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I’m Just a Girl vom Kaninchengarten, "Hope"
Date of Birth: August 31, 2023 Weight: 16 pounds
Sire: International Champion: Keep on Loving you vom Kaninchengarten "Sam"
Dam: Bring Me Joy vom Kaninchengarten "Hailey"
Hope is our esteemed Dam from Brachttal, Germany, bred by Anika and Stephan Stahl of Cavaliere vom Kaninchengarten “Cavaliers In the Rabbit Garden”. Her nickname is Schatzi, because she is our little darling. Her siblings include littermate and Champion I Want to Break Free vom Kaninchengarten "Freddie"; multiple BIS, BISS, and International Champion Paddington vom Kaninchengarten; and Multiple Champion X-man vom Kaninchengarten "Logan". We expect very beautiful and healthy puppies from our pairings with Hope. It’s a great honor to have her as a part of our family.
Hope comes with full breeding health certification from Europe. We have registered Hope with the AKC, and completed her embark genetic and ofa heart, patella, eye, and PennHIP health certifications. She will achieve her CHIC certification next Spring. All our puppies are always AKC Registered with limited registration.
Isabella Esther of Thunder Pups Farm "Bella"
Date of Birth: November 15, 2021 Weight: 20 pounds
Sire: Sir Barclay of Mill's River
Dam: Chloe of Honeybee Farm
Isabella has well researched parentage, we met her parents and grandparents, and all are still in excellent health! Bella has had her genetic and health testing (CHIC) and a four generation AKC Certified Pedigree. Bella has Grand Championship blood lines with multiple champions! She is a beautiful Black and Tan Cavalier. After fostering rescue dogs for many decades, it is a great joy to create well socialized trusting puppies. Isabella and Kip are a mated pair and she gave birth to their first litter in June 2024. Beautiful Rubies and Black & Tan Puppies! Her second litter was born in January 2025 two gorgeous ruby twins.
We are planning her last two litters and then Isabella will retire at a young age. See our Puppy Pages for pictures and details for future litters.
Katie Scarlett O'Hara of Thunder Pups Farm "Katie"
Date of Birth: May 28, 2024 Weight: 17.5 pounds
Sire: Star Lite's Gizmo the Great
Dam: Lady Dusty Rose
Dam Katie Scarlett O'Hara of Thunder Pups Farm is a beautiful Tri-Colored Cavalier with excellent lineage and Pedigree. We have obtained all age appropriate ofa Health Certifications to confirm she is well suited for our breeding program. Katie has completed her preliminary basic cardiology and Patella clearances. She has also passed both her ACVO Eye and PennHIP clearances. We will continue her eye and heart clearances annually, as we do with all our breeding dogs. Katie will recieve her CHIC certification at age two. Her embark genetic testing can be viewed here.
She is a little spitfire with endless energy. She came home as Bella was weening of her first litter and Isabella is so sweet with Katie. Now Katie is baby sitting little Willow and plays all day with Hope. Cavaliers have the biggest hearts tucked away in those tiny fur packages. All LOVE!!! When you have one, you'll know.
Katie will be ready to have her first litter in Summer 2026.
Elora Danan's Willow of Thunder Pups Farm "Willow"
Date of Birth: December 21, 2024 Weight: 14 pounds and growing
Sire: Miss Grace Mary
Dam: Oliver Edwin
Our little Christmas Present is Dam Elora Danan's Willow of Thunder Pups Farm. Willow is a special little lady who likes to "talk". We look forward to producing the most beautiful Ruby Cavaliers. She and Kip are both dark rubies and we expect some stunning puppies. It's also exciting that Willow has genetic traits that will allow her to produce blenheim colors too with a blenheim partner. She is capable of having a rainbow litter with the right black and tan or tri colored Sire. We will be able to pair Willow for ruby puppies with Kip our Ruby Sire and ruby and blenheim puppies with Winston our Blenheim Sire!
Willow has passed her genetic and preliminary health testing: basic heart assuscitation, vet physical exams for patella and hips. She has earned her first annual ofa ACVO eye health certification. We will complete her final PennHIP exams next. Willow will complete her CHIC certification by age two. She will be ready to breed Winter 2027.
Retired Thunder Pups Where are they now? Living with their babies of course! We take great pride in keeping our retired Momma's in a bonded relationship with one of their puppies.
In October 2023 White Manitou Khloe, arrived from Hungary. We call her sweet Bailey, because she is so affectionnate.
In order to import a breeding dog from Europe, she is required to pass all export health clearances. Bailey came to us at just over four months old with passing eye, patella, hips and heart certifications. To be conservative; we repeated all her health testing. After her first litter, we learned her hips are rated on the high side of standard deviation for Cavaliers. This rating can lead to hip dysplasia in some dogs. Her results also showed signs of early onset of osteoarthritis.
This is why ongoing health testing is so important. Extra weight from additional pregnancies could have adverse impact for sweet Bailey. Putting her health and longevity first, we retired Bailey to reduce her risk of hip arthritis and dysplasia. Our intent is to better the breed. Small risks to Dam, Sire or Puppy's health and longevity are not acceptable for our program.
It's our dream to retire each of our females with one of their puppies, to live with their baby in a family setting bursting with love. Bailey is so very content living with our very dear friends. We knew they were right for both Mother and Baby the first time we met. They have a beautiful family including three other dogs, one of these is Bailey's daughter Holly. Our puppy families become extended family for us. We know she is cherished and loved, as are her daughter and their siblings both two and four legged. We couldn't be more pleased.