A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) litter
Mushu x Lapis
DOB 09/18/2024
6 puppies: 3 males and 3 females
DOB 09/18/2024
6 puppies: 3 males and 3 females
Sire
Ryla's BCs Guardian Of Lost Souls BCAT ATD
"Mushu"
DNA - Optimal Selection Clear
OFA - Good hips, Normal elbows, Normal shoulders, Normal patella, Normal spine, Normal heart
Dam
Lapis Lazuli Ultramarine BCAT CGGA CGCU VHMA RATI ATD
"Lapis"
DNA - Embark panel clear for health issues
OFA - Good hips, Normal elbows, Normal heart (auscultation and echo), Normal eyes, Normal thyroid, Normal patella, Normal spine
Ryla's BCs Guardian Of Lost Souls BCAT ATD
"Mushu"
DNA - Optimal Selection Clear
OFA - Good hips, Normal elbows, Normal shoulders, Normal patella, Normal spine, Normal heart
Dam
Lapis Lazuli Ultramarine BCAT CGGA CGCU VHMA RATI ATD
"Lapis"
DNA - Embark panel clear for health issues
OFA - Good hips, Normal elbows, Normal heart (auscultation and echo), Normal eyes, Normal thyroid, Normal patella, Normal spine
We’re so excited to welcome our first litter of Border Whippets! Purpose bred mixes have been a long time coming for my program and I’m so thrilled the time has finally come. The Border Whippet is a lurcher (sighthound mix) created by crossing Border Collies and Whippets. They are a popular, tried and true mix that has been produced for a very long time for a variety of sports and even hunting. There are a lot of advantageous reasons to cross these two breeds, including a relatively similar size and complimentary stature, with the Border Collie adding more robustness and the Whippet bringing the built for speed design. Health wise, it’s a cross that works well, as there aren’t many predispositions to overlapping issues. And the big one, temperament and personality, with the extreme biddability and work ethic of the Border Collie which pair really nicely with the Whippet’s lovely off switch and generally easy to keep attitude.
Lapis is a lovely dog. She loves nothing quite as much as hunting but she’s very safe with small animals in the home and has a perfectly reliable recall, even calling off live courses. She is a great demo dog for our training business and knows a lot of advanced heelwork and tricks, dabbling in a lot of sports, like barn hunt, agility, rally, and fastCAT. The sport Lapis would probably do best in is dock diving, which unfortunately we have not had access to but she absolutely loves water and really turns on whenever she gets to swim, with her favorite game of all time being fetching from the water. She would happily do this all day! Otherwise, she has a little more food drive than toy drive. Around the house, she is the picture of an ideal companion with a wonderful temperament. She’s not pushy or needy, loves to snuggle up with you and relax, and is just so easy to live with. She’s fantastic with dogs, other animals, all sorts of people, and loves children. She would make an excellent therapy dog and has been trained to a very high level for public access. She’s a small girl, weighing just 26lbs.
Mushu will bring a lot of drive, biddability and work ethic to the table. His intensity mixed with her stability is going to make for some awesome dogs! Mushu is very sporty and has impressive physical skills and mental fortitude. He is always willing to try and rarely enters displacement, he’s down to give it his all no matter the circumstance, who’s around, or what’s happening. His top sport would also likely be dock diving or disc. Mushu is like Lapis in his affinity for water but he really puts his all into everything, with swimming being no exception. He’s a consistently driven dog, loves to play, loves disc and is naturally very cooperative. He also loves to tug and play competitively and will shake and thrash with all his might, but if he’s playing with a child (which he loves to do) he tones it down and is super gentle and intuitive with them. He’s a working service dog, task and public access trained, who dabbles in several sports with lots of potential for greatness.
I expect this litter to produce some great sport dogs who are also a pleasure to live with.
Lapis is a lovely dog. She loves nothing quite as much as hunting but she’s very safe with small animals in the home and has a perfectly reliable recall, even calling off live courses. She is a great demo dog for our training business and knows a lot of advanced heelwork and tricks, dabbling in a lot of sports, like barn hunt, agility, rally, and fastCAT. The sport Lapis would probably do best in is dock diving, which unfortunately we have not had access to but she absolutely loves water and really turns on whenever she gets to swim, with her favorite game of all time being fetching from the water. She would happily do this all day! Otherwise, she has a little more food drive than toy drive. Around the house, she is the picture of an ideal companion with a wonderful temperament. She’s not pushy or needy, loves to snuggle up with you and relax, and is just so easy to live with. She’s fantastic with dogs, other animals, all sorts of people, and loves children. She would make an excellent therapy dog and has been trained to a very high level for public access. She’s a small girl, weighing just 26lbs.
Mushu will bring a lot of drive, biddability and work ethic to the table. His intensity mixed with her stability is going to make for some awesome dogs! Mushu is very sporty and has impressive physical skills and mental fortitude. He is always willing to try and rarely enters displacement, he’s down to give it his all no matter the circumstance, who’s around, or what’s happening. His top sport would also likely be dock diving or disc. Mushu is like Lapis in his affinity for water but he really puts his all into everything, with swimming being no exception. He’s a consistently driven dog, loves to play, loves disc and is naturally very cooperative. He also loves to tug and play competitively and will shake and thrash with all his might, but if he’s playing with a child (which he loves to do) he tones it down and is super gentle and intuitive with them. He’s a working service dog, task and public access trained, who dabbles in several sports with lots of potential for greatness.
I expect this litter to produce some great sport dogs who are also a pleasure to live with.
In birth order;
Nesta - female - seal & white
Elain - female - black & white
Azriel - male - black & white
Feyre - female - blue & white
Rhysand - male - blue sable & white
Cassian - male - sable & white
Nesta - female - seal & white
Elain - female - black & white
Azriel - male - black & white
Feyre - female - blue & white
Rhysand - male - blue sable & white
Cassian - male - sable & white
Nesta - newborn - 12.3oz/350g
Feyre - newborn - 7.8oz/221g
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Elain - newborn - 10.2oz/291g
Rhysand - newborn - 9.1oz/258g
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Azriel - newborn - 10.7oz/305g
Cassian - newborn - 11.3oz/321g
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Nesta - 2 weeks old - 1lb 15.8oz/902g
Feyre - 2 weeks old - 1lb 10.3oz/747g
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Elain - 2 weeks old - 1lb 14.0oz/848g
Rhysand - 2 weeks old - 1lb 10.9oz/762g
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Azriel - 2 weeks old - 1lb 13.9oz/847g
Cassian - 2 weeks old - 2lbs 0.2oz/910g
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Nesta - 3 weeks old - 2lbs 9.5oz
Elain - 3 weeks old - 2lbs 6.2oz
Azriel - 3 weeks old - 2lbs 10.0oz
Feyre - 3 weeks old - 2lbs 4.0oz
Rhysand - 3 weeks old - 2lbs 3.9oz
Cassian - 3 weeks old - 2lbs 11.6oz