Journal
I Am Puppy! And I Am So Happy!

I Am Puppy! And I Am So Happy!
4/18/2015
These are Bristol and Sunny’s Puppies Five and a Half Weeks Old, their first outdoor adventure. ...
Search And Rescue

Search And Rescue
4/18/2015
“Hero” One of the things that has motivated us to breed fine dogs is our work in Search and Rescue. The simple fact is, not every dog is suitable to be a Search Dog. Therefore, early on, we sought to breed in order to produce dogs we could train as the best for Search and Rescue work. The following is the story of our first Search and Rescue Do...
Therapy Dogs

Therapy Dogs
4/18/2015
Therapy Pets Unlimited (therapypetsunlimited.org) states on their web page: “According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more then 50% of nursing home residents have no close relatives, and 46% have no living children. These two facts are a major reason why an estimated 85% of nursing home residents never have visitors. If you find these...
Tracking

Tracking
4/18/2015
One of the things our dogs enjoy is tracking. It is innate to dogs to be able to follow a scent all the way to it’s source. The dog’s ability to smell is said to be anywhere from 10,000 times to 100,000 times better than a humans. There is great comfort in knowing that your dog will be able to find a missing family member. We use this ability of...
Early Puppy Housebreaking

Early Puppy Housebreaking
4/11/2015
We are always trying something new. Every now and then we hit on something so wonderful we want to tell everyone about it. For some time we have had a big puppy room where the puppies have room to run around indoors, enough room that they learn to keep clean and to potty in one area only. Now we have expanded on this idea, such that the one potty ar...
Puppy Parents

Puppy Parents
4/11/2015
Their parents are: Sunny von Hoffnung BH, RN, RA, CD and Bristol von Hoffnung, one of Cardinal‘s beautiful daughters, proudly announce their new litter. Here we have some of our favorite bloodlines combined in this breeding with Bristol taking us back to Max, Int’l CH Argus Maximus von Hoffnung, Search and Rescue Dog, and Sunny to his sire, Jake...
Puppies Exploring

Puppies Exploring
3/31/2015
Here are some more pics of a day at Candle Hill. These are Cardinal and Kindra puppies, 6 weeks old September 26th 2014. With eyes now wide open, the world is before them; Wonder, Excitement, Nap time. We hope you can feel some of their puppy pleasure. Enjoy! Ready Guys? Let’s Go The Lion King Sees his prey He crouches! He charges! ...
Cardinal/kindra Puppies

Cardinal/kindra Puppies
3/30/2015
Here are some snaps of Cardinal and Kindra’s five week old puppies from last year. They are soooo much fun to play with. Imagine sharing their wonder as they begin to learn to focus and a whole new world takes shape before their little eyes! Call for availability of their 2015 breeding: 208-818-3099. Yellow Collar Female ...