Happy Holidays to all of our extended Songbird family! It’s been a while since I updated, as always. I’m going to make it one of my New Year’s Resolutions to be more active on the website and social media in 2026. Our two-year-old is finally starting to be a bit more independent, thank god! ThereContinue reading “2025 Update”
Author Archives: Rebecca Cao
2024: A Turning Point
I haven’t blogged in a very long time, and I’m always saying that, and I feel badly about it! I had planned to do a series of posts on handling tips, which I will get back to at some point. This past year has been a huge challenge for me personally, since we welcomed aContinue reading “2024: A Turning Point”
Handling Tips Part One: Stacking
Disclaimer: most of these tips are specific to Siberians, although they apply to a lot of other breeds as well. So I am far from the best handler in the world, but I am always striving to improve, and I’m pretty good at observing and imitating others, so I thought I’d share some of myContinue reading “Handling Tips Part One: Stacking”
Adventures In Choosing Stud Dogs
I’m a planner, and I like to have my breedings planned out as far in advance as possible. Of course, most planned breedings don’t work out, as I typically change my mind about 1000 times. Sometimes, though, I just know from the start — I picked Valley for Serena when she was 3 months oldContinue reading “Adventures In Choosing Stud Dogs”
2022
Goodbye, 2022! This was a huge year for us in terms of milestones. So much happened that it’s difficult to believe it all happened in such a short amount of time. It will take a while for me to process everything. There were a lot of hard times as well, even traumatic losses, which weContinue reading “2022”