The puppies have gotten very playful, and are often seen wrestling and pulling on each other. They all have names now - the girls are Maia, Mulan, Milly and Abby. The boys are Rohan, Strider and Finn.
Maia is our warrior princess, strong, dominant and fearless. She loves winning games and playing with her siblings. Similarly, Mulan loves playing, (and winning) but is also very sweet, and loves running around the yard.
Milly is a small, adorable little snuggler: However she's just as tough as the rest of them, and puts her brothers in their place when they get too rowdy.
Abby is possibly the calmest, and most affectionate girl out of the litter, and is very food-motivated, taking after her human family.
Rohan is the biggest of the boys and also fairly mellow, but still loves playing and wrestling.
Strider loves to spend time with people, and loves to he held and snuggled and he also very agile.
Finn is the most playful boy, (and possibly the most dominant boy) and his favorite pastime is wrestling with his sisters.
We recently sent in the test for Myostatin deficiency, a condition that causes double muscling when inherited from both parents. When inherited from only one parent It produces non-affected carriers for the double muscling which can pass this gene on if ever mated to another carrier. This is why carriers of the gene should only be bred to non-carriers or spayed/neutered if they are going to be pets/companions. If anyone has more questions we are happy to answer these individually.
The puppies received their first parvo vaccination yesterday and they will get more vaccinations in the coming week.
We weighed the puppies yesterday and here are the weights for each:
Maia female brindle/white 5.8 lbs
Mulan female fawn/black mask 5.8 lbs
Milly female fawn/black mask 5.4 lbs
Abby female fawn/black mask 6.4 lbs
Rohan male light brindle 6.6 lbs
Strider male blue brindle 6.4 lbs
Finn male red brindle 6.2 lbs
We hope that sharing this information will help some of our puppy buyers decide who are concerned about whether our puppies will be within the height breed standard for whippets in the US which makes a difference in what competitive events dogs are allowed to be entered. Height is not a significant consideration for dogs who will be companions only.
Maia is our warrior princess, strong, dominant and fearless. She loves winning games and playing with her siblings. Similarly, Mulan loves playing, (and winning) but is also very sweet, and loves running around the yard.
Milly is a small, adorable little snuggler: However she's just as tough as the rest of them, and puts her brothers in their place when they get too rowdy.
Abby is possibly the calmest, and most affectionate girl out of the litter, and is very food-motivated, taking after her human family.
Rohan is the biggest of the boys and also fairly mellow, but still loves playing and wrestling.
Strider loves to spend time with people, and loves to he held and snuggled and he also very agile.
Finn is the most playful boy, (and possibly the most dominant boy) and his favorite pastime is wrestling with his sisters.
We recently sent in the test for Myostatin deficiency, a condition that causes double muscling when inherited from both parents. When inherited from only one parent It produces non-affected carriers for the double muscling which can pass this gene on if ever mated to another carrier. This is why carriers of the gene should only be bred to non-carriers or spayed/neutered if they are going to be pets/companions. If anyone has more questions we are happy to answer these individually.
The puppies received their first parvo vaccination yesterday and they will get more vaccinations in the coming week.
We weighed the puppies yesterday and here are the weights for each:
Maia female brindle/white 5.8 lbs
Mulan female fawn/black mask 5.8 lbs
Milly female fawn/black mask 5.4 lbs
Abby female fawn/black mask 6.4 lbs
Rohan male light brindle 6.6 lbs
Strider male blue brindle 6.4 lbs
Finn male red brindle 6.2 lbs
We hope that sharing this information will help some of our puppy buyers decide who are concerned about whether our puppies will be within the height breed standard for whippets in the US which makes a difference in what competitive events dogs are allowed to be entered. Height is not a significant consideration for dogs who will be companions only.