Bruce at 6 weeks
Bruce at 1 1/2 years
Breeze at 6 weeks
Breeze at 1 1/2 years
Goose at 6 weeks
Goose as a 1 1/2 years
Kahlua at 6 weeks
Kahlua at 1 1/2 years
Willa/Freyja at 6 weeks
Willa/Freyja at 1 1/2 years
Riser at 6 weeks
Riser at 1 1/2 years
Thor at 6 weeks
Thor at 1 1/2 years
Willow at 6 weeks
Willow at 1 1/2 years
Emma at 6 weeks
Emma at 1 1/2 years
It surprises me how they change. The puppies seem to have no necks and roached backs. Yet, within a year they develop lovely swan necks and flatter toplines.
I am also surprised at how much ticking/freckling the parti colors have developed.
All in all it is hard to see what the finished adult will look like as a puppy.
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They have all turned into beautiful dogs! Wow!
I have greyhound puppy envy! :)
Such fascinating transformations. Love it!
They all have such long tails! ;) Barbie has a full length tail like those guys but a lot of racing greys I meet have shorter tails.
Well, I'm obviously not a greyhound puppy expert--if I had seen them w/out their mom, I'd have thought pointer or maybe catahoula. Fun to compare, though.
I do not see they are as good or better than their parents. What are your goals?
Good question Anonymous-What do I want in my dogs? What is my breeding goal?
When people hear Aragon Greyhounds I want people to think of beautiful, sound, intelligent, highly trainable, and healthy greyhounds.
I don't want one of my goals without the others.
Only one of these attributes can be judged in pictures. I like my dogs to be good ambassadors of the breed. In my area people now are thinking of greyhounds as highly competitive in the performance sports.
I love hearing comments about how outgoing and friendly my dogs are. I believe my dogs teach strangers about the breed. If I had a nickel for every person that said to me "Greyhounds can't sit" or "Greyhounds can't be off leash" or "Greyhounds can't live with cats" "Greyhounds aren't safe around small dogs" "Greyhounds are not friendly dogs" or....I would be rich. My dogs show them differently. This starts a conversation about the breed and people are educated.
I love hearing from pet puppy owners how happy they are with their puppies, that their puppy was all and more than they could have hoped for.
Health is equally important to me-I want my dogs to live 11-13 years with minimal veterinary visits. Nothing is more heartbreaking than to hear about someone losing their dog to bone cancer at 7-8 years. In one conversation I had with a person she indicated she had just lost her 5th greyhound to bone cancer and couldn't stomach losing another so may have to find a different breed.
So the long answer to your question is I want to produce beautiful, smart, healthy dogs.
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