Hello Cavachon Family!

Things are very busy around here and puppies have begun to go home!  I’ll do another blog post next showing the puppies and their new families, but first, let’s talk about the waiting list and what I know about how things are progressing with puppy selection.

Fasten your seatbelt because this next paragraph is long and so full of information you’ll feel dizzy after reading it!  I was dizzy writing it after I’ve been living it for the past couple weeks!!

We’ve reached a point where we’ll probably need to sit for a bit and let puppies get older.  What I know is this:

Deb is considering either of the Chantel sable girls, or she might wait till summer.  She’s still deciding.

Rosalie is waiting for a Tri or Black/Tan pup, and sadly we didn’t have any of those colors born during this batch of puppies.

Lili has postponed her puppy adoption until 2019, so while she will stay on the waiting list, she will not be in the mix until the next calendar year.

Laurie was matched to the sable/white female from Sophia.

I have not been able to get in touch with Rachel F, so I don’t know what exactly is happening with her puppy adoption plans at this time.

Nicole R is waiting till after June.

Lana chose the Justyne dark golden/red male puppy.

Tracey chose the black/white Abbey female.

Michael A is waiting for a Tri colored puppy.

Cindy E chose the Justyne sable/white female.

Kelsey is not read yet for a puppy so will remain on the waiting list.

Amy U is still deciding between the Pearlie solid sable male, sable/white female, or the Sophia solid sable male.  I’m hoping to hear back from her soon!

Lisa S & Mac are waiting for a Tri female.

Adam S won’t be ready till at least May.

Mary & Ed chose the Chantel blenheim female.

David L will be ready after April 1st.

Claudia chose the Kenzie golden female and will be flying in to pick her up this Monday.

Derek M chose the solid sable Justyne male pup.

Hannah & Carson want a tri or black/white pup and will wait for future litters.

Trudy H is pretty sure she wants the sable/white female pup from Abbey and I’m waiting on her final decision.

Lily W wants a blenheim that is mostly white so will wait to see what other litters are born in the future.

Colleen & Joe chose the sable/white Justyne male puppy.

Sara J is waiting to see what Deb and Amy U decide, and then she will be able to decide on her puppy.

Lauren M wants a brother and sister duo from Sophia and it’s her turn to choose!

Kate U chose the Jesse large female with more white.

Peter M wants an accelerated blenheim pup ready in May/June

Tami P has been communicating closely with me and is also waiting on some decisions above before she can make her final decision.

David Y flew in today and picked up his Kenzie blenheim female.

Debra is coming Sunday to get her Kenzie white female.

Krista J wants a dark puppy after April 1st.

Julie F wants a small female, calm, and a sweet personality.

And after that, we have some brand new deposits from Mariella C, Elaine M, Mike C, Amar D (who is matched to a Jesse male puppy with more white), Sharon L, and Rhodetta.  And there are a few more that have said they are sending deposits.  Now, is that a lot of activity or what??!!

As you can see, the waiting list is complex, takes time, and sometimes frustrating if everyone ahead of you takes your favorite puppies.  But I can assure you that there are always more puppies coming, and a perfect match will happen with patience!

For those not on the waiting list above, we have more puppies than people right now, so you can literally swoop in with a deposit and get a puppy without waiting the normal 4-12 months.  You’ll need to be flexible about color and gender, but every Cavachon is a good choice!

Puppies that are ready immediately are the two puppies from the Jesse litter, both the male and female that have more color on them.  These puppies are super friendly and can go home starting next week!

Let me know if you have any questions, but please send them to my email at silverpawcavachons@gmail.com.  I cannot manage keeping up with so many social media outlets for questions, so I ask that you correspond via email to help me not miss any information.

Have a fantastic weekend wherever you are!

Kristy

Hey Everyone!

Today I want to focus on the blenheim puppies that we have available at Silver Paw Cavachons.  I especially want to call out to #4 Rachel, and #17 Lily since you both have specified that you are interested in a blenheim colored puppy.  I’ve heard from #22 Kate and know exactly what her 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices are so I’m wanting to get some details from Rachel and Lily!

We have 4 blenheim females and 4 blenheim males from our current litters.  The Jesse litter, which are the oldest ones has 2 females and 2 males.  As I’ve mentioned in the videos, these puppies are going to be a definite 15-20 lbs and probably toward the mid to higher end of that estimate.

The other litters that have a blenheim female are Pearlie and Chantel.  Each litter now has a page on this blog with photos and/or videos showing the puppies as they’re growing in size.  You can simply click on the mother’s name in the green column on the right to see each litter.  When I pull my blog up on my iPhone I have to scroll down to the bottom and then the information in the sidebars is there.

I specifically would like to know if anyone wanting a blenheim puppy is interested in the Jesse girls or boys.  If you are, please send me an email.  If you’re not, please also let me know that you are a pass on the Jesse litter.  If you have been in communication with me about other colors, you don’t need to let me know you’re a pass on this litter.

I’d also be open to talking with people not on the waiting list, or those that have deposits en route.  The Jesse pups can go home next week and we’d like to see them head that way on time if possible.

I’m still trying to upload the video I took of them yesterday but slow internet has been our plague at every house we’ve ever lived in.  I plan to head to my school today and use the internet there, so check back later today on the Jesse page for new video content.

As you’ll hear in the video, this litter is the happiest, most playful, fun loving quartet of golden/white fur, and they always make me smile when I watch them.  By tomorrow noon, I will be moving forward with the list and matching puppies to #22 Kate and anyone else that inquires about them from this blog post.

Thank you again for all your support and to everyone on the waiting list that has been communicating quickly and clearly with me regarding all of their puppy choices and needs.

Crashed out after all the play in the video!!

Hey everyone!

I think it’s a bit challenging to try and follow what is available via Facebook since the feed is always moving, so I’m going back to my old ways of having a page for each litter here on the website.  You can find each litter page by clicking on the names of the mother dogs in the right sidebar of the blog.  We will try to update the photos and/or videos weekly of each litter as they are growing.

Today I hope to add the new video I did of the Jesse litter and I also am planning to do a new Pearlie litter video as well as add the photo of Sophia’s litter at 1 week old.  I’m happy to say that all of the puppies have finally been born so it will get a little easier to keep track of what is still available and what has been matched to families on the waiting list.

Let me know if you have any questions about how this all works.  We are focusing this week on the Jesse litter since they are turning 7 weeks old in a few days.  I’ll also try to keep the sidebar updated with the waiting list.

Updating this list is an ongoing process. As of yesterday, these are the deposits I have in hand. If yours is in the mail I have you penciled in.

I am currently working with Cindy #10.

Kelsey is waiting and not able to get a puppy at this time and Amy U. will be next. From what I know, she wants a boy so I can also start talking to Lisa S & Mac regarding a female. Adam and Mary & Ed will be soon after and David is a pass on these current pups. I’ve also been in close communication with Claudia and today will determine her decision. I’d like to hear from Derek M. as I don’t have any details regarding preferences. I have reached out via email to everyone through #21 so please respond as soon as you can and thank you to those that have already done so!

Regarding the Kenzie litter, the black male is selected. The golden female is selected (though we are waiting to see which family she will go to and will know by today). The blenheim female and the white female are still available and I have 2 families with deposits coming that have expressed strong interest in these two puppies. I’d like to finalize their placement today if possible.

Blenheim female

White female

There are a few more photos on FB and video too. We are Silver Paw Cavachons on FB.

I’m hoping to create a blog page for each litter where I can add the photo and video updates as they grow. I have to get on my computer to make this happen and have carved out some time this afternoon to work on it.

The puppy selection process is always very complex and time consuming. We have a lot of puppies and a lot of people and I am doing my best to answer questions and provide the needed videos and photos to aid in the selection process.

I am off work for 4 days including today so I want to get as far down the list as I possibly can during my break.

Thanks again for your support!

Kristy

We are extremely busy here and waist deep in puppies. Our first priority is the daily care of our dogs which can be quite time consuming when we have several litters (which is what we are dealing with right now).

I’d like to ask that you use email to ask questions and discuss the puppy selection process, especially if you aren’t yet on the waiting list. I’ve mentioned this before, but with all the different social media outlets it’s nearly impossible for me to keep up with and even see every question that is posted on FB, Instagram, and the blog. I will respond via email because I am able to keep it organized there and I generally don’t miss communication there (though I have been known to have an email get buried before I was able to answer it).

Please be patient as there are 29 people on the current waiting list with around 5 more in the mail. Many have questions, want videos or photos, and want detailed descriptions of puppy personalities. This all takes time.

If you are on the waiting list and we have been communicating via FB, that is ok. Sometimes I will transition someone to FB when we are actively communicating about their puppy selection.

For those just getting started, I need all communication to be via email. You can reach me at:

silverpawcavachons@gmail.com

We are trying to wrap things up for the Kenzie litter. Here are the 4 pups. There are side shots of them on Our Facebook page as well.

Black & White Male. He has been selected.

The following are the females. We are waiting for one family to choose between these girls and then the other two will be available. If you’re on the waiting list and are interested in these pups, please let me know. The whole litter should be from 12-14 lbs as adults.

Blenheim female

Golden female

Mostly white female

There are videos of these puppies on Facebook.

Dear Waiting List Members,

Today, I sent an email to every person on my waiting list. Based on what I already knew, and on the information that people sent back to me, this is the current waiting list.

I have noted color/size/gender preference for those that I know. If you would like to add or change any of the info I have with your name, please let me know. If you have specified colors and genders I will generally skip over your name when I am matching puppies that don’t meet your criteria.

We currently have 23 puppies on the ground and we are not done yet. It always seems to go like this where we have a lot and then nothing. I have lots of helping hands so every puppy is getting daily attention and handling.

We are currently matching Kenzie puppies. The black/white male from the Kenzie litter has been selected, so we have the girls still available. There is interest in the blenheim girl, but there are a few names I haven’t heard from yet and want to be sure I don’t skip over anyone. If you are one of those people, I want to hear from you via email.

If your name has (pending) next to it, it means you’ve said you’re sending a deposit, but we haven’t received it yet.

I will be showing the Pearlie litter later today. They are just 1 week old. Abbey also had her puppies this past week so I will be showing them on Thursday.

Things are going to be crazy busy around here and clear communication is going to be critical for the puppy selection process.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Enjoy a photo of our bright eyed “Barley”, Accelerated Puppy from the Paisley litter. He has a home and will go there in about 3 more weeks.

I just sent this email to everyone on the waiting list. I’m posting here so nobody will miss this important information.

We have new puppies! Lots of them. And we have eager people joining the waiting list each day who are ready for puppies now.

I want to reach out to all of you already on the list and ask that you be sure and subscribe to the website www.silverpawcavachons.com. By subscribing (and I know many of you have already done this), you will receive information about the current puppies and updates on the litters and availability of puppies directly into your inbox. Please be sure you have subscribed with an email that you check regularly.

With our first litter going on 6 weeks old, and all the other litters following closely with birth dates, the puppy selection and matching process is going to get intense, feel chaotic, and i need it to run smoothly. To achieve an efficient process for matching puppies, I will be communicating through the website via blog posts and not individually emailing each person until we are in the final stages of matching a puppy.

What this means practically is that I will call out to the waiting list via the blog when a litter is 5 weeks old. I’ll want you to email me with a yes to indicate if there is a pup you could be interested in or a no if you want to pass on a litter. If I don’t receive an email within 48 hours of my blog post, I’ll consider your answer to be a no.

This does not mean you are specifically choosing a puppy right then. Instead, it allows me to narrow the list down to just those families that are ready and see a pup from that particular litter that they could want.

I don’t have time to talk in detail about puppy personality until it is a puppy that you are actually in a position to be able to choose. With me working full time, this process cannot take days because we will run out of time, puppies will become older than 8 weeks old, and people will not have the proper time to line up the travel details.

I also want to let everyone know that I have lots of help this year with the daily socialization and basic care (food, water, poop) of the puppies and dogs, so my teaching job is not taking away from how we are raising the puppies.

Some of you have been on my waiting list for a long time and we have not touched base in months. This is my effort to reach out and connect again so I know how we can move forward.

Thank you for your time and please let me know that you received this email.

Kristy

The day has come! The Kenzie litter is 5 weeks old and it’s time to start lining up their futures! I plan to do several videos. This is the first one on our Facebook page.

We are very busy here at Silver Paw Cavachons with new puppies and the fun is just getting started.  This week we will begin puppy selection with the Kenzie litter, but before that happens, I want to talk a bit about how to choose a puppy.

Over the years, I’ve learned that there are 100’s of reasons why a family chooses, or doesn’t choose a puppy.  Some of them are based on myths or false information, while others are based on personal experience.  For some people, they need to see and touch a puppy before they are able to fall in love, and for others, it might be love at first sight, the minute we post the first picture of the litter.  Still, for others, waiting till a puppy is older to see the “personality” is what is needed before they can choose their puppy.

As we begin to post videos of the litters, here are some questions to ask yourself when you’re deciding which puppy will become part of your forever family.

1. Does this litter fit into your family timeline?

Most puppies will leave and go to their new homes when they are 8 weeks old.  Once you know the birthdate of a litter, you can count forward 8 weeks and that is when the puppy needs to go home.  Look at your family calendar and determine whether or not your family will be ready to receive a puppy at this time. This is the very first thing you need to determine when you are choosing a puppy.  If you have a vacation planned, or you don’t want to potty train a puppy in the middle of your Alaska winter, then you’ll need to pass on this litter.  If the timing works for a litter, then there might be a puppy for you and you’ll need to ask yourself question #2.

2.  Are you particular about the gender of your puppy?

Puppies are gender specific.  You either get a boy or you get a girl.  If you are specific about which gender you want, this will definitely eliminate some of the choices.  If a litter does not have the gender you are wanting, then you’ll need to pass and wait for a new litter.  If you are not particular about gender and/or the litter does have the gender you are wanting, then you’ll want to ask yourself questions #3.

3.  Does this litter have the color you are wanting?

Cavachons come in many colors.  In our experience, the puppies are either a solid color (golden, solid sable, black, black/tan, red), or they are parti colored (black/white, sable/white, blenheim, tri color, red/white).  Combine all these choices with two genders, and there are a LOT of choices to consider when choosing a puppy.  If you are very specific about the color (and gender) that you want, and this litter does not have that color, then you’ll need to pass and wait for another litter.  If you are not particular about the color, or this litter has a puppy that is the right color AND the right gender, then we’ll move on to question #4.

4.  What is the personality of this particular puppy?

For many people, personality is the most important consideration when they are choosing a puppy.  But true personality is very hard to determine at the young age of 5-8 weeks old.  When we are asked about the personality of a puppy, we do our best to communicate what we see in our daily interactions with the puppies, but the personality is not fully developed when the puppy is 5-8 weeks old.  It would be much easier to give a concrete answer to the personality question if the puppies were 12 weeks old, but unfortunately we don’t have the luxury of waiting that long.

Over the years we have had many people tell us what they are looking for in the personality of their future puppy.  We have done our best to match puppies with families based on this information and we have been told that the puppy was perfect, and exactly what they wanted.  We are very grateful for our excellent track record in this area.

Thankfully, the Cavachon has a generally fun loving, easy going temperament, which makes our job of puppy matching a bit easier.  The range of personality differences in a litter is a very mild.  There is always a “quiet” puppy, and the “rambunctious” puppy, but the bell curve is generally quite flat because all of the puppies are super sweet and they just want to be with you, living your life by your side each day.

The process of working through the waiting list is tedious.  If you can ask yourself each of these questions and know what your answers are when I contact you, it will speed up the puppy selection process for all involved.  When I post a litter that is open to puppy selection, if you can drop me a quick note via email that simply lets me know if you’d like to pass, or if you’d like to be considered for this litter, that would be extremely helpful.  If you see a specific puppy that you’re interested in, you can let me know that as well.  If I don’t hear from you within 48 hours of a litter being posted for puppy selection, I will assume that you are a “pass” on the litter and I will be moving on down the waiting list.

I hope this has been helpful as you each begin to look at the available puppies.  As always, let me know if you have any questions.  If you are new to Silver Paw Cavachons, we do have a waiting list for our puppies, so this information is directed toward those that are already on our list.  If you would like more information about our waiting list and the available puppies, please send an email to silverpawcavachons@gmail.com.

Keep an eye out for the Kenzie litter.  They are 5 weeks old this week and just the most darling little things.  They are playing, and growling at each other, and being rambunctious, and just generally being completely adorable.  There are 4 puppies in the litter, 3 girls and 1 boy.

Until then, puppy kisses to all, and I’ll see you in the next blog post!