09/18/2024
Since everyone now has been seen by the vet and is good here they are. All females are sold 2 males have deposits and the last has a pending deposit.
one of a kind waterfowl experience. breeder of high quality Labrador Retrievers and Boykin Spaniels. our dogs are in home and part of the family.
At Copper Creek we strive to produce healthy well rounded Labrador Retrievers and Boykin Spaniels. all of our dogs are cleared by the OFA and genetic tested for recessive disorders or disease. we work very hard to produce great hunting partners and family pets. i have been breeding dogs from a young age and strive to produce only the best of the best for out clients. puppies are handled all the ti
me and worked with from day one. we stand behind the puppies we produce. our outfitters works hard to produce one of kind memory making hunts in some of the best locations to see and hunt birds! we strive to make lasting happy memories for our hunting clients. Copper Creek custom products are hand made with a large attention to detail for our clients. we are always happy and up for a challange to create something new and one of a kind for anyone on the list. from custom collars leashes or lead to custom cups or even a beautiful custom pottery piece. check out our website or Etsy page for more info!
Since everyone now has been seen by the vet and is good here they are. All females are sold 2 males have deposits and the last has a pending deposit.
Maggie's litter was born yesterday but due to a stressful complicated labor and delivery I am holding off on taking deposits right away until we make 72 hours and are seen by the vet for tail docking. I want to make sure all 6 pups make it and are good to go. Thank you
Happy National Boykin Spaniel Day to our three LBD girlie's! Cavern &Coppercreeks Magnolia "Maggie" Copper Creeks Rising Phoenix "Ember" and Copper Creeks Whistlin Dixie "Dixie"!and a to out 2022 2023 and our up and coming 2024 Boykin litters!
Litter is due the weekend of September 14th this litter will not disappoint! We get an xray done on the 5th for a puppy count Maggie is right on track with where she was last year size wise!
Copper Creeks Whistlin Dixie
Dixie goes by many names here Dizzy The Driz Drizzle Frizz. Miss Dixie was born here out of Maggie's first litter. We hand picked her to stay as a hunting and confirmation show prospect and she has turned out to be a great great little hunting dog! She has great natural ability. When she's not working she is being a wild child bugging her favorite lab side kick Lindi or picking at her mom until she chases her around the yard! When's she's not blowing off steam outside she likes to play with her favorite toys or chew on a bone or bug her favorite little humans lounging in the evening. Dixie just turned 2 here at the end of July!
Happy 2nd birthday to Copper Creeks Whistlin Dixie "Dixie" or the Driz!!!
A super big happy birthday to Maggie's first litter! Wow it's been 2 years super Crazy!
This breeding happened and will not disappoint for hunting partners. This will be one of the best hunting litters on the ground in September
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many of our puppy buyers friends family people we have worked with and talked to know by now how much we love Alpha Dog Nutrition supplements! When you find something you see results in and a company that cares about thier clients and the dogs thier clients have its a no brainer!
Well one of our favorite lines has been added onto and we as a kennel could not be happier!
We start all our puppies out on optipup not only because it helps boost all the key vitamins minerals and keep the building blocks our future hunting buddies need it's sets each guy or gal up for healthy growth and gut health! Along with omega 3s glutamic acid and tyrosine to help thier skin and coat buy it also has probionics to help thier gi systems get everything out of thier food. It has 31 important vitamins and minerals key to thier development.
Now here's where the new line comes in at 18 months is where you would normally just switch to free Range balance and vitality. Which we still feed our dogs on a daily basis to help our working dogs gi system joints and skin and coats but we were so excited to see they extend the line with optilife a daily multivitamin for our dogs!
Optilife like optipup has 33 key vitamins minerals prebiotic and superfoods to promote a good healthy gut coat and body as well as focus! It's made with low allergy bases as well but Alpha Dog Nutrition has an allergy complex as well. They have created a simple easy to use supplement to help protect you hunting partner from nose to tale
Ask us about the results we have has our clients have had and stories we have heard these supplements are amazing! Made by dog people to help your dog get everything they need to be all the dog they need to be!
Use our 15% discount code on your purchases and see the difference in your four legged friend!
COPPERCREEK15 use this at check out!
Breeding just took place litter is due September 14th. Very excited for this repeat breeding the first group from these 2 had amazing hunting potential before they left our kennel!
It's that time!!! Maggie has started her heat cycle! Breeding time
With our last post I'd like to wish miss lindi a big happy belated 4th birthday! Our returnee girl!!!
A couple days late but a big happy birthday to our Covid litter they turned 4 over the weekend!
Degenerative Myelopathy is a inherited recessive neurological disease that typically shows in dogs around 8 years old. It causes gradual muscle wasting and incoordination in the hind legs and progresses in the next 6 to 12 months to where the dog looses the ability to walk.
There is no cure for this disease and over 6 to 24 month the dog will loose control of thier hind legs, bowl and bladder, sadly many end up being humanly euthanized because of quality of life.
This disease can spread forward up the body to the front legs as well causing full paralysis.
Degenerative Myelopathy is a recessive disease that can be tested for with a genetic DNA swab from places like Pawprint genetics or Embark.
Juvenile Cataracts is an abnormal clouding in the eyes due to a break down or damage to the lens. It results in a diminished ability to see or complete blindness. Cataracts can be caused by damage to the eye or it can be hereditary. Some breeds are more prone to Cataracts then others, the root cause of hereditary Cataracts is really not known either.
Juvenile Cataracts can be see very soon in puppies. If the Cataracts are bad they can be seen at the puppy visits around 8 weeks. An ophthalmologist vet can check your puppies eyes in between 8 and 12 weeks by dilating the eyes and checking the lens for any clouding or and other defects in the eye itself.
Your vet checks your dog's eyes when they come in for normal check ups and your new puppy should have had a good nose to tail check up when the breeder had then in for the first puppy check and shots. You can always have you vet do a special check or refer you to a specialist if you are worried about your dog's eyes
Juvenile Cataracts is an abnormal clouding in the eyes due to a break down or damage to the lens. It results in a diminished ability to see or complete blindness. Cataracts can be caused by damage to the eye or it can be hereditary. Some breeds are more prone to Cataracts then others, the root cause of hereditary Cataracts is really not known either.
Juvenile Cataracts can be see very soon in puppies. If the Cataracts are bad they can be seen at the puppy visits around 8 weeks. An ophthalmologist vet can check your puppies eyes in between 8 and 12 weeks by dilating the eyes and checking the lens for any clouding or and other defects in the eye itself.
Your vet checks your dog's eyes when they come in for normal check ups and your new puppy should have had a good nose to tail check up when the breeder had then in for the first puppy check and shots. You can always have you vet do a special check or refer you to a specialist if you are worried about your dog's eyes
Collie eye Anomaly is a defect that can manifest through the underdevelopment of the choriod, a defect in the optic nerve, or adjacent areas and a thinning of the sclera and optic nerve. The range of this disease can be so vast from non apparent to completely blinding to the dog.
CEA like many other genetic disease and disorders we test for is a recessive disorder meaning that the pup has to get a copy from both parents to show the disease. An affected dogs eyes can have either eye affected differently one can be better the same or worse then the other.
CEA is graded is a 5 grade or level as follows:
Grade 1: Eye has tortuous retinal vessels with small areas of choroidal hypoplasia
Grade 2: Eye has tortuous retinal vessels and large areas of choroidal hypoplasia
Grade 3: Eye has tortuous retinal vessels and large areas of choroidal hypoplasia with colobomas or areas of ectasia (pits)
Grade 4: Eye has all of the above defects along with a retinal detachment
Grade 5: Eye has all of the above defects along with retinal hemorrhage.
If you suspect your dog may have CEA or a different eye issues see your vet and ask about your testing options and possibilities of what it might be.
Collie eye Anomaly is a defect that can manifest through the underdevelopment of the choriod, a defect in the optic nerve, or adjacent areas and a thinning of the sclera and optic nerve. The range of this disease can be so vast from non apparent to completely blinding to the dog.
CEA like many other genetic disease and disorders we test for is a recessive disorder meaning that the pup has to get a copy from both parents to show the disease. An affected dogs eyes can have either eye affected differently one can be better the same or worse then the other.
CEA is graded is a 5 grade or level as follows:
Grade 1: Eye has tortuous retinal vessels with small areas of choroidal hypoplasia
Grade 2: Eye has tortuous retinal vessels and large areas of choroidal hypoplasia
Grade 3: Eye has tortuous retinal vessels and large areas of choroidal hypoplasia with colobomas or areas of ectasia (pits)
Grade 4: Eye has all of the above defects along with a retinal detachment
Grade 5: Eye has all of the above defects along with retinal hemorrhage.
If you suspect your dog may have CEA or a different eye issues see your vet and ask about your testing options and possibilities of what it might be.
Registration name: Copper Creeks Blackberry Brandy
Call name: Lindi
Kennel she came from: Copper Creek Outfitters and Kennel
Birthday: June 28 2020
Lindi was a return to our kennel her owner was unable to care for her due to some extreme health conditions. She's been a great addition to the bunch. She has great drive and has spent her time after settling in her building a good foundation gundog work.in her free time she like to cuddle on the couch, make her little humans pet her, play fetch swim in the summer and roll around in the snow in the winter.
She's a fabulous addition to our Outfitters as well as adding her into our breeding program for 2024!
Registration name: Copper Creeks Rising Phoenix
Call name: Ember
Kennel she came from: Black Creek Kennels
Birthday: May 8 2021
Embers names somewhat fitting to say the least! Well in the fact that she looks like she's been electrocuted or has crazy scientist hair for a top knot! This little lady's drive though is crazy she will flush birds all week long!!! On her down time she likes to chew bones Play keep away with just about anything the other dogs may want and chill out with her smaller humans.
We are very excited for Ember to enter into our breeding program. She carries Boykin Spaniel foundation lines.
Hip dysplasia is a disorder that mostly affects large breed dogs it's not unheard of for small or toy breeds. The hip joint is a ball and socket type joint. With hip dysplasia the ball and socket joint is grown abnormally causing the joint to slip or move around more then it should.
This disorder can be either genetic or environmental. Somethings that you can do to limit environmental factors is limit jumping and hard work on developing puppies. Studies have showing puppies jumping off of taller things and alot of hard work can cause damage to developing joints.
Limping, stiffness, lack of wanting to exercise, loss of muscle tone, leg lameness, and decrease of range of motion are some things to look for if you suspect that your dog may be suffering from hip dysplasia.
Your vet can check for hip issues in your normal check up and can confirm with a set of x-rays. Many breeders and people who run trials or show confirmation will send in these x-rays to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals or OFA where the x-rays will be evaluated and graded, there'd also pennhip which is also done with x-rays.
Hip dysplasia is a disorder that mostly affects large breed dogs it's not unheard of for small or toy breeds. The hip joint is a ball and socket type joint. With hip dysplasia the ball and socket joint is grown abnormally causing the joint to slip or move around more then it should.
This disorder can be either genetic or environmental. Somethings that you can do to limit environmental factors is limit jumping and hard work on developing puppies. Studies have showing puppies jumping off of taller things and alot of hard work can cause damage to developing joints.
Limping, stiffness, lack of wanting to exercise, loss of muscle tone, leg lameness, and decrease of range of motion are some things to look for if you suspect that your dog may be suffering from hip dysplasia.
Your vet can check for hip issues in your normal check up and can confirm with a set of x-rays. Many breeders and people who run trials or show confirmation will send in these x-rays to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals or OFA where the x-rays will be evaluated and graded, there'd also pennhip which is also done with x-rays.
Exercise induced collapse or EIC is an inherited recessive genetic disorder, meaning both parents have to either be affected or carry one copy of the recessive gene to pass it on to thier pups. A dog can show signs as young as five months old
An affected dog can be mildly affected meaning weakness and or shaking in the hind legs with Exercise or excitable moments or full loss of use of the rear and even the front limbs or the worst outcome death.
Many mildly affected dogs will show sign with strenuous activity of more the 5 to 15 minutes where as a dog who is extremely affected will show signs in an excitable moment. Many dogs will regain full use and control of theirbody and back legs after resting for a period of time. Many EIC episodes are accompanied by a dramatic spike in body temperature as well, but unaffected dogs as well will have a small increase in body temperature while exercising. Knowing the signs and being aware of what's normal for a dog is key. If you suspect your dog may have EIC you can get him or her tested and work with you vet to create a care and treatment plan for your dog if her or she is affected.
Many reputable breeders out there do a genetic test on thier breeding dogs to make sure they are breeding and producing healthy pup that aren't affected by disorders like EIC and others I'll cover later
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LETS TALK SUPPLEMENTS. many of our puppy buyers friends family people we have worked with and talked to know by now how much we love Alpha Dog Nutrition supplements! When you find something you see results in and a company that cares about thier clients and the dogs thier clients have its a no brainer! Well one of our favorite lines has been added onto and we as a kennel could not be happier! We start all our puppies out on optipup not only because it helps boost all the key vitamins minerals and keep the building blocks our future hunting buddies need it's sets each guy or gal up for healthy growth and gut health! Along with omega 3s glutamic acid and tyrosine to help thier skin and coat buy it also has probionics to help thier gi systems get everything out of thier food. It has 31 important vitamins and minerals key to thier development. Now here's where the new line comes in at 18 months is where you would normally just switch to free Range balance and vitality. Which we still feed our dogs on a daily basis to help our working dogs gi system joints and skin and coats but we were so excited to see they extend the line with optilife a daily multivitamin for our dogs! Optilife like optipup has 33 key vitamins minerals prebiotic and superfoods to promote a good healthy gut coat and body as well as focus! It's made with low allergy bases as well but Alpha Dog Nutrition has an allergy complex as well. They have created a simple easy to use supplement to help protect you hunting partner from nose to tale Ask us about the results we have has our clients have had and stories we have heard these supplements are amazing! Made by dog people to help your dog get everything they need to be all the dog they need to be! Use our 15% discount code on your purchases and see the difference in your four legged friend! COPPERCREEK15 use this at check out!
Picking a dog food can be super overwhelming to a new or seasoned pet owner, even more so now a days. Recalls health issues fads public sway price personal vet friend and breeders opinion. Well everyone has an opinion on which is the best and which is right for your dog. And at the end of the day there are tons of factors that come into play on picking a dog food that fits your dog or dogs and you! Here are some things we as a kennel look at and take into consideration when we pick food it the past and in the future if the time arises that we have to change cause hey things happen. I always start by picking a handful of brands I feel are in the same category as my current food. Then I go to good ol' Google and search recalls. I always filter out any of the brands with bad recalls in the past 7 years and then any recalls in the last 5 years. Then I take what I have left from that list and pull up the ingredients. Here is where companies can become tricky! So your probably wondering how are they trucky well in the US the biggest preserving agent used is salt which is good its not a horrible preserving agent and the US regulates it. Can only have 1% in a serving of dog food. Which if we think we consume more then that in a day. But here is where some companies cheat they use other products to preserve that the US doesn't regulate. Good way to weed this out is if you can't find salt they aren't using it and using a unregulated or untested preserving agent. Other things to look for in the ingredients list is grains fillers and fruits and veggies. Some grains are good some are ok and some should we should stay FAR AWAY from. Corn corn byproducts, Brewers rice or grain soybeans are ones that ate highly sprays for pests and weeds they also aren't great for dogs known to cause health issues and high on the list for allergies as well. Many dog foods advertise on thier pictures they have veggies and fruits well if you look on the ingredient list many fall after salt which
Let's talk supplements! We just a full system so I will cover them all but I'll start with the joint supplement we use first! We use Alpha Dog Nutrition in our kennel. Free Range is thier joint supplement this is a powder that is added into your dog's daily food. This food has everything your dog need to help thier joints stay healthy and bounce back after a hard day's work. Glucosamine hcl- alleviate pain and joint wear Methylsulfoynlmethane (MSM)- reduces pain and inflammation Chondrointin- maintain and lubricate joints Brewers yeast powder- supports lean muscle mass Vitamin E- prevents oxidative damage This combination keeps your dog's joints healthy all the way around a scoop or two in your dog food once a day help to prevent and reduce joint issues. It is also mixed in with powdered beef liver to make tasty. The price point as well is very affordable. And works well the whole like of products that Alpha Dog Nutrition makes! We also have a 15% code for all our follows to use as well Coppercreek15 at checkout.
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