Six Week Evaluations: The Snack Cakes Litter: HoHo

 

Beatrix O'Honey (AKC) and Rocketdog Rockford Rhoades (AKC) gave us seven wonderful babies in this litter and we couldn't be happier with the results at six weeks. This is Beatrix (Bit) O'Honey's (AKC) second full litter and Rocky's first.  We evaluate all of our litters using a six point pseudo objective standard and it is a good idea to become familiar with it by clicking here.

Bit O'Honey, out of the Dog Hills Farm in Idaho, is a good -pet quality Basset Hound. Outside of a few minor structural issues Honey is correct to form in most respects when compared to the AKC Standard for the breed. This makes her puppies pet quality and we will not be offering breeding rights for any of this litter. Honey paired with our younger male Rocketdog Rockford (Rocky) Rhoads (AKC), from our own Rocketdog stock. Rocky is a very good quality Basset when compared to the AKC Standard. His sire ClarkeBar Grizwold (AKC) is a very good quality, smaller form, male whose characteristics are all true to form; ClarkeBar is a very good example of the breed. Rocky's dame, Grizelda Laffee Taffee is a small form Basset out of Country Corner Bassets in Idaho. Taffee is a very good quality Basset, with exceptional Basset traits, who has thrown three wonderful litters. Many pups from ClarkeBar and Taffee were of show quality and have exceptional Basset characteristics. Our expectation is that Rocky's genetics, will shine through Honey's minor flaws, but that none of these will be better than very good as they grow into adulthood.

What a face!

HoHo came into our world on September 10h, 2022 at around 9:35 P.M. weighing a very good 11 ounces (our largest puppy). HoHo was a fast mover and good hunter right from the start. He searched out and found his mother quickly. HoHo was hungry and this hasn't changed much since he came to us. He has nearly doubled in weight every week since that night and today weighs a very healthy 10.5 pounds. 

HoHo has a reserved personality. He is never far from whomever is play fighting, and he can be very vocal when at play, as is his Sire. Expect a bit of a barky dog in HoHo. He is active and playful all his waking hours and, though he does like to cuddle, shows no particular interest in settling down for a good rubbing. 

A very strong stance. 

Structurally HoHo is very good. Were it not for the trait of his lineage he might become a candidate for breeding, but we will no offer rights to breed any of this litter  due to both parents having slight flaws which might transmit to future litters. But there seem to be nothing wrong about this puppy at seven weeks. His bone structure is very strong, His highly domed head, ear set, jaw set, foreleg bone size, paw size, and sternum depth are great. HoHo's stance is quite strong, he will not likely develop hip joint problems as he ages, but he might if  his weight is not controlled a bit. Lot of exercise will be important to his long term prospects.

Lovely coloring.

Aesthetically HoHo is beautiful. His ample skin folds are covered in mostly black fur. At this point he doesn't show much brown in his head and should he keep his mostly black and white marking, he will be spectacular as an adult. His Sire's Dame has this sort of beauty and we hope for the best with HoHo.   He is not likely to win at show due to traits found in his parentage, but he might be a contender given the proper attention. 

HoHo receives all five of the AKC derived points, and the point for beauty as well. There simply isn't anything wrong with this puppy at this point in time. He receives all six points.