Daisy and Ted, Dunedin (2025)

27/03/2025

Our little Easter babies are ONE!! 🥳

Happy happy birthday to Pepper, Zorro, Billie Bunny, Eggy, and Millie!! (Daisy and Alfie’s wee toy spoodles. 🥰)

Here’s what they look like now! 😍 (I don’t have any photos of Millie just yet but hopefully I get some soon and can update this!)

All of them are very well-loved and having amazing lives and adventures with their families. 🥹🥰🤩

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas from us here at Daisy & Ted! 🎄
I completely ran out of time to stage a festive photo before I went away. 😞
Show us your dogs enjoying Christmas! 🤩 (I’m not with mine this year so will be living vicariously through yours. 😄)
Have a wonderful day, doggos and your people! 🥰

23/10/2024

Happy first birthday to BONNIE! 🥳
Bonnie is a purebred cocker spaniel living her best life with her wonderful guardian family! ❤️
All going well, we will be breeding her with Rupert in 2025. 🤞🥰

27/09/2024

I was very surprised to realise this morning that Daisy and Alfie’s puppies are six months old today! 🤩 That time seems to have gone so fast! (Maybe not for the people who are now dealing with the little monsters! 😅)
Here’s a wee round up of what they look like and what they’re up to these days. 🥰
Thank you SO much for the updates, and for giving our wee pups such wonderful lives, families!! Xx

12/08/2024

Happy happy 1st birthday to Daisy and Mossy’s puppies: Teddy, Olive, Maple, Nova, and Rupert! 🥳 Tell your humans to post some pics here so we can see what you look like all grown up! 😍

02/08/2024

Millie and Alfie’s puppies are celebrating their first birthdays around the country today!! 🤩🥳

Here’s what they looked like at six weeks old, and they’re still this teeny in my head! 🥹😅

Mya, Teddy, Cookie, Bubbles, Maisy, and Lola - show us what you look like now! 😍

06/07/2024

The last of our puppies have settled into their new homes! 🥳

We’re back down to the usual crew….and the usual amount of noise and cleaning. 😉😮‍💨😅

No more puppies for 2024, but watch this space - I will be expecting our next litter around this time next year, all going well! 🥰

22/06/2024

Looks like we are all sorted!!! 🤩
Thanks so much everybody who shared this - really appreciate it!! Egg will be winging his way to Wellington on the 4th! 🥰

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Hello everybody!
Egg has found a wonderful home in Wellington, but we need to get him there! It’s very expensive to fly a puppy unaccompanied, so we’re trying to avoid that, and use the power of the internet to find somebody for him to fly with!

Is anybody out there flying from Dunedin to Wellington at the start of July? Preference would be for Wed 3rd or Thurs 4th from Dunedin, or else from Christchurch to Wellington on Sat 6th or Sun 7th?! 😅

Please message me if that’s you! It’s a VERY easy job - you basically just add him to your ticket and I will do all the rest. We can even be your airport shuttle at both ends! 😃 You don’t get to take Egg on the plane with you, unfortunately, but you can cuddle him at the airport before you go - if you can convince the airport staff to give you a turn! 😉😂🥰

LET’S GET EGG TO WELLINGTON!! 🥳

(Egg is the one at the front in this photo. Hot Cross Bun is behind him, and he’s still looking for his forever home! 🥺 I’ll do a wee feature on him later! 😁)

21/06/2024

UPDATE: We have potentially found an amazing home for Bunny already!! Thanks to everybody who shared, and sorry to anybody who might be disappointed! I will let you know if this doesn’t work out, but for now let’s consider Bunny on hold. 😊

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Something we guarantee when you adopt one of our puppies is that we will help you with rehoming your puppy, should the need arise. We know that life is unpredictable and that--as much as you love your puppy--sometimes it turns out that the timing is just not right. There's no judgement here - in fact, we think it's very brave and selfless to realise that you're not in a position to be the best person your dog needs right now and to want the best for it. 🩷

Bunny flew to Auckland a month ago to a very loving home, but now we need to find her a new home! This could be an AMAZING opportunity for any of our followers who live up that way! Please note, Bunny won’t be free, but she has already had her second lot of vaccinations and comes with all sorts of accessories (crate, pen, food, toys, etc). All of this (as well as the transport costs to get her up there) adds up to well over $600, so that is a huge help to someone starting out.

Please get in touch if you'd love Bunny to be part of your family. She doesn't have to go to a North Island family, but it is certainly easier and cheaper than flying her back down here. And if you're based in the South, we still have Hot Cross Bun available!! 😀 More on him coming soon. 😉

14/06/2024

I had an interesting start to my day!

A woman in England contacted me - she was looking at a dog to rehome (in England) and became suspicious that it was a scam, so did a reverse image search and believes they have used photos of one of our Daisy & Ted dogs!! 😲😡

This is a wee reminder to be very careful - there are a lot of dodgy people out there, and thank goodness this lady thought to check. Please thoroughly investigate any dog you’re looking into to make sure the seller is reputable and the dog actually exists!! If you cannot meet the dog in person before putting any money down, see if a friend can visit on your behalf, or do a video call. Ask lots of questions and make sure you are satisfied with the answers. MASSIVE red flag if the seller will not let you see a dog in person or doesn’t engage with you and spend time talking with you.

A good breeder will:
🔸 be happy for you to meet a dog or puppy you are interested in, and for you to see the environment it is being raised in
🔸 be knowledgeable and transparent about the health of the dogs, the breeds they are dealing with, and good breeding practices
🔸 have DNA tested their breeding lines to provide certainty that their puppies cannot develop any heritable diseases the breeds may be susceptible to. A health check from the vet is good but is not the same thing. Knowing you have clear genetics from the start can minimise costs and heartache down the line.
🔸 answer all your questions, and also have questions for YOU, as they will care deeply about their puppies and want to know about the homes they are going to.
🔸 support you through the adoption process and afterwards, as you navigate life with a baby dinosaur! 😄

If you’re getting a bad feeling about a breeder/seller, don’t rush into anything! Do your homework, or pass on that puppy, even if it is the cutest little thing you have ever laid eyes on. There will be another equally adorable one just around the corner, I promise! 🩷

10/06/2024

Quick wee pupdate from me - I know it’s been AGES since I’ve posted anything!! 🙈

It’s been a big week - Bunny has flown off to her new life in Auckland, and Marshmallow has also been snapped up, and is staying in Dunedin! 🤩

This means we only have the wee boys (Egg and Hot Cross Bun) left! Right from the start I predicted Egg would be the most popular one, because of his gorgeous colouring and cute wee eyebrows, but so far nobody has enquired about him at all! 🥲 I’m really surprised! (My sister said, “do you think it could be because of his name?” 🤣)

I have had a LOT (so many!!!! 😲) of people asking if I’ll be doing another litter before the end of the year, and unfortunately the answer to that is no. 😞 Daisy is my only breeding dog at the moment, and although she will come on heat again before the end of the year, I’m going to give her a rest, and then do one more litter from her next year. All going well, these ones will be born around the middle of the year. We also have our up and coming mumma Bonnie, who will hopefully be having her first litter next year, likely towards the end of the year. So if you’re after a Daisy and Ted pup this year, Egg and Hot Cross Bun will be your only chance!

The other thing is, several people have mentioned that they would love one of these dogs but the timing is not good because they’re going away in the near future. If this is you, don’t let this stop you! Let’s have a chat - there’s a good chance I can have your puppy here while you’re away. I’m not going anywhere! ☺️

I’ll try to get some more photos of our wee boys tonight. It’s hard now - they run so fast!! 😅
In the meantime, here’s the little Eggy boy, plotting his escape from the pen! 😁

26/05/2024

These days it’s either silent while everybody sleeps, or CHAOS when they play! 😂

You might not be able to tell in this wee video, but we’re down to four puppies - Button left us yesterday! She’s now called Pepper (😍), and has gone to live her best life in the Queenstown Lakes District with an old school friend of mine! 🥹🥰

16/05/2024

Sorry it has been a bit silent around here!! I’ve had a wee bit going on. 😮‍💨

Here’s a two minute video of the puppies playing to make up for it. 😊

They got a significant accommodation upgrade a couple of weeks ago and are now living in their mega play pen! Here they get heaps of stimulation - they have different combinations of toys swapped in and out every day, and they also get little age-appropriate challenges. Today’s wee challenge was this box that their food arrived in - it’s about the same height as them and I thought I’d see how they went with climbing on it. They were VERY into it, and some of them got a bit bold and started really leaping off it!! 😱🤭 I had to take it off them pretty quickly because it’s not very good for their wee joints to jump like that at this age!
They take themselves off to bed in their crate and come out to go to the toilet (yes, this is something they have to learn how to do!), and they’re enjoying exploring around the garden and meeting lots of different people. They are all VERY social wee critters!!
They’re also having lots of baths and learning to be ok with the hairdryer. Because they don’t shed, they need to be regularly groomed, and it’s important we start the process of getting them used to it right from the start. The next step will be running an electric toothbrush over them (to practice for the clippers) and brushing them, and before they go to their families they will have their first little mini groom. ☺️

07/05/2024

The puppies had their professional photo shoot in the weekend! 🤩 (Enormous thanks once again to Kimberley Cheyne Photography!)

They had the time of their lives exploring the garden - MUCH braver than their previous experience outdoors! 😆

BUNNY (girl) - Bunny is quite dark chocolate-coloured, but with streaks of lots of different shades in her fur. She is almost completely brown, with just a tiny little white streak on her chest. She's very sweet and gentle, and loves a cuddle. She's also the most relaxed in the bath!

EGG (boy) - Egg is parti-coloured, with three main colours in the mix: largely white with big dark brown patches, but he has little light brown patches in some places - most notably his cute wee eyebrows! He plays hard and sleeps hard!

BUTTON (girl) - Button is the darkest of the three chocolate pups, but she has a large-ish white patch on her chest, a tiny little white goatee, and white toes on her back feet. She is also very sweet and cuddly!

HOT CROSS BUN (boy) - HCB is parti like his brother Egg, but he only has two colours - predominantly white, with very dark brown spots (they probably look black in some photos, but I can assure you they are brown). I had actually pegged HCB as a bit of a whiny baby (🙊😂) but he really came into his own out in the garden, and proved that he was VERY brave and curious, and full of beans!!

MARSHMALLOW (girl) - Marshmallow is the lightest brown one, and she has a white chest and white toes on her back feet, like Button. She's the most reserved of the bunch - often just sitting quietly at the back of the group. She's VERY gentle, and very very cuddly.

Bunny and Button have found wonderful homes, but Marshmallow, Hot Cross Bun, and Egg are still available, so please do get in touch if you're thinking about adding a pup to your family! 🥰

05/05/2024

A little note about coats!

These puppies are SPOODLES, which is a cross between cocker spaniels and poodles (known as cockerpoos in North America and the UK). One of the main reasons people cross all sorts of dogs with poodles is because of the huge benefits of the poodle coat - it does not shed, and is hypoallergenic (less likely to cause allergies). Most “oodles” will have wavy or curly non-shedding fur. Sometimes one with a straighter, shedding coat will sneak through, usually in a first generation mix. This “first generation”, known as “F1”, is the offspring of a purebred dog, such as a cocker spaniel, and a poodle. In this case the genetics passed on are a bit less predictable. Often breeders will “backcross” the next generation, so breed an oodle with a poodle again, resulting in more poodle in the mix, and a much more reliable “teddy bear” look, with non-shedding, hypoallergenic fur.

There are three types of coat oodles have: hair, fleece, or wool.
HAIR is straighter and coarser, and likely to shed.
FLEECE is wavy or big soft curls, and won’t shed.
WOOL is tight curls, and won’t shed.

Daisy is an F1b toy spoodle: her mum was an F1 (first generation) spoodle, and her dad was a toy poodle. Alfie is a purebred toy poodle. This makes their babies F1bb spoodles (backcrossed twice to the poodle) - meaning they are actually 7/8ths poodle. Both Daisy and Alfie have fleece coats, and the puppies all do too. This means I can confidently guarantee they will not be shedding dogs, and they won’t have much of a doggy smell. 😊 Personally I think this is a huge benefit, but please be aware that that means they require brushing and regular grooming, which is a bit of extra work/cost to factor in. Please also note that hypoallergenic does not mean non-allergenic, it means LOWER. If you’re allergic to other dogs, there’s a good chance an oodle will work for you, but please do meet the puppy before you commit to it, to be sure. 😊

Thank you for coming to my (Daisy and) Ted Talk!! 😄 The next one will be on colour genetics! 😉😁

03/05/2024

Feeding time! (Again!)
(Daisy is not actually allowed in there while they are eating, but she was quicker than I was this time and I let her away with it. 🙊)

The wee pups are five weeks old and they’re AWESOME at eating their food now! They have experienced a few different textures and flavours, and approach them all with gusto! 😋
They’re also playing with toys, and they’re sleeping less and wanting to be interacted with more. They’re basically in a routine of sleep ➡️ eat ➡️ play (and poo everywhere) ➡️ repeat. 🔄

(Sound on if you want to hear their little eating noises! 🥰)

28/04/2024

First time outside today! They took a LONG time to be brave enough to come out of the crate, and then they really just wanted to climb straight into my lap. 😆 We’ll try again another day! 😅 At least they’ve had the experience: felt the breeze, touched the grass, heard a variety of traffic noises, etc. It’s all good practice for being out in the real world! 😊
(Button and Bunny at the front are so cute in this wee video, but I am aware Hot Cross Bun has a REALLY pooey bum!! 🙈 He’s had a bath now!! 😂👍)

25/04/2024

The puppies are four weeks old! Here’s a little round up of photos from the last few days. (Check out the last two, where you can see how much they’ve grown in the last four weeks. 😁)

I absolutely love this fourth week, because like magic they suddenly turn from quite helpless little slug-puppies into proper tiny little dogs. 😄

They’re finally aware of the world around them: they get excited when they see me, they explore novel objects they encounter, and they’re playing with each other (and with big brother Rupert!). They’ve also started doing all sorts of other things proper dogs do, like wagging their tails, squatting to poo, and licking me and each other. Their walking is getting so much stronger - they’re even starting to try running now! They’ve had their first bath (and all of them coped very well 🥰) and they’re starting to learn how to eat solids (not doing very well at that quite yet 😆). Now that their hair is longer and fluffier, you can see a wee wave starting to come in.

They’re all completely adorable, and will be ready to go to their families in just one more month! Check out our website and get in touch if you’re interested in adding one of these babies to your life. 🥰

Daisy and Ted