Dunkin Six Week Evaluations

 There have been two litters produced by Grizelda Laffee Taffee (AKC) and ClarkeBar Grizwold (AKC), there will only be three. We hope to make them wait a few years before proceeding to the third, but these two are sneaky and sly. These two litters were surprises, but both were also the best we've seen. This litter is no exception, all of their puppies are exceptional.

Dunkin was the first born of this letter, and perhaps the best of the males. At 7.9 pounds he is not the biggest. But even at that weight he is by far the stoutest of the lot. Perhaps the best looking too. Dunkin's got personality, but not too much. He's a solid boy, not given to being pushed around by bigger puppies, not given to pushing puppies around. He's much, but not too much in his muchness. And he is beautiful.

We use a six point system for evaluating our puppies. You can read about the whole thing by clicking here. This is a quazi-objective system which combines all of the Standards of the American Kennel Club, with one point for aesthetics. 

Dunkin's head shape is flawless. His well domed head carries a broad snout, great ears and ear setting, and a solid jaw set covered by good sized fews. His body tapers from extra heavy foreleg bones atop huge paws, smoothly back to a wasp waist and on to heavily muscled hips. His stance is naturally great, but hard to photograph. Stance is one good indicator of future hip problems, Dunkin doesn't seem to have that problem. There is simply nothing wrong about this puppy. A joy to hold onto and not too much chance of hurting him at play. 

Aesthetically he is well formed and covered in symmetrical fur of mostly black and white. At the time of this writing he is not showing much tendency towards color change, but this still might happen. Those areas of Dunkin which show brown today show a golden brown. DUnkin might develop into a dog that does well at the show, but training will be necessary to bring this out for the win.

I don't often say this: Dunkin should be bred. He is too good. His parents were great and their parents were very good. Anything he sires will carry at least half of him and there isn't enough of him in the world.