Lyzahro Schnauzers
Dogs as dogs should be
Lyzahro's Litters
2021 Litter
Zeeva (Zantanas Somthing Special Lyzahro imp Swe) x Madog (Saraswati Bonno Blue with Lyzharo imp MKD)
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Our 2021 litter was a real lockdown litter in many ways. As travel in Wales was still restricted to essential journeys, Madog rose to the position of our first choice stud for more than one reason! Zeeva proved herself to be a wonderful mother with our 2019 litter, and excitement levels were high. Anne and Geraint were waiting for the arrival of the puppies with mixed trepidation and delight, as they were potentially having one to show alongside Madog.
Initial scans proved highly disappointing, as the ultrasound only showed one puppy. A follow up scan thankfully showed four, and Lydia was relieved. The May birth was eagerly awaited, yet, in true Zeeva fashion, she decided to keep up waiting past her official due date! The pregnancy eventually ended with an emergency C section, and Zeeva presented us with eight healthy wiggly puppies under the watchful eye of Meg our wonderful vet. Once Lydia was over the initial shock of four additional puppies and they were safely settled in at home, the litter was announced to the world.
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The 2021 Tatoes gave us 5 girls and 3 boys, who soon earned their in-house nicknames. This years crop were known as Joy, Littlest, Wiggles, Dora and Speedy for the girls, and Overdramatic Oscar,Strider and Maybe for the boys. The Tatoe cam was once again set up, and our new owners were able to watch the puppies grow and play with 24 hour access to the pen. The advantages of a summer litter as opposed to our previous winter litter were obvious very quickly, as we were able to spend a lot more time outside, and we were able to give them so many more experiences before they left. We were unable however, to have as many people around them as we would have liked due to the restrictions still in force in Wales, and this was compounded by Lydia's own pregnancy.
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The puppies grew rapidly, and we had so much fun raising them and watching them interact with each other and our adult dogs. Evaluations took place at 6-7 weeks and each puppy was matched to their new family, with Joy being chosen to remain behind with Lydia's parents and join our show team for 2022. She was renamed Nia, and setttled in with Madog, who had strongly mixed feelings!
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Our 2021 litter theme was The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and this gave us hours of entertainment as we tried to create names that not only fitted the theme, but also fitted the letter restriction on the kennel name registration!
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The puppies finally left us at the beginning of July, and we were delighted to see them settle into their new homes with confidence, and bring happiness and mayhem to their new families.
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Loki and Family (Strider)
Lyzahro Don't Panic
Rosie and Family (Dora)
Lyzahro Ultimate Answer
Trevor and Family (Oscar)
Lyzahro Where Is Your Towel
Arianwen and Rebecca (Speedy)
Lyzahro So Long And Thanks
Mollie and Family (Littlest)
Lyzahro Last Message
Beryl and Tim (Wiggles)
Lyzahro Heart Of Gold
Maybe and Catrina
Lyzahro Like Bricks Don't
Nia and Anne (Joy)
Lyzahro Mostly Harmless
2019 Litter
Zeeva (Zantanas Somthing Special Lyzahro Imp Swe) x Merlin (Int Multi Ch Chelines Morning Has Broken at Nenevale Imp Esp)
The first Lyzahro litter was born in November 2019, in the middle of a fireworks display, to our beautiful Zeeva. She had been mated to Merlin, a stud from the renowned Chelines kennel in Spain, owned in the UK by Mrs Harrison Smith (Nenevale). We welcomed six puppies into the world on a cold and crisp night, with vet intervention for our last little man. Zeeva gave us a beautifully even litter of three boys and three girls. Sadly we lost our first born girl on day three, but the others continued to thrive. They were known by their in-house nicknames, Karen, Squeaker, Boy 1, Tank and VetBill (No prizes for guessing why VetBill got his name!). We set up a 24 hour webcam into the whelping pen, nicknamed the TatoeCam, so our owners could watch the puppies grow and interact from the comfort of their own homes. Admittedly, they did get to see Lydia in her dressing gown regularly!
There were challenges with raising the litter in the winter in Wales, with temperatures below freezing and heavy rain for the majority of the eight weeks, it was not possible to get the puppies outside for as long as we would have liked, and we were limited in the experiences that we could give them.
At 7 weeks all puppies passed their eye test with flying colours, and at 8 weeks their MAC test came back as unaffected.
The puppies were matched to their new families at 7 weeks, and Boy 1, who had been characterless until 6 weeks, stood out as the pick of the litter, and Lydia decided that he would be staying with them and would be the start of our next generation. He became known as Gatland (named after the Welsh Rugby Union coach Warren Gatland), as the puppies were born on the last day of the Rugby World Cup, and Gatland's last game in chrage.
The Litter theme was song titles, with a play on the word right/white. This was basically a good reason for Lydia and Austin to play music all day and all night while trying to figure out names!
Rhoswen and Family (Karen)
Lyzahro Go White Ahead
Sherman and Family (Tank)
Lyzahro Make It White
Alfie and Family (VetBill)
Lyzahro All White Now
Chloe and Family (Squeaker)
Lyzahro White On Time
