Emma's 2013 "H" Litter.  Clancy sired these puppies, and Hazel, Hillary, Hattie and Henry, covered a spectrum: an affable dark tricolor, a mild-mannered Clancy lookalike, a saucy girl with an eye patch, and "Mr. Personality", our heavily marked Henry.  

Maddie's 2013 "P" Litter.  Pansy, Poppy, Paige, Peggy and Parker. This was Maddie and Clancy's final litter and it was a nostalgic one for us. These were colorful puppies, as always, but the engaging personalities are what we'll remember more than anything.    

Molly's 2013 "O" Litter.  Olive, Opal, Ophelia, Owen and Otto, our quintuplets, or so we thought of them - in overall appearance, temperament and structure these puppies were remarkably similar. Ren O'Riley was the sire.    

Emma's 2012 I Litter.  Here are Indra, Ivy, Izzy and Isaac, with Clancy McGee as the sire.  Born during a record cold, snowy winter, we had to be creative to safely socialize them, but we did it!  

Maddie's 2012 F Litter.  Finnegan, Farley, Fitz, Flynn, Faith and Fleury - a beautiful litter, sired by Clancy McGee.  Flynn is a hospice therapy dog and I'm very proud of both him and his owner.  Fleury is here in Boise and it's my privilege to see her often.

Kate's 2012 S Litter.  Sam and Sailor are Clancy's boys; two was so easy for us! We included them in a family vacation, sight-seeing with the puppy stroller, before meeting their owners.

Molly's 2012 Y Litter.  Yukon, Yvonne, Yvette and Ynez were sired by Michele Crockett's Beignet de Charmont of Sierra Cotons.  They were lovely puppies and are lovely adults.  I'm grateful for Michele's significant effort to make this match possible for me.

Emma's 2011 Q Litter.  Quincy, Quaid, Quinlan and Queenie, with Clancy McGee as the sire.  These puppies were smart and cuddly, with beautiful coloring.  Quinlan reminded us of her grandmother, Ellie, and it was hard to let her go.

Molly's 2011 V Litter.  Veronica, Vanna, Vera and Violet had the most uniform temperaments I've seen in a litter.  All their training went smoothly. 

Kate's 2011 Z Litter.  The little Zs, Zelda and Zoe, sired by Clancy McGee.  Zoe was small but feisty and she easily kept up with her more laid back sister.

Maddie's 2011 R Litter.  Rollie, Ramsey, Rosie, Ruby and Ramona, sired by Clancy McGee.  Ramsey was a mellow puppy and Ruby was a diva, and the others fell between.  I love to see their personalities emerge.

Kate's 2010 E Litter.  Here are Kate and Clancy's little "E" pups, Eliza, Etta, Erin, Ethan Emory, and Eli. The three girls and three boys are all tri-color puppies, nicely marked and very sweet.

Emma's 2010 K Litter At seven puppies, this was the largest litter we've had.  Emma cheerfully cared for Kendra, Kiley, Kelsie, Kaleb, Keegan, Kobi and Kipper, although she  had moments when she was ready to welcome those forever families. Clancy, Maddie, Ellie and Kate joined her as they groomed, disciplined and loved each puppy.

Maddie's 2010 A Litter All five "A" puppies were black and white. There were two females and three males, Audrey, Annie, Avery, Adam and Arlo. The parents were our Maddie and Columbia Gorge's Wind Ryder of Vandayburg's Southern Cotons.

Kate's 2009 N litter, consisting of Natty, Nigel, Nell, Nutmeg, Nanette and Nola, had some puppies we particularly fell in love with.  We made a trip to California to deliver four of them, bonding well on the long drive, and we found it hard to let them go.

Ellie's 2008 J litter was her last litter prior to her retirement from breeding.  Jake, Josh and Joe were spunky and fun, and they were especially good boys.  Clancy McGee was the sire. 

Emma's 2008 M litter brought us Milo, Moxie, Mallory, Marigold, Muffie and Meg.  There were four girls and two boys, all beautiful and sweet, and Clancy McGee was the sire.  We've seen most of these puppies as adults and they are truly lovely.

Kate's 2008 T litter This litter consisted of six boys.  We named them Tobias, Trent, Tully, Topper, Tango and Tip. We wondered if Tobias would be our first puppy ever without complete pigment, but his darling nose turned black at last.  The sire was Clancy McGee. 

Maddie's 2008 C litter with Clancy McGee included Cooper, Clementine, Capri, Clover, Conner and Corbin.  This was a beautifully marked litter, with exhuberant temperaments - vivid in every way. 

Ellie's 2007 L litter. Here are Lizzie, Lucy, Lila and Luke, Ellie and Clancy's puppies.  I added new climbing toys to this litter's play area and watched them grow increasingly daring.  They played hard in the fall leaves with Emma's puppies, just four days older.

Emma's 2007 P litter, with Patsy, Pearl, Posy, Pepper, Pip and Pilot, were Emma Beth's first puppies.  Clancy McGee was the sire.  It was the first time I had crate-trained two litters at once for a full-night's sleep.  It was rewarding to watch those ten sweet puppies settling down in their individual crates.

Maddie's 2007 G litter included Gracie, Gigi, Gulliver and Gus and Clancy McGee was the sire.  Maddie was a superb young mother, eager to have visitors meet her litter from a very early age.  Elegant Gigi poses on our "Welcome" page. 

Ellie's 2006 H litter was memorable for the richness of their russet color. Hummer, Hannifen, Higgins, Hobie, and Hope were Ellie’s first litter with our own Clancy McGee.  Despite being typically exuberant they were able to focus well, and I was inspired to raise my level of early training.

Kate's 2006 W litter was sired by Harley of Heaven Sent Cotons.  Wendy, Willow, Winnie and Wink were spunky puppies, full of fun.  Wink led the way with his antics and his sisters followed.

Ellie's 2005 B litter included Bailey, Barrymore, Bing, Biff, Buzzy and Beth.  Ellie and Rough and Tumble of Crabapple Crossing were the parents.  After seeing her brothers off to new homes, Beth became our Emma Beth of Blue Mountain Cotons.

Ellie's 2004 D litter - the memorable first litter that inspired us to continue. Dotty, Dandy, Dilly, Doozie and Daisy gave us great joy.  Rough and Tumble of Crabapple Crossing was the sire.  We chose Daisy to keep, re-naming her Serena Kate — Kate for short.