Three Doves

10/31/2026

It’s almost Happy Hour at Three Doves.
We’re excited to announce our Happy Hour Litter: Blaze x Aster, due November 11.
Aster earned High in Trial and finished her Containers title at her latest scent work trial. Blaze is a hunt test dog who just picked up another qualifying score toward his Junior Hunter title. Both are therapy dogs, so they bring the temperament to match their talent.
We expect talented performance prospects that are calm and easy to live with at home, raised for hunting, sports, therapy work, and active companion homes.
Applications are open. Grab your seat at the bar:
https://form.jotform.com/230107593764054
Cheers to what’s coming.
Three Doves Performance Dogs

10/31/2026

Happy 1st Birthday to the Apple Dumpling Gang! Post some pictures and updates! Blaze x Aster 2025

10/30/2026

Aster is expecting: the ultrasound that changed our minds



Surprise. On October 13, Aster's ultrasound said she wasn't pregnant. Sixteen days later, on October 29, we went back for one more look, and the vet confirmed it: Aster is expecting.

The dark, round pockets on the scan are fluid-filled sacs, each holding a puppy. Ultrasound can't give a reliable count, so we'll know how many after her X-ray in early November.

Sire: BlazE. Dam: Aster. Puppies are due in mid-November.

Three Doves Performance Dogs, English Springer Spaniels.
Inquiries: [email protected]

Music: Brahms' Lullaby (public domain), music-box arrangement made for this video.

10/28/2026

Isn’t Zelda (Blaze x Etta) just the cutest?

Zelda came in yesterday for a weight check but she had to show off her beautiful butterfly costume!

10/16/2026

One more reason to wait on sterilizing your dog.

✂️🥜🐶 WHAT IF WHEN YOU SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR DOG MATTERS JUST AS MUCH AS WHETHER YOU DO IT?

Preventing unwanted litters matters. But is it time to rethink HOW we sterilize dogs? Hormone-sparing procedures, including hysterectomy and vasectomy, can prevent reproduction while preserving natural s*x hormones.

🔬 NEW 2026 PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Over 10 years, researchers reviewed records from 56,254 veterinary patients, including 313 dogs with mast cell tumors and 638 tumor-free comparison dogs. The study was accepted for publication in The Veterinary Journal.

🤯 1. TIMING MATTERS!

Dogs spayed or neutered before age 2 had 343% higher odds of a mast cell tumor diagnosis compared with intact dogs. Dogs sterilized after age 2 showed no statistically significant increase.

🐕 2. SIZE MATTERS!

Compared with small dogs, medium dogs had 2.6 times the odds and large dogs 5.2 times the odds.

⚖️ 3. WEIGHT MATTERS!

Overweight dogs had 80% higher odds than dogs at an ideal weight.

🧬 4. BREED MATTERS!

Compared with mixed-breed dogs, American Pit Bull Terriers had 7.5 times the odds and Boxers 3.9 times. Some breed groups were small.

❤️ 5. WHAT ABOUT SURVIVAL?

Neutering status wasn’t significantly associated with survival after surgery. Tumor grade and size were more important predictors.

🔬 WHY MIGHT HORMONES MATTER?

S*x hormones influence immune function and development. Researchers propose that early hormone removal and changes in luteinizing hormone (LH) may play a role, but this remains unproven.

🐾 THE BIG TAKEAWAY

Preventing unwanted litters doesn’t always mean removing hormone-producing organs. It’s time for individualized conversations with veterinarians about WHEN and HOW we sterilize dogs.

📄 Download the FREE PDF with the latest research surrounding Spay & Neuter Syndrome. Link in comments!

10/15/2026

KennelTree is nearly ready. Try it first, with your own dogs, on your Mac, iPhone or iPad, and tell us what is wrong or missing.

10/14/2026

Most breeders mean to put up a website one day. KennelTree now does it for you, from the records you already keep, and it costs nothing to host. How it works 1. Choose your dogs. In the Library, pick a group such as Owned and choose Show Listed Dogs on

10/12/2026

Trust the nose. 👃
Etta: 2 Q’s (Interior and Exterior)
Aster: High in Trial, 1st in Exterior, 2nd in Containers, and a NEW TITLE
Weekend total: 5 Q’s for Etta, a High in Trial and a title for Aster, and two very tired springers.

10/11/2026

Etta’s first AKC Scent Work trial was a big day. We came home with 3 Q’s and first legs toward her Novice Interior, Novice Exterior and Novice Containers titles. Thank you to the judges, volunteers and the ABdFC for a great trial. Next stop: more legs.

10/08/2026

Pedigrees, titles and health records for your dogs, on Mac, iPhone and iPad. Drop in an AKC pedigree and the generations fill themselves in. Titles read the way the AKC prints them. OFA clearances on the record. Try a breeding before you make it.

Real app, real dogs, my own voice. In beta on TestFlight, coming to the App Store.

Full video and sign-up: https://kenneltree.com/video/
See a published tree: https://tree.kenneltree.com/threedoves/