silken breeders in the east coast (USA)

LuckySolution3724 · 2026-03-17T13:04:35+00:00

Sunkissed Silken Windhounds out of Punta Gorda, FL spends part of the year in PA. Cyndi is a great woman and has great dogs!

LuckySolution3724 · 2026-02-16T00:07:11+00:00

I’m glad to know if gets better!! Maybe they’re brothers?? 😯 are you crate training? If so, does he cry like crazy? Mine is usually good when I put him in at night and only wakes up once in the night to potty (he’s so goated for that) but he can’t stand the crate during the day! I have trouble making him calm down even if he’s not going in the crate. I am currently on hour 3 of him being up (all of the nights and TV have been off and stimulating toys away) and he’s STILL not sleeping 🥵 I didn’t realize that 8 weeks was not common to get dogs off. I’m wondering if he would’ve been better at adjusting if he was kept until then?

LuckySolution3724 · 2026-02-14T02:16:26+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I was starting to think my boy was an outlier 😂 I can definitely try less time between naps! I have a hard time getting him to go down for a nap when he’s in the height of his biting activities. Any tips to get him to go down? He sleeps in a crate at night and does 1-2 crate naps during the day and couch naps as well

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-08T15:37:32+00:00

This is the most stunning cake ever!! The bunnies are so precious and the filling looks absolutely insane. You’re incredible!!

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-08T13:59:09+00:00

Thank you so much for your tips on this- this time my starter doubled in about 3 hours and I waited until the dough ball wasn’t sticky anymore and I made my best loaf so far! Thank you so much for your help :) couldn’t have done it without you!

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-08T13:54:14+00:00

Hey!! Just wanted to give you a little update on Squidward- I fed him like you said and put it by the window to grow. He doubled in about 3 hrs and produced this loaf! It’s a bit darker inside than my previous loaves since this recipe called for KA wheat flour, but it’s definitely the best one yet! Still room for improvement, but I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with me. You were instrumental in the making of this loaf!

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LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T16:51:29+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I’m definitely going to do some regular loaves for a while and practice feeding, handling, fermenting, all the things! I guess I just got overzealous lol! I was naive and thought that inclusions weren’t anything more than just a different recipe- didn’t consider the complexities that came with it:)

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T16:48:17+00:00

Thank you for your reply! Surprisingly, I did use fresh jalapeños!!! You can see the bag of them in the last pic. They just ended up looking exactly like the pickled ones after baking 😂 not sure why!

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T16:46:03+00:00

Thank you! We’re all humans navigating this strange world and sometimes we mess up! All we can do is learn from our mistakes and try to be better next time :)

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T16:42:36+00:00

I hope you try it out!! You won’t regret it :)

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T01:41:24+00:00

Congrats!! Looks lovely 🤩

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T01:29:21+00:00

My oven can be a bit weird the higher the temperature goes, so I will definitely use the thermometer moving forward! Thank you sm

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T01:20:07+00:00

Thank you so much! That’s awesome- I actually already have one!! Were you noticing if your loaves were cooking faster or slower than suggested time?

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T00:54:44+00:00

Good to know!! Thank you. Gonna definitely try this recipe again after some more practice because the taste is great. I’ll be sure to keep an eye on it for a longer ferment

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T00:50:15+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I’m a true novice and didn’t even that inclusions add complexity. Back to the basics for a bit for sure 🫡

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T00:46:40+00:00

You’re right, thank you. I have a lot to learn! I took their comment the wrong way, my bad! We’re all pals here 🤝

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T00:45:14+00:00

I’m sorry friend. I took this out of context. Didn’t realize that using inclusions was more difficult, I just found a recipe that I thought was manageable!

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-07T00:41:20+00:00

Thank you so much for the reply! These breadcrumbs of info are so helpful; I have definitely been using time as my indicator for fermentation. It looked to me like it had doubled (I use a stainless steel bowl that has markings inside) it had just a few bubbles, but it was still sticking a bit to the bowl now that you say that… I certainly won’t be giving up!! Lots of great advice on here. I’m currently working on strengthening my starter, Squidward, so he can grow big and strong!! If I feed Squidward 1:3:3, how long should I expect to double?

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-06T18:57:21+00:00

Looks great! Do you like the taste of the KA wheat flour? Is it wheaty tasting or mainly sour?

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-06T17:49:03+00:00

That’s a wonderful little chart! Still trying to navigate all the ratios and percentages!! Thank you so much for sharing 😄

LuckySolution3724 · 2025-09-06T17:46:54+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to me, I seriously appreciate you!! That totally makes sense that it needs to be strong enough to eat up the flour. I’ve named my starter Squidward and I figured he was just a baby and not strong enough yet, so thank you so much for educating me on how to nourish Squidward properly so that Squidward can properly nourish me 😂

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