I do my own. Concerned that she was getting enough of the right nutrients and that your growing baby was getting the best start possible. I spent hours on the couch, floor, and dog bed with her watching her tummy grow and anxiously waiting.

As your baby and mine grew I laid my hands on her tummy and felt the first movements of your puppy. As the time grew close I spent most nights in the nursery with her. Making sure she didn't go into labor without me knowing, in case something went wrong and one of our babies needed help. When labor started my whole life stopped. I spent every second with her.

Your baby was born into my hands and I held my breath as I cleaned them up, watching for movement and breathing, cleaning them up, checking them over, and wondering if you'd love them as much as I already did. I helped your babies brother when mom got tired and he was stuck. I cried when your babies sister didn't make it.

For the first 8 weeks most of my life was filled with your baby. Watching them grow and making sure I was doing everything possible to make sure they started their lives the right way. Making sure each one was getting enough to eat, enough socialization time, that they were de-wormed and given their shots. I was the first person they saw when they opened their eyes. I spent my weeks playing with them and keeping them safe.

I searched for you and interviewed you. As you spoke I tried to read your character. Would you love them as much as I do? Would you bring them in as part of your family? Would you care for this tiny life that I brought into this world that I am responsible for? Some of you were turned away but some of you were welcomed into our family. The day you took your baby home was harder than I'd ever let on. I was excited for you but I was also terrified. Had I chosen correctly? Were you who you seemed to be?

My love and worry didn't end there. I thought about your baby regularly, saddened when I didn't get updates, ecstatic when I did. I hoped you were caring for your baby the way I care for mine. I answered your questions happily and answered them again just as happily to your babies siblings new parents. When your puppies sister ate a couch I stayed up that night she was at the vets, waiting to hear that she was ok. When their brothers parents decided he no longer fit in their life I welcomed him home, sorry that I had chosen wrong for him and promised him it wouldn't happen again.
I loved your baby first and I will never stop."❤️

-Author Unknown-