Sled Dogs from the Green Heart of Germany
Unfortunately Ezri fell sick, when she came into season. Therefore we will have no spring puppies of Shakaar out of Ezri this year.
We expect her to be in heat next time in September. Maybe by then the measures against the Covid pandemic will have succeeded, so there will be more than one stud to chose from for siring Ezri’s next litter.
But first of all, our lovely girl shall recover and be fit as a fiddle again.
The echo scan showed it clearly: Opra (BISS Ch Inner Vision Wolfblood) is pregnant, five or six babies sired by Tio (Benedictus of Kahnawake), are growing nicely. With everything going smoothly, the puppies of litter F will be born around New Years Eve.
We are really thrilled to welcome these babies. Due to a lot of chaos after our move at the end of 2018, Opra didn’t accpet to be bred, although we tried two times in 2019. But this time she happily accepted Tio, the firstborn of our litter B. And so his dam, our retired foundation bitch Kira (Zausel’s Red Rose) is becoming a granny for the second time.
Because there are many people interested in our puppies, we cannot invite more people for this litter. So if you are interested in a puppy out of our breeding generally, please take a look at our current breeding plans and our policy in placing puppies and contact us!
Due to the current restrictions and the imminent lockdown in order to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany, visits are not possible at the moment.
Since yesterday it is for sure that at least six little pups have nested in Ezri’s tummy. They seem to grow nicely – as far as we can find out by echo: their tiny hearts are beating and they are happtly dancing in their amnions.
Mating Shakaar and Ezri was very well thought out, because the pups are linebred. Shakaar’s mother as well as Ezri are linebreeding to Coventry’s Peace Negotiator (Carter). Valhalla of Inner Vision is linebred 3/2 (Carter, being the sire of Snowmist’s Quicksilver Speigas (Fizzy), is the sire’s great-grandfather and the dam’s grandfather), Ezri is linebred 4/2 (Carter, being the sire of Snowmist’s Quicksilver Speigas (Fizzy), is the sire’s great-grandfather and the dam’s father). Altogether Carter’s genome will possibly make up about 25 % of the pups’ genome, as if he was one of their grandfathers.
This is calculating only, because during meiosis, long before the mating, the whole genome of each parent will be jumbled. 😉
However, we are hoping for beautiful and healthy pups who will not only resemble some of Carter’s outstanding qualities, but also those of other lines represented in their pedigree, like Shakaar’s quite dominant ancestors of Cool Water.
… life is going on. For more than a fortnight all over the world people in power have taken actions and ordered rules of conduct to flatten the curve of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Public life is becoming quiet, economy ist suffering with substantial extend. Out here on the countryside the situations sems quite relaxed. Chatting “over the fence” has become popular again. Acts of solidarity with the most vulnerable to the virus are growing everywhere, although nobody knows how much longer we will have to deal with this situation that is even more nerve-stretching in bigger towns and cities than out here.
We are deeply impressed how people comfort each other and not just cry wolf, but encourage and cheer each other. As if an invisible enemy has made us realize, »We are all sitting in the same boat.«
And what ever outcome we will have to face – globally, in Europe, in Germany, in our area, in our neighborhoods and families – life will just be going on. We will not perish, but finally – like so many times in history – roll up our sleeves, mop the place and start from scratch. But to do that, we need hope and confidence.
Or should I say hope, faith and love?
We decided to cradle confidence in our hearts and not simply curl up in our home and wait in fear and wariness. With all things going well, we will have puppies from Shakaar out of Ezri by end of May or beginning of June. Both dogs are merry fellows, healthy and come from best lineages. There are people out there waiting for one of our puppies, some especially for one out of this mating. They will not be ready for their furever families before beginning of August.
If you are interested, contact us as soon as possible!
Pregnancy confirmed! Beginning of February, if things go well, we will welcome another litter. We are happily expecting our D’babies. They will be Kira’s (Zausel’s Red Rose’s) third litter and the first pup from our stud Shakaar (Inner Vision Carbon Monoxide). We feel blessed and we are thrilled. 🙂
As of yet, we are planning two litters for next year.
The first one will – hopefully – be bred by Shakaar (Inner Vision Carbon Monoxide) out of Kira (Zausel’s Red Rose). With everything going well this litter will be born early February and some time around Easter they will have grown enough to move to their furever families.
We have not decided if Opra (Inner Vision Wolfblood) or Ezri (Zaltana Kissed By An Angel In Kahnawake) will be the dam of the second litter. Depending on the girls’ seasons these pups will be born in summer 2020. Also we have not decided yet who will sire this litter.
Perhaps, if there are enough people interested in a pup from our kennel, both girls will have a litter, so we might have three.
Please contact us as soon as possible. We would like to get to know the future families of our pups quite well. We are no back yard breeding puppy traffickers, instead we are looking for the best homes!
Now we can tell the world: our foundation bitch Kira is going to be a granny! Her daughter Nukka (Almundis of Kahnawake) will be having puppies, sired by Finn (Zaltana Heart On Fire of Savannah Town).
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Finn was bred by Louise Franklyn (Zaltana kennel) and lives with Simone Ebardt-Heidt and Michael Ebardt (kennel of Savannah Town).
Many thanks to Simone and Michael to make this pairing possible. We cannot wait to see this litter being born.
We moved house. During the last three months we ran through all the procedures (and problems) you can think of. And finally we now are lucky enough that the local mayor lobbied for really fast internet connections in our community. Good things want to have it – now we are hoping for better mobile access soon.
But no more complaints! We and our huskies are living happily on a timberwork homestead with a nice parcel of land. And there is a lot of open range around us. The kennel has been approved again, and now we are hoping for pups from Finn (JCh Zaltana Heart On Fire of Savannah Town) out of Nukka (MBISB Almundis of Kahnawake). Nukka is co-owned by us and we are very happy that her family with whom she is living near our old home Marburg, and Finn’s owner Simone Ebardt-Heidt made this pairing possible for our litter C. Soon we will know if this plan will become real. 🙂
In April, Ezri will be checked for approval. All health test results are very promising, and she is maturing nicely, so that with the good Lord willing, it cannot go wrong.
Best of all – people are awsome around here. We quickly found friends among neighbors, young people helping with the dogs, and they call us by the name of the estate, Etjes, which really is an honor! 🙂
After visiting the vet, we know for sure we will have a litter B: at least five little whirlwinds are bustling about in Kira’s womb! As lively as they are, there is no doubt, they are fit as a fiddle.
Kira has her own page on this website with lots of pictures and information (and even more in the blog, tag Kira).
The sire, Salai (Balance Master Speigas) was bred by Laura Baryte (Speigas Kennel, LIT) and is loved and owned by Monique van Ree-Hagg (NL). his sire Fizzy (Snowmist’s Quicksilver Speigas) is quite famous and just like the dam, Enya (Snowmist’s Rich Image) he was bred by Kim Ramey-LeBlanc (Snowmist Kennel, CAN).
Thank you, Monique, for making this litter possible!
The pedigree of the pups can be downloaded here for further inquiry:
With everything going smoothly the little ones will be born after March 16. Until then, the expectant mother will be spoiled with everything she loves – particularly nice walks.
Since we now have tons of contacts all around the world, it seemed reasonable to translate this website into an halfway-decent English. Well, I hope it is not too awkward – anyway, if you, dear reader, spot mistakes or painful phrases, please tell me! I am not a native English speaker, so I need to be corrected.
It feels just great to gain more fans and friends all over the world.
And here is our girl, growing “fat like an otter”, as a friend put it nicely, on our yesterday’s walk along the river Lahn in town, while the tires were changed. Less than four weeks to go and she is feeling fine. She just wants to lounge and sleep all day long – strange!
