Happy New Year!
Cleo’s 4 week old Barbet puppy photo updates
Time is flying by! It feels like just yesterday these babies were being born on our American Thanksgiving. They turned 4 weeks old on the 24th and we can see how much they are changing into little dogs daily. We’re introducing new toys, experiences, and socializing them each and every day. We’ve also begun to introduce warm goat’s milk and lamb and rice puppy food which they eat up ferociously.
Christmas dinner!
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Happy holidays from American Barbet in Indiana
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Barbet puppies make their first Photoshoot appearance
This past weekend I worked on a very special inspiration shoot with the finest talent the Midwest Wedding Industry has to offer. I won’t go too much into the specifics as that’s more of www.stacyable.com/blog stuff, but I have to share some frames from the brief appearance of my 3.5 week old Barbet puppies.
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Barbet Bric’s Holiday Card
I can’t help but post this… here is 8 month old Barbet puppy Bric’s, who lives in Wisconsin, holiday card. SO sweet! I see a smile in his expression.
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Seattle Barbet Harry makes the “Dogs of Microsoft” Calendar
Every year Harry’s owner, Carolynn, enters Harry in the “Dogs of Microsoft” calendar competition. Harry had an honorable mention last year but this year he WON a feature in one of the 2012 Calendar months!
A photo will accompany his “bio” that had to be “50 – 70 words.” Carolynn submitted this below for his Bio:
Harry is a Barbet. All but lost during the World Wars, this smart French breed is the predecessor to the Poodle and was traditionally a hunter’s assistant or sailor’s companion. Harry delights in ”informing” the family when people walk by his home, sleeping in, ice cubes, carrots, dog parks, dinghy rides ashore after a long day’s sail, and most of all, spending time with family.
The calendar competition a fund raiser for Summit Assistance Dogs which trains therapy dogs. I can’t wait for a copy from Carolynn as I’ll add it to the fridge along side Harry’s puppy photo that was on a poster benefiting the local Columbus, Indiana Dog Park.
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Knit your own dog’s Rare breed friday: Barbet
Check out Cinna’s photo as well as the Barbet Fancier’s Club of America site featured on Knit your own Dog’s website… too bad I can’t knit even a straight scarf as I’d love to knit a Barbet.
http://www.knityourowndog.com/uk/2011/12/09/rare-breed-friday-barbet/
Every Friday from now on we’ll be showcasing a lovely rare dog b
reed. This week’s is the whimsical Barbet.
They’re described by their owners as sociable, joyful and intelligent. And while they look like the perfect cuddly dog, the Barbet Club of America warns that these loving pets take consistent training and lots of mental and physical exercise. And with that curly coat they need to be groomed very regularly or you’ll end up with a big knot of a dog.
Barbets are French in origin and were one of the first water dogs. They were first referenced in the fourteenth century and have been used over the centuries for hunting and as sailors dogs. Despite their historic popularity, the breed was nearly extinct by the end of World War II, but is being slowly reestablished.
If you’re tempted to knit a Barbet, I’d suggest some lovely boucle yarn in the standard colour (either black, brown or brown with white patches on the chest and/or paws). Use the Labrador pattern to knit your dog, because even though the Barbet and Poodle share a curly coat, the Poodle pattern is just too delicate and thin. If you want to make your Barbet extra shaggy, cover the body in loop stitches on every 4th row.
All pictures from Barbet Club of America website.
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Barbet Puppies are nearly 2 weeks old
The puppies are doing wonderful. They’ll be 2 weeks old this Thursday and their eyes and ears should begin to open soon. Mom, Cleo, is still feeding them multiple times a day and I’ve been spending most of my time near their puppy box ensuring they all get enough food as well as feeding Cleo 4-5 times a day. Below are photos of the pups at roughly 1.5 weeks of age I took a few days ago.
Cairo
Cali
Capri
Carolina
Charleston
Colorado
Corbin
Corsica
Costa
Cuba
Cyprus
* Please note all puppies are spoken for. Thank you for the inquiries. If you’d like to discuss being placed on the waiting list for a future litter please email me stacy@stacyable.com
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Barbet Coco’s first snow
The one thing I really love about winter in addition to the holiday cheer, is to see Barbet in the snow. Our Thanksgiving puppies are certainly in for a treat as they’ll get to experience snow as wee pups. Many families feel spring/summer is the best time to get a puppy, but for a Barbet puppies, they thrive and love the winter time. This brings a Barbet story to mind that my husband tells often.
When he brought Xela home from Boston to Indiana he had a few other Barbet puppies that went to Chicago. Upon arriving in Columbus, he let the puppies out in the yard in about a foot of snow. All three of these 10 week old Barbet puppies went in full FRAP (frantic running and playing) mode licking, eating, sliding, and frolicking in the winter scape. Since then, every year during our first great snow fall we take our adult Barbet and perhaps puppies this year, too, outside for a romp. The cold doesn’t phase them as they chase frisbees, snow balls, and a blast.
The first Barbet to live in Minnesota, Coco, is in winter heaven as her owners sent me a photo of her. Her abominable-snow-bet face says it all.
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