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SBR Dogs, Retired and at the Bridge
The family tree has gotten a bit twisted now that we have returned to a second generation with Pepper, Dash's daughter. Over the generations, some of the girls we kept were not used in our breeding program for different reasons, some of which include not passing one of their health clearances. Click on the photos for a larger view.
Callie
Calhoun's Wanna Be A Cowgirl
Callie was my first hospice and therapy dog and from the first litter I ever helped to whelp. She was an incredible mother and nanny. We chose not to continue her line after she was diagnosed young with lymphoma.
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Dash
Wildfire Dash 'O Tabasco MH
Dash was our foundation male and was the biggest goofball, even while training and hunting. He has passed these characteristics onto his puppies and grandpuppies. We are happy to have his youngest daughter Pepper, now having her own puppies.
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Ottie
Bandalong Water Otter
Ottie, a Dash x Gamine daughter, returned to us when she was two and she now has several generations behind her. She was an amazing mom and curious about her world. She was just like her dad and such a character!
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Ember
Calhoun's Get the Party Started THDN RATI
Ember was originally certified as a therapy dog at 5 months old. Her resume includes duck wrangler, swim star, rodent hunter, and garden thief. While retired, she can always talk people into some therapy time with her. She was an outstanding mother and loves to nanny.
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Tess
Semper Testarossa JH
Tess came to us to live and we helped whelp litters for her owner, while Tracy ran her to finish her JH. She loved people and retrieving.
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JJ
Calhoun's The Color Purple THDD RATN CGCA CGCU
JJ was Tracy's partner in all things and would find a way to sneak off for a swim any chance she would get. She never had puppies, but was the best puppy nanny. Read more here.
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Yo
Calhoun's Mayhem on a
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Yo is one of our Shylah daughters (along with her half sister Ember). She can best be described as a whirling dervish, ready to join the sufis to dance. She loves retrieving, is a little over the top in birdiness and finds a party in anything. She is a phenomenal mother and has just had her last litter.
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Shine
Calhoun's Moonshine Bandit
Shine is a Dash x Tess daughter, who loved to retrieve and snuggle with her people. She had one litter before retiring with a family in Oregon.
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Gamine
Harricana Gamine du Lac
Gamine came to us from Canada.
She loved to hunt, was a therapy dog anda phenomenal mother. She died at 16.5 years, surrounded by several generations. She and Dash brought the longevity genes to their puppies!
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Shylah
Calhoun's Pocketful of Sunshine THDN
Shylah, an Ottie daughter was one of our third generation girls. She is now living her best life with a friend of ours and one of her granddaughters.
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Rue
Grapevine's Have You Heard the Latest
Rue came to us as a puppy from Grapevine Goldens in Indiana. Our goal was to use the last of Dash's frozen semen on an outcross girl, since everyone else is related to him. She loves people and adventuring and now lives with a family nearby, working as a therapy dog.
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Trixie
Calhoun's I'm Not That Kind of Girl
Trixie is from Rue's first litter, whelped Thanksgiving 2021. She is a clone of her mom. She loves people and is the class clown. Trixie has retired after two litters and now lives with one of our OSU therio residents.
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