Day Fifty Nine

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.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Day Fifty Nine

We tried to get some new stacked photos of the three puppies that are still here but it proved to be a fruitless endeavor. Between the puppies having too much energy and the lighting being all wrong we only managed to get one picture and it was of Pilgrim. We will try again. Here is the only picture we got. He has a feather toy in his mouth which he tried to eat.