Ben's Positively Pleasant Performance at Pleasant Point
What a great and very full weekend we had at the North Otago Kennel Association and the South Canterbury Kennel Society shows held in the...
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Kitaco Kennels
- Aug 31
- 6 min
Two more In-Show wins for Ava at the Toy Fair
Ava does it again, taking 2 Best NZ Bred In Show under Australian Chihuahua expert judge, Kylie Tilley and Toy Specialist Kerry Rolfe.
Kitaco Kennels
- Aug 15
- 6 min
Best and Reserve of Group for Kitaco Smashed Avacado
Our Amazing Ava is on a roll. She has followed up her Best Intermediate in Show last week with a Best of Group & Reserve of Group in Dunedin
Kitaco Kennels
- Aug 6
- 2 min
Best Intermediate in Show for Ava in Orari
What a great result for Team Kitaco at the Geraldine Open Shows. Best Intermediate in Show, a Puppy of Group and 2 Intermediate of Groups.
Kitaco Kennels
- Jun 6
- 4 min
Team Kitaco Kills it at CKA
All in all it was a pretty good weekend for Team Kitaco. 4 Shows resulting in an Intermediate of Group. 3 Best of Breeds and lots more wins
Kitaco Kennels
- May 15
- 6 min
Kitaco's Marvellous Weekend in Marlborough
We got spoiled rotten and Ben grabbed all the glory this weekend at the MKA shows in his very last outing as a Baby Puppy.
Kitaco Kennels
- Apr 18
- 4 min
What a weekend - 2 new champions & some FCI history made in NZ
Easter shows run by the NCKA, the CKA and the (FCI), in conditions that managed to run the full gamut of the weather spectrum
Kitaco Kennels
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Ava - The Poosicle
In between poops, Ava took Best of Breed, Ben impressed the judges enough to take Reserve Best of Breed, while Nikita took Neuter of Group
Kitaco Kennels
- Mar 13
- 5 min
Ben's the Boss in Buller
Another Best Baby Puppy in Show for the Ben, a Reserve of Group & Intermediate of Group for Ava &a Best Neuter of Group for Nikita!
Kitaco Kennels
- Mar 7
- 6 min
Little Ben de la Crème Wins Big in Invercargill
A Best Baby Puppy in Show, a Best Neuter in Show, a Best of Group, a Reserve of Group... what a weekend Team Kitaco had in Invercargill
Kitaco Kennels
- Mar 1
- 4 min
When your Chi needs a C-Section during a flood...
Pearl needed an emergency C-section in the middle of the devastating Aussie floods, but they were completely cut off by the rising water.
Kitaco Kennels
- Feb 23
- 3 min
Look out Australia! McGinty has landed!
Flinty McGinty's recent star turn as a cover model for the NZ Dog World Magazine has garnered him quite a bit of attention, in NZ & overseas
Kitaco Kennels
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Tinky Takes the Tiara of Triumph at Geraldine
Deb definitely gets the Tiara of Triumph and The Septre of Schadenfreude for Tinky today. What a win for our crazy little pet, and her novic
Kitaco Kennels
- Feb 15
- 3 min
4 Really Good Reasons for Crating your Dog in the car
It may look adorable, but travelling with un-crated dogs can cause your beloved furbaby serious injury or death in an accident, even in an a
Kitaco Kennels
- Jan 9
- 3 min
What a Weekend for Team Kitaco!
2022 is shaping up to be a great year for Team Kitaco as we lined up for the first Championship shows in the South Island since mid-2021.
Kitaco Kennels
- Jan 7
- 2 min
Kitaco is the 2021 NZ LC Chi Breeder of the Year
We have been awarded the DogzOnline New Zealand 2021 Long Coat Chihuahua Breeder of the Year!
Kitaco Kennels
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Kitaco dominates in 2022's first Chi Speciality show
What a fabulous day we had at the Dominion Chihuahua Club Inc Open Show Flinty McGinty, our gorgeous Japanese boy, took Best in Show.
Kitaco Kennels
- Dec 30, 2021
- 5 min
Dem Bones - Kitaco now hip scoring all breeding dogs
The aim of hip scoring is to discover what our dogs have in store for them as they get older and to improve the hips of puppies to come
Kitaco Kennels
- Dec 7, 2021
- 5 min
Top 3 Reasons Not to Get a Puppy for Xmas
Here is what we would really like to tell people who contact us asking for a puppy for Christmas.
Kitaco Kennels
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Kitaco pups in La Trobe Uni study
ARG asked us to complete a survey about our breeding practices & we have now been invited to take part in the Phase 2 of their study
Kitaco Kennels
- Nov 10, 2021
- 6 min
Heartbreak of the One Ball Wonder
Of all the health outcomes we can't yet predict in breeding, Cryptorchidism, where a testicle fails to descend is the most heartbreaking
Kitaco Kennels
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
The rise of AI (and we don't mean robots)
In this 2014 BBC article, UK Kennel Club Secretary, Caroline Kisko, claims that AI is the preserve of "good" breeders.
Kitaco Kennels
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Kitaco's Inaugural Open Day is a big hit
The purpose of the Open day was to give prospective owners a chance to meet us (and for us to meet them) meet our Chihuahuas
Kitaco Kennels
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Elfie's Happy Ending
We are so grateful for Elfie to be with Rochelle, her family and his doggie family, too.
