Maks is one of a small number of Dalmatians worldwide that carries two copies of the desirable SLC2A9 gene therefore every puppy he produces will have one copy of the gene and therefore Low Uric Acid (LUA)! Emily has one copy of the LUA gene so we expect some of these puppies to have two copies! This beautiful litter is the result of breeding an outcrossed female back to her sire. I believe that homozygous puppies from this litter will be very useful in incorporating the LUA gene in other bloodlines. They are very healthy and consistent.



Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Day Thirty Seven..... Therapy dogs at 5 weeks old!

What a big day for the puppies! My friend LaDonna does therapy work with her dogs and finds it very satisfying so when she asked if I minded if she took a couple of the pups to meet her "old people" as she so affectionately calls them of course I agreed. I wondered if perhaps she had lost her mind when she decided to take all nine of them! She asked her friend and neighbor Patty and another Dal owner Cindy to join her and the three of them took the puppies on quite an adventure!

I got up extra early to get my morning work done and then packed all nine pups in my car and dropped them off at LaDonna's house on my way to work at 7:00AM. I picked them back up at 5:30PM on my way home. LaDonna reports that they were wonderful!. They never showed any signs of being stressed and just had a great time entertaining the residents at the nursing home. They then went back to Ladonna's, had a nap and their lunch and then played outside with LaDonna's dogs and her grandsons.

I thought they would be exhausted but it seems they have EverReady batteries in them because after a nap they are ready to play again! Early socialization is so important for puppies and these puppies have had many different experiences in their five weeks.



 Aunt Gia playing with LaDonna
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