| 25 March 2012 | M-of Pelgrims Ring Week 8 |
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| Red-Yellow, 8,2 kg, 24-3-2012 | |||||
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| Gray, 8,4 kg, 24-3-2012 | |||||
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| Lightblue, 8,7 kg, 24-3-2012 | |||||
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| Red, 7,5 kg, 24-3-2012 | |||||
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| Purple-Blue, 9,1 kg, 24-3-2012 | |||||
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| 28 January 2012 | 9 puppies born! |
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Yesterday and tonight 9 puppies were born, 2 bitches and 7 dogs. Here is the birth-protocol: Report birth M-Litter: Glenna und Akai 27 and 28 January 2012.
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 Red(Bitch) 29-1-2012 492 gr. |
13.30: Two contractions while she was standing up and hoop, there comes the first: Bitch, red band, 586 grams. Tail first, drinks
immediately, no dew claws, no white except twee half white toes. Have not seen the placenta. Glenna stretches out nicely in the box and feeds her first child. She does not have much milk yet. Sleeps like a rose. 14.45: The contractions start again. 15.11: Male, red/yellow band, 441 grams, came normal, placenta at the same time, is eaten, puppy has a very long tail, is very lively, drinks straight away, no dew claws. The milk begins to come now. Puppy’s happily drink together. Glenna has slept deeply for about 20 minutes. |
 Blue, later on red-yellow (Dog) 29-1-2012, 417 gr. |
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16.22: She has some very strong contractions but this puppy apparently does not want to come yet. She stands up. With a very strong contraction he shoots
out and bounces on the floor of the whelping box. I was just too late to catch him. Shock: when I picked him up and wanted to weigh him I say to my disgust that part of his intestines came out through his navel. Because of the force of the contractions he came but the placenta could not come so quickly so the umbilical cord was ripped off straight by his belly but. He cried heartbreakingly. What to do???? Immediately phoned my vet and asked if he could operate this. He was quite simple in his answer: if we do not try he will die for sure. Erik just came home a nd brought him quickly to the practise which is fortunately only a quarter of an hour away from our house. The doc. would try it, we could fetch him at about 18.30. Brrrr, just wait if this will go right. I felt miserable. Glenna did not understand what we were doing: pup in towels and vet beds and in a carton box and taken away… But she faithfully went back to her two other puppies after haven drunk half a litre of milk. She pants a lot. 17.30. Outside for a pee. 18.40. Erik comes back with the operated pup: operation was a success, neatly closed as if nothing ever happened. He cries terribly, probably from the anaesthesia. Now I can look at him properly: he is very big, very sleek coat, dark. He has not a band yet, let’s look first how things will go with him. |
 Dark blue (Dog) 29-1-2012 ca. 645 gr. |
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 Green (Dog) 29-1-2012 535 gr. |
18.48: After two contractions: Male, green band, 495 gram. Came quick, wavy coat, dark, drinks strait away. Placenta is eaten. No white
and no dew claws. 19.15: After one contraction: Big Male, unfortunately dead, I thought I heard him cry out, but also with a strong massage, shaking him and giving him Respirot in the mouth there was no life in him. This puppy had no white and no dew claws. What a shame: he was totally fully grown and looked o.k. 20.10: Male, purple/blue band, 505 gram, very lively, drinks straight away. Placenta came also and is eaten. No white, this one has dew claws. |
 Purple-blue (Dog) 29-1-2012 594 gr. |
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 Gray (Dog) 29-1-2012 502 gr. |
20.20: One contraction: Male, grey band, 420 gram. Looks much bigger than that, is lively, and drinks straight away. Placenta came also
and is eaten. No white, no dew claws. 20.50 The operated puppy seems to be a little bit more quiet. Hopefully the anaesthetic will work off soon. He cries very much and seems in pain a lot. 21.45: Two contractions: Male, purple band, 430 gram. Is born in the placenta, at first seems a bit dopy but soon starts to drink and is more lively. Placenta is eaten. Glenna sleeps very deep, she gets the puppy’s apparently without much trouble. The last two were obviously lighter although they do not look smaller. All pups are quiet and drink very well. The operated puppy is really in pain and does not want to drink. |
 Purple (Dog) 29-1-2012 440 gr. |
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 Light blue (Dog) 29-1-2012 612 gr. |
22.30: After some very strong contractions: Male, blue band, 540 gram. Here she obviously had more trouble getting him out. He is very
lively, drinks straight away; I have not seen the placenta. Big pup, no white and no dew claws. 0.30: I have given Glenna 0,3 oxitocine. She pants a lot, goes out of the box and lies on the flour. There must be another puppy but this one does not want to come yet. Operated puppy cries and cries. Glenna goes back to her kids, lets them drink patiently but keeps on panting. 2.25: She has been sleeping really good and deep. Did drink milk and water, does not want to eat. Given 0,5 oxitocine. This puppy needs some help to come from far away. 3.00: Two very strong contractions: Bitch, yellow band, 505 gram. Dark, very lively and drinks straight away. Placenta came and is eaten. |
 Yellow (Bitch) 29-1-2012 538 gr. |
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After this she had a few contractions, probably because of the 2 placentas which still have to come. Then she goes to sleep. The operated puppy screams and cries: is obviously in severe pain and does not want to drink. He seeks the warmth of his brothers and sisters and hides under them. During the night I thought three times: now it is enough, I will put him to sleep. This is almost unbearable to listen to. A small puppy like this must really have a lot of pain if he cries like this. Three times I picked him up to go and do it but three times I put him back with the others so that he would keep warm. He is obviously a fighter and a go-getter otherwise he would have died silently already. He is a very powerful pup with a very high mask and long tail. What is wisdom??? Putting him to sleep can be done only once and is irreversible! The other pups are quiet and nicely round. Fortunately Glenna now has enough milk; probably this is activated because she did eat all the placentas. |
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 Glenna tired but prosperous with her puppies 28-1-2012 |
 28-1-2012 All pups |
 28-1-2012 Glenna. |
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Early in the morning I phoned the vet to see what we could do. He told me he did not give the puppy a painkiller because this is very bad for the kidneys. He obviously still
is in severe pain although this should not be like that. Also the anaesthetic should have worked of by now. I asked him to give a painkiller even if this would be bad for the kidneys, this way it can go not much longer. So Erik took him to the practise again: he got his painkiller and a shot of glucose concentrate under the skin because now he had not eaten the first crucial 20 hours of his life. Checked him through: operation was a total success. He gave extra painkillers and glucose for the first day. As soon as Erik came home with him I noticed: he was silent! Immediately I put him to Glenna and he started to drink as if it would save his life: which indeed it did! First I had to hold him because he was rather weak but after a few minutes he could do it for himself, including threading milk! Now I gave him his collar: dark blue, for now we have hope that it would go the right way. If also his intestines would start working it would be really super, but for that we have to be patience. The extra painkiller and glucose fortunately were not necessary because he drinks so well and obviously has no more pain. So far so good: we are 200% ahead of yesterday. If you see him lying between his litter mates he looks like a giant. At 13.15, even though he has not eaten for the first 20 hours of his life, he weighs 596 gram! After that he had to rest and he seemed a bit weak. Recovered excellent. At about 15.30 he finds the way to the tits by himself and begins to drink. This morning he started with a large tit, now he only wants this one for himself. Drinks at least 10 minutes. What he cannot do properly yet is push with his hind legs to keep his head up enough. He looks nicely round by now and did a pee. Glenna has washed him thoroughly so maybe he has pooped as well. That would be really good because it would mean his intestines are functioning properly! 16.00: He is satisfied. Does not cry anymore, in fact has not done it all day, and sleeps like a rose between his brothers and sisters. |
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 The whole litter 28-1-2012 |
 28-1-2012, from left to right: Red (Bitch = B), Purple (Dog=D), Blue, later on Red-Yellow (D) and Dark blue (D) |
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 28-1-2012, front to back: Light blue (D), Yellow (B), Gray (D), Purple-blue (D) en Green (B) |
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Now that I look at this happy litter I am very glad I did not give in to my strong feelings of pity and put him to sleep. It was really terrible to listen to: so much
misery and pain. It was really luck that Glenna did not panic. She accepted it and so did I, although with a lot of trouble. Now we have to wait how it will go with him, so far so good! Everybody who knows me better also knows that I really like breeding and everything that comes with it but also that I really hate births…… It is part of the deal and of course, after 39 litters, I have so much experience that there should be not many surprises anymore. But every time it is different, every time you have to take decisions about life and dead whether you want it or not. Every time I am sincerely happy when it is over and all puppies’s and mother sleep healthy in the box! Especially now! |
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 Light blue op Glenna's foot 28-1-2012 |
 28-1-2012, Kilashândra visiting the mother and the newly-born |
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| 28 November 2011 | Glenna mated! |
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 Glenna on the way to be mated 28 November 2011 |
The mother to our planned M-Litter is Dronacha Glenna Lass of Usquebaugh.
More data like photo’s, pedigree and show results you can find on her pages: Click here for Glenna's personal pages. |
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The father is Akai-Inou de la Petite Mauve. Pedigree Akai: Click here for the complete pedigree of Akai in the"International Leonberger Database." |
 Akai-Inou de la Petite Mauve, Paris 2011 |
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MOTIVATION FOR THIS COMBINATION: | |||||
 Glenna 8 August 2011 (photo Daisy) |
 Akai-Inou Paris Ch. de France 2011 |
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Waarom Akai als partner? Al met al zijn we tot nu toe tevreden over het eerste nest en hebben daarom besloten Glenna nog een keer te laten dekken. Na lang zoeken, wikken en wegen, afstammingen napluizen en praten met collega-fokkers is de keus gevallen op |
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 Akai-Inou Paris Ch. de France 2011 |
 Akai-Inou Uster(Ch) 5 June 2011 |
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Akai wordt 17 februari 7 jaar en is nog topfit zoals dat ook hoort voor een Leonberger. Helaas zijn talrijke “beroemde” dekreuen, die heel veel hebben gedekt, al niet meer
onder ons op die leeftijd. Zijn moeder is nu 12,5 jaar en kan nog prima mee. Ik hoop dat men name deze eigenschap, namelijk gezond echt oud te kunnen worden, aan onze pups meegegeven wordt. Akai heeft een uitstekend gangwerk, is harmonisch gebouwd (82 cm hoog en niet te lang), heeft middelbruine ogen, nog een mooi zwart masker zonder noemenswaardig grijs, heeft een mooie dichte sluike vacht met veel pigment en prima bevedering. Zijn staart draagt hij goed, wel zou ik die graag langer zien. Hij is kerngezond en heeft een echt Leonberger karakter: lief, niet dominant, vrij naar iedereen en een echte knuffelbeer. |
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 Sir Talann Sorcier of Pelgrims Ring 1993 |
Uiteraard heeft zijn afstamming een grote rol gespeeld bij onze keuze: hij is alleen in de zesde generatie verwant aan Glenna: hun gezamenlijke voorouders zijn twee
nestbroers uit onze kennel: Sir Tar Barr Merlin en zijn broer Sir Talan Sorcier. Merlin was een geweldige hond die ruim 12,5 jaar is geworden, zijn broer is nooit ziek
geweest, hij werd ook 12,5. Beiden hebben zowel hun karakter als het feit dat ze heel oud zijn geworden aan vele van hun kinderen doorgegeven. Je kunt het dus slechter
treffen met gezamenlijke voorouders. De andere voorouders in de eerste zes generaties zijn niet verwant, na de zesde generatie gaat het heel snel terug naar de oorspronkelijke Leonbergers van net na de oorlog en dit zowel in Frankrijk als in (Oost-)Duitsland. |
 Sir Tar-Barr Marlin of Pelgrims Ring 1997 |
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Genetische variatie: | |||||
| In ons vorige nest hebben we geprobeerd een flink aantal voorouders uit onze kennel weer “terug te halen” om de lijnen te bewaren. Van dit nest zullen zeer waarschijnlijk een aantal honden voor de fok worden ingezet dus gaan we ervan uit dat we de lijnen in de toekomst weer kunnen gebruiken. Het L- nest met Dametje en Barton is een totaal andere combinatie, ook hier hebben we geprobeerd een aantal niet alledaagse lijnen te behouden. Hoewel dit slechts drie pups waren heb ik goede hoop dat ook hiervan een aantal pups weer voor nageslacht zullen gaan zorgen in de toekomst zodat de lijn niet verloren gaat. |
 Holy de la Petite Mauve |
 Holy de la Petite Mauve 2004 |
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 Rowen de la Petite Mauve |
 Matrina's Kimball 1990 Father to Merlin and Talann |
Nu in het geplande nest van Glenna met Akai hebben we weer een groot deel, voor ons, nieuwe bloedlijnen binnen gehaald:
de lijnen van Akai zijn op dit moment te vinden in Frankrijk en Zwitserland. Hopelijk wordt er daar weer mee verder gefokt in de toekomst hoewel dat, zoals het er nu naar uitziet, niet op grote schaal zijn. |
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De verwachting is dat door de vrijwel niet verwante bloedlijnen in deze combinatie de nakomelingen een extra hoge levensverwachting en minder kans op ziektes en
afwijkingen zullen hebben! Als ze dan ook nog mooie, grote en lieve Leonbergers worden, waar we zeker van uit gaan, zijn we al een heel eind tevreden. Of ze aan de smaak van de hedendaagse keurmeesters voldoen is eigenlijk niet zo relevant want die smaak is niet alleen zeer divers bij de verschillende keurmeesters onderling (ondanks de rasstandaard) maar wisselt vaak met de seizoenen……. de plaats waar de keuringen plaatsvinden ……en wie er zoal meer in de ring staan….. ! Laten we dus eerst eens even afwachten wat er geboren wordt en hoe ze opgroeien. |
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| Daarna zullen we met een aantal verstandige fokkers en wellicht een aantal keurmeesters evalueren hoe ze geworden zijn. En of het kampioenen zullen worden? Niet zo belangrijk want een hond kan alleen maar kampioen worden als zijn baas de moeite, het geld en de tijd wil investeren om heel vaak naar een tentoonstelling te gaan. Hoe mooi, lief en gezond hij of zij ook is: als hij of zij nooit geshowd wordt, niet aangekeurd en op HD, ogen en LPN getest wordt zullen er nooit nakomelingen komen die een positieve bijdrage aan het ras kunnen leveren. We zoeken dan ook altijd naar nieuwe eigenaren die in principe bereid zijn deze positieve bijdrage ook daadwerkelijk te leveren. Een super huishond kan ook een prima showhond zijn, echter een prima showhond heeft niet altijd de achtergrond om ook een positieve bijdrage aan het ras te kunnen geven. Die achtergrond hebben we geprobeerd onze pups in ieder geval mee te geven door de combinatie van lijnen van Glenna en Akai, hoe ze zullen uitgroeien weten we pas over een aantal jaren. Het allerbelangrijkste is dat ze de beste vriend(in) van hun baas en/of bazin worden en in goede gezondheid heel oud zullen worden! |
 Victashara's Niquelle 1988 Grandmother to Talann and Merlin |
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 Fredon du Pli de Soleil 7 May 1995 |
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 Merlin and Siske, 3 May 2003 (photo Els) |
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