Happy first birthday to the fabulous five!

We can't believe that it is already one year since the fabulous five were born. Sally sends a happy birthday wish to her brothers and sisters and hopes they got lots of tummy rubs and treats to celebrate the day! Priscilla sends her love to those sweet puppies that have grown into beautiful Leos over the last year. We wish you many more wonderful birthdays of love and happiness! Here are a couple of snap shots of Sally on her birthday!

Double the trouble!

Well it seems that our dogs always have a best friend. They tend to go in pairs and are often matched with personality style, age and energy level. Well at this point we have a very unlikely pair of best friends. Sally has paired up with our lovely Mya (a Berner) and she follows Mya everywhere doing whatever Mya might be doing. Sally being the youngster looks up to Mya as if she was the BEST thing in the world! However, Mya is always trying to get herself into some trouble and now Sally is tagging along doing whatever Mya might be. Mya loves to bark, dig, roll and Sally is often found joining in that fun! They are also often found laying right next to each other with a pile of sticks to chew on. Too cute!

We are very sad - Holly has no puppies :-(

Well we do not have any good news. We did the ultrasound this morning on Holly and searched and searched for any chance of puppies and there was none. I don't know what we could have done differently as everything was perfect with the breeding. We are so sad and disappointed that this breeding didn't work, the puppies would have truly been amazing in every way....

So we have to look for the future and hopefully Priscilla will have some beautiful puppies later in the summer. We can't imagine a summer without the pitter-patter of lots of sweet puppies running and playing everywhere. More information coming soon on Priscilla's puppies.

Holly's ultrasound appointment!

Well fingers crossed for Holly's ultrasound appointment which is set for Thursday morning at 9:20 am! That is exactly 4 weeks from when she was bred. We are so wishing for some puppies! We are so excited but nervous too! Here is a picture of Holly (left) and her daughter Lily. You can see how sweet they both are - they are too cute!

Stay tuned!!!

Zoey is 22 months old!

Well look at this beauty too! Zoey is one fine looking Leonberger. Zoey (Wanderweg's Fairytale Princess) is also Priscilla's daughter, but her and Sally have a very different look. Zoey is a medium sized female but she is so very beautiful with wonderful movement and such a rich color and coat. Zoey is a busy dog and is always looking for something to do! She makes us laugh everyday! We think she is a treasure and love her to pieces!

Sally is 11 months old!

Well here she is our beautiful Sally (Wanderweg's Glitter Girl)! What a fine looking Leonberger puppy she is. It is hard to imagine though that little puppy just a few months ago has grown into this large beauty. These big dogs sure do grow fast. Sally is super sweet and is a very easy puppy, she loves to hang out, loves to say hi to anyone and just has a fine personality. She still has a lot of growing and filling in to do. We hope she will continue to mature nicely!

Sally finds a bug!

Sally is pictured here in deep concentration looking at a teeny tiny bug on the arm of the chair! She is very observant and watched that bug for quite some time! She didn't do anything with it just put her big nose on the end of the chair as if she wanted to say hi to that little bug! Too cute. You can see how much coat she has and how big she is for a puppy of only 11 months old. We love her! She is grand!

Sally and her best friend!

Well look at this puppy now! At 11 months old she has grown and grown and grown. So many people have been asking about Sally so I'll post some more pictures above too. She is doing great and is a very BIG girl. She is going to mature into a very large female and is already taller than any of our other female Leos! Sally is exceptionally sweet and is just a big teddy bear with all her long and fluffy coat. She is just a treasure and is growing very nicely. For those new to this blog, Sally is the pup we kept from our last litter. Her mom is Priscilla and her father is Mr. Magnus. We love her!

Best Friends!

These two old girls are the best of friends. Onya, who is also a veteran, is the closer Leo and she will be eight years old this summer. She is so beautiful and sweet and still looks and acts like a much younger dog! Kira is the other Leo in the picture. Onya is a puppy from our first Leo litter - wow - hard to believe it has nearly been eight years since our 'A' Leo litter was born. Kira and Onya are best friends and are always together. They have the best of everything and live like royalty!

Happy 10th birthday to Kira!

WOW a VERY happy birthday to the Grand Lady Kira who turned 10 years old a few days ago! She is doing great and is looking as beautiful as ever. Kira in her youth was an amazing show dog and obtained quite a number of group placements over her show career in the working group at CKC all breed shows. She was so beautiful then and is equally beautiful now! Kira is the grandmother to our lovely and amazingly beautiful Stella! We hope that Kira sees many more birthdays. What a special Leo girl she is! Hugs and kisses to all those veteran Leos out there who are more special than words could ever say!

Rangeley loves to pull!

What a great picture of Rangeley giving a sled ride to an adult and child at a sled dog event! He is a great working dog too and is going full force through the snow! Wow! Rangeley is a pup from Priscilla and Jefferson and is 20 months old in the photo. Incredible and looks like a lot of fun too!

Jack loves to cart!

Wow what a great set of pictures of Jack with his cart! He looks so happy doing his draft work. We hope his puppies with Holly will have this working ability too! Carting is such a wonderful activity to do with your dog! Way to go Jack!

Are puppies coming?

Well we have very exciting news!!!! We have bred Holly with Jack (pictured above) three weeks ago and will find out if Holly is pregnant in one weeks time! We are very excited and have our fingers crossed. Jack, Ch. Starhaven's Black Pearl Cap'n, is a wonderful male Leonberger. He is a big boy with a beautiful head and coat and such a great personality too! He has done very well in the show ring and is also a great working dog too! We think that Jack and Holly will make very lovely puppies and can't wait to meet them. They surely will be adorable. If you would like more information on this litter please do contact us!

Fisher takes to the show ring!

Wanderweg's Great Adventure did a fantastic job at her first CKC all breed show. She is a lovely young puppy pictured here at 10 months old at her first dog show! We think she is simply stunning with such a beautiful coat and coloring for such a young dog. Watch for her as she starts her show career! Fisher is a puppy from Priscilla and Mr. Magnus.

Barr loves the snow!

Barr is a big beautiful male Leo, he is a puppy from Priscilla and Jefferson and just has the sweetest head and expression. He is around 20 months old in the photo. Barr LOVES to play in the snow, but with spring here he will have to wait until next year for more fun in the snow.

Caoimhe finishes her Canadian Championship!!!!

Huge congratulations to the most beautiful and delightful Leonberger Caoimhe, Ch. Wanderweg's Four Leaf Clover, or HRH for short for achieving her Canadian Championship. She is pictured at around 20 months old and is simply stunning, she is a puppy from Priscilla and Jefferson. We are so proud of her! Way to go Caoimhe!

Holly and Lily looking beautiful!

We had a photo day and took a few pictures of Holly and her daughter Lily. You can see how they are both looking very beautiful and are very similar in their looks. Both of them are so sweet too! Holly will be 5 years old in the middle of April and is the top photo and Lily just turned two years old!!!

Making a snow Angel!

Well winter is officially here and we have had our first real snowfall! Clearly not soon enough for the dogs as they are loving it. Here is a picture of Zoey trying hard to make a snow angel. She loves it! She finds the deepest snow, rolls on her back and there you go. When the snow is deep enough, she loves to bury herself in the snow too!

Out in the snow!

Here is Sally with Auntie Stella to the left and mom Priscilla to the right. So you see that Sally just fits in with the others now and at a glance it is hard to tell she is only 8 months old! She is like her mom in so many ways, but we also see a lot of her famous daddy Kinglords Mr Magnus in her too! Priscilla and Stella are both doing great too and are enjoying the beautiful snowy day.

Sally is almost 8 months old!

Sally is really growing up and is a big beautiful puppy. She is now just about a big as the others but is still very puppyish in her ways. She stole my mitten today and thought that was great fun running in the snow with the mitten in her mouth! You can see from the photos that Sally has a beautiful face and a huge coat! She is just a sweetie too!

Time to play!

Well here is that cute little puppy at six months of age! She is all full of herself and loves to play with sticks, well mostly she just likes to carry them around and then chew them up. She is such a funny puppy and very good too! Sally is very sweet natured and loves to be with us doing whatever we do. We are having much fun with her. The other puppies of the fabulous five are all doing great and growing well!

Sally and Priscilla!

Sally is now six months and is growing and growing but still has some growing to do to be as big as Priscilla. They are so cute together and Sally is always looking up to Priscilla and asking "can I be like you too?". She has to copy whatever Prissy is doing! Too cute. Sally has that major fluff on her head and already has a gigantic coat. She is almost, but not quite, as tall as the others now, but is still such a baby in so many ways!

We are really starting to search for males for our upcoming spring litters. We are VERY excited so stay tuned!

Catching up!

Wow I can’t believe that it has been three months since my last posting. I surely have a lot of catching up to do. The pups are now five months old and are all doing great. They are all sweet and of course very beautiful. We ended up keeping ‘red girl’ and she is a real treasure. Her name is Sally! She is named after the cute little blue Porsche 911 in the movie CARS. Yes she was named by a five year old! But her name fits her quite well; she is quite the Sally. Sally is a really sweet puppy with an amazing character. She loves everyone, is very gentle and is smart too. She is growing taller now as you can see in the photo. She is very pretty. We just love her! 

Priscilla is doing great and is finally starting to get some fur back, it sure does take a while. But as the weather is getting colder it is time for her to grow some fur! The rest of the crew are well and are enjoying the fall weather with lots of outside time running and playing.

We are now actively searching for males to use for our upcoming spring 2010 litters and have a few good leads on some nice male Leos but nothing certain yet. We hope to have two litters in the spring, or at least that is the plan. We are all getting excited about having puppies again! I just can't wait!  First though we have to find right matches for our beautiful girls and also we have to wait until the spring comes and the winter has passed.  The leaves are starting to change here so we know that winter is coming soon!

Hopefully we will we be able to upload some more pictures of the dogs and of course Sally over the winter months!

That's all for now!

Well the puppies will soon be going to their new homes so our blog will slow down for a while. We hope that you have enjoyed watching these beautiful puppies grow. We wish them all long and healthy lives with lots of love and yummy doggie treats. One of those sweet little girls will be staying here with us. We will post some pictures soon on which one she is! We will keep the blog going and post occasionally some pictures of our dogs and dogs from our kennel, but the frequency of postings will likely not be too great. Hopefully next spring, yes that is 2010, we will be blessed with one or maybe even two new litters of Leo puppies. We already can't wait for those special puppies to arrive! I am sure they will be too cute, just like these special puppies! So stay tuned and we hope you will join us back next year for our new puppy adventures!

The fabulous five are eight weeks old!

The puppies had another great week. They have been exploring the big world and have started going for daily walks down the lane way. They wonder what new adventures are coming their way? The puppies have had a number of visitors this week and are always ready for new friends to come and play with them. They have been playing with all the older dogs too and think that is quite the treat! The puppies are pictured again from top to bottom red girl, pink girl, yellow girl, green boy and purple boy!

The puppies are growing up!

The puppies are sure growing up. They are now developing their little personalities and becoming real individuals. Red girl is sweet and quiet, pink girl loves to climb up on the chairs and is spunky and fun, yellow girl is very silly and loves to chew on her plastic toys, green boy is a little more regal and loves the kids and purple just loves everything and is very funny! They are all wonderful puppies, we sure are going to miss them when they go to their new homes.

The puppies and kids playing together!