Day Thirty Three.... Merry Christmas!

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, December 25, 2012

Day Thirty Three.... Merry Christmas!

I got to stay home today and watch the puppies all day. I put some things out for them to walk on, crawl through and jump over. They had a very good time! At this age they have short bouts of play but still sleep a good deal of the time. Bizzi is so happy that they are here. She was a wonderful mon and is an equally good Grammy. Garrett does what he always does when there are puppies. He says hello and then hides from them. Maks grrrr's and woo woo at them but then he runs from them.

The first three pictures made me laugh out loud. Poor little Indian fell asleep half way in the nest. You can see how fast asleep he was because it is a different puppy beside him in the third picture.