Pickwick's Watching the Stars Align
AKC #TS44302801 DOB: 9/21/19
Microchip: 956000015289235
Sire: Hill Country's Big Bang Theory - TS12665401; Dam: Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh - TS21383302
Microchip: 956000015289235
Sire: Hill Country's Big Bang Theory - TS12665401; Dam: Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh - TS21383302
Stella's identification color as a puppy was black and she is one of our picks of the litter so enjoying life at Castle McLelland! Cobby, short back, amazing structure, gorgeous head (a nice blend of her father, Hill Country's Big Bang Theory and her mother, CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, RN, RI) and brilliant.) She was also the behaviorist/trainer's pick of the litter in the temperament tests at 8 weeks of age as her personality was outgoing and full of personality. The evaluator, a professional dog trainer as well as a breeder of Golden Retrievers for therapy dogs, said both Stewart (Purple Boy, and the sire's breeder's pick for puppy back) and Stella were amazing and she only marked "not well suited for search and rescue" lol because they were pugs, but that they pretty much would be fit for anything!
Stella celebrated her 2nd puppy class by going to PetSmart to get a fancy, new pink coat. She flirted with the super nice cashier to get some free treats :) It's cold in Alabama this January, 2020!
3 little sisters ... Stella, Rocket Girl, Marie Claire (yellow girl, Coco moved to Michigan, white boy Winston to Florida, and purple boy Stewart to Texas) . . .
Stella, Marie Claire, and Rocket Girl love playing keep away outside! And Stella was the lucky one to be able to attend the 1/24/20 piano pizza party. The piano students who attended were all "dog savvy" so it was a great opportunity for her to show off her pink Paris dress :)
Stella's morning routine -- she loves shake and hi-5!
Stella had fun observing her 1st dog show in Clemson, SC. She also was thankful for her new fleece jacket because it was COLD in that horse arena!
Stella loves to peep out of the star hole in the puppy pen!
Training Session at 9.5 weeks:
In this training sessions from when she was just a young puppy you can see how amazingly smart Stella is, just like her grandma KK.
an exemplary model of the breed stndard,
Since Stella was so healthy and gorgeous (and smart) and such an exemplary representation of the breed standard, we prayed hard about the 'ethics' of breeding her since she only had one eye. We struggled with this but, in the end, we felt that this was a very natural course for Stella's life and actually gave her a new adventure and chapter in her life. So, we chose an amazing stud for her ... Champion Dixie's Porthos de Treville, who we had used on Miss Dior a couple of years before. We were doing the progesterone testing at the vet but .... then ..... Christmas holidays hit and we weren't able to continue testing. Since our breedings from the previous year had not taken we decided to just take a chance and do the AI even without knowing the exact progesterone (since the vet was closed now for the holidays). Amazingly, the AI "took" and Stella ended up free whelping 6 gorgeous puppies. This was our Christmas Star Litter. She was the most INCREDIBLE mother with all the right instincts .... healthy from start to finish. She and Porthos' pups were beautiful, too, and we ended up keeping Scarlett (Pickwick's Follow the Star) who started her show career winning Best of Breed and the Toy Group in the BPUP Summer, 2022. Just like her mother, Stella, and her grandmother KK, Scarlett is brilliant .... and beautiful. Another one of Stella's pups travels all over the world with his blues artist musician mom, and all other pups have the most amazing homes. Now Stella is focusing on her tricks again and will be obtaining her virtual Rally titles soon.
Since Stella was so healthy and gorgeous (and smart) and such an exemplary representation of the breed standard, we prayed hard about the 'ethics' of breeding her since she only had one eye. We struggled with this but, in the end, we felt that this was a very natural course for Stella's life and actually gave her a new adventure and chapter in her life. So, we chose an amazing stud for her ... Champion Dixie's Porthos de Treville, who we had used on Miss Dior a couple of years before. We were doing the progesterone testing at the vet but .... then ..... Christmas holidays hit and we weren't able to continue testing. Since our breedings from the previous year had not taken we decided to just take a chance and do the AI even without knowing the exact progesterone (since the vet was closed now for the holidays). Amazingly, the AI "took" and Stella ended up free whelping 6 gorgeous puppies. This was our Christmas Star Litter. She was the most INCREDIBLE mother with all the right instincts .... healthy from start to finish. She and Porthos' pups were beautiful, too, and we ended up keeping Scarlett (Pickwick's Follow the Star) who started her show career winning Best of Breed and the Toy Group in the BPUP Summer, 2022. Just like her mother, Stella, and her grandmother KK, Scarlett is brilliant .... and beautiful. Another one of Stella's pups travels all over the world with his blues artist musician mom, and all other pups have the most amazing homes. Now Stella is focusing on her tricks again and will be obtaining her virtual Rally titles soon.
Photos from November 29, 2019 and Christmas Eve, 2019:
8 weeks and 3 days old - the handmade sweaters from Etsy/Europe finally arrived!
Temperament Evaluation, 11/14/19:
Conducted by the amazing Abigail Witthauer
PDE Test results:
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Scene’s from this beauty’s 1st week of life!
Day 13:
6 days old:
3 days old:
9 hours old:
George Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, 1894-1966, a Belgian Catholic priest, mathematician, astronomer, and professor of physics. He proposed the origin of the universe, initially calling it the "hypothesis of the primeval atom.”
The registered names of the puppies for the Lemaître litter are taken from lyrics of songs by the Norwegian techno pop group, Lemaitre. Identification color - black. We are calling her Astria. (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραῖα; "star-maiden" or "starry night"), in ancient Greek religion, Astoria is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos and the goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision. She is closely associated with the Greek goddess of justice, Dike (daughter of Zeus and Themis).
The registered names of the puppies for the Lemaître litter are taken from lyrics of songs by the Norwegian techno pop group, Lemaitre. Identification color - black. We are calling her Astria. (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραῖα; "star-maiden" or "starry night"), in ancient Greek religion, Astoria is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos and the goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision. She is closely associated with the Greek goddess of justice, Dike (daughter of Zeus and Themis).