We're Gonna Have Puppies... at some point in time

Plans are in the works for the first ever, co-breeding between Windrock Greyhounds and DM Greyhounds! Woo hoo!

The dam of the pups will be DC DM Summer Squall of Scatpak FCh aka Javelin and the sire has yet to be determined, but there are several candidates. Javelin is a multiple Best in Field winning greyhound with Field Championships in both AKC and ASFA lure coursing. She is also a breed ring champion and within 5 points of her ASFA LCM (lure courser of merit).

I am the breeder and a co-owner of Jav. It was very, very tough to make the decision as to which bitch puppy to sell, way back in 2002. Do I sell Javelin? Do I sell Jib? Javelin? Jib? In truth, if circumstances had been different, I'd have kept both of them! One thing is certain, even tho' Javelin no longer lives with me, she has a great home and she gets many more opportunities to do stuff than if she stayed here. At least, I get to see her.

Javelin is a very intelligent greyhound. She's quite clever and, when here, was always into something. Her intelligence lends itself to talent in the coursing field. I had the opportunity to take her open field coursing, once, and she did OK. However, free coursing is more her style. Take her out on the mesa and she's off and hunting. She is quite the accomplished huntress when free coursing. BTW, Javelin took her first "game animal", a field mouse, when she was 6 weeks old. I love this little bitch! I am really looking forward to raising a daughter or two here at Dyno-Mutt! Javelin truly represents the hounds that Dyno-Mutt breeds and raises.

Jav has been health screened and DNA'd. Her health screening results can be found here on the OFA website. In addition, you can follow links on OFA to see the health testing results of her relatives, including a littermate or two.

Javelin's close relations include:

DC DM Flying Jib FCh: Group Placed (Group 4, Judge George Heitzman) breed ring champion, Multiple BIF winner in ASFA & AKC lure coursing, open field breed winner

Ch DM Dots N' Dashes: Multiple group placements (17 or 18), open field pointed

Ch DM Ocean Meets T'Sky: Finished his championship with back to back majors by going WD at the GCA's Eastern Specialty (judge Lena Tamboer) and WD at Morris and Essex KC (judge Gayle Bontecou).

Reservations are being currently accepted on pups from this highly anticipated breeding. Feel free to contact me for more information.

Black Ribbon - George Heitzman

Back in November, the news that AKC Judge George Heitzman had suffered a stroke on his way to dogshows being held in Chicago, made the rounds on the internet chat lists. Recently, it was learned that he crossed over on February 3, 2009. The dogshow world has lost another good one - a man who knew and rewarded good dogs.

God Bless George Heitzman and our condolences to his family.

It's NOT a Train!

I recently have learned that I have a fantastic team of attorneys! I am now thinking it isn't a train coming at me in this long, dark tunnel.

I am a firm believer in the fact that everything happens for a reason, even if we do not know it at the time of occurrance. For instance, a couple of years ago, I was supposed to be driving home from Wisconsin. It didn't happen and I wound up flying. Good thing too as the night I would have been staying in a hotel in Greensburg, KS, was the night that the town was pretty much wiped off the face of the earth by an F5 tornado. Hmmm.... See what I mean?

Anyway, I'm starting to think like Forrest Gump, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get."