Gemstones litter
Spy x Lapis
DOB 07/19/2023
5 puppies: 2 males and 3 females
DOB 07/19/2023
5 puppies: 2 males and 3 females
Sire
CH Adagio Jilzan The Spy Who Loved Me
"Spy"
OFA - Normal eyes, Normal auscultation and echo advanced cardiac
Dam
Lapis Lazuli Ultramarine CGCA 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, and Normal spine
CH Adagio Jilzan The Spy Who Loved Me
"Spy"
OFA - Normal eyes, Normal auscultation and echo advanced cardiac
Dam
Lapis Lazuli Ultramarine CGCA 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, and Normal spine
The Gemstones were Lapis' first litter. At 4 and a half years old, I was pressed for time to safely have a first litter while Lapis was still young and in her prime breeding years and I had tried previously to breed her via TCI to a sport dog and missed the mark timing wise, resulting in no puppies. I found the stud I used for this litter through a mutual friend and was able to drive a day to meet in person and have her bred. Spy is a very good dog, stable and friendly, outgoing, and a conformation champion. While the sport of conformation is not a priority for me, Spy was still a good choice for the sire of Lapis's first litter.
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’s dabbled in barn hunt and conformation, training in agility, and may compete in rally or OB one day. She loves tricks and is really fun to work with! She has more food drive than toy drive but she does enjoy toys too. Around the house, she is the picture of an ideal companion. 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 other dogs, all sorts of people, even children. She would make an excellent therapy dog. She’s been trained to a very high level for public access and I think she would really enjoy it. She’s a small girl, weighing just 26lbs.
Spy is 6 years old, a conformation champion but hasn’t had access to any other sports to try. He’s been to lure coursing practice and showed a lot of potential! He’s owned by a long time Whippet enthusiast. Spy’s littermate brother has been successful in lure coursing, straight racing, and dock diving. When I met Spy, he was very human oriented and loved to climb into your lap for pets. He’s pushier than Lapis tends to be, more forward and in your business. He has nice drive and enthusiasm! He is a super stable boy, friendly with people and dogs, easy to handle and a pleasure to live with. He’s a medium sized dog; conditioned he would probably be about 36lbs. He has one previous litter of gorgeous dogs with stellar temperaments.
The pups have gone to homes where they are beloved companions, conformation prospects, and beginner sport dogs.
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’s dabbled in barn hunt and conformation, training in agility, and may compete in rally or OB one day. She loves tricks and is really fun to work with! She has more food drive than toy drive but she does enjoy toys too. Around the house, she is the picture of an ideal companion. 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 other dogs, all sorts of people, even children. She would make an excellent therapy dog. She’s been trained to a very high level for public access and I think she would really enjoy it. She’s a small girl, weighing just 26lbs.
Spy is 6 years old, a conformation champion but hasn’t had access to any other sports to try. He’s been to lure coursing practice and showed a lot of potential! He’s owned by a long time Whippet enthusiast. Spy’s littermate brother has been successful in lure coursing, straight racing, and dock diving. When I met Spy, he was very human oriented and loved to climb into your lap for pets. He’s pushier than Lapis tends to be, more forward and in your business. He has nice drive and enthusiasm! He is a super stable boy, friendly with people and dogs, easy to handle and a pleasure to live with. He’s a medium sized dog; conditioned he would probably be about 36lbs. He has one previous litter of gorgeous dogs with stellar temperaments.
The pups have gone to homes where they are beloved companions, conformation prospects, and beginner sport dogs.
In birth order;
Opal - female - kept her name
Kyanite - female - kept her name
Tanzanite - male - kept his name
Sapphire - female - now Savvy
Larimar - male - now Lurk
Opal - female - kept her name
Kyanite - female - kept her name
Tanzanite - male - kept his name
Sapphire - female - now Savvy
Larimar - male - now Lurk
Opal - newborn - 10.3oz
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Kyanite - newborn - 9.3oz
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Tanzanite - newborn - 10.4oz
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Sapphire - newborn - 9.6oz
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Larimar - newborn - 9.3oz
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Opal - 5.5 weeks old - 5.4lbs
Sweet, happy, playful, bubbly, not too pushy, loves to cuddle, “middle range” type of puppy. Great toy and food drive. |
Kyanite - 5.5 weeks old - 4.8lbs
Calm, not pushy or needy, quiet, loving, sweet, gentle, easy going type of puppy. Good toy and food drive. |
Tanzanite - 5.5 weeks old - 5.6lbs
Outgoing, silly, happy, bubbly, social, loves to cuddle, loves to play, “middle range” type of puppy. Great toy and food drive. |
Sapphire - 5.5 weeks old - 4.6lbs
Confident, bubbly, outgoing, playful, friendly and social, most pushy of the litter, energetic, more of an in your face type of puppy. Great toy and food drive. |
Larimar - 5.5 weeks old - 5.0lbs
Sweet, cuddly, playful, social and friendly, pushier compared to most littermates but not demanding, a little needy, very in tune and into his people type of puppy. Great toy and food drive. |
This is the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test (PAT). While I find the test to be a little outdated, especially in terminology, it's still a fine tool and it doesn't hurt to do. It always seems to confirm my findings through raising and knowing my litter well.
- Social attraction - This test is done right when the puppy enters the test area and is first met with the tester. The tester calls them over and scores based on what they do. Shows social attraction and reaction to strangers.
- Following - Tester walks and encourages puppy to follow them, scoring their reaction. Another test of sociability and also biddability.
- Restraint - This exercise is when the tester lays the puppy on it's back and holds them there to see how they react. Gives insight to how the pup handles human spacial pressure and being restricted.
- Social "dominance" - But I like to call it Social forgiveness. It's done right after the Restraint exercise and you see if they quickly "forgive" the person for making them uncomfortable. Tester kneels there and strokes the puppy to see what they do. Can show a pup’s level of independence, confidence, sociability, softness, etc.
- Elevation "dominance" - This is another that uses the word dominance in a way I wouldn't typically use it, but the test is holding the puppy elevated just over the ground with both hands, seeing how they react. Another gage of the pup’s reaction to restraint and human pressure as well as body handling.
- Retrieving - This test is tossing a crumpled piece of paper and seeing what they do. Score can give insight to the pup’s toy drive and natural cooperation.
- Touch sensitivity - This one isn't major and is very easily trained to be better. The tester squeezes the webbing between the toes firmly but not hard and scores based on how quickly the pup reacts by pulling away. This is done for 10 seconds or until the pup reacts. Can give some insight to the pup’s ease of body handling/cooperative care.
- Sound sensitivity - Someone on the sidelines of the testing area bangs a spoon on a metal bowl and scores how the puppy reacts. Tests the pup’s reaction, sensitivity and recovery towards loud noises.
- Sight sensitivity - For this test, you have a cloth on a string of some description (like a flirt pole) and jerk it around the floor. All of my puppies seem to pretty much score 1s on this which is anticipated with my dogs. It means they looked, chased it, and bit and played with it. Another good indication of toy drive, prey drive, visual/movement stimulation.
- Stability - This test item involves the tester unexpectedly opening an umbrella and setting it down, seeing how the puppy reacts. A good gage of the pup’s reaction to and recovery from the unexpected.
Opal temperament test results:
•Social attraction: 2/3. Interested in the place but went happily to say hi and get petted. Social, friendly, but not over the top. •Following: 3. Followed readily, wagging and looking up at tester. Likes to be involved but not a pushy dog. •Restraint: 5. No struggle, a little eye contact. •Social “dominance”: 3. Forgiving nature, wanted to continue petting and belly rubs. •Elevation dominance: 3. No struggle, relaxed. •Retrieving: 2. Investigated the object then left it. •Touch sensitivity: 5. Three seconds before response. •Sound sensitivity: 4. Ears twitched but no concern. Not sound sensitive. •Sight sensitivity: 1. Chased and attacked, very into it. High prey and play drive, stimulated by motion. •Stability: 1/2. No startle, no caution, went to check it out. Environmentally sound, not nervy. |
Kyanite temperament test results:
•Social attraction: 4. Much more interested in sniffing the area than in saying hi. Low key, independent streak, curious. •Following: 3. Followed but not super interested in tester, did a little zooming around the room. Playful and social but not pushy or demanding. •Restraint: 5. No struggle. •Social “dominance”: 3/4. Gave a little kiss, forgiving but not very enthusiastic. •Elevation dominance: 3. No struggle, relaxed. •Retrieving: 3/4. Went to object, brought it half way back to tester. •Touch sensitivity: 1. No response. •Sound sensitivity: 3/4. Somewhat curious, no concern. Not sound sensitive. •Sight sensitivity: 2. Chased, not too bitey. Interested in motion, not super highly driven. •Stability: 2. No startle, not cautious, went to check it out after a moment. Environmentally sound, not nervy. |
Tanzanite temperament test results:
•Social attraction: 2. Very social, climbed up and jumped all over tester. Social nature, friendly, outgoing. •Following: 2. Followed very eagerly, jumping around. Wants to be involved, human oriented, happy. •Restraint: 3. Some struggle then settled, some eye contact. •Social “dominance”: 3. Wiggled into lap, excited. Forgiving nature. •Elevation dominance: 3/4. No struggle, then some struggle after about 15 seconds. •Retrieving: 1. Ran and got it, took it away. •Touch sensitivity: 4. Four seconds, then a small pull. •Sound sensitivity: 4. No concern about it. Not sound sensitive. •Sight sensitivity: 1. Chased, attacked, big tugging. Did some stalking/hunting when he let go. High prey and play drive, stimulated by motion. •Stability: 1/2. Noticed, went to the umbrella and got all over it, no caution. Environmentally sound. |
Sapphire temperament test results:
•Social attraction: 2. Ran up, wiggled all over, zoomed a little. Outgoing, social, friendly. •Following: 2. Followed and jumped around, walked away to check out environment. Interested in people and being involved but also independent. •Restraint: 3. Struggled, then settled, then struggled. Whined some. •Social dominance: 3. Forgiving nature, climbed in testers lap and wiggled around. •Elevation dominance: 3/4. Brief struggle then settled. •Retrieving: 2/3. Ran and got the object, brought it to the tester, then ran around the area with it. •Touch sensitivity: 5. Three seconds before response. •Sound sensitivity: 3. Went to investigate the source of sound. Not sound sensitive. •Sight sensitivity: 1. Chased, attacked, bit, took a moment to really sink her bite. High prey and play drive, stimulated by motion. •Stability: 1/2. No concern, not cautious, went to check it out. Environmentally sound. |
Larimar temperament test results:
•Social attraction: 2/3. Quick happy hello and then zoomed to go investigate the area. Social, friendly, eager to explore. •Following: 3. Followed happily but more so wanted to check things out and explore. Interested in being involved but also an independent streak. •Restraint: 4. Mostly settled but looked around and was a bit squirmy. •Social dominance: 2/3. Got in lap, wagging and sweet. Forgiving nature. •Elevation dominance: 3. No struggle. •Retrieving: 3. Ran and got it, brought it right back to tester perfectly. •Touch sensitivity: 1. No response. •Sound sensitivity: 3. Went right towards the sound to check it out. Not sound sensitive. •Sight sensitivity: 1. Chased, attacked, bit, gripped and good tugging. High prey and play drive, stimulated by motion. •Stability: 1/2. Went and jumped right in it, no caution. Environmentally sound. |