Rosewood Kennels - Kooikers - Kooikerhondje http://rosewoodkooikers.com Celebrating the Kooikerhondje Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Rosy and the Deer http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/02/02/rosy-and-the-deer/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/02/02/rosy-and-the-deer/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:22 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2853 Tuesday morning (17 Jan 2012) I was walking with Rosy thru a clearing between a woods and a smaller grove of trees, when Rosy decided to check out the grove of trees. I expected her to follow after me once she satisfied her curiosity, but she didn’t. She just sat there and looked

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/02/02/rosy-and-the-deer/feed/ 1 Puppy size in Litter D http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/25/frankie-is-a-big-boy/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/25/frankie-is-a-big-boy/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:24:34 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2804 Frankie, who lives in Seattle, Washington, is growing into a large and lovely kooiker. From his dad, Robert:

Frankie is 18 in. at 8 months.

“I have not gotten a sense for how large Frankie’s siblings are at this point. We have been surprised at how large Frankie has grown so quickly.

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/25/frankie-is-a-big-boy/feed/ 3 Bianca and Jorie Retire from Rosewood http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/24/bianca-and-jorie-retire-from-rosewood/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/24/bianca-and-jorie-retire-from-rosewood/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:21:05 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2827 Bianca and Jorie

In 2012, after two litters and many happy years as part of the Rosewood family, Bianca and Jorie have retired from breeding and puppy rearing.

In December, after earning her Doctorate degree in Cultural Curriculum Studies at Goergia Southern University, Jorie took a position as Natural Resources Instructor at Aaniih Nakoda College on the

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Bianca left side, Nov. 2010

Bianca moved from her birthplace in Boston to Jorrie’s house in Statesboro Georgia, to become our second breeding female. In 2012, after two litters, Bianca and Jorie moved to the Midwest where Jorie will be a Natural Resources Instructor at Aaniih Nakoda College

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/24/biancas-bio-and-pedigree/feed/ 0 Goodbye To Phoebe http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/23/goodbye-to-phoebe/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/23/goodbye-to-phoebe/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:40:49 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2798 Frankie and the Grenley family said goodbye to Phoebe in December. Phoebe was not a Rosewood dog, but was the beloved friend and housemate of one of our Litter D puppies. In Robert’s words:

We lost Phoebe, our 12 year old Kooiker, in December. It was very sudden…she showed no sign of illness, had gone

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/23/goodbye-to-phoebe/feed/ 0 Rookie Turns Four! http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/18/rookie-turns-four/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/18/rookie-turns-four/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:31:16 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2794 Happy Birthday, Rookie!

Born Rosewood’s Bel Canto, Rookie is from the B Litter. His parents are Elsie and Remy.

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/18/rookie-turns-four/feed/ 0 Darby, six months and counting http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/03/darby-six-months-and-counting/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/03/darby-six-months-and-counting/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:01:59 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2777 Check out those ear-rings!

Look who got a nice pair of earrings for Christmas, they’re growing nicely. His coat is also growing longer and stays so clean. We went for a short hike where Darby ended up covered in black mud, yuck! By the time we got home the dirt just fell

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Walter and Posie with the Gordons

The puppies are six months. Posie (Daesha) was one of the tiny puppies in this litter, and you can see at half a year that she is still petite. Erin describes her: “Posie must be French Kooiker, because her figure is just as trim and

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It was an amazing day! I can’t tell you how many people came to our table squealing excitedly, “I came here just to meet these dogs!” There’s a huge cohort of people out there who saw the Dogs 101 Kooiker segment and felt that they had

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