We are breeding and raising quality White Swiss Shepherds.
Our Jax (Secret Moonshine Be My Romeo) is available for a stud dog, please fill out the form and I will get back to you.
Here is a link to the White Swiss Shepherds breed standard: https://www.kennelclubusa.com/PDF%20Files/Group1/White%20Swiss%20Shepherd%20Dog.pdf
When I look at her; I see lots of her mother and grandmother and some weird habits from her dad 😅
I still refer to her as my “puppy” even though she is now 2 and maybe doesn’t qualify for puppy anymore.
This girl is not so little anymore and actually weighs more than Jax and Tara 🤪
But she is always happy and doesn’t let anyone get a rest 💨
Happy Birthday to my little wild girl 🩷
At age of 12 years, Jax will have the most important job in his life ahead - protecting the precious little baby girl 🥰
To my surprise- when people found out that we were excepting I didn’t receive the normal pregnancy or baby questions.
The most common question was:
“What are you going to do with your dogs” 😅
They are still here and not going anywhere.
Their routines will change for sure and a longer break from showing, trialing & training is ahead.
But they will adapt to the new life just fine 💙
I can’t wait to see my two precious babies together 🥰
Her heats are nicer than Tara’s because this one comes to heat twice a year when Tara came like every 3-4 months 🤦🏻♀️
It’s kind of scary to think she will only have one more heat before she will get bred 😁 Of course, depending on her clearing all of her health tests.
She has cleared most of her health testing already, but just missing hips and elbows after she turns 2 years 😊
I know we could breed her already this fall but she will probably have her next heat around November and I don’t do winter litters here because of the winters are long and cold ❄️
We shall see if she keeps her heats consistent with November & June or she chooses to do something else.
She has achieved good conformation wins and some performance titles as well so we are happy about that.
Still hoping to get BH before her first breeding 😁
Can’t believe that my little puppy will turn 2 years old in couple of weeks 🩷
Unfortunately, he is still not completely 100 % and he has some pain every now and then.
Vets don’t really agree if he would have mild arthritis or not, but we have decided to start couple of things that in mind.
He is getting a new orthopedic bed and Back on Track cover on top of the bed.
Welltex is a textile technology by Back on Track that reflects radiant body heat as far infrared radiation. The technology uses the reflective properties and emission spectrum of ceramic particles in a proprietary solution found exclusively in Back on Track products. And there has been several studies that shown this is helpful for preventing injuries in sport animals. And it can be helpful for arthritis too.
We are also trying new brand of joint supplements.
And we have consultation with some rehab to try out cold therapy and some other things that could be beneficial for him.
I am hoping with these things we can get him completely healthy again 🥰
Opie 💚
Couple of weeks ago I took Jax for an echocardiogram.
He has no issues with his heart and they have never noticed a heart murmur but I wanted to do this for research and future breeding purposes.
No evidence for congenital heart disease 💙
They did find MMVD (age related).
Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease (MMVD) causes the mitral valve to thicken and leak, leading to backward blood flow (mitral regurgitation) and an enlarged heart.
Cardiologist said that she sees MMVD a lot in older dogs and no medication or treatment is needed.
She also said that it’s not common to bring 12 year old dog for echo and that he is in a great condition 🥰
This is actually the same cardiologist who has now echoed 5 of my dogs/puppies.
She was like I was pretty sure that it was your dogs when I saw the breed on my list.
We also talked about my other dogs and heart conditions in general and the memories me crying in her office when Tara was diagnosed came back quickly 😂
Now from my current pack only Opie is missing his echo and if I would ever breed him, I would definitely get that done as well.
The echo results will show abnormal on OFA database but cardiologist said that MMVD is more common that people think.
Age related MMVD like Jax has means the valves gets weaker due to age and it leaks when it open and closes.
She said it’s nothing that we need to worry about and she said honestly when a dog is in this great condition and over 12 years old - especially in large breed - this is not the norm and we should be very happy 🥰
I always knew Jax has heart of gold 💓