Tessa's CCA American Cockapoo Puppies  
Josie Montanari 818-438-0887
(Updated July 25, 2004)

Sold Forest 8 weeks 9.5 lbs

Sold Shadow 8 weeks 7.2 lbs

Sold Forest, black male 5wks		Sold Shadow, black male 5wks
Shadow 5weeks Available	Shadow 5 weeks Available	Our kitty Trina had to get in the picture with Shadow! Available

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Tessa  is a CCA Five Star Rated Dam.  She is a Standard Sized First Generation CCA American Cockapoo who is AKC provable, CERF certified annually and found to be free of genetic eye disease, and OFA certified to be free of genetic patellar luxation.  Tessa stands 21 1/2 inches from the floor to the base of her shoulder blades and 21 1/2 inches from the base of her collar to the base of her tail.  She is one of the largest Cockapoos I have seen.  

You may have seen Tessa's puppy pictures before on the web.  She was bred by Rhonda Carlson and Tessa's dam, Bridget, an AKC Standard Poodle, is owned by Rhonda's sister Krissy Cooper.  Both are CCA Four Star Rated Breeders which means that both of Tessa's parents are AKC registered and currently CERF'ed annually and OFA certified.  The sire I used for this litter "Toby Clause Anderson" is a first generation CCA American Cockapoo who is AKC provable, CERF certified annually and OFA certified to be free of genetic patellar luxation. He is the same stud we used for Tianna's second litter because his puppies were so beautiful!  

Tessa  is three years old and this is her first litter.  Tessa is a beautiful, lively, happy, affectionate, Cockapoo that loves to hug.  She is our 10 year old daughter Monica's best friend.  Tessa waits on the back of the loveseat in our living room for Monica to come home from school.  Tessa can't wait for Monica to play with her.  She loves to run in the back yard and play while Monica swings, and she even lets Monica dress her up.  Tessa sleeps in Monica's room at night.

Tessa two days before she delivered waiting to give birth in her new whelping box made by Uncle Sonny.	Tessa & Uncle Sonny share a tender moment as she thanks him for her new whelping box & he wishes her a safe delivery of her eight pups.

My brother Sonny and his wonderful wife Betty are a fantastic Uncle and Aunt  to Tessa...and a great team.  Sonny & Betty made Tessa a beautiful whelping box for her to give birth to her puppies in.  The box he made is extremely functional and wonderfully made with love.  Above you see Tessa waiting to whelp her first litter, and on the right she is loving Sonny thanking him for the awesome whelping box.  Sonny & Betty are animal lovers too. It runs in the family. They own two Cockapoos themselves.  

If you click on the photo of the whelping box the picture will enlarge.  Notice the puppy rail made with PVC pipe.  It has a space underneath to prevent Tess from accidentally crushing her pups against the wall of the box.  The pups can escape under the rail. There is an acrylic door that slides in a slot in the front opening allowing Tessa easy access into and out of the whelping box while keeping the puppies safely inside and since the door is clear acrylic, I can see the puppies are safe from across the room in the kitchen.  Sonny made the acrylic door in varying heights so the door can be taller as the puppies get bigger.  He thought of everything.  The whelping box is in our family room where the temperature is a constant 77 degrees the first two weeks of the puppies lives since they cannot regulate their body temperature yet.  At night I move Tess and the puppies upstairs next to our bed so I can make sure they are safe and be a support for Tessa if she needs to go outside.

The Puppies Arrived!!!

The evening of May 4 and early May 5, 2004 Tessa's eight puppies came into the world.  There are five girls and three boys.  The colors of the girls are Chocolate, Buff, Silver Buff and two are solid beautiful black like their Mom & Dad.  Two of the boys are solid black, and one is black with a white diamond on his chest, a white chin, and the tips of his back toes look like they were dipped in milk.  The dam is Standard Sized 40 pounds, the sire is Mini sized 14 pounds.  These puppies will be 25 to 40 pounds which is LARGE, not a lap dog (Please don't tell Tessa she is not a lap dog...she thinks she is.  Grin!).  If you are interested you may telephone for an interview to be on the waiting list for a future litter.  The best time to reach me is 9am to 1pm (California Time, Pacific Standard Daylight Savings Time) Mon. through Fri. at 818-438-0887.  If you miss me, leave a detailed message with your phone number and the best time to call, and I will call you back.  Click on the photo to enlarge it then close the X to come back to this page.  More photos are to follow.  Check back later.

Tessa nursing her precious puppies  May 5, 2004. Click on photos to enlarge.	Happy Tessa smiles at me after giving birth to her eight puppies May 5, 2004.  She is so proud of her beautiful puppies!
Just hours old, all snuggled up  to keep warm!	Just hours old, from left to right Sunshine (Ruby), Brownie (Coco), Cookie, Pinky Rose, Shadow, Thunderbolt, Forest, Buffy (Emma).

Tessa's puppies came into the world May 4-5, 2004.  Josie begin charting Tessa's temperature 10 days before her due date which was May 1.  Tessa's temperature dropped on May 3 which usually means puppies within 24 hours but Tess took about 36 hours.  She really wanted to give birth in our turtle burrow in the back yard, and it took a lot of convincing by Josie that Uncle Sonny did NOT built that fancy new whelping box so she could have her precious pups in the dirt!  I had to put Tessa on a leash every time she went outside to potty to keep her out of the turtle burrow.  Tessa needed lots of walking when she was in labor.  She had a lot of pressure with eight little ones taking up so much space.  Finally, after the sun set May 4, we settled down in Tessa's whelping box.  Since Tessa wouldn't stay in there by her self...Josie sat with her in the whelping box and gently massaged her back and belly convincing her to stay in the whelping box.  We watched HGTV and waited and waited... and finally...

9:01pm on May 4 "Sunshine" (yellow satin ribbon) (now named Ruby) the largest black girl was born into Josie's waiting hands weighing in at a whopping 11 ounces.  Black is our most favorite Cockapoo color so we were just ecstatic! Click on the photos to enlarge them, then close the window to come back to this page.

Sold "Ruby" (Sunshine) Black Girl 2 wks.

Ron & Sandy visit their new puppy Ruby!

Ruby 5 weeks old.

9:38pm next our precious little "Cookie" a silver buff, the smallest girl was born weighing in at 9 ounces.

Sold "Cookie" Silver Buff Girl 2wks.	Cookie snoozing 3 wks 4 days old.	Cookie 5 weeks old.
	Stephanie & Faith visit their new puppy Cookie.

9:58pm "Brownie" (now named Coco) our yummy solid Dove dark Chocolate girl was born weighing in at 10.5 ounces.  

Sold "Coco" (Brownie) Chocolate Girl 2wks.

The Hileman family visit their new puppy Coco.

Coco 5 weeks old.

10:22pm "Pinky Rose" (pink satin ribbon) our second precious black girl was born weighing in at 10.4 ounces.

Sold Sadie Rose (Pinky Rose) Black Girl 2 wks.

Sadie Rose (Pinky Rose)  5 weeks old.

10:50pm "Thunderbolt" (red satin ribbon) our first black boy was born weighing in at 10.4 ounces.  He has a white chin a white lightening bolt on his chest and his two back paws look like the tips were dipped in milk.

Sold Teddy II (Thunderbolt)  Black Male 2wks

Teddy II (Thunderbolt) 5 weeks old.

11:08pm "Shadow" (blue satin ribbon) our first solid black boy was born weighing in at 10.4 ounces.  Heaven can wait...more black puppies!

Shadow & Cookie 8 days old.

Sold "Shadow" Black boy 2wks.

Shadow 5 weeks old.

11:15pm "Forest" (green satin ribbon) another black boy was born weighing in at 10.5 ounces.  He has a tiny white dot on his chest.

Forest & Emma Hours Old	Sold "Forest" Black Boy 2wks	"Forest" 5-20-04
	Forest 5 weeks old.

May 5th at 12:15am our Cinco de Mayo "Buffy" (now named Emma) the buff girl was born weighing in at 9.8 ounces.

Sold "Emma" (Buffy) Buff Girl 2wks.

Emma (Buffy) belly up 3wks old.

Emma 5 weeks old.

Precious, precious, precious!!!  They are all so very precious!  They are all healthy and able to maneuver to Mom to find their milk source.  They are all nursing good.  Josie, Monica (10 years) and Ryan (16 years) slept on the couches in the family room to share Tessa and the babies first night together.  It is critical to make sure that all are able to latch on and that all the wee ones stay warmly snuggled together or snuggled to Mom for warmth.  The thermostat gets turned up to 77 degrees and we pretend that we are in the Bahamas for two weeks until the pups can regulate their body temperature on their own.  

Tessa and her puppies in her wonderful whelping box.  The puppies are two days old.  Here you can see the acrylic door in place, Tessa can easily step over, and the puppy rail is doing it's job.  Thank you Uncle Sonny!!!

Just for fun...we nick named all the puppies in this litter...when you decide on your precious puppy's name let me know, and we will start calling it by your given name immediately.  Grin!  My husband Garry videotaped the delivery.  When you pick your puppy up we will make you a copy so you can see your puppy coming into the world!  The black puppies have color coded satin ribbon collars so you can tell them apart in the photos.  

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From back to front Shadow, Emma, Cookie, Coco on the left, Ruby  in the front.

Tessa's First Litter  2 weeks old  In back left to right...Shadow (blue) Emma (buff), Cookie (Silver Buff).  In front L to R Coco, Pinky Rose (pink), Ruby (yellow) Forest (green), & Thunderbolt (red).

Thunderbolt belly up, Pinky Rose & Forest snoozing.  This cracks me up!  They look like dogs only smaller!

Socializing the puppies is a full time job and a very important one at that.  Our family is dedicated to loving up the puppies to get them used to being the perfect companion pet.  It is important for them to be gently and appropriately handled by men, women, and gentle children, and exposed to other healthy & vaccinated pets so they learn to trust their world.

Our son Ryan & his girlfriend Ellyne with laps full of  puppies.	Aunt Lyndy loving Emma & Cookie
Tiffany helps socialize Emma (Buffy)!	Josie loves to sit inside the whelping box with the puppies.  She takes turns holding each one belly up rubbing their tiny paw pads, and their soft, warm, velvety belly's.  Forest is in her hands and Cookie & Emma wait for their turn.

We thought it would be fun for you to watch the puppies grow with us.  Below you will find their weekly weight chart. My scale only goes up to 5 pounds...so it gets a bit sketchy after 5 pounds unless the vet weighs them, so at their 6 week and 8 week shots I ask them to weigh them.

5 Weeks Old-  The puppies are doing beautifully.  They are so funny and are starting to show us their darling personalities.  They are each so unique and are such individuals.  They are playing, romping and learning to bark, growl, play bow then spin in circles with their tail straight up in the air, and  BITE!  OUCH! 

Our puppies are sold with a spay/neuter contract (unless they are sold specifically for breeding, meet the breed standard, pass all their health certifications, are CERF'ed annually and OFA certified at one year of age, and are breed quality).  All our puppies come with a one year guarantee that they will be free of life threatening genetic health defects or you can return your puppy for a replacement puppy, or a full refund of the purchase price.  If your family suffers from allergies and you have an allergic reaction to your puppy you can return your puppy, for a replacement puppy from another litter, or a refund of the purchase price minus a handling fee.  

Thank you for your overwhelming support and response!  

Phone: 818-438-0887cell or 818-889-2060  The best time to reach me is 
Mon. - Fri. 9am to 1pm PST (California).  We do not ship our puppies.  You may however use frequent flyer miles to fly here and you can take your puppy home with you in a Sherpa Pet Carrier under the seat in front of you on the airplane.  You can make a reservation with the airlines.  Delta, American, and Alaska are three that provide this service.

Tianna & Tessa's CCA American Cockapoo Puppies
Where Health, Temperament, and Breeding Integrity, come first!

Updated 07/25/2004 09:18 PM