Catera Field Spaniels

08/13/2026

Silly pups- they love lying in the sun.
It was hot, hot, hot today but they soaked it up.

☀️

08/02/2026

Teller is begging for popcorn 🍿!

Do you have a Field who likes to beg?

07/31/2026

Felix!

A year ago, I was sharing pictures of Felix saying that he was available to a home interested in showing him. I didn’t get any response so I knew that he should stay with us (what’s one more? 🤷‍♀️)

He has become my little shadow and now I really couldn’t imagine not having him laying next to me.

This last weekend, we went to Waukesha, Wisconsin for shows.

Felix was the ultimate showman-
He was Winners Dog the first 2 shows for 4 point majors each time. The first show he was Best of Winners and the second show he also was awarded an Award of Merit. This completed the points he needed to finish his AKC Championship (pending AKC verification)
He then earned a Judge’s Award of Merit on Sunday as a new Champion.

For those following him, he also earned his first major at 8 months old by being awarded Best of Breed over group-placing specials.

If you aren’t familiar with dog show language, you can just say that “He did good!”

I am so impressed with him as well as the other OscarX Suzy puppies.

07/11/2026

Today the party girls are 9 years old! Just don’t tell them 🤣
They both have a touch of gray on their faces but they still enjoy having fun.

Hazel has been enjoying freestyle training and Delaney still goes to agility class.

*Valentine, the cat, had to photobomb and provide distraction

06/25/2026

Copied from another site but sharing

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06/16/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DwGjuxPum/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Sharing posted by a different breeder in a different breed. But needs to be shared

This past weekend at a show, a Clumber breeder told one of my owners—someone who is completely new to dog shows—that they didn’t like a single thing about her Rainsway Clumber, stating another dog related to their kennel was better in “every single way.”

We all have different opinions on dogs, pedigrees, and breeding programs. That’s normal and healthy for a breed. But if experienced breeders truly cannot find a single positive thing to say about a young dog standing in front of them, especially when speaking to a newcomer to our sport, then the problem is no longer about the dog.

This kind of behavior is inappropriate, unprofessional, and particularly damaging in any breed that desperately needs new people to stay involved. We cannot spend our time wondering why participation is declining while simultaneously discouraging the very people willing to invest their time, money, and hearts into our breeds.

If we want a future for purebred dogs, we need to do better than this. We need to remember that every newcomer who walks away is one less person preserving, promoting, and loving our breeds.

For my part, I will continue to be an open book and offer help, support, and advice to Clumber owners regardless of kennel affiliation. I can honestly say I have helped groom dogs and provided grooming, feeding, care, and show advice to owners with Clumbers from nearly every kennel in the country.

Our breed is too small, and our future too important, to let kennel politics get in the way of helping people. 🤍

I hope more of us breeders will choose mentorship and encouragement moving forward. Kindness costs nothing. Losing newcomers will cost us everything.

06/07/2026

Brotherly love!
It’s another rainy day here and the boys took a nice nap. They love laying beside each other and sometimes take it even further!