Throne of Glass (TOG) litter
Mushu x Lapis 2.0
DOB 05/04/2025
2 puppies: both females
DOB 05/04/2025
2 puppies: both 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
Sometimes a litter is so good, you do it twice! The first litter between Mushu and Lapis have been everything I had hoped for and more. At roughly 8 months old when they're little siblings arrive, and they've been doing amazingly in their homes. The litter went far and wide from the US west coast all the way to the eastern side of Canada and are in a variety of sport homes, including dock diving, lure coursing, disc, flyball, barn hunt, with every puppy turning onto every sport and activity thrown their way with eagerness and skill. They are also darling companions with amazing off switches and perfect temperaments; outgoing, bold, friendly, confident, never met a stranger (human or otherwise) type of dogs that love to cuddle up with you on the couch and chill.
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. He has begun training for competition Obedience in the last couple of months and will debut this year.
We got our two perfect little girls under less than perfect circumstances, but we're so happy they're here. Our smallest litter ever!
If you're interested in learning more about why it was a small litter and why Lapis is being retired, check the blog post here.
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. He has begun training for competition Obedience in the last couple of months and will debut this year.
We got our two perfect little girls under less than perfect circumstances, but we're so happy they're here. Our smallest litter ever!
If you're interested in learning more about why it was a small litter and why Lapis is being retired, check the blog post here.
Aelin - female - blue brindle & white
Celaena - female - black & white
Celaena - female - black & white
Aelin - newborn - 9.5oz/268g
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Celaena - newborn - 10.6oz/299g
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