Party Animals CH SoftMaple's Comin' To America CGC CD CR-787N, CR-CA159/21F/C-NOPI, CR-750G30F-PI, CR-EL149F30-PI, CHIC#26259 & CH SoftMaple's Fairway Explorer CGC CR-CA74/16F/S-PI CR-EL98F28-PI CR-642G28F-PI, CERF


Am & Can CH Karakul Blazing Autumn CDX,AX,USDAA AD,CGC,ST,Can CDX (9/27/1993 ~ 11/24/ 2003) & CH SoftMaple's International Fling CGC CR-EL97F26-PI, CR-640G26F-PI, CR-CA134/34F/C-PI, CR-753, CHIC# 26238


SoftMaple News in 2007!

We had a great year at SoftMaple Curlies in 2006. Many wonderful stories of our puppies from their awesome owners.

We had 18 passing health reports from our young adults this year. Including heart, GSD, Hips, Eyes, Elbows. 15 of those were from the OFA database, and 3 were from overseas health testing databases.

We had 20 new titles this year from our pups. Hats off to those ambitious owners! Those titles were in the showring, obedience, Rally, field and agility venues. There are some great curly/owner teams out there. Included are one ROM, one ROMX and One HOF. The Register of Merrit, Register of Merit Excellent and Hall Of Fame are titles put out by the CCRCA.

In the showring, one of our pups earned 5 Sporting group placements! And one of our pups won Best in Sweepstakes at the 2006 CCRCA National Specialty. A couple earned their AKC Championships, and others earned major wins. Way to go guys!

In the field, we had three pups earn WC's one earn a WCX, and one be the only dog at the 2006 CCRCA National working test to past the WCQ! We also had a one dog earn Jr leg passes, and one earn her JH and SHR.

In the performance rings, we had dogs title in obedience, Rally Obedience, and in Agility.


2006 News at SoftMaple


SoftMaple Curly Coated Retrievers
Mark and Cathy Lewandowski
8282 Soft Maple Road
Croghan New York 13327

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2006 in review


Some SoftMaple Highlights of 2006


OFA health reports for 2006

U-AG1 SoftMaple Frolick In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N CR-772G30F-PI HIPS GOOD
U-AG1 SoftMaple Frolick In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N CR-EL159F30-PI ELBOW
U-AG1 SoftMaple Frolick In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N CR-874 CERF
U-AG1 SoftMaple Frolick In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N CR-G3A7/33F-PI GSD IIIa Normal
CH SoftMaple's Comin' To America CGC, CD, CR-787/2006--45 CERF
CH Softmaple's Pheasant Dreams WC, CGC, CR-CA178/53F/S-PI CARDIAC
Soft Maple Velvet Elvis WC, JH, CR-CA236/104M/C-PI CARDIAC
Soft Maple Velvet Elvis WC, JH, CR-887 CERF
Soft Maple Velvet Elvis WC, JH, CHIC# 32067
SoftMaple Yankee Pudle CR-CA250/20F/C-PI CARDIAC
SoftMaple Yankee Pudle CR-897/2006--20 CERF
CH SoftMaple's International Fling CGC CR-753/2006--82 CERF
CH FAIRWAY'S SOFTMAPLE FINNHEIR RN CGC CD CR-CA262/83M/C-PI CARDIAC
CH SOFTMAPLE BOOT SCOOT'N DESE CR-CA272/17M/C-PI CARDIAC
SHR Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee, CGC, JH, WCX CR-CA273/25F/C-PI CARDIAC



Our Results at the 2006 CCRCA National Specialty

Title count 2006:

1 CD (SoftMaple's American Dreamer CGC, CD, TDI )
1 TDI (SoftMaple's American Dreamer CGC, CD, TDI )
1 JH (SHR Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee, CGC, JH, WCX)
3 WC (SHR Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee, CGC, JH, WCX, Gunflint’s Highland Hunter CGC, WC & SoftMaple's Dark Star WC)
1 WCX (SHR Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee, CGC, JH, WCX)
1 WCQ pass (CH SoftMaple's O' Dark Thirty JH SH MH CD WC WCX WCQ CGC TT HOF CHIC)
1 ROM (SR, U-CH, UAG1, CH Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen, CD, U-CD, OAJ, OA, NA, NAJ, NAP, NJP, OAP, RN, RA, JH, WCX, WC (WCI, WC), TT, TDI, CGC, HOF, ROM)
1 ROMX (CH Soft Maple Natural Finish ROM, ROMX )
1 HOF (SR, U-CH, UAG1, CH Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen, CD, U-CD, OAJ, OA, NA, NAJ, NAP, NJP, OAP, RN, RA, JH, WCX, WC (WCI, WC), TT, TDI, CGC, HOF)
1 RA (SR, U-CH, UAG1, CH Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen, CD, U-CD, OAJ, OA, NA, NAJ, NAP, NJP, OAP, RN, RA, JH, WCX, WC (WCI, WC), TT, TDI, CGC, HOF)
1 RN (CH Fairway SoftMaple Finnheir CGC CD RN )
1 U-AG1 (U-AG1 Softmaple Frolic In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N )
1 NADAC NJC (U-AG1 Softmaple Frolic In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N )
1 NADAC TG-N (U-AG1 Softmaple Frolic In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N )
2 CH (CH SoftMaple Gunflint Beauty CGC & CH Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese)
1 NADAC TN-N (U-AG1 Softmaple Frolic In The Wind NJC, TN-N, TG-N )
1 SHR (SHR Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee, CGC, JH, WCX)
1 CGN (Soft Maple Wind on Water ADC CGN )


2006 Group Placements
Group 1 CH SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty CGC
Group 2 CH SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty CGC
Group 3 CH SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty CGC
Group 4 CH SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty CGC
Group 4 CH SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty CGC



Aico and Seger's litter, due December 25th 2006

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$19.95 ($5.50 Shipping and Handling)
Cathy Lewandowski
8282 Soft Maple Road
Croghan NY 13327

About the Book

Follow a litter of puppies from birthday until they go to their new homes. The diary contains lots of pictures, tips on puppy rearing, some breed specific information, and lots of information on the care of any breed of dog.

I started doing an on-line puppy diary since many of the people that would be getting one of my pups would not be able to travel here to see the pups. I did not want to put a bunch of cute puppy pictures online, and encourage anyone to have a litter just because they wanted to see cute puppies! Breeding dogs, if done the right way, is a lot of work. Lost sleep and sometimes heartache. It takes a lot of time, effort and money to raise a litter of puppies. Once I started doing The Puppy Diary, I realized I had a captive audience. These people logged on every day to see the pictures, and read what was happening. I used this opportunity to cram as much education into each day as I could. Health, Coat issues, grooming, feeding, socializing, vet care, puppy evaluations, shipping puppies.... you name it! I tried to put it in The Diary. It was suggested that I make it into a book. Well here it is! There are 560 pictures and over 300 pages of living with and watching one litter grow up.

I am sure may conscientious, caring breeders raise litters similar to the way I do. Its is a good look into the time, money, commitment it takes to bring up a litter of pups. Some of the things that go on behind the scenes, that the eventual puppies owners (family), never realize go into the litter. Enjoy my litter as I see them. Day to day

Contents

Chapter One (Week One) ... Page 1
Seger comes into season
Happy Birthday!
Removing the Dewclaws
Start of the Bio Sensor program

Chapter Two (Week Two) ... Page 48
Coat issues.
Tail Gland Hyperplasia
Do Curlies Shed?

Chapter Three (Week Three) ... Page 94
End of Bio Sensor Exercises
Worming The puppies
Eyes are open
First pup escapes from the box

Chapter Four (Week Four) ... Page 130
Weaning. The great food fight!
Introduction to the puppy play room
Shark Cage

Chapter Five (Week Five) ... Page 156
Field dog? Show Dog? CPE?
Happy Mothers Day!
First Stacked pictures

Chapter Six (Week Six) ... Page 195
Toys! Toys! Toys!
What’s In A Name?
Kids and Dogs
Introduction to Wings

Chapter Seven (Week Seven) ... Page 236
About Puppies and Retrieving
Socialize your puppy
First Shots & Vet Visit
Splish Splash, first bath!

Chapter Eight (Week Eight) ... Page 286
Shape up or ship out!
Requirements to ship puppies
See all the pups!


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