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Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:25 pm
by Choochi
Ripp van Fenrir (daughter of Carlos Vos, grand daughter of Tommy Luijken) has been bred to Athos van Strikeforce (grandson of Wibo van Leeuwen and Rudie Pegge). Both parents are in perfect health and have had their hips X-Rayed which look good (OFA hips and elbows pending) and their eyes certified (CERF).

We had 9 puppies born last weekend, 3 boys and 6 girls, all puppies and mom are doing well. It looks like we have a combination of brindle and non brindle (light to dark brown at this point) pups, thank you Atti! The puppies will be ready to go to their new homes at the end of January. Puppies will be whelped and raised in a home environment and will experience a vast array of social and environmental exposures. Pups will have been started with various foundation training, will be vetted with appropriate deworming and puppy shots, and will be microchipped prior to being shipped to their new homes. Puppies will be weaned naturally on to a raw food diet. At this point one male and two females are spoken for.

The following will be the puppies’ pedigree: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/breedin ... er=1189958

For those who feel that a working Dutch Shepherd listing isn’t complete without some extreme unsubstantiated claims about the abilities of the yet unborn and untested puppies, I expect these puppies to have EXTREMELY sharp puppy teeth! I do expect this combination to produce smaller to medium sized high drive dogs which will be very suitable for sport homes or as active companions for homes with previous dog experience. Both parents while very high drive during training live as house dogs and settle very well when expected to.

Puppies will be $1200 which includes a $200 deposit. For every puppy sold we will donate $200 to the North American Dutch Shepherd Rescue, an amazing organization who’s members rehabilitate and re-home dogs of our beloved breed who end up in shelters or on death row as a by product of unscrupulous breeders and irresponsible owners.

Puppies are located in Toronto, ON.

For more information please visit: http://www.VanWijnTuin.com

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Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:43 am
by leih merigian
Choochi wrote:For those who feel that a working Dutch Shepherd listing isn’t complete without some extreme unsubstantiated claims about the abilities of the yet unborn and untested puppies, I expect these puppies to have EXTREMELY sharp puppy teeth!
:lmao:

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:32 am
by Sugars Mom
Congrats on the litter!

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:47 pm
by Choochi
Sugars Mom wrote:Congrats on the litter!
Thanks :)

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:57 pm
by Choochi
I'm fascinated to no end by this type of stuff so as much as the time permits I am trying to keep a detailed blog of the puppies' progress as they grow and develop, how they go from little squeeky blobs to social and interactive little creatures.

I finally got a chance this weekend to catch up and go through the edits on some of the posts I've had waiting as rough drafts. I still have a bunch of vids that I don't think I will get the chance to properly edit for a while but I hope to get those up too eventually.

The puppy blog is running on the main page of the website I created for them at: http://www.vanwijntuin.com
I'm also throwing little brief updates that don't warrant a full post on Twitter.

They're lots of work already and they've just barely started to move around but I absolutely adore every one of them!

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Green Girl aka The Green Giant although The Hulk would be far more appropriate come to think of it

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:09 am
by DakotaDutch
Awesome webpage !

We are so Impressed with our 6 month male pup I'm thinking we might need to find him a girlfriend. It is too soon for that I think but your set up and pups is top notch.

Thanks for sharing

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:25 pm
by HARNW76
Choochi,
I hadn't realized that you were a breeder.
Are there any import issues when selling to clients in the U.S.?
Also, I found your observations of your puppies to be very insightful.
Along with your interest in placing your puppies in the right home
show's that your concern for the breed is more then $$$ deep.
A dog breeder with integrity. Who would have thought? What an encouragement
it has been to see you and other breeders on this forum who's love for the breed is
so much more then their love of money. It will breeders like you that will keep this
breed from going the way of my beloved GSD.
Congratulations on the new litter. They're in very good hands.

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:48 am
by CAHerder
I love the detail of the puppy blog - great to read about all their personalities developing!

Re: Athos and Ripp litter, Toronto

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:36 am
by centrop67
I see it in the pic but wow. When do you get one of these dogs to slow down long enough to nurse?