We are a small home "kennel" situated in the beautiful Fish Hoek Valley, Cape Town. South Africa.
What started out many years ago as a love for and want to reproduce my beautiful Labradors led to my eventually achieving my dream of obtaining a well bred Beagle. From there I went on to seek out a suitable female (not an easy task!). And so my darlings Thornwick Pennyjet (Snoopy) and Daniela (Liaka) came to have their first litter.
We have been breeding Beagles for the past 19 years, producing companion dogs with excellent temperament, form and health.
Daniela, our foundation female comes from Namibia and is now spayed and lives the happy life of a retiree and matriarch of the pack.
Our Beagles are an integral part of our family and are included in all family activities, live indoors, have their own "lounge" furnished with their own couches! They share the main house with their human family and have the run of a large garden area (1,900 sq. meters).
Daily off lead walks on the sportsfields across the road from my home or on the beach are the highlight of our day. Quite a site to see 4 Beagles running from mole hill to mole hill or chasing the Hadidas or exploring the rock pools.
My years of interest, ongoing research and studies in the "Early Development of the Canine Species" and my qualifications as an Advanced Animal Behaviourist has prepared me to produce the best possible temperament in the puppies I breed.
We choose the best matings possible to optimise the chances of producing genetically sound stock that conform to the breed standard with a confident yet gentle temperament.
A designated nursery is set aside and designed for the arrival of each litter where the prospective mother and I move in a week before the litter is due. They LOVE this special treatment and a real time of bonding takes place.
Once the pups are born I spend 24/7 with the litter and the mother to ensure all is well and to begin the important gentling and training the pups need to go through.
Pups are raised using Puppy Culture Protocols. The program consists of structured protocols based on specific developmental timelines in the young puppy.
Early neurological stimulation, sound desensitising, gentling, socialising, house training (on grass), crate training (learning the importance of confinement), chew toy training, toys all start to happen in the nursery at the earliest age.
Puppies are introduced to "clicker training" at 7 weeks.
Focus is placed on the dogs development deadlines - taking advantage of the crucial but narrow "window of learning" - the period during which the pups are most receptive to learning.
Our pups are raised in the center of a loving family environment to equip them to make the transition from our home to yours. A great deal of effort is placed on socialising and training our puppies to prepare them for the outside world.
Once the pup joins your family they have the very best chance of becoming a loving, well socialised, confident dog. We set our pups up to succeed!
We have been breeding Beagles for the past 19 years, producing companion dogs with excellent temperament, form and health.
Daniela, our foundation female comes from Namibia and is now spayed and lives the happy life of a retiree and matriarch of the pack.
Our Beagles are an integral part of our family and are included in all family activities, live indoors, have their own "lounge" furnished with their own couches! They share the main house with their human family and have the run of a large garden area (1,900 sq. meters).
Daily off lead walks on the sportsfields across the road from my home or on the beach are the highlight of our day. Quite a site to see 4 Beagles running from mole hill to mole hill or chasing the Hadidas or exploring the rock pools.
My years of interest, ongoing research and studies in the "Early Development of the Canine Species" and my qualifications as an Advanced Animal Behaviourist has prepared me to produce the best possible temperament in the puppies I breed.
We choose the best matings possible to optimise the chances of producing genetically sound stock that conform to the breed standard with a confident yet gentle temperament.
A designated nursery is set aside and designed for the arrival of each litter where the prospective mother and I move in a week before the litter is due. They LOVE this special treatment and a real time of bonding takes place.
Once the pups are born I spend 24/7 with the litter and the mother to ensure all is well and to begin the important gentling and training the pups need to go through.
Pups are raised using Puppy Culture Protocols. The program consists of structured protocols based on specific developmental timelines in the young puppy.
Early neurological stimulation, sound desensitising, gentling, socialising, house training (on grass), crate training (learning the importance of confinement), chew toy training, toys all start to happen in the nursery at the earliest age.
Puppies are introduced to "clicker training" at 7 weeks.
Focus is placed on the dogs development deadlines - taking advantage of the crucial but narrow "window of learning" - the period during which the pups are most receptive to learning.
Our pups are raised in the center of a loving family environment to equip them to make the transition from our home to yours. A great deal of effort is placed on socialising and training our puppies to prepare them for the outside world.
Once the pup joins your family they have the very best chance of becoming a loving, well socialised, confident dog. We set our pups up to succeed!
We believe it is the breeders responsibility to do the work that prepares a pup for a lifetime of companionability with humans.