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      • Pickwick's Where Heaven Kisses Earth
      • Pickwick's Watching the Stars Align
      • Pickwick's Never Too Wacky, Too Old, Too Wild (Lola)
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      • Umberto of Alexgoldens
      • GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
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      • Retired Girls >
        • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
        • Zobear's American Idol
        • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
        • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, RIN, RI, TKN
        • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight TKN
        • Princess Buttercup's Forever is Now
        • Pickwick's Thrill on Blueberry Hill
        • Pickwick's While the Leaves Play the Music
        • Pickwick's Doris Diamond Breakfasts at Tiffany's
        • Pickwick's Follow the Star
      • Retired Boys >
        • Diabolbric’s Start Me Up (Jagger)
        • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
        • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
    • Fosters, Rescues >
      • Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN
      • All-American Rescue Jerry (lab/chow/GS mix)
      • All-American Rescue Lexi
    • Gone but not forgotten . . . >
      • Pickwick's Cotton Candy in the Sky RN
      • Charlie Chaplin
      • Winston (Pickwick's Cosmic Constellation in the Stars)
    • Past Pickwick Pugs Litters >
      • Begin the Beguine Litter
      • Thrill Litter
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      • Stars Fell on Alabama
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      • Adirondack Litter
      • Flying Kilts Litter
      • Coffee House Litter
      • Poldark Litter
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      • Jane Austen Litter
      • Bridgerton Litter
      • Beatrix Potter Litter
      • Dr Seuss Litter
      • Baskin Robbins Litter
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Stella

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, CGC, TKN, RN, RI - TS21383302
Pedigree
​Health Tests
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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! 
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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!
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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) . . .
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​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!
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Stella loves to peep out of the star hole in the puppy pen!
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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.
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).
If you would like to become a part of the Pickwick Pugs family please contact us or, if you are interested in being considered as a future Pickwick pug owner, please complete the inquiry form so that we can get to know you better! We look forward to hearing from you!
Owners - Jeff and Amy McLelland

Located outside of Birmingham, Alabama, USA


Author of The Pug Bible

Author of The Pug Puppy Primer

Petpro with PawTree (Natural foods, treats, supplements, and other pet products developed by Veterinarians and PhDs in Animal Science and Pet Nutrition)


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We feed exclusively PawTree and Nuvet Daily Vitamin
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Best of Breed, CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN - our first bred-by-champion.
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Pickwick's foundation bitch, KK, (CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI)

What Our Clients Are Saying

Bumi was star student at his puppy class today and has been pretty much bomb-proof in the world so far. You definitely set him up for success!"

"You do such a good job training/preparing them. Rosalina is the best trained dog in this house...everyone at work is always blown away how incredible she is ... Socialization, confidence, obedience ... And, well, she’s really pretty." (Vet Tech, mom, loving pug owner)

"The vet was impressed that his nostrils were completely open."

"So many people at the festival were asking where did you get such a beautiful pug from and we said from an amazing breeder in Alabama, Pickwick Pugs"


"He [Louie, out of the Beatrix Potter litter] is by far the most athletic & strongest of any other pugs we’ve had. He’s 18.5 lbs of muscle! I’m sure there are genetics involved, but we also followed your advice with the diet, fish oil, supplements etc. If we had the time, I bet he’d be a champion at agility. We love everything about him!!"
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Multiple Bred by AKC Champions
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Lilibeth, (CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile), our 6th AKC Champion
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Amy at The Pug Dog Club of America National Specialty
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Pickwick puppies being socialized with their mama.

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Puppy/Pug Questionnaire Application
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Best of Breed out of the puppy class over special - Cindy (Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go, currently in the ring).
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Lilly, a Pickwick Best in Show winner
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A Pickwick puppy graduating from Star Puppy Academy just before "gotcha day".
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  • Home
    • Meet the Humans >
      • Breeder of Merit
      • Testimonials >
        • Health Screening >
          • Health Guarantee
    • What makes Pickwick Pug Puppies special? >
      • Puppy Training >
        • Puppy Graduation Videos
        • Puppy Culture Protocol - What Has Your Puppy Been Up To These Past 12 Weeks?
        • Puppy Parties
        • Temperament Evaluation Form
        • Conformation Evaluation Form
    • Photo Album >
      • Pickwick History and Future
  • Our Grumble
    • AKC Champions >
      • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
      • CH Pickwick's Worship the Ground I Walk On
      • CH Pickwick's Casanova in Disguise
      • GCH CH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
      • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
      • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
      • CH Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go
    • Our Girls >
      • CH Pickwick's Oh the Places You'll Go
      • CH Pickwick's Worship The Ground I Walk On
      • Pickwick's Judge of Your Own Happiness
      • Pickwick's Where Heaven Kisses Earth
      • Pickwick's Watching the Stars Align
      • Pickwick's Never Too Wacky, Too Old, Too Wild (Lola)
    • Our Boys >
      • Umberto of Alexgoldens
      • GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
    • Retired Champions & Show Prospects >
      • Retired Girls >
        • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
        • Zobear's American Idol
        • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
        • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, RIN, RI, TKN
        • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight TKN
        • Princess Buttercup's Forever is Now
        • Pickwick's Thrill on Blueberry Hill
        • Pickwick's While the Leaves Play the Music
        • Pickwick's Doris Diamond Breakfasts at Tiffany's
        • Pickwick's Follow the Star
      • Retired Boys >
        • Diabolbric’s Start Me Up (Jagger)
        • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
        • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
    • Fosters, Rescues >
      • Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN
      • All-American Rescue Jerry (lab/chow/GS mix)
      • All-American Rescue Lexi
    • Gone but not forgotten . . . >
      • Pickwick's Cotton Candy in the Sky RN
      • Charlie Chaplin
      • Winston (Pickwick's Cosmic Constellation in the Stars)
    • Past Pickwick Pugs Litters >
      • Begin the Beguine Litter
      • Thrill Litter
      • Lemaître Litter
      • Stars Fell on Alabama
      • Diamond Litter
      • Emerald Litter
      • Christmas Star Litter
      • New Year's Eve Litter
      • Adirondack Litter
      • Flying Kilts Litter
      • Coffee House Litter
      • Poldark Litter
      • Southern Belle Litter
      • Jane Austen Litter
      • Bridgerton Litter
      • Beatrix Potter Litter
      • Dr Seuss Litter
      • Baskin Robbins Litter
  • Available
    • Currently Available >
      • Why buy from a responsible preservation Breeder?
    • Current Litter >
      • Galaxy Litter
    • Application Procedure
    • Puppy/Pug Questionnaire
    • Puppy/Pug Purchase Questionnaire >
      • Delivery
    • Puppy Blog >
      • Scenes from Puppy Nursery
    • Prospective Litters >
      • Sockhop Litter
      • French Pastry Litter
      • The Shire Litter
    • Contracts >
      • New Puppy Owners Communication Form #1
      • New Puppy/Pug Owner Communication Form #2munication Form
  • Nutrition
    • What, How, When to Feed a Pug
    • Food >
      • How often to feed?
    • Daily Vitamin
    • Supplements
    • Treats
    • Recipes
  • Shop
    • The Pug Bible E-Book
    • Pug Puppy Primer E-Book
    • Donate to our Health Test Fund
    • Puppy/Pug Payments
    • Unique Gifts
    • Napping Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Zen Buddha Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Buddha Master Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Rosemary Lavender Shampoo Bar (for dogs)
    • Custom Soap Bar
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • The Pug Bible e-Book
    • Grooming
    • First Aid
    • Outing Suggestions
    • New Owner Checklists A >
      • Puppy Sample Daily Schedule
      • Puppy's Life Day-by-Day
      • Puppy Daily Records
    • New Owner Checklists B >
      • Puppy Training & Socialization Checklist Chart
      • Socialization Checklist
    • Helpful Info for Pug Owners
    • Flying Home with Your Puppy
    • Driving Home With Your Puppy
    • Training & Socialization >
      • Showing a Pug in Conformation
      • Canine Good Citizenship Test
      • Tricks Training
      • Conditioning Exercises
      • Rally Training Boot Camp
      • Canine Freestyle
      • Conformation Puppy Boot Camp
    • Prayers
    • Links >
      • Pug Dog Club of America
    • Breed Standard
  • Calendar
    • Schedule
  • Health and Genetic Research in Pugs
    • Breeding/Whelping Notes >
      • Litter Record Notebook
  • Fundraising for Rescue and Research
    • Pugiano >
      • Pugiano Training >
        • Canine Freestyle Training Steps
        • Annie Training Log
        • Buttercup Training Log
        • Cindy Training Log
        • Emma Training Log
        • Iona Training Log
        • KK Training Log
        • Lilibeth Training Log
        • Lilly - Training Log
        • Lola Training Log
        • Miss Dior - Training Log
        • Robert Training Log
        • Parker Training Log
        • Stella - Training Log
        • Tory - Training Log
        • Umberto Training Log
      • 2024 >
        • Pugiano Christmas >
          • Pugiano History Act Training >
            • History 101 Pugiano Style