News/Updates at Kodivaro Kennels!
June 21, 2024 - Just got my NGA Ambassador membership approved Proud to support Greyhounds doing what they love! ❤️
June 16, 2024 - Dutch has been a busy boy again this weekend! Today he finished *4* new titles: Trick Dog Novice (TKN) with AKC, and Novice Trick Dog (NTD), Canine Conditioning and Fitness Level 1 (CCF1), and the Doglympian 2024 (OD-24) with DMWYD, which brings him to 10 titles before 7 months of age!
To earn the OD-24, a dog has to finish at least 5 titles with DMWYD in 2024, and Dutch is the first Greyhound to do it! 🏅
Pending AKC and DMWYD, he is now:
Cashel's One More Score "Dutch" 🥭
✨ VHMP VHMA TKN NTD SSH SOR OD-24 CCF1 2K9 T3 ✨
As always, thank you to Cheryl Strelbicki-Cieslinski for evaluating all of our submissions. We're done with our list of trick titles for 2024 (except a couple of seasonal ones opening up later this year) and will be spending summer preparing for this baby outlaw's first shows in early fall. Good boy, Dutchy! 😊
To earn the OD-24, a dog has to finish at least 5 titles with DMWYD in 2024, and Dutch is the first Greyhound to do it! 🏅
Pending AKC and DMWYD, he is now:
Cashel's One More Score "Dutch" 🥭
✨ VHMP VHMA TKN NTD SSH SOR OD-24 CCF1 2K9 T3 ✨
As always, thank you to Cheryl Strelbicki-Cieslinski for evaluating all of our submissions. We're done with our list of trick titles for 2024 (except a couple of seasonal ones opening up later this year) and will be spending summer preparing for this baby outlaw's first shows in early fall. Good boy, Dutchy! 😊
June 15, 2024 - We now have a gorgeous update to the Kodivaro logo, thanks to its original designer Carol Gravely of Pawsitive Expressions, LLC! The logo now features both a Greyhound and a Siberian (our future and our past, modeled after Dutch and Kodi.) The image in the text has also been changed, from the aurora borealis in the far north to the mountains and prairies - perfect for coursing - that are found right here in Oklahoma!
I love it so much. Carol does great work - be sure to give her a look if you need a pet portrait or logo! 🤩
I love it so much. Carol does great work - be sure to give her a look if you need a pet portrait or logo! 🤩
June 4, 2024 - Dutch has been a very busy boy! Pending AKC and DMWYD, he earned *6* new titles the past 3 days: the Virtual Home Manners Puppy (VHMP), Virtual Home Manners Adult (VHMA), Summer Scavenger Hunt (SSH), Summer of Ruff (SOR), 2k-9 Ruff Run (2K9), and the Triple Threat (T3).
He's also the first Greyhound ever to earn the SOR, which is fun!🥇
Thanks so much to Anne Sheridan for sharing this boy with me - he is such a sweetheart and so, so much fun! And a HUGE thank-you to Cheryl Strelbicki-Cieslinski for evaluating all of these for us.
Cashel's One More Score "Dutch" 🥭
✨ VHMA VHMP SSH SOR 2K9 T3 ✨
He's also the first Greyhound ever to earn the SOR, which is fun!🥇
Thanks so much to Anne Sheridan for sharing this boy with me - he is such a sweetheart and so, so much fun! And a HUGE thank-you to Cheryl Strelbicki-Cieslinski for evaluating all of these for us.
Cashel's One More Score "Dutch" 🥭
✨ VHMA VHMP SSH SOR 2K9 T3 ✨
May 19, 2024 - Baby Dutch has arrived! He handled the drive like a champ, and didn't make a peep in the crate (until briefly at bedtime, of course, but I'm pretty sure it's a rite of passage for all dogs to do that on their first night.)
Shiva already loves him, and Kodi took one sniff and walked away to continue napping, as expected.
Thank you so much to Anne Sheridan for this sweet, gorgeous boy. I can already tell he's going to fit in perfectly, and I can't wait to take him on some big adventures!
Cashel's One More Score "Dutch" (Cashel's Bacchanalia x Cashel's Bit O Honey)
Shiva already loves him, and Kodi took one sniff and walked away to continue napping, as expected.
Thank you so much to Anne Sheridan for this sweet, gorgeous boy. I can already tell he's going to fit in perfectly, and I can't wait to take him on some big adventures!
Cashel's One More Score "Dutch" (Cashel's Bacchanalia x Cashel's Bit O Honey)
May 13, 2024 - Hello, everyone! I know it's been a while since I've updated (apologies for the radio silence.) However, I'm excited to announce some BIG changes that are finally coming to fruition after a long couple of years of planning and deliberation!
As you may have noticed, the name of this site is no longer "Kodivaro Siberians," but is instead "Kodivaro Kennels."
That's because, as of 2024, the focus of this program will no longer be Siberian Huskies but another ancient, athletic breed who has quietly occupied a place in my heart for just as long: the Greyhound.
It's a bittersweet change - I've loved Siberians for more than half my life, and I wouldn't trade the dogs I've gotten to love or the time we spent together for anything. But almost a decade spent with the breed has taught me that the vast majority of Siberians are not as good a fit for me and my lifestyle as I used to think, and pretending otherwise does a disservice to both me and them.
Kodi and Shiva will stay with me for the rest of their lives, because they're my best friends and I would never give them up. But they'll be the last two, and aside from the occasional AKC Turkey Trot or 5k Easter Bunny Run, they're both fully retired.
I'm far from finished in the show and sport world, though, which brings me to the most exciting part of this post: the Kodivaro family will be growing by one in less than a week!
Introducing Cashel's One More Score, aka "Dutch!" Dutch is a gorgeous 6-month old boy out of Cashel's Bacchanalia x Cashel's Bit O Honey, named after the infamous outlaw from the Red Dead Redemption series. His pedigree goes back to several racing lines which I greatly admire, and next week he'll make the trip from Cashel Farm GHs all the way down to Oklahoma to join the pack.
Thank you to Anne Sheridan for entrusting me with this boy - I couldn't ask for a better foundation, or a better new friend.
Look for Dutch in the show ring and on the coursing field very soon - he'll happily say hello in exchange for a scritch or two!
As you may have noticed, the name of this site is no longer "Kodivaro Siberians," but is instead "Kodivaro Kennels."
That's because, as of 2024, the focus of this program will no longer be Siberian Huskies but another ancient, athletic breed who has quietly occupied a place in my heart for just as long: the Greyhound.
It's a bittersweet change - I've loved Siberians for more than half my life, and I wouldn't trade the dogs I've gotten to love or the time we spent together for anything. But almost a decade spent with the breed has taught me that the vast majority of Siberians are not as good a fit for me and my lifestyle as I used to think, and pretending otherwise does a disservice to both me and them.
Kodi and Shiva will stay with me for the rest of their lives, because they're my best friends and I would never give them up. But they'll be the last two, and aside from the occasional AKC Turkey Trot or 5k Easter Bunny Run, they're both fully retired.
I'm far from finished in the show and sport world, though, which brings me to the most exciting part of this post: the Kodivaro family will be growing by one in less than a week!
Introducing Cashel's One More Score, aka "Dutch!" Dutch is a gorgeous 6-month old boy out of Cashel's Bacchanalia x Cashel's Bit O Honey, named after the infamous outlaw from the Red Dead Redemption series. His pedigree goes back to several racing lines which I greatly admire, and next week he'll make the trip from Cashel Farm GHs all the way down to Oklahoma to join the pack.
Thank you to Anne Sheridan for entrusting me with this boy - I couldn't ask for a better foundation, or a better new friend.
Look for Dutch in the show ring and on the coursing field very soon - he'll happily say hello in exchange for a scritch or two!