Candy and Harley Litter

Candy and Harley Certification

This Litter is Certified clear for NCL but will be carrier for PRA. Harley 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.

8 Week Pictures

8 Weeks and almost ready to go home. We get our last shot Tuesday. Darned old shots. This concludes the 8 week pictorial of this litter. What a beautiful litter it turned out to be.

My name is Cabot. I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper.

They call me mellow fellow. I am such a sweet boy. I am no trouble at all.

My name is Cammi I am a black and cream girl. See my pretty cream points? I will look like dad!!! CC and I are going to live with my new family Mike and Heather Blanchard.

Look left. Look up ahead. See me focus? Now I am being shy.

My name is Cassi, goodbye black puppy hair hello cream. To see hom much I have lightened, look at my newborn picture. I AM AVAILABLE

I am a cream dapple, just like my sister CC. I will be so pretty it is amazing. English Cream with white highlighting and curly black tipped ears. WOW

I am CC have you been watching that white star on my forehead? Now it is a cream patch. When the black hairs fall out it will be a highlight only. I sure am cute!!

Cammi and I are going to live with my new family Mike and Heather Blanchard. If my white spot blends in any more Skip won't be able to tell me from Cassi!!!

7 Week Pictures

7 Weeks learning to use the doggie door and playing with Reggae's litter. WOW are they BIG. But we aren't afraid of them!!

My name is Cabot. I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper.

Focused Watch it go Hmmmmm

My name is Cammi I am a black and cream girl. See my pretty cream points? I will look like dad!!! CC and I are going to live with my new family Mike and Heather Blanchard.

Look front...... Look up................ Look left. :-)

My name is Cassi, goodbye black puppy hair hello cream. To see hom much I have lightened, look at my newborn picture. I AM AVAILABLE

I am CC have you been watching that white star on my forehead? Now it is a cream patch. When the black hairs fall out it will be a highlight only. I sure am cute!!

Cammi and I are going to live with my new family Mike and Heather Blanchard.

6 Week Pictures

6 Weeks learning to use the doggie door next week.

My name is Cabot. I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper.

What's up there? Hey it is moving.. Ahhhhhhhh it's just mom.

My name is Cammi I am a black and cream girl.

Look down ...... Look up................ Look front. :-)

My name is Cassi, goodbye black puppy hair hello cream. To see hom much I have lightened, look at my newborn picture. I looked splotchy as a newborn. Pretty soon it will

just be light and lighter with balck tips. Soooo pretty.

I am CC have you been watching that white star on my forehead? Now it is a cream patch. When the black hairs fall out it will be a highlight only. I sure am cute!!

5 Week Pictures

5 Weeks we are big puppies now. We are coming in the house this week.

My name is Cabot. I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper.

See my cute mug? Face view Right Profile Ahhhhhhhh

My name is Cammi I am a black and cream girl.

My name is Cassi, goodbye black puppy hair hello cream

I am CC and I have a white star on my head. Keep watching it for it won't be there much longer.

4 Week Pictures

4 Weeks old we are getting weaned this week.

My name is Cabot. I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper.

See my cute mug? Face view Right Profile Ahhhhhhhh

My name is Cammi I am a black and cream girl. Peek-a-boo, I see you.

My name is Cassi I will probably look just like my mommy Candied Dapple and she is sooo pretty. Notice I am losing my black shading. Out comes the cream. lol

I am CC and I have a white star on my head. Notice how light I am now?

I am sooooo sweet!!

3 Week Pictures

3 weeks, our eyes and ears are open and we are starting to get around.

My name is Cabot. I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper. I have a lot to live up to, she really loved him but I will win her over.

It is hard to get the lighting righ for the black and creams. They are jet black but if I don't add light you can't see their eyes. Sorry I am not a REAL photographer. lol.

Right Profile Face view Left Profile Ahhhhhhhh

My name is Cammi I am a black and cream girl. I am so innocent looking. I will be a beautiful little girl.

It is so much easier to get good pictures of the shaded creams. I can mess up the lighting and they still look great because of the contrast.

I am a Dappled shaded English Cream. My name is Cassi I will probably look just like my mommy Candied Dapple and she is sooo pretty. Notice how light I am now?

I am CC and I have a white star on my head. Notice how light I am now?

Watch my star because you won't see it later. lol. No Clairol for me, I have natural highlights.

2 Week Pictures

2 Weeks old and starting to explore. Eyes and ears will be open next week.

Hmmm what's in front? Or, over on the left No, there it is over here on the right...

My name is Cammi I am a sweet little girl, at least so far, maybe I have a trick or two instore for you when I get my eyes open!! I am a black and cream girl.

I am a Dappled shaded English Cream. My name is Cassi I will probably look just like my mommy Candied Dapple and she is sooo pretty. Notice how light I am already? Wait 3 more weeks.

I will be too cute for words with my dapple highlights.

I am CC and I have a white star on my head. It will blend in as I turn cream but I think it means I am special. Notice how light I am already? Wait 3 more weeks.

I will be too cute for words with my dapple highlights. TOO!! Notice how my white splash is starting to blend in already. It will disappear like magic as I grow up.

1 Week Pictures

At one week we have names already!!

My name is Cabot. Look at ME. Whoo hoo. I am a pretty boy! I am Black and Cream. I am reserved as a FREE replacement puppy for Fran Evans who lost her little boy to distemper. I have a lot to live up to, she really loved him but I will win her over.

My name is Cassi and I am also Black and Cream but I am a girl. Do you think I am better looking than my brother? Watch us grow!!

I am a Dappled shaded English Cream. My name is Cassi I will probably look just like my mommy Candied Dapple and she is sooo pretty. I will likely end up with just a touch of shading on my ears. Watch my ears grow over the next 2 months. I am a dapple in addition to being English Cream. I will have natural white highlights in my Blonde hair.

I am CC and I have a white star on my head. It will blend in as I turn cream but I think it means I am special. Watch, over time, how my coloring blends in and I become cream with white highlights.

Newborn Litter

Whelped October 20, 2009. What a good job Candy and Harley 4 puppies and 3 Girls and 1 Boy!!

Two of the girls are Cream Dapples, one girl and one boy are black and cream.

Candy is a great mom. She did it all, cleaned the puppies, shredder the cord and got them all nursing.

Mom with the babies. Don't try to take them away!! Note the stripe on Candy's nose. This is actually a pattern where the hair grows up instead of down. This is called a "hunter's crest".

I have seen it touted as a "feature" but it is actually a minor flaw. It is like a cowlick on a person. It is not very noticible in person but the camera catches the light and accentuates it. I don't believe it is inherited but it will be interesting to see.

This is going to be fun for all of us to watch. Remember, English Creams are born Dark Gray. The Light Patches on the two spotted girls are the dappling. The dark hairs will fall out and the cream undercoat will come through. The light areas will remain and become Blonde highlights. As an adult they are barely noticible. The end result is they will look just like mom and that is wonderful. Candied Dapple (Candy) is English Cream with Dapple highlights as these little girls will be. You could still see the dappling clearly on Candy at 8 weeks, (see below) but it gradually blends in with the cream.

Candy and Harley Litter. While this is not one of our strongest pairings by pedigree, Harley does boast International Champion Brandach's Mr. Goodbar, Canadian Champion Billie of Brandach along with several other Rose Farms and Stoneleigh Champions for a total of 17 champions in his 5 generation pedigree. Harley will be a champion in his own time. 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 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 OF HARLEQUIN MOON MLEC HOME PAGE

"CANDY" at 9 weeks "HARLEY" at 12 weeks

DASH OF CANDIED DAPPLE MLECD DASH OF HARLEQUIN MOON MLBC

Shown here as 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 Harley are very similar in temperament. Both fit right in with a litter of puppies their own age. Both adapted easily and were well mannered from the start. 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. Harley was small for his age and had to contend with many larger puppies from the beginning. Both of these pups are loving and have no bad habits.

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.