Update April 2025: Litter plans Postponed

A quick update to let everyone know that our next litter plans have been postponed.

I'm planning to attend World Dog Show in Helsinki Finland in August and need to plan around that so we don't have puppies here at the same time.

You may receive similar information from other Finnish Lapphund breeders. Especially those who don't employ staff to attend to their dogs and raise their puppies. Most breeders I know are heading to Helsinki. Last time the World Dog show was hosted in Finland there were 500 Finnish Lapphund entries. Breeders from across the globe descended on Finland to meet so many dogs and to meet each other in person and I'm so looking forward to this opportunity.

It's going to be tough enough looking after my 3 adults and the house without the additional stress of raising puppies, finding and preparing owners and getting puppies off to their new homes. I should know, I do it all the time. Wouldn't wish that craziness on anyone kind enough to help me get to Finland.

When is our next litter? We have no idea.

It will of course depend on the girls timing from here on in to determine when we can plan for our next litter. Autumn was just in season so she's probably at least 8 months from having a litter and 10 months from puppies being ready to go home.

Nala, I suspect her season was delayed due to excitement of a house move and staying with extended family when we expected her in season. Either that or it was missed. Usually our girls are very clean so it can be easy not to notice.

If it was stress of the move we'll find out when she next comes into season as it will be out of sync and could be anytime. If it was missed she'll possibly be back in season in June and we'll have to postpone her litter plan until the next season in December, with puppies born approx 2.5 months later and home 2 months after that...so possibly April 2026.

There's a small summary of canine reproduction on my website caleebra.com/puppies.

If you're happy to stay with us, we'll send out updates as events unfold but we can confidently say we won't be having any puppies born before the end of August at the earliest, and only available once they're 8 weeks old. So that's looking like leaving for their homes no earlier than the end of October.

If you go elsewhere, we wish you the best of luck.

Picture of Muffin learning some impulse control. She's ridiculously cute