Onora Rose Litter Arriving September 24th, 2018
Breeding via Artificial Insemination Using Frozen Sperm.
Puppy photos at bottom of page.
Sire: Best in Specialty Show, Canadian Champion, American Champion, Soraj Prince of Thieves (Payton) 12/1/96 - 12/2008
Left: Payton taking Best of Breed at the 1999 Irish Setter Club of the Pacific Specialty show.
Right: Payton taking one of his several Group Ones. This one is at the 2000 Bonanza Kennel Club Show.
Left: Payton enjoying some down time.
Right: Payton's head.
To see Payton's records for hips and PRA on the OFA Web site,
click here
Dam: Bronze Grand Champion Onora Aquila 5/13/13 -
This will be Aquila's first litter. We hope she will earn her Bronze Grand Championship before breeding her this summer.
Taking first in class at the 2016 Irish Setter Club of America show in San Diego.
Since we own Aquila, you can view her photos and health tests on her page.
Aquila's X-ray taken 9/19/2018
September 24, 2018, 12:15am, 7 puppies 2 boys and 5 girls arrived.
Less than 2 hours old and they all have had at least
one turn at the milk bar.
Mother Aquila adoring her babies.
Pink and Blue Girls sleeping on the warming pad.
White Boy weighing in at 15 ounces.
Aquila Nursing 10/1/18
10/5/18 How they have grown!
10/5/18
10/14/2018
10/22/2018
Pups outdoors first time, eating gruel, clicker and door training, Momma
Aquila with 1/2 sister and auntie to the pups Enya. Enya is 23 months old
and her full name is Onora Rose's Enya Lipstick (from the Lipstick Litter).
Auntie Enya turned 2 years old today and is playing with her half-sister Aquila's pups.
All the pups got their first bath today but Red Girl did not like it at all - at first.
Two pups, Orange Boy and Lavender Girl get to play with mom and auntie Enya.
Aunite Enya leading her nephews and nieces on a run. Momma Maggie enters from right.
Second scene: Auntie Enya leads them back. Notice the trailing boy? He has a prosthesis on his front leg.
Third scene: Momma Maggie heading the packs back to the indoor pen passing Pat's garden.