Dec 25-11
Xmas with the family, great as always.
Little Dexter is growing so fast!
 
Dec 11-11
Cleo gave birth to twelve pups. As hard as we tried, we
lost nine, bottle feeding every 2-3 hours, to help Cleo.
Dec 3-11
Marlowe had an emergency c-section.
Five pups, and we lost two the first 24 hours.
Nov 3-7-11
Took my dad to Victoria to visit Kim and James. Daryn and
Janessa, and little Dexter joined us as well. Kim was a
great hostess. The weather was great. I managed to
have a quick coffee with Sally. Betty looked after Riley
(River x Trip) red tri male, for me. Which was great,
leaving a pup for 5 days is hard on the pup.
 
Oct 29-11
Cleared Hawk and Roo's eye.
Oct 21-11
I went to Visit Dorothy, Deer Park, Washington and picked up Roo,
a Rumor son. A fast trip.
May 7-11
Denver, CO, Steve Slope Workshop. Met up with 4
Rumor x Mokey offspring, Maggie, Clu, Sienna, and River
Apr 30-11
Daryn and Janessa, gave birth to beautiful
baby boy named Dexter, 10lbs2oz. mom and baby are doing
well!
Apr 12-111
2011 Lambing is now done. 6 Ewes produced 15 lambs.
3 sets of triplets, and 3 sets of twins
Apr 07-11
Bottle feeding.
Mar 25-11
Semen now
available from Whip.
Mar 11-111Hawk
and Ruby had 6 pups, see litters for more information
Jan 25-11
HSF4 test results for
Spirit is n/n (Normal/Normal)
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HC/HC
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Affected:
Dog carries two copies of the HSF-4 Hereditary Cataracts
mutation, and is likely to develop bilateral cataracts. |
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n/HC
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Affected:
Dog carries one copy of the HSF-4 Hereditary Cataracts
mutation, and is likely to develop bilateral cataracts. |
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n/n
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Clear: Dog
tested negative for the HSF-4 Hereditary Cataracts
mutation. |
A
separate
mutation
of the
HSF4
gene is
responsible
for
Hereditary
Cataracts
in
Australian
Shepherds.
This
mutation
affects
Aussies
differently,
in that
the
disease
is
dominant,
but not
completely
penetrant.
This
means
that
only one
copy of
the
mutation
is
necessary
to
predispose
a dog to
the
disease.
However,
incomplete
penetrance
means
that a
dog that
has this
mutation
will not
always
develop
HC.
Research
suggests
that the
mutation
makes a
dog 12
times
more
likely
to
develop
posterior
bilateral
cataracts
at some
point in
their
lifetime.
It is
likely
that a
secondary
gene
interaction
occurs
in the
small
percentage
of dogs
possessing
the HC
mutation
but that
do not
develop
cataracts,
however,
this
interaction
is not
yet
known.
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Jan 24-11
PRCD Mutation Test for PRA and CEA/CH completed for:
Rumor - Normal/Clear Optigen Accession #: 11-491
Cleo -
Normal/Clear Optigen Accession #: 11-490
Jan 19-11
Daryn and Janessa...I got to see 3D ultrasound pictures of the
baby, it is a boy, confirmed, (name is Dexter) he is about 3
lbs now and they figure blond hair, and that he'll be about 8
lbs when he is due (about April 19th) it was really cool
watching him move in her tummy. yawning, kicking, stretching,
gabbing his feet, sucking his thumb, etc.
Jan 08-11 Added new pictures to "In
Memory"...Tequila, Jazz, Koot.
Dec 26-10 Christmas day is over.
It is always great to be with family. Lots of good food and
company!
 
DEC 11-10 back from vacation.
Dad had a great time. It was good to see my sister and
brother, and friends. Sally and I, had coffee together, and
hopefully I'll be taking Friday out to Victoria to trial in agility,
spring of 2011. Noelle has a litter of pups on the ground, out
of Spinoff's Razzle Dazzle STDcOTDsd. See her website for more
information.
DEC 04-10 Leaving for Victoria with my
dad for a bit of a vacation. Spending time with my sister Kim
and brother James.
DEC 04-10 We had a visit from Noelle
Bloklander, from the Netherlands. It was great to finely me
her. She has done a great job training and trialing Dazzle,
Spinoff's Razzle Dazzle STDcOTDsd. thank you for making the
time to stop by.!
NOV 23-10
We lost Tia today. It is just plain "sad". She will be
missed. :(
 
NOV 21-10 River had 2 pups, a blue merle
female and a red tri male. Sire is Spinoff's Tripped Over Grit
NOV 16-10 Tia, does not seem to be much
better, I'm still feeding by a syringe, yoghurt, and chicken broth.
Today I bought some strained baby food. I take her to work
with me, and fed her every 4 hours. She sleeps all day.
NOV 13-10
Tia is home, and still is not up and walking. She has a warm
spot in the kitchen, with her bed, and blankets. I'm hand
feeding, with anything she'll eat.
NOV 07-10 Tia
(papillon) had a emergency c-section, 3 pups, only one survived.
I lost the pup within 3 days, and Tia would not have anything to do
with the pup or anyone. By Tuesday nothing changed and we took
her back to the vet. She had a emergency spay, and has spent
the last 5 days at the vet.
OCT 22-10
Nora Norrlin came to visit from Helsinki, Finland, and picked up 2
pups from Hawk and Ruby. A red merle male named Curry and a
red tri female named Fish. Nora picked up Fish for her friend,
Tytti Juntto. It was great to
finally
meet her after many emails!
Marie-Andrée
was kind enough to bring Mokey over for a visit.
 
OCT 16-2010 Daryn and Janessa announce they
are expecting their first child!
AUG 07-2010 Friday qualified for AAC
Nationals, she was handled by Julie's daughter Alex.
Miniature Australian Shepherd, Hi Tide's
T.G.I.F. (ASCA JS-N, Reg-N)
AUG 07-2010 My son, Daryn and Janessa Miller
got married! :) WELCOME to the family, Janessa!!!!!
  
JAN 20-2010 Dennis Pasichney passed away. He
was the person that got me started in the Australian Shepherds.
He will be remembered and missed. We started with Koot...WTCH
Zepher's Kootenai Brown RDX, purchased from Kerry Russell. The
Dennis went on to train Rhea (Twin Oaks Rhea RaeLyn STDscd.
JAN 12-2010 Tank has been found, thank you all, for your help!!!
JAN 12-2010 A lady has seen Tank running around a neighbourhood
called Acadia. Please keep your eyes open, and call us if spotted.
JAN 11-2010 Tank - Spinoff's Tank Full of Grit has gone missing in
the Calgary area.
TANK is a Blue Merle Male, friendly!
3 and half years old, 21 inches, approx 56 lbs
Tank's been missing for a week now.
Please contact Jade with any information.
Please contact: Jade Robertson (or myself)
403-397-4575 or 780-992-1576
jade@wheresyoursit.com
Thanks Please pass around
OCT 18-2009 Marie-Andree and Mokey came out this afternoon, for a
visit. Marie-Andree help me collect samples for the HSF4
cataract tests. We collected Rumour and Mokey. So
tomorrow I will mail them. Then we wait for the results. We
took the girls and Mokey out for a little hike. Mokey looks
"great"!
  
OCT 08-2009 Well lessons are done until spring 2010. I had a
great time, and learned some things. So the ram will go in shortly,
and we'll plan for spring lambs.
SEP 27-2009 Spent the morning with Lill and family. After a
GREAT breakfast, we headed outside to check on Tia and Trip.
We took Trip down to see the bulls. He did really well.
I'll have to plan
another trip, before that s (snow) word comes. He seems to be
more of a cattle dog than a sheep dog.
Tia chased Tray, then Tray chased Tia. Then Grit chased Tia.
 
 
SEP 13-2009 Lessons with a dog, lead to 4 hours in emergency
with a dislocated middle finger, left hand. Trying to get a dog to "lay
down" I had her on a leash and was going to let her drag it.
I stepped on the line when she wouldn't "down", but I didn't have
the right foot wear, and the leash slipped thorough my foot so I
reach down to grab the leash, with my left hand. That's all it
took. So...a lesson that taught a lesson.
AUG 11-2009 Bike riding....
AUGUST 05-2009 - I went to Victoria to visit with
my sister, Sally, Ann and my sister and brother-in law . I loaded the van with Tia, Tank,
River, and Spirit and off we went! First I stayed with a
friend, Ann, and her with three aussies, for the first night. She has
Cody who is now 15 years and one month! (a Koot x Zip son) and Kyde
who is a year younger than Cody. (out of Jazz). And now a young male
called Jakota. (a Tazz son). Ann is the lady who has always been kind enough to stay
at our place while Wayne and I take a vacation once a year. Or help
with a dog that has a broken leg, and well, pretty much whenever I
help... she is there for me!!! Second I
went to see Sally, and let all the dogs out for a run! I got to see her "new
leashes" she is making, and WOW, what a great job she does.
She's making two, okay maybe three, especially one for Tia, and
River...Spirit should have one, okay so maybe they'll all have one
sooner or later!:) Then I went to my sister, and Lorinda's home,
they put us up for 4 days, and I had a great time. We took
the dogs down to the off leash area by the ocean, and let them run,
River stayed by my side. The van quit so that was a
challenging day to get it going, but my sister is always there to
help me out, first time for battery cables, the next time for a
new battery. I stopped the last night and stayed with Wayne's
sister and husband. I got to meet their new addition,
Chivas,
he is a cockapoo. And they had a wonderful meal waiting for
me! We let all the dogs out to play. I had a great time,
just to short! I plan to make this trip every year now, family
and friends are important, and life seems to get so busy!
Chivas
on the trip...sleeping in the van....
  
At Ann's house.....
 
Ann and Cody (now 15 years and one month old) a Koot x Zip son
At Sally's house.....
Please feel free to e-mail her
to find out more about her dogs, her training classes, upcoming
litters, etc.
Or phone her, Sally Keats, at
(250) 704-9215 Website:
http://members.shaw.ca/hitide/home.htm
  
 
  
 
At my sister's home.....Tank and Tia, Tia loves to play with Tank.
 
the three travelers! Tank, River and Spirit
My sister...and Tia
Tia.... grandma and grandkids...
 
At the ocean...........
 
 
JULY 31-2009 -
Tia arrived July 31st, my dad and I picked her up from the
airport. The pictures were taken from my cell phone so they
are not real good quality, but it marks the day she arrived.
She is named after my Tequila, my first bred litter of Australian
Shepherds. (I still miss Tequila!) Tia seems to be fitting in
very well, and I'm enjoying that Papillion temperament! I'm
hoping to do some agility with this little dog, and this is my
retirement breed.!
 
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