Candy and Ruffy Litter

Candy and Ruffy Litter Certification

This Litter is Certified clear for NCL but will be carrier for PRA. Ruffy is clear for PRA but sadly Candy tested Affected for PRA. Because of Candy's Affected status her litters will all be sold as Pet/Companion only! Since we will ONLY breed her to a clear dog her offspring will all be carriers, none clear and none affected. They will make fine pets and never develop the disease but we will not sell them for show or breeding. Candy's affected status means there is a strong liklihood she actually will develop the disease and ultimately go blind. Sadly this is the penalty we all pay when we acquire a dog from a breeder who does not test. It would be easier here to simply sell her offspring as pet/companion and not say why but if you can't trust us to be honest about bad news how can you trust what we say when it is good news. A puppy from this litter can be used in a breeding program by a breeder who is willing to test the resulting puppies and keep a clear puppy from that litter. Since DASHaHOUND has no control over what other breeders do we will not sell for breeding purposes, however it is always possible we will keep a puppy ouselves and breed her to clear in order to get a clear puppy for our own program. For details on what this means see DASHaHOUND GUARANTEE

This litter will be an all long hair English Cream litter. For those who do not know, Black and Cream, Shaded Cream and Light cream are all full English Cream colors. The Chinchilla gene which creates the English Cream color has no effect on black. So, if both parents carry for Black and Cream there may be a black and cream puppy.

8 Weeks and Final Pics

For her 8 week pictures Mazie thought she would show off a little and take some action photos.

6 Week Pictures

Mazie is 6 weeks old and this is a DASHaHOUND first!! Roberta has never had to clean up even 1 spot of poo from this puppy indoors. Either Candy kept up the good work or Mazie learned to go outside unusually fast. We did things a little differently this time. Candy is a great mom and we have left her in with Mazie 2 weeks longer than normal. We wanted to be sure mom's milk dried completely so we let her wean Mazie. Also Mazie was out the doggie door the second day in the house. She got out but could not get back in because there is a step up, so Roberta put some little blocks there for her and up she went. What a smart little girl.

4 Week Pictures

Mazie is 4 weeks old and really getting around. Her eyes and ears opened early and she started eating out of momma's bowl a week later.

Candy covers the food bowl with a blanket and the blanket soaks up all their drinking water so Roberta has to watch and change things several times a day.

It is pretty funny and all the moms do it. I don't know if it is to keep them nursing or to protect the food from the hungry puppies but they all do it.

3 Week Pictures

Mazie gains contorl of her universe. She is searching around and exploring. She will start to develop her personality in another week and will be moving back into the house. What a pretty little girl

It may be hard to believe but I will be as light as my mommie when I grow up. I will lose all my black puppy hair and my cream undercoat will come shining through.

2 Week Pictures

Mazie (formerly CC) at 2 weeks. What a pretty little girl and so smart. She had her eyes open at 12 days. Roy and Kay Drexel have made their pick and cc is now Mazie.

Candy and Ruffy Litter

Candy whelped a one puppy litter 02/10/2011

Candy being a great mom for her little female shaded cream puppy "CC". CC will look just like her mommy and daddy when she grows up. You can look at the previous litter to see what her progression will be like. Like all shaded creams she is born "mousey looking", some darker than others and almost black. She is kind of a brown looking with black ears, tail and back. All of the black will fall out except a little on the ears and maybe the tail and she will be as light as mom and dad. She is likely to be quite light as she is even starting lighter than usual and has less black hair to lose to begin with.

To see more about Candy and Ruffy follow the links below to their previous litter.

Candy and Ruffy Litter Long Hair English Cream Dapples
Make no mistake about Candy's quality. I can not quickly tell her from Blondie except she has a little black on her tail. The picture is of Candy with her first litter with Harley. For pet owners this will be a very special opportunity. Ruffy is an exceptional male shaded cream with a great pedigree. Candy is a very pretty CREAM DAPPLE. The white dappling looks like highlighting on a cream very pretty. Candy has very good conformation, is very pretty and has a wonderful personality. BUT she comes from a line which was never shown and has no champions in her pedigree. That doesn't mean they weren't capable, it means the owners never showed them. She is also PRA AFFECTED. Which means she will most likely contact the disease and at some point go blind. The good news is Ruffy is PRA CLEAR. So each puppy gets one gene for the disease from Candy and one "no disease" from Ruffy. The result is the puppies will all be "carriers" but will NEVER GET THE DISEASE. It only takes one healthy gene (called an allele) to insure good health. Normally we do not sell puppies for breeding unless they are PRA clear, although we would make an exception for a knowledgeable breeder who knew what they had and what to do with it and was committed to DNA testing.
Normal price range as pet $800 -$1200 black and creams and shaded creams.

Candy and Ruffy Litter (Planned). While this is not one of our strongest pairings by pedigree, Ruffy is a Ralines Sired line with a total of 17 champions in his 6 generation pedigree. Ruffy is better then Preston, his father. Both of these dogs were chosen for their own looks. Candy comes from a line which has never been shown. She has the right stuff and is totally beautiful. She does have one champion way back in her pedigree. So the litter boasts 18 Champions. She is a rare English Cream Dapple. This litter will be sold as Pet/Companion only (see above). PEDIGREE

DASH OF CANDIED DAPPLE HOME PAGE DASH aHOUNDS DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH MLEC

"CANDY" at 9 weeks "RUFFY" at 7 weeks

DASH OF CANDIED DAPPLE MLECD DASH OF HARLEQUIN MOON MLBC

Shown here as 7-8 week puppies to give you an idea what your puppy might look like about the age you bring it home. You can learn more about either parent on their own page and also see them in action in the slide flash show.

Candy and ruffy are very different in temperament. Candy is sweet and pasive, Ruffy is all boy. Candy was going to rule the other puppies until she got in with some older puppies. Then she held her own but could not have her way. Ruffy can hold his own with anyone and is nice to the girls and younger males but is competitive with Harley. Both of these pups are loving and have no bad habits. Candy would be classified as Mature and Ruffy as Active.

There are no guarantees and individual puppies can vary greatly but we expect their puppies to be a mix of ACTIVE and MATURE. By MATURE I mean they will hold still to let children pet them and behave well very early. Many puppies are so active and silly they can not be much company for a year or longer. Active puppies are good for young children because they wear each other out but are harder to deal with for the first year. Even mature puppies have abundant energy and can play and fetch, etc. it is just that they will calm down and hold still. Active puppies are almost always in motion. Neither of these puppies were hyper active or lethargic as puppies. Both were (are) mild mannered, full of life but able to settle down, not silly.

We try very hard to give each owner a realistic expectation of the puppy they adopt. We do not have any mean or ill tempered dogs. We will not tolerate a trouble maker and certainly will not include it in our breeding program, no matter what the pedigree. Some bad or aggressive behavior is learned and some inherited, we try to start you with the best temperament possible to give you that head start.