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.



Saturday, October 8, 2011

Day Twenty Seven

A few of the puppies got to come out of the pen to play. Seemed like a good idea at the time but they were not happy when I put them back in.  Today they had visitors and will again tomorrow. All the adult dogs are happy that they are getting visitors too. They are all very obnoxious too because they each want all the attention. Bizzi reluctantly feeds them now that they have teeth and twice today she yelped when they were nursing. Poor girl.... I am going to reduce the amount I am feeding her and hope that her milk dries up quickly. They are eating well enough on their own that they really don't need to still be nursing so I will let it up to Bizzi to decide when she wants to wean them.
Gavin and Dalton look like book ends!





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