American Barbet Blog

Cleo and Chouffe puppies: 5 week old Barbet puppy photos

stacy able — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:21:08 +0000

Cleo and Chouffe’s Barbet puppies are now 5 weeks (6 on this coming Monday!). They are growing well, eating goats milk softened puppy food, and full of pep and curiosity. Here are their 5 week portraits and you can see how much they’ve grown into little Barbet dogs.

Shameless self plug: Photos by Stacy Able Photography www.stacyable.com

Barbet Puppies at 4 weeks of Age Photos

stacy able — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:23:41 +0000

Barbet “newborn” photos by Katie Destry Photography

A Barbet Puppy Newborn Shoot

stacy able — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:51:03 +0000

The puppies are now 4 weeks of age and growing like little weeds. Each day they explore more and become steadier on their paws. We have moved them into a larger puppy area with newspapers, toys, and other stimuli. They’ve begun to get warm goats milk in addition to a tiny bit of soft food as their teeth are still coming in. Mom still checks on them throughout the day and will nap with them at times, too. With their weekly photos, we took a bit of a different approach this week. A good friend and fellow newborn Photographer had an idea she wanted to try. Here is the one shot I captured and there will be many more to come from Katie in a few days.

Thank you Katie Destry!

Barbet Lily runs an Agility Course

stacy able — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:27:08 +0000

Barbet Lily, daughter of our Isis and Cinna from our June 7th, 2012 abundant litter, has been training in agility. You can see her run the agility course out on the east coast in the video below. Thank you to her owner, Kristin, for keeping her active and training her. We love seeing our grand puppies participate!

Barbet Puppies in America open their eyes

stacy able — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:25:53 +0000

Our Barbet puppies are now 3 weeks old and getting quite active. Their eyes and ears are all fully open and they are enjoying exploring their whelping box. Soon we will set up our indoor puppy area to introduce new toys, settings, and various textures as so they can begin to acclimate to the world.

The puppies kennel names are our Ginkgo de TeaCleopatra “E” Litter. We theme the E names after places. Below are their names, birth order, and ribbon colors:

Easton – Black Male – Red Ribbon
Esmeralda – Brown Female – Purple Ribbon
Ellis – Black Female white chin maroon/orange ribbon
Elora – Black Female – Yellow Ribbon
Easton – Brown Male – Blue Ribbon
Emrey – Black Male – Green Ribbon
Eva – Brown Female – Tan/Polka dot ribbon
Emae – Brown Female White Chin – White/no ribbon

Below are their 2.75 week images. I’m thankful for Walter to have returned from Guatemala as they are getting far too large for my good friend Liz’s hands for puppy photos.

p.s. Happy Memorial day and special thanks to my mom for all her years service in the Military.

images by Stacy Able Photography www.stacyable.com

Barbet Thunus Update

stacy able — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:24:09 +0000

It has been awhile since I have shared an update from Thunus’s family in DC. This past week, one of his family’s university aged children, returned home from school. Thunus has been over joyed and glued to his college aged human. He’s also made a new lab puppy friend in the DC neighborhood at well.

Barbet Cleo and Chouffe Photo Puppy Updates and E Kennel Names

stacy able — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:41:58 +0000

We’re finally settled in America and starting to get into a routine with the puppies. It was a crazy few days and on top of that Walter aka the husband/animal whisperer is out of the country until next week. Fortunately I am lucky to have a close friends, and a sister in vet school, helping me with pups so I can run some errands and get some sleep here and there. Cleo of course is being an amazing, attentive mom.

The puppies are now 1 week of age and have changed so much already. They’ve all nearly doubled in weight and are much more active in nursing and crawling around. It is a beautiful thing to watch them grow and change through the weeks.

Here are their E kennel names, which are named after places, at day 5 of life. More photos to come!

TeaCleoPatra Biscay’s Sapphire and Quaciendas Chouffe Cristaline Barbet Puppies have been born

stacy able — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:18:33 +0000

After quite the journey, TeaCleoPatra Biscay’s Sapphire and Quaciendas Chouffe Cristaline Barbet Puppies have arrived. There are 8 total 5 girls 3 boys in browns and black colors. Some have small white spots on chests and chins. It was a long labor but mom and puppies are resting and eating well. More news, photos, and so forth will follow in the weeks ahead. We’re exhausted and thrilled.

A very special Barbet Family shoot

stacy able — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:23:05 +0000

Things have been hectic around here to say the least. Between the house renovations that are still not complete, prepping for puppies whom are to be born in Canada and then return to America next week, and wedding season we’ve been on our toes which is how I prefer life to be.

Last week, a dear photography friend, Brook Rieman, came out to our neck of the woods to photograph our family of human and four legged variety as I had documented her family last fall including her daughter’s pet chickens. We packed up our VW and headed for some red bud trees in our neighborhood. Brook snapped away as Domino’s owner, Liz, used everything she could to get all of the dogs to look towards Brook while we held our smiles. Quite the adventure. We had a family shot a few years back, but didn’t include the Chihuahua, which ever since my darling husband has reminded me of that fact.

Barbet Isis, Cinna, and Cleo all passed their Cerf Exams

stacy able — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:31:57 +0000

A few weeks back we went to our VCA vet clinic in Indianapolis which specializes in dog ophthalmology for our Barbet’s Cerf exams. All passed and we’re happy to share our certificates that state just that. You can see Cleo, Cinna, and Isis’s Cerf and other health certificates on the OFFA website.