We are happyy to announce that on Thursday, August 26, 2010, Lady Bellacino of Angle Lake gave birth to four black male puppies and one chocolate female puppy.
All are healthy and beautiful.Bella is a terrific mommy and is very happy loving her new babies. We are so proud of her. Because two of the boys wanted to be first born and positioned themselves in a V formation at the top of the birth canal, blocking the others, we opted to have this litter C-Section. Bella was under anesthesia and her puppies were delivered by our veterinarian Dr. Liz Conger around 10 am. The incision was small and there were no complications. We were able to take Bella home with her puppies at 12:30 pm that same day. When Bella woke up at the vet she began nursing and has been loving and nursing the pups ever since. with her little puppies as we knew she would be.
Bella's father is a handsome AKC Champion, Penhurst Gay El's Mad About You (nicknamed Mister) who comes from a long line of AKC champions. The father, Louie Louie, is also the son of a champion and has many champions in his line. We do not show our poodles, preferring to sell them as pets, even though they have excellent pedigrees and are of the highest quality. Our puppies are bred and raised to live a long and happy life with a family who will love them like their own children.
We do not ship puppies and need to meet all potential families before accepting a deposit. If you are from another state you will need to fly home with your puppy, and we still need to meet you first. Puppies are chosen by new owners in the order deposits come in (e.g. 1st deposit gets first choice). A $500 deposit will reserve your puppy. We will begin accepting deposits for the next litter on June 15 (but we must meet with all potential family members first).
Many of you have met our Cinnamon Dolce. She is the daughter of Louie Louie (the stud we bred to Bella and her sister Cina). Though she is chocolate brown, both of her parents are black.
Cinnamon's mother is a Champion. We plan to breed Cinnamon Dolce with Sir Biscotti when she comes into heat. Biscotti has fathered multiple chocolates in two litters, and we expect he
and Cinnamon will produce chocolates. We will be putting a web page up for Cinnamon eventually.
We are now accepting deposits for Bella's litter and expect the positions to fill quickly. Please do not send a deposit until we have met you as we will not put you in position until then. If you want to be on the interest list for future puppies or make an appointment to meet us, please email us.
Black males are $1000; chocolate males and black females are $1500; chocolate females are $2000. Puppies are sold on a limited contract (may be registered with the AKC as pets, not for breeding or showing). You can still participate and compete in Agility with poodles on a Limited Contract. We strongly encourage neutering (for boys) and spaying (for girls). Boys are much less apt to mark (and hump) when neutered, and you won't have to worry about your female coming into heat. And no, you don't have to name your puppy a coffee-related name (and yes of course you can use the names Espresso, Mocha, Biscotti, Cappuccino, Bellaccino, Cinnamon Dolce or any of the names other puppy owners have used). You may also use the Angle Lake extension on your AKC name if you choose (e.g. Lady Mocha of Angle Lake).
Val works out of the home and is here with the poodles to ensure each puppy receives all the attention they deserve while they are with us. And Bob spends most of his time with the poodles when he gets home from work. They all adore him and follow him around when he's home (maybe because he gives them so many dog treats). Our dogs live in our home as part of our family. All of our puppies are cuddled and played with by a family who loves poodles, and will make fantastic companions and pets. They are introduced to children, a cat and other dogs at an early age so they will be playful and become good family members. We plan for fair weather litters so we can begin outdoor potty training with the puppies.
We take care of the tails, dew claws and the first set of shots. New owners must schedule a wellness check-up and the second set of shots within two weeks after taking their puppy home. Future owners who have placed a deposit may visit the puppies after they are two weeks old, and we'll even take a picture of you with your puppy. Additional visits are fine and even encouraged so you can begin bonding with your new puppy. You may also schedule play visits with our poodles to help your family become acquainted with poodles.
We like to keep in touch with members of our "poodle family." We appreciate emails and love getting pictures of our puppies. Seattle Poodles is now on Facebook and has a blog you'll want to check out. We offer "puppy sitting" to our puppy buyers (schedules permitting of course). Being close to the airport makes it convenient too.
We held our second Puppy Reunion on July 11, 2009 and had a great turnout (14 puppies and 8 grandpuppies). We attended the one year birthday party/reunion of Biscotti's first litter in March, 2009 and hosted the one year birthday party of Bella and Cinã's litter in May. Because we get to know all of the families that have adopted our puppies (and many of the ones who adopted Biscotti's puppies) it does become sort of a family/social relationship, and we're thrilled that so many of the families of our pups have become friends and puppy-sit for one another too. Many tell me they visit this website to see the latest news on our poodles, so please keep in touch. And send pictures! It makes our day.
Left is a picture of Louie Louie, the stud,
(the doo is beause he was competing)
and below is a picture of Bellaccino
Isn't she adorable?
