Juneteenth 2025: Another ‘unauthorized’ mating this spring. About 2 months ago, Jazz and Peter ran off and came back 15 minutes later all smiles. I suspected, but did not administer the ‘morning after’. The result is 4 pups [2M/2F] added to my spring assortment of unauthorized, unplanned pups. These pups feel *very* healthy and went straight for the teat. Good instinct!

At least Jazz has good taste. She chose my #1 dog: Peter.

Peter is a dog every serious competitor or rancher should breed with.  He is Dewi Jenkins’s dogs with more fire and jaw-dropping style, from James McCloskey’s Nel. I have not seen Pete’s equivalent. Dewi told me himself, there is something special about the combination of his Clwyd Bob and daughters of McCloskey’s Sweep. That is exactly what Peter is.

Pete will kickstart, sharpen and augment a breeding program. He is available at stud in Vermont and in frozen breeding doses for serious breeders. This is a chance to get one of his pups.

Pups from tis litter should be smooth coated, classically marked, pricked-eared, intense and talented.

Jazz was banished to the puppy room in the barn (shared with Meg) at 4 a.m., rather than getting to have her litter inside the house. She had escaped the whelping area and ripped a down jacket of mine sitting on a chair to shreds …cries of glee while ripping and tearing at the jacket to make the down come out could be heard as I headed back from the barn. She’s lucky she was in labor or there would have been hell to pay for that one!

Go directly to Jail! Do not collect $200.

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