The Newest Silver Paws

Most of our puppies are Cavachons, but every now and then we have a Bichon Frise or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel litter.

These are our newest babies, a litter of 8 Cavaliers!! We will be keeping a couple of these pups but will be looking for homes for the rest. There will likely be a couple black/Tan males available.

If anyone is interested in a Cavalier pup, please send us an email. Thanks!

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Moving On

Roxy’s pups have all been matched to their forever homes. I will update the sidebar soon, but for now, this is what we have.

Cindy H – Black Female
Lola – Blenheim Male
Julie L – Sable/White Male with more Sable
Amy – Solid Sable Female
Mary Jo – Sable/White Male with more White
Eileen – Black/White Male

We also matched the Daisy pup…

Jackie P – Sable/White Female

And now we move on to the Jazzy Litter. They are just about 4 weeks old now and I know several of you have had your eye on this litter.

Please go through the process again of letting me know if you’d like to be on the list for this litter, to get more information, or if you’d like to pass. I know some of you have emailed me letting me know you are interested, but if you could just drop a quick note again, I’d appreciate it.

This litter is currently available to only those on the waiting list. If you would like to get on the waiting list, let me know via email. Please send all correspondence via direct email at silverpawcavachons@gmail.com.

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Sable/White Female

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Gold Female

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Solid Sable Female

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Gold Male

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Blenheim Male

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Busy Weekend

This is just a heads up to let everyone know I am in the midst of graduations and family events with my kids till Sunday.

I am aiming to do pictures and video Sunday afternoon of Roxy’s pup and respond to emails about the available puppies in detail at that time as well.

Thanks for your patience. My youngest just graduated from 8th grade last night. Thank you for supporting our family by loving our dogs and sharing your puppy & dog experiences with others. We are grateful!

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That Crazy Waiting List

Hi Everyone!

Well……in our whole waiting list, the very LAST person on it is looking carefully at Roxy’s sable/white male with the most sable, and the other pups are still available to ANYONE!

Yep, that’s right. For a variety of reasons, people are waiting for future litters to choose their puppies. This means there are at least 3 puppies from the Roxy litter that are still looking for forever homes.

If you’d like more info about the following puppies, please send an email to silverpawcavachons@gmail.com

Solid Sable Female

Sable & White Male

Black & White Male

There are several videos of these puppies on our Facebook page “Silver Paw Kennels”

Can’t wait to see who comes along for these beautiful puppies!!

Quick Announcement

All of the Jesse and Sadie puppies are sold. We are moving on to the Roxy litter. Be watching for new puppy selection videos for Roxy’s pups. The Blenheim Male and Black Female pups have already been matched to families. We will be focusing on the Solid Sable girl, Black/White boy, and the 2 Sable/White boys.

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Please send me an email if you would like to be included in the selection process for the Roxy pups. So far I have the following people:

Donna M
Jackie P
Kimberly M
Desiree O
Michelle H
Julie L

If you are on the waiting list and you are interested in a Roxy pup, but I don’t have you on this list, kindly send me an email and let me know you’re interested. If you are on this list but want to pass on the Roxy pups, send me an email for that as well.

silverpawcavachons@gmail.com

Please send the email directly to the above email. If you simply reply to this blog post email (for those that get my posts via email), it will post as a comment on the blog instead of emailing me directly. I need all communication via email to not have anyone slip through the cracks.

Thanks and looking forward to working with each of you on the Roxy litter.

(A note to those not on the waiting list…There may be a pup available from the Roxy litter after I talk with everyone on my waiting list. You never know!)

Managing the Waiting List

I thought I would share a recent exchange of emails because I think it perfectly represents the complexity of the puppy selection process!

I love all your questions, but I don’t always have black and white answers when it comes to predicting puppy selection because there are SO MANY variables!

This was a very typical email conversation during this stage of puppy selection. Enjoy!


Hi ________
I don’t know why, but this is the only email I can find from you. Please remind me about your puppy preferences, timeline, and any other details about what you’re looking for in a puppy. I want to be sure I don’t skip anyone in the puppy selection process.
Kristy

Hi Kristy, just saw all the updates this morning. We’d like to look seriously at Roxy’s girls. The black one in particular. Thank you!

Hi _____,
The black girl has already been matched to Cindy H who was #12 on the waiting list. I’ll be in touch very soon to let you know what puppies are available. I have 2 families ahead of you at this time that are still deciding.

Thanks so much for the feedback and for staying in close communication. It makes the process go more quickly and much more smoothly.
Kristy

Just caught that! I had already named her socks in my head. 😉 Boo.

I know you’re busy so when you get a chance, no rush, can you tell me what number we would be for Jazzy’s litter?

A few more questions:
1. The golden girl from Jazzy’s litter was described as tiny. Is it too early to presume she’ll be on the smaller side?
2. What’s the size range for Paige’s litter and what color pups does she normally produce?
3. If we had to move to Paige’s litter, do you think we would be competing with the Fall timeframe people on the waiting list ahead of us?

Thanks and you have my sympathy managing the list!

Hi _____
Golden girl will probably be from 14-16 lbs as an adult. Maybe 13 lbs. she has filled out nicely since birth and isn’t so dramatically small any longer.

Paige litter will be from 13-17lbs as adults. She was bred to our smallest male Sammy, who is 14 lbs. he is black/tan so we could get ANY of the colors.

I don’t consider August “fall”. Paige will deliver at the very end of May or very beginning of June. That will make her puppies ready in late July or early August. I think “fall” means September/October. Of course people do change their minds or make arrangements especially if they finally see “their perfect puppy”, so it’s very difficult to know exactly how the chips will fall, so to speak.

I’ll show you the waiting list I’m working from with my notes.

Key
SW=sable/white. B=black. BW=black/whiteF=female. M=male.
Circle means I’m checking with them for Roxy litter. “X” means pass on Roxy litter. Checkmark means matched with a Roxy pup. This same process will happen with the Daisy litter, then the Jazzy litter next, then the Paige litter when the time comes.

Where your turn comes up depends completely on what Diane, Donna, Kristen, Jackie decide. I’m constantly updating it and rewriting it as things change, people are matched to pups, etc. I add notes from emails because things change all the time and I can’t possibly remember all these details without writing it down!!

Your sympathies are much appreciated because the process can be so complex sometimes, especially if people don’t respond almost immediately or at least the same day to my questions or posts about available puppies. I can always tell who has been watching and reading every detail and who hasn’t!

Probably the hardest part of the whole process is the wait. Thanks for your patience and involvement with the process! I like when people talk to me because then I know exactly what they want and when!

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And for example, if Paige has a SW F, likely Diane will take it. If she has 2, then Kristen will probably take the 2nd one. So it’s really hard to know where you would be right now for the Paige litter because I have no idea what colors/genders will come out specifically. I can only look at her and think to myself “That looks like a 5-6 puppy belly. Please be a litter of all SW females, a few tri color, and a Solid Sable for Kat!” But they could all come out mis-marked like the Jesse girls. You just never know!
Kristy

Hopefully that gives a little I sight I to the process. I do my very best to help everyone find the right puppy for their family 🙂

Please Communicate Via email!

Social media is a wonderful thing but it gets really hard to keep things in order if communication is coming at us from several sources. I’d like to ask that all questions about puppy availability, and all communication, especially from those on the waiting list, comes via email and not comments on the blog posts or PM’s on Facebook.

We get so many emails daily, and since the waiting list must be kept in a very detailed and orderly manner, it will just make things so much easier for us if you all will send emails with your questions and comments!

Thanks so much for your cooperation and for trying to make our job a little easier!

Our email is silverpawcavachons@gmail.com