British Invasion Puppies 2018
Dam: GCH Montizard’s Little Miss Firecracker – Darby
Sire: Ottaryx Mumford – Olly
Table of Contents
Week 1: Welcome British Invasion
Week 2: What’s My Name?
Week 3 Pictures
Week 4 Pictures
Week 5 Pictures
Week 6 Pictures
Week 7 Pictures
Week 8: Puppy Evaluation
Road to International Breeding: Meet The Parents
The Sire: Olly
Breeding Otterhounds is not easy due to a small gene pool and a limited number of intact males available for breeding. Improving the breed for health & conformation as well as expanding the gene pool has been our goal @Blue Fairy Otterhounds from the very start of our breeding program. After years of research and establishing international contacts, I developed a close relationship with one of the breeders in the UK with a very similar philosophy about future of Otterhound breed. In 2017, during my trip to London, I had an opportunity to meet Olly – Ottaryx Mumford, a wonderful boy and his owner Samantha from Olphae kennel. After spending an afternoon in Hyde Park and evaluating Olly’s temperament and conformation, it was clear that importing his frozen semen would be a great benefit to the breed and Blue Fairy Otterhounds. The question was, who would be the most suitable Dam to complement him and produce the first generation of British Invasion puppies.
| Call Name | Olly | ||
| Registered Name | Ottaryx Mumford | ||
| Pedigree | Pedigree for Ottaryx Mumford | ||
| Hips | BVA R=7 L=4 Total 11 (equivalent of OFA Fair) | ||
| Elbows | BVA 0 (Equivalent of OFA Normal) | ||
| Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia | Clear | ||
The Dam: Darby
All of us @Blue Fairy Otterhounds are very grateful to Con Cara Kennel for playing the essential part in this exceptional breeding and look forward to watching our joint puppies grow and thrive in the years to come 🙂
| Call Name | Darby | ||
| AKC Registered Name | GCH Montizard’s Little Miss Firecracker | ||
| Pedigree | Pedigree for GCH Montizard’s Little Miss Firecracker | ||
| Hips | OFA Good | ||
| Elbows | OFA Normal | ||
| Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia | Clear | ||
| Health Information | OFA Health Record | ||
Week 1: Welcome British Invasion!
Week 1 is all about watching puppies and thier Mom for any signs of distress and possible infections. Fortunately, all puppies were getting stronger every day, even the smallest Lizzy was gaining weight each day. Watching competition at the “milk bar” never gets boring and the sounds are priceless! Never mind shortage of sleep and bad diet. All worth it 🙂
Week 2: What’s My Name?
In line with the British Invasion theme, we jointly decided that the puppies should be named after great Beatles songs! What a great idea and too many songs to choose from 😉 Finally, after watching the puppies almost non-stop for more than a week, the very fitting names revealed themselves!
#1 Girl – Pink Collar became Dayze, named after song “A Hard Days Night”.
#2 Girl – Yellow collar is Sunny, named after “Here comes the Sun”
#3 Girl – Purple collar is Rigby, named after song “Eleanor Rigby”
#4 Girl – Blue Collar became Lucy, named after song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
#5 Girl – Orange Collar is Lizzie, named after “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”
#6 Boy – Red Collar became Sgt. Pepper or Sarg, no better name than that! LOL
After 2 weeks with my Great-Grand Puppies, it was time to return to the Blue Fairy HQ in SoCal. The puppies were healthy, consistently gaining weight and Darby’s apetite was meeting milk production needs 🙂 I even saw the first eyes opening. Mission accomplished! I look forward to re-visitng in August to evaluate the litter and sucess of this breeding.
Week 3 Pictures
Puppies are growing up fast! From Left/Top: Dayze, Sunny, Rogby and Bottom: Lucy, Lizzie, Sarg
Week 4 Pictures
From Left/Top: Dayze, Sunny, Rogby and Bottom: Lucy, Lizzie, Sarg
Week 5 Pictures
Week 6 Pictures
#1 Girl Dayze #2 Girl Sunny #3 Girl Rigby
#4 Girl Lucy #5 Girl Lizzie #6 Boy Sarg
Week 7 Pictures
Week 8: Puppy Evaluation
