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Azuricoyotes Hollandse Herders FI

3 days ago

At Joensuu international dog show on 30th of May we had a fun double success:🏆 AC BLACKSWEET NIM "Nimbus" (2025 Léon x Mina) – EXC 1 Best female, Best junior, Best of breed, CAC JCAC JCACIB🏆 AC A WOLF AMONG THE PINES "Link" (2023 Ruuti x Mina) - EXC 1 Best male, Best of opposite sex, CAC CACIBI'm not sure we've ever had an Azuricoyote both BOB and BOS, especially when these guys are half siblings, too! :)Nimbus written critique (Judge Markku Kipinä):"Excellent type, balanced bitch. Good topline and tail. Balanced, sufficient angulations. Promising body. Dark eyes, good ears and bite. Pleasant temperament. Promising coat development. Balanced, promising gait."Link written critique:"A well-built, sufficiently strong-boned and well-built male. Good topline and tail. Good head lines. Somewhat pronounced forehead. Good ears, eyes and bite. Good temperament. Sufficiently balanced, effortless gait. Not in the best coat today."I am so proud of these 2 dogs with super balanced behaviours in a crowded dog show environment. It's really been a joy to begin showing Link this year, and to have his incredibly level-headed little sister with us makes it all the more fun. <3Photo: Nimbus and Link aka a fine little lady and a goofy doofus. 🤭 ... See MoreSee Less

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Azuricoyotes Hollandse Herders FI

2 weeks ago

A few pieces of spring news from our puppies! Ruuti x Mina puppies did some cool activities:🐑 AC CLASH OF FANG AND FLAME "Midoriya" — EXC in IHT1 (this dog is an insane combination of pure "working dog drive" AND herding ability!!)🏵️ AC A WOLF AMONG THE PINES "Link" — EXC in exhibition🏆💃 AC SO MANY POCKETS SO LITTLE TIME "Pockets" — 1st place on many agility runs this year already, but Pockets and her owner also dabbled ;) in a new sport: they cleared all classes of Heelwork to Music with excellent points and already received their first CAC towards Ch. in just 3 entries!2 Léon x Mina puppies debuted in dog shows:🏵️ AC BLACKSWEET MEI "Mei" — EXC, BOB, JCAC, CAC🏵️ AC BLACKSWEET NIM "Nimbus" — EXC, RCACTheir brother AC BLACKSWEET LEO "Leo" already debuted in puppy class in February with a fantastic HP and BOS-puppy. 🏵️ Watching these guys mature into amazing, stable, social, hardworking dogs is giving me so much joy at this time. I'll write more about their development when they hit 1 year in July. And then this 1 iron grandma...🏆 AC NIVA ALEXSTRASZA "Ruusa" — titled RTKS in senior rally obedience in January, and then this month grabbed another BOB & BOB-veteran from exhibitions.I am so so so so impressed by everyone. And I hope I didn't forget anybody's achievements. You absolute stars. 🌟Photo: Mei, the pink collared little lady all grown up! ... See MoreSee Less

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Azuricoyotes Hollandse Herders FI

2 months ago

Since the last post nearly 2 weeks ago, we had to say goodbye to the oldest of our own pack: AC THE FIVE FAR STARS "Brimi" (2012 Glen x Malta) * 18-08-2012 — 13-04-2026While as an owner I need the time to grieve a dog that I shared many years with, as a breeder every new death is a data point. Brimi was the last one in her litter to pass away, and because this is an important litter (Glen x Malta was a planned variety cross to improve the genetic diversity in the breed), having the complete death data of it is something that is interesting to reflect on.---The coefficient of inbreeding for Glen x Malta combination was >10 %, and as we established in a previous post, the average lifespan of the longhaired Dutch Shepherd was 9 years. For the 8 puppies in Glen x Malta litter, the "raw" average lifespan was 10.2 years. One dog however had an accidental death at young age, making the "illnesses or old age" average for this litter 11.1 years.It is almost funny how well this number matches the "sub 10 % inbreeding gives your dog 2 more years of life" presented in the last post! Even if every dog died at a different age, some too early, some later but still too early, some suddenly, some declining over a longer period of time... Looking at just lifespan, the benefit generally expected from an outcross like this was indeed visibly there.I do want to touch on some things that were missing in the previous post. I think it got so much attention because of how little nuance it carried — I didn't mean to write a think-piece, but just quickly pulled up some data about old dogs to go with a lovely photo of one of my senior puppies. 😅 Real life is full of nuance, though! Here are some quick points on how to put some of these lifespan averages into perspective:- An average of the population does not doom your dog, nor does it grant it additional years- At the other end, your dog, who either lived long or died young does not represent the average of the population- Every dog with higher COI does not systematically die at 9 years old- Every dog with lower COI does not systematically die 2 years after that- Even litter-wide averages are shaky, due to the low number of data points (more is more)- Inbreeding does not kill dogs, illnesses doAnd finally: even if you can't control what happens on a population-wide level, you can do a lot to give your dog the best chance to reach and exceed the average lifespan (about 50 % of all longhairs make it to 10 years) and live a good life. Population averages include dogs that did not have caring homes, or access to veterinary help when needed. They include dogs that were kept poorly, as "equipment", or euthanized for something that could have been treated. Even if losing your dog is possible at any age, these are all things YOU can influence. Inbreeding is just one aspect of lifespan.---Brimi was a puppy that was returned to breeder several times. The last time she needed a new home, we decided she had actually already arrived. She was a great, easy dog with no big faults, so we always joked she was just "impossible to love". Yet I would give anything to be able to pet her silky soft crumply ear one more time! My memories are full of Brimi at different ages, often visiting, always a part of our pack — even if "officially" we only got her back 9 years ago. She was always a shadow of her sister Pants, who had stayed at home as a puppy. I consider the time I got to be the guardian of these two fantastic girls to be one of the proudest of my life. Pants already passed away two years ago, and now my two treasures are together again. "Wait for you? Not likely. I've always had to run ahead of you and show you the way." — Nighteyes🌟 ... See MoreSee Less

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