List: Raising Rare Dogs - Our Caucasian Ovcharka Story | Curated by Cheryl Marschke

May 6, 2024
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Raising Rare Dogs - Our Caucasian Ovcharka Story
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Unbelievable Gray Puppy!The Caucasian pups are 3 weeks old and have begun to change color and develop their signature masks. Each mask is different, like a finger…
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
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What’s Bigger Than a Bread Box?Our dog’s head, that’s what!
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
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One Week Birthday for Russian Mountain Dog PuppiesThese Caucasian Ovcharka puppies were born during the solar eclipse.
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
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Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO
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Signs of TotalityThe eclipse was not divisive. In fact it brought us together in so many ways
Apr 13, 2024
Apr 13, 2024
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Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO
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Eclipse PuppiesOur Caucasian Ovcharka mountain dog dam had 8 puppies this morning, the day of the solar eclipse.
Apr 8, 2024
Apr 8, 2024
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Rescuing Cherry Eye SkyeNot often do you find one of your own pups abandoned at your doorstep.
Mar 11, 2024
Mar 11, 2024
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You have a huge dog and you think she’s pregnant. Now what?Today our Caucasian Ovcharka dam Natasha went to the animal hospital for her ultrasound. Twenty days ago, she was bred using Artificial…
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
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Rescue Dog VisitThe Joy of Finding a Family to Offer a Dog a Second Chance
Feb 24, 2024
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Feb 24, 2024
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The puppies are coming!I’d say it was third times a charm, but it really was the 4th or 5th. There was a small spot on the kitchen floor. Then another. Not to get…
Feb 12, 2024
Feb 12, 2024
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Jun 1, 2023
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Jungle Tree House
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Buying Property in Costa RicaIt was not until we started looking for houses in Samara that we discovered bank loans and conventional mortgage payments were non existent…
Dec 24, 2022
Dec 24, 2022
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Stages of Grief — The AftermathAs I mentioned in a previous post, our big dog King Solomon unexpectedly died of kidney failure last week  at the age of seven.
May 31, 2023
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May 31, 2023
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Too Sad to WriteThere is no way to categorize grief.
May 26, 2023
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May 26, 2023
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Tips for taking your Dog on an International FlightPeople love to take dogs on vacation because they are part of the family. We owned three vacation cottages on Lake Willoughby in Vermont…
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
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Tips for Taking Dogs Shopping in Costa RicaWhen we go to Costa Rica for a longish stay, we like to bring at least one well behaved dog. We raise Caucasian Ovcharkas commonly known as…
Apr 26, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
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Breeding Dogs in a Big WayLately our days are centered around trips to the artificial insemination center call LVVS in Lamoille Valley Vermont. It is the only center…
Mar 22, 2023
Mar 22, 2023
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International Travel
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Sometimes it’s difficult to travel when you want and it usually has nothing to do with money.You may be stymied by work obligations, worrying about erratic weather (like the 2 feet of snow we just got in New England), wondering if…
Mar 10, 2023
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Mar 10, 2023
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Weighing InHere’s something fun to do with very large dogs before they blow their winter coats: weigh your dogs, especially before you brush them.
Feb 6, 2023
Feb 6, 2023
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Our biggest Dog Just Nosed the Oil Guy in the ButtEvery time the oil guy comes to fill our furnace tank, we ask him to phone us from his truck first so we can put our huge mountain dogs…
Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023
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The Puppies are coming! Q&AI love writing about our rare dogs,so ask me anything you want about Caucasian Ovcharkas, commonly known as Russian Mountain Dogs, Bear…
Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023