Overwatch Kennels

Overwatch Kennels Kansas Cane Corso Preservationist

Two years ago today, I got the call that this girl had made it through the night and could come home. We now know she su...
08/16/2024

Two years ago today, I got the call that this girl had made it through the night and could come home. We now know she suffered a rattlesnake bite just above her shoulder blades. Until last month, we had never seen a venomous snake here, though we knew they were around. Her recovery took months through which we monitored labs and slowly rebuilt her strength now, you'd never know it happened except for a few odd hairs where she was bitten.

In the coming weeks, we'll be reintroducing ourselves and dogs. Stay tuned to meet "the girl who lived!

I absolutely love watching the puppies I delivered into this world grow and thrive! Once in a while, the accomplishment ...
07/31/2024

I absolutely love watching the puppies I delivered into this world grow and thrive! Once in a while, the accomplishment comes from my own hands.

This sweet boy has been shown exclusively in AKC's Bred by Exhibitor class and on July 20, he earned his final point for his champion title followed by his first grand champion point the next day! To add an extra layer of special, Barkus earned these points at the St. Joe Kennel Club show which is where I attended my very first show as an Exhibitor with his mother. He accomplished this with limited showing, and I look forward to many more exciting accomplishments with this guy.

Like his brother, I am blessed to share this special boy with his family. My co-own families have been absolutely invaluable in their efforts with their dogs!

Although still pending AKC validation, it is my pleasure to introduce to the fancy CH Overwatch's My Brother's Keeper ATT.

Very late post, but no less proud...On June 26, this dynamic duo became the first Overwatch bred AKC champions. Hot on h...
07/30/2024

Very late post, but no less proud...

On June 26, this dynamic duo became the first Overwatch bred AKC champions. Hot on his mama's heels, Show Drago has emerged and we couldn't be more proud! At 22 months old, this guy still has more growing and maturing ahead of him, but he's already made tremendous strides both in and out of the breed ring. It's been an absolute honor to watch this pair learn the ropes of showing and earn a broad variety of titles while showcasing their amazing bond.

And. They're. Still. Going.

Great co-owners are such a blessing and this guy's accomplishments are a testament to his human's dedication. Drago definitely would not be where he is if not for Bri!

So without further ado, it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce CH Overwatch's Heart Makes Whole CGCA CGCU TKA ATT VHMA VHMP

05/04/2024

We're easing back into events with our dogs as we navigate our new normal. Today Jinx rocked a couple more legs toward his DCAT at Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club's FASTCAT event while our tiny tot made his second trial debut as Co handler to the crazy shepherd.

"Half my heart to make you whole" baby dragon Drago and his mama have been living up to his name and sharing their heart...
04/11/2024

"Half my heart to make you whole" baby dragon Drago and his mama have been living up to his name and sharing their hearts with their community! 🥰 I absolutely couldn't be more proud of this duo!

There's just something about your first show dog.On February 2, 2019, I stepped into the show ring for the first time in...
04/10/2024

There's just something about your first show dog.
On February 2, 2019, I stepped into the show ring for the first time in my life, and Jazzy did, too. A baby handler and baby showdog.

The years that followed brought innumerable life changes for both of us. Titles for her. Babies came (for both of us), and we fought to mend stubborn injuries that taunted us with appearing to resolve only to rear their head the moment I dared to hope (or enter a show).

Through it all, though, one thing remained... she has and always will be my rotten baby diva princess. On April 4, 2024, Show Jazzy showed up and showed out. It was as though we never stopped showing. She looked phenomenal, she FELT amazing, and she radiated everything we love about her- confidence, swagger, grace, power, stability, beauty. She was in her full glory and earned Best of Breed over TWO champion corsos, including her beautiful sister who earned her final grand champion point at the same time!

There isn't a day I'm not grateful that chose to take a chance on a complete novice by sharing this sweet, spicy, sassy work of art with me. She has already made an indelible mark on our fledgling program as foundation for future generations and in our hearts as the spoiled, beloved princess of the house. The support of a great mentor and even greater sh*tshow wrangler (I'm looking at you ) is invaluable and I'm so glad you were both there to share in our accomplishment after such a long road!

So, without further ado, let me present (pending AKC approval) CH U-CH PhogHaven's Promised Genesis di Overwatch RI RATI RATN CGCA CGCU TKN ATT WDN

Happy birthday to our Ad Astra litter! 2 years ago today, I was sleeping in the whelping box with these guys. Today I'm ...
01/12/2024

Happy birthday to our Ad Astra litter! 2 years ago today, I was sleeping in the whelping box with these guys. Today I'm sleep deprived for a somewhat different reason 🫠 but it's been fantastic to see everyone celebrating their babies' big day!

#

Shout out to last night's care team at K-State for placing compassion and ethics above "policy" and fear to make my guy'...
05/03/2023

Shout out to last night's care team at K-State for placing compassion and ethics above "policy" and fear to make my guy's last moments as peaceful as possible. Thank you for letting me advocate for my guy to the very end.

Steel. Moosie. Biggest mama's boy in the world. I promised you no one would ever take you away from me, and when others tried to separate us in your last conscious minutes, I held to that promise. Moms got you, big man.

Finally, on   we have Squire. Squire is an odd little creature. She has a kink tail and an extra dewclaw on both front f...
03/23/2023

Finally, on we have Squire. Squire is an odd little creature. She has a kink tail and an extra dewclaw on both front feet. She's gray tabby with a smudge of calico across her back like it was an afterthought to add to her uniqueness. Squire is so certain she is a dog that she landed herself in more than one mouth before joining my pack.

She loves napping with the corso girls and wrestling with Stryker (when she's not doing cat things like climbing and knocking stuff off of wherever she can maraude). Best guess of her age puts her at almost 9 months old. She's the caboose to our and if Ygritte is the life of the party, Squire is definitely the silly string. But there's one in every family, right?

  wouldn't be complete without Talon. After years if making doe eyes at her daddy from halfway across the continent, I t...
03/23/2023

wouldn't be complete without Talon. After years if making doe eyes at her daddy from halfway across the continent, I took the leap and added this girl to my pack. I'd be lying if I said she hadn't aged me- Talon came along a year earlier than I had planned (Yes, Lord, I hear Your laugher). We haven't gotten to lay the same foundation that I've laid with the other puppies for a number of reasons. But honestly, I didn't think we'd even make it to this point.

About a month after she came home, Talon was playing in a safe space while I was away taking a loved one to a medical appointment. We knew we'd be gone longer than she could hold it in her crate and no one was available to take her potty, so she stayed in an outdoor puppy pen while we were gone- something we never normally do. We arrived home to a limp puppy barely able to raise her head. I immediately began treating her while calling every vet within an hour drive but we were a state away from home and the nearest vet who would see us was 40 minutes away. I made the drive in just over 20. diagnosed a probable and admitted my baby for care. We weren't sure she would make it through the night. Her back legs didn't work and she was beginning to bruise all over.

A day later I brought a very sick but alive puppy home and we drove back to Kansas. Slowly, she regained her strength. It took months for the anemia to resolve and her stamina to improve. Two weeks ago, we took a step I didn't think we would see into the show ring and my wiggly wiggled her way to a Reserve Winner placement in her very first show. Time will tell if her ordeal left aby lasting effects beyond a few white hairs that sprang from the spot she was bitten, but there's no questioning this girl is as tough as she is sweet.

Oh, Ygritte. You really are my crazy wild child. Fun fact- at 125 pounds, she's still sure she should fit on my chest li...
03/23/2023

Oh, Ygritte. You really are my crazy wild child. Fun fact- at 125 pounds, she's still sure she should fit on my chest like she did in the days when I worried she wouldn't make it. Ygritte was the smallest of the Ad Astra litter and struggled to get enough to eat in the beginning. She was just so tiny in such a big litter that she would wear herself out fighting to eat and lose weight instead of gaining. Even splitting and rotating feedings wasn't enough for her.

After a week or so of extra feedings, she was holding her own. At one year old now, she isn't just holding her own, she's making space. And noise. And bruises now and then 🤕🙃😆. She loves as big and loud and fiercely as she lives. She's truly "kissed by fire" and I can't wait to see her set the world aflame.

Turns out, you can't just have one well bred corso... meet Ember, our almost 4 year old Cane Corso. Ember is the epitome...
03/23/2023

Turns out, you can't just have one well bred corso... meet Ember, our almost 4 year old Cane Corso. Ember is the epitome of devotion. She wants nothing more than the make me happy and loves to be the center of my attention. Where Jazzy excels at a variety of sports and loves to entertain with antics like zoomies through the barn hunt ring, Ember's favorite sports are things like rally and obedience where she gets my full attention.

Ember is fantastically versatile and thrives in farm life while easily switching to ahow/sport dog at the blink of an eye. She also makes an exceptional weighted blanket 😆 and is the best "Auntie Em" for puppies here.

And then came Steel. Steel didn't come to us as a puppy. When he was 5 years old, Steel's original mom suffered a catast...
03/23/2023

And then came Steel. Steel didn't come to us as a puppy. When he was 5 years old, Steel's original mom suffered a catastrophic medical event and was not able to return home. He didn't know any world outside of his home with her, had very little experience with things like car rides, kids, and noises outside of the farm. Strangers terrified him (even the lady who came with hot dogs every day for a week and told us she lived in her van with 4 kids but he was so beautiful she just had to have him) and Steel circled us for hours.

His original mom had some dedicated friends looking out for him- one came, caught him and loaded him into the car with much more ease than we could have managed and the other provided as much history and medical information about Steel as she could. She worked tirelessly to save him and I couldn't be more grateful to her for all her efforts.

When Steel came home it was to foster and assess him. It became quickly evident that he was going to need a lot of support not just medically but mentally. If a home equipped to handle him surfaced, great, but I wasn't holding my breath. Extensive safety protocols were implemented immediately with Steel and as he settled in and decompressed he bonded tightly to me. It didn't take long to know he needed to be here and he was definitely staying.

We still have our struggles and his age is definitely showing lately. But even for all his struggles he's still his mama's boy.

Next in the   pack for   is Jazzy, OG Princess and Matriarch of the pack. Jazz is our almost 5 year old Cane Corso. She ...
03/23/2023

Next in the pack for is Jazzy, OG Princess and Matriarch of the pack. Jazz is our almost 5 year old Cane Corso. She is mama to all either by parentage or by parenting- even Stryker isn't exempt from her bossiness or ear cleanings.

This girl doesn't know a stranger when we're out and about and has passed her confident, gregarious nature on to her offspring. She loves to work in any capacity, often giving her all plus some. She's been a phenomenal breed ambassador, winning hearts and minds of both animals and people who were initially quite skeptical of her breed.

Happy National Puppy Day! I figured today was as good a day as any to (re)introduce the   starting with Stryker.Stryker ...
03/23/2023

Happy National Puppy Day! I figured today was as good a day as any to (re)introduce the starting with Stryker.

Stryker is our farm dog special- a "selectively bred herding mongrel" who just turned 6 years old. He really is the farm jack of all trades! His resume includes working larger livestock (bulls, hogs, horses, goats), herding small stock like ducks and chickens, snatching and dispatching rodents in the barn, helping teach and socialize puppies we've raised and cuddling up to be the best buddy a kid could want. Stryker does it all!

And what do we say to Monday, girl?Not today.                        dog
03/20/2023

And what do we say to Monday, girl?

Not today.

dog

A picture is worth a thousand words... shared these images a while back and while they were specifically referring to li...
03/06/2023

A picture is worth a thousand words...

shared these images a while back and while they were specifically referring to livestock guardian dogs like Anatolian Shepherds, the same applies to other breeds as well.

I often hear "I just want a pet, I don't need all that" from people considering a puppy. On any given day you can find social media posts from breeders who don't need health testing because they work their dogs/have decades of experience/gurantee to replace puppies with issues so if there were a problem they'd know. These radiographs are the comparison between the two.

Yes, hip dysplasia has a huge environmental component. Yes, there are also numerous genes that can manifest dysplasia if you wind up with just the wrong combination which is why you can still end up with problems from parents who didn't have them. But you can't make ethical, informed decisions about selecting pairings without knowing the cold, hard facts... imagine what breeding two dogs with hips like the one on the left could produce.

That couple hundred dollars saved by supporting a breeder who doesn't health test could very well cost thousands in care and treatment the end. This has been my Monday Morning TED Talk.

When school is out and mom still has to work, the babies take over her bed.                                             ...
02/17/2023

When school is out and mom still has to work, the babies take over her bed.

11/30/2022

Vroom, Vroom!

It's like she loves me or something 🤷🏾‍♀️
11/30/2022

It's like she loves me or something 🤷🏾‍♀️

This girl is an entire mood 😆Same, Jazzy, same.
11/29/2022

This girl is an entire mood 😆
Same, Jazzy, same.

This girl is aaaaaall legs right now and appears to be a Mashup between Marmaduke, Tigger, and Bambi 🤣 her sweetness and...
11/21/2022

This girl is aaaaaall legs right now and appears to be a Mashup between Marmaduke, Tigger, and Bambi 🤣 her sweetness and honest work ethic are only surpassed by her athleticism. I may make fun of her, but she's clearly on track to make me eat my words someday!

📸 Top City Dogs - Training & Boarding

FASTCAT points and rankings updated today and the   couldn't be more proud of the top 3 corsos rocking the rankings toda...
11/20/2022

FASTCAT points and rankings updated today and the couldn't be more proud of the top 3 corsos rocking the rankings today! We'd also like to take the time to celebrate this handsome fella who added a few extra letters to his name and is halfway to a few more.

He is now officially Blake's Obsidian Baba Yaga RN BCAT RATN CGCA CGCU ATT and is ranked #27 in the nation in FASTCAT placing him in the top 5% of German Shepherds in this sport in 2022!

Jinx was introduced to FASTCAT one year ago. He has run exactly 10 FASTCAT races at only two events a full year apart. In those 10 races, Jinx has topped his best time every time, earned his first title and half the necessary points to his second title, and his best is yet to come! His current ranked speed (average of his 3 fastest times) in this 100 yard dash is just under 28mph. We're super excited to see his progress in the year to come!

Fri-yay! Ygritte and Ember had a blast last weekend at Top City Dogs! Thank you Calamittee Cane Customs  for the collar ...
11/18/2022

Fri-yay! Ygritte and Ember had a blast last weekend at Top City Dogs! Thank you Calamittee Cane Customs for the collar and Top City Dogs - Training & Boarding for the pictures and the great time!

"Drop the cookies and no toys will be shredded..." Caraxes, probably                                                    ...
11/15/2022

"Drop the cookies and no toys will be shredded..." Caraxes, probably

As our first winter storm rolls in, it's impossible to believe that just last week it was warm enough for these guys to ...
11/14/2022

As our first winter storm rolls in, it's impossible to believe that just last week it was warm enough for these guys to romp around the yard, splash in puddles, and spend a day hanging out eating carrots and playing with enrichment toys in the puppy pen while I worked.

Caraxes and Syrax say Goodnight!
11/14/2022

Caraxes and Syrax say Goodnight!

Jax wants to know, is your microchip registered?Make sure you can play forever with your furry friend by registering you...
11/10/2022

Jax wants to know, is your microchip registered?

Make sure you can play forever with your furry friend by registering your pet’s microchip! Registering their microchip means that if they ever got away they would have a 70% HIGHER chance of getting home with a registered microchip! Registering your microchip has traditionally been annoying and costly. Fi has built a microchip for the modern dog parent and made it FREE to register for everyone for life. Register here: nano.tryfi.com/register

All Overwatch Kennels puppies are permanently identified using Fi Nano microchips at 6 weeks old. Because every Fi chip arrives to me with my name and contact information already preprogrammed, I have the peace of mind in knowing that every puppy I send out into the world will always be traceable to me. This means if their family's information is out of date or they cannot be reached for any reason, my information is always there should my puppy need me. This is a tiny part of my commitment to lifelong support of my puppies.

Learn how to register here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uNoyH10umk&feature=youtu.be

I'm seeing so many weight and feeding posts lately. This isn't the polished info graphic I'd like to eventually create, ...
11/03/2022

I'm seeing so many weight and feeding posts lately. This isn't the polished info graphic I'd like to eventually create, but I'm hoping it might help.

These photos were taken of littermates at 6 weeks old. At this age, puppies were being fed multiple times per day and allowed to eat as much as they would comfortably consume. What I want to call attention to is the obvious difference in these puppies' stature. The black puppy is obviously bigger, right?

Nope.

These puppies weighed the same at time of photo. This is the danger of comparing weight of one dog versus the other. One puppy is appropriate weight, the other is fat and even in puppies this young, being overweight is a burden on the joints. You can see how much impact that fat belly has on his hips for instance, by how much his topline drops- his hind legs are spread wider to accommodate his belly.

Feed the dog in front of you with a focus on maintaining an appropriate body condition from the very beginning...because even littermates can vary enough in bone structure and general stature that two dogs of the same weight will have entirely different body composition.

Maybe not our most amazing stacks ever but it could be worse 🤷🏾‍♀️I cant get over how much thwyve changed in such a shor...
10/26/2022

Maybe not our most amazing stacks ever but it could be worse 🤷🏾‍♀️

I cant get over how much thwyve changed in such a short time! These baby dragons are almost ready to take flight toward new conquests!

dragons

Address

Wing'd Prayer Farm
Wakarusa, KS
66546

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Overwatch Kennels posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Overwatch Kennels:

Videos

Share

Category


Other Wakarusa pet stores & pet services

Show All

You may also like