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Dharma and Cezar's babies arrived on 2/4/12. 8 perfect little babies. 3 boys and 5 girls. All the babies are doing well. See the litters/available page on this litter and watch for updates as they grow.
1 boy and 4 girls are available. |
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2/4/12 A very special congratulations to Gunther who earned his AKC Obedience Novice title today. 196 out of 200 points. Well done Gunther. I am very proud of both you and Peggy.
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It is time for Tuffi to retire. She is looking for her forever home. If you are interested in adopting a really nice girl, please check the available page for more information. |
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Cezar and Dharma have been bred. We are expecting beautiful black and red and black and tan babies around the beginning of February. The puppy go home date should be around the end of March or the beginning of April, just in time for Spring. This is the perfect time to take home a new puppy. Watch for updates. |
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Aryia and Rommel's babies arrived today. They have blessed us with 5 healthy babies. Three boys and 2 girls. We will be opening a page for them in the next few days that can be seen on the litters/available page. |
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Rommel and Aryia have been bred with puppies hopefully due late December with a go home date in late February early March. All puppies will be longcoated with beautiful black and red coats expected. |
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Congratulations Cindy and Major. Major passed his CGC today. A lot of hard work and dedication went into Major's training and we are very proud of you guys and your accomplishment. |
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I have received quite a few inquiries from customers and the general public wanting to know why I have retired Draven and Bunny. I feel it is important that I direct my answers here so that others who are questioning this, know exactly why they have been retired. My puppy owners have already been informed of these results but the general public has not, until now. Both Bunny and Draven failed a set of health testing. They both failed their TLI tests. A TLI test is a test that measure's Trypsin-Like Immunoreactivity (TLI). This is the primary test done to find out if a dog has EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency). EPI can be a devastating condition that affects many breeds of dogs. PIease follow the links to find out the signs and symptoms and more information on this disease. http://www.epi4dogs.com/ and/or http://vetmed.tamu.edu/gilab/service/assays/tli).
I didn't test Bunny and Draven originally because both of their parents passed those tests and I felt that it was not necessary at the time. My mistake for sure. Then, after a couple of Mischa's puppies (Draven and Bunny's mom) showed up as affected with EPI, I decided that I had better test Bunny and Draven. (The affected Mischa puppies were from different sires. I never bred Mischa to the same male more than once.) I sent blood tests to Texas A&M University to have them both tested on 6/9/11. The results for Draven's TLI score is a 4.0 with a normal range of 5.7 - 45.2. His Cobalamin is 315 (normal range 251-908) and Folate is 9.2 (normal range 7.7-24.4). The Interpretation as per TAMU: Rarely associated with signs of EPI. However, most commonly associated with chronic small intestinal disease. Bunny's TLI score results were much lower at 2.5. Her Cobalamin was 418 (normal range - 251-908) and Folate was 7.9 (normal range 7.7-24.4) Her interpretation by TAMU: Diagnostic for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). Neither Draven or Bunny have shown any signs of this disease to date. If they had I probably would have gotten them tested earlier and cut them from the program a lot earlier.
Years ago, I had heard rumors that a couple of Mischa's relatives had produced EPI. Not ONE person who claimed to know this would or could give me proof of parentage with any actual reports of any test scores. Unfortunately in the breeding world there is a lot of animosity and jealousy and if you listened to every rumor you would never breed any dog. I did not believe these rumors until I had proof. Well, now I do. I also have to admit to a little bit of kennel blindness, something that a lot of breeders can fall into. You can ask any of my puppy owners who have dogs from these lines and they will tell you, in no uncertain terms, that they have the most spectacular temperaments. If breeding were cut and dry, we would all have dogs with no health problems, but such is not the case and we have to learn as we go, unfortunately. Mischa was spayed quite awhile ago and lives here with me and will forever. Bunny has been rehomed to a home that knows of her possibility to become symptomatic of EPI. She is under contract to be spayed as well. Draven will live out his days here with me forever also just like his momma.
Some breeders will use this post against me. I've heard it all in posts against other breeders who try to do the right thing.... they did it just for greed, they did it because they don't care, etc. Well, if I didn't care, why would I post this on my website? Why would I let anyone know at all? I wouldn't tell my puppy owners that called with problems that I didn't know what was going on and to just go away. I do lots of research and try to figure out what's going on. Telling someone to go away and just deal with what they have going on is something I don't do and I won't do. Everyone that has a puppy that has this condition (or any other problem ) can, and does, call/email me anytime they have a problem or an issue. They know their family member is not without support. I have and will make the situation right. Heck, one puppy didn't show signs until well out of the contract terms. I haven't turned them away nor will I.
As always, I invite my puppy buyers to contact me with any problem, or brag, that they may have about their puppy. I love to share their stories and accomplishments. Without you I wouldn't know what I am producing at all. I thank you all for that!
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Welcome to my new website. I hope you like it. Take a look around. Please check back often for news and updates. |
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