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Pea and Drake's small frozen semen litter is here!

We welcomed our two miracle babies, a bitch and a dog, both fawn and white, into the world on 5/3/08.
"Big Jelly", Diablesse Gelato Says Surrey Hill, and his sister, "Sorbet", Diablesse Surrey Hill Say Sorbet, are fat and thriving and spoiled as only puppies from a small litter can be.
It is astonishing to think that we have baby Whippoorwill Moonstone grandchildren who will be in puppy classes in 2009...fully 30 years after we brought Stoney home as a puppy.  Much has changed in that time but not our love for Whippets.

9.5 week old photos of the puppies...


"Big Jelly"
Diablesse Gelato Says Surrey Hill


 "Sorbet"
Diablesse Surrey Hill Says Sorbet

 

Some history...


Some months ago, thanks to our VERY good friend Kristen Fredericks, our Pea was taken down to be surgically-inseminated with some old semen collected in 1991.  Unfortunately, this semen didn't go into the freezer at the same viability as they are able to easily collect today, and we knew that our chances of a large litter were slim, but I was determined to try to get puppies out of this combination because I felt that the sire would be one I would definitely want to use on her if he were still alive.  There was only enough semen saved for three breedings from this dog and his owner was generous enough to part with one of them.
 
Kristen is fortunate to have a wonderful vet and clinic which is also renowned for Canine Reproductive services--Springfield Veterinary Clinic outside of Richmond, VA.  She drove many times to get Pea to her cardio clearance, her FIVE (yeah, that's right-FIVE) progesterone tests, and her pre-breeding health screenings.  Many thanks to Kristen for all her help.  Pea received great care but they put her chances of conception at no better than 50-50. I admit I was very depressed at first by these odds, but we elected to go ahead. I put my full trust and faith in the expertise of the specialist and in my conviction that this really was a breeding worth trying for.
 
And finally, the surgical insemination with the 17 year old sperm.  I had a sick feeling in the pit of my gut as I wondered if the great expense incurred would result in no puppies.  This is a big deal to someone like me who is used to large litters and has the $10,000 dog in Tabitha who has taken up most of my savings.  Leila was nice enough to agree to play along and split everything as she always does. Nobody could have a better and more supportive co-owner/co-breeder than I have in Leila.
 
Here is the proud sire, or at least, I am sure that he WOULD be proud if he were still around....
"Drake"
   

                
And, of course, here is
"Pea"
 

Pedigrees of Sire & Dam

"Drake"
SBIS Ch. Chelsea Drakkar of Oxford, F.Ch. ROMX

PARENTS
GRAND PARENTS
GREAT GRAND PARENTS
Whippoorwill Moonstone Ch. Misty Moor´s Thornwood Dondi Ch Proud Fox of Whippoorwill
Ch Misty Moor's Snow Mist
Ch. Lady Blair of Whippoorwill Ch Blue Fox of Whippoorwill
Ch Whitbarrow Parsley ROM
Ch. Chelsea Saffron Ch. Whippletres Raisin Cain Ch Fenwick of Whippoorwill ROM
Whippoorwill Reliant Raisin FCh
Ch. Spectre White Hot Am Can Ch Runner's Notorious of Aryal
Ch Lyca X-Rated Novel
Breeders/Owners: Lee and Deann Christianson and Dianne Bowen

"Pea"
Ch. Diablesse Surrey Hill Say Yaha CR TRP DPC OTRM

PARENTS
GRAND PARENTS
GREAT GRAND PARENTS
Dual Ch. Paris Say You Will LCM Am.BIS Int.Ch. Paris Panther Ch. Sporting Fields Man In Paris
Ch. Paris Pauline
Sporting Field Scrimshaw LCM Ch. Sporting Fields Busy Bee F.Ch.
Ch. Sporting Field AppraxinYum Yum
Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Smithereens ARX F.Ch. DPCX OTR CR Am.SBIS, BIS Can.Ch. Swiftsure Out of Africa Can.Ch. Swiftsure Happy Daze ARM F.Ch.X
Select Am.SBIS Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Savannah ROM SC
Dual Ch. Chelsea Selena ARX DPCX CRX F.Ch. CD CAV CGC Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's My Man Godfrey
Ch. Chelsea Take My Breath Away ROM
Breeders: Karen B. Lee & Carolyn G. Bowers
Owner: Karen B. Lee