Kennel Sons of North

12/06/2025

Happy Independence Day Finland 🇫🇮

Hyvää Itsenäisyyspäivää Suomi 🇫🇮

I miss my home country and all that it has to offer 💙

And of course stunning picture of Jax taken by back in 2017 💙

11/05/2025

Opie update 💚

Journey figuring out what is wrong with Opie has been long.

As I shared previously he had weird back pain and I eventually took him for X-rays January 2025.

The Xrays showed signs of change in the spine but the cause was unknown and there was no diagnosis.

He then went off to neurologist and surgeon who both agreed that they didn’t see any signs of arthritis (which was first one possibility). He was given medication and he felt better and didn’t have pain.

During this summer he lost a ton of weight and his appetite was gone.

We took whole panel of blood tests and while everything was normal, there were signs that he was fighting some type of infection. Again couldn’t get proper diagnosis.

September I decided to try out ct scan because it will give more answers.

And the day of the ct scan the machine broke down 🤦🏻‍♀️

Then we waited another 3 weeks to schedule it again.

Ct scan results came back with diagnosis: discospondylitis

Most common cause of discospondylitis is brucellosis.

Probably the worst thing that as breeder you need to worry about.

Brucellosis is a contagious bacterial infection that can cause a number of reproductive problems, including infertility and abortion in breeding dogs. Female dogs infected with brucellosis develop an infection of the uterus. And worst of all - there is no cure.

As I learned quickly- the dog can get brucellosis even though they haven’t been bred.

Then the painful wait for the test results started for brucellosis.

After days not hearing from the lab, our repro vet called the lab asking why the test results were not back yet and apparently there was a mixup in the lab with Opie’s sample 😞

Yesterday finally received the tests results and it was negative 💙

Even though the cause is still unknown, we are starting him on antibiotics try to clear the infection out.

As we have ruled out brucellosis, 2 other causes are bacterial and fungal.

Spondylitis should not be confused with spondylosis which is a different spine condition.

However the recovery is long and he will need Xrays taken every couple of months to see that antibiotics are working, he should make full recovery❤️‍🩹

10/24/2025

My Lyla 🩷 was here for daycare & boarding and I wanted to share how much she looks like momma Tara!

Actually when looking at all the puppies from our first litter - it’s pretty obvious how strong Tara’s genes are because so many puppies remind me of Tara 🥰

But Lyla is complete copy of Tara 🩷🤣

Now when they are getting closer to their 2 year birthday (crazy how fast time goes!) especially the boys are getting more of their daddy’s looks.

Lyla always comes here like she never left & runs in the woods like it’s her backyard.

10/22/2025

Little Tara has grown up to be amazing hiking girl 😍

10/13/2025

We haven’t been posting much because we have been vacationing & enjoying the best time of the year 😍

Forever grateful that came to visit us again and spent some time with the stunning fall colors of New England.

We chased so many sunrises & sunsets and climbed mountains ⛰️

Thankful for all the people in my life that make things like this possible.

Also, what incredible gift to have that someone can make magical pictures like this with my little wild one 🩷

09/17/2025

First set of official health results are in! Happy to share that Ally's spine got graded LTV0 :)

09/15/2025

First performance title for our girl (September 2025). Rally Obedience (URO1)

09/14/2025

She might not have succeeded in the show ring but she came in hot for her Rally obedience trials and finished her URO1 title in one weekend 🩷

Her very first performance title 🥰

The way I prep for my trials is not for everyone and definitely is not something I recommend as I usually enter dogs and then start training 🤣

But sometimes it does work out 😊

So proud of my little girl 🤩

URO 1 CH Nat/Int SR CH CHIDORI Nasha Comanda CGC

08/31/2025

Opie is having a rough year 😕

First, beginning of the year he was experiencing some back issues where I already thought that his performance career was over.

After seeing surgeon & neurologist they luckily both thought that they don’t see anything wrong. He went through some medication & was crate rested until like June when we got back to training slowly.

He had been losing weight in the past weeks & months and then one day I came home and he was almost lethargic. Definitely not himself. Previously he had started this weird coughing that I didn’t think much about.

That “episode” really scared me because one of my puppies had seizure when he was about 6 months old and Opie behavior was almost similar. Even though I didn’t witness any seizures with Opie.

(He has no prior experience in anything like this).

I took him to the vet because you just know your own dogs and something wasn’t right.

He was diagnosed with ALLERGIES. 🤧

We are running full blood panel just to be sure that it’s not something else as well.

The moment the doctor told me that I was like what? And she replied. “Yes, I see this a lot this time of the year”

(And I also heard several dogs doing the same coughing sound at the vet when we were leaving 🤣)

It wouldn’t explain the weight loss though but the vet agrees that if he has been coughing for hours, it’s a big stress for the dog and can make them look lethargic.

At the vet he weighed only 68 lbs 😭 (31kg) which is definitely low for him. He is mostly been around 73-78lbs.

Hoping to get back his results next week 💚

Another brake from training once again 😞

One day - one day we will return back to the trialing fields again 😅

Get well soon my Opie ❤️‍🩹

08/28/2025

08/21/2025

Tara 😍

I know these posts and videos have been so much about Ally & the boys that many might have think Tara is not here anymore 🤪

She definitely is 🥰

She had yesterday her own spa day (which included 3 hours at the groomers 😅)

She was so nice & clean & white and at the moment she is rolling in the wet, super green grass……

Her presence is our pack is super valuable- she is the one who puts Ally in her place and she will be a great 2nd momma to our future puppies. She is also the one that guards the property the most and senses when there are wildlife nearby.

She also tries to fight with the wildlife (with not so good results)

She has definitely some 🇦🇷 blood in her and would be happy to live outside 24/7.

However, when the fireplace is on during the winter months, she curls herself up in front of it and is the most cutest thing ever 🥰

She has given all of her 11 puppies the super sweet temperament and they are extremely velcro to their humans 😍

Tara was my first girl dog and taught me so much 😮‍💨

CH Mountain Wolves Olympia Star CGC 🩷

08/13/2025

Ally has been busy 🩷

May/June 2025 - Ally achieved her National Senior Puppy & International Senior Puppy titles (IABCA)

July 2025 - Ally attended her first UKC shows bringing back several group placements including Group 1 😭 She received compliments of her upbeat temperament & her behavior considering it was her first UKC show. She got all of the points needed for champion title (UKC)

August 2025 - Ally passed CGC test and got new title 🏆

Ally attended her 2nd UKC shows and finished her UKC Champion title (pending on UKC).

So proud of my girl 🤩

She was awarded her competition wins under judges: Diana Brumbaugh, Donna Beadle & Kevin Carroll.

She has really put her best effort into showing even in the most challenging situations (aka the weather - during super hot 🥵 temperatures she still had energy to focus and keep running in circles).

Diana gave her Group 1
Donna gave her Group 3
Kevin gave her BOB

CH Nat/Int SR CH CHIDORI Nasha Comanda CCG

We will take a deserved break from trialing & showing until next month for our own Maine show 🩷