sweet_ceana Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I got my puppy Ceana from a farm out on the plains. Her mother was a companion and worked around goats and her father worked with horses. Ceana was a part of her mother's first litter ever and she is my crazy little runt who is curently running laps around the house with a slipper. Her mother's owner said she was from the Whisp line because of a marking on her legs. Does anyone know any thing about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I would assume your breeder was talking about Dalziel's Int Sup Champ Wisp. Dalziel's Wisp was a very famous and very popular sire. He sired litters both overseas, and at the end of his life, in North America, and so there are a great many dogs who feature him in their pedigrees. I don't know about the marking on the legs - Wisp had a lot of white and a big coat but didn't necessarily stamp his pups in any particular way physically. So, saying your pup boasts Wisp in her lineage doesn't give you a lot of information about her potential, really. Wisp combines with some lines well and others not so well, just like any major line, and as time goes on his influence is passing to the descendants he helped shape. I'd say enjoy your pup for who she is and what she becomes in the future. If you are interested, you'll find out more about how her breeding shaped that, as you get to know her (and the Border collie breed) better. :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet_ceana Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Thank you for the info, I really was not sure what the breeder meant. We are loving our little one who we are quickly learning A LOT about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie+Tess&Kipp Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 curently running laps around the house with a slipper Allie + Tess & Kipp http://weebordercollie.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyO Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Rising Sun Farms has a picture of Wisp on thier website. http://www.risingsunfarm.com/wisp the pup in my avatar is line bred to Wisp, as you can see he doesn't look anything like Wisp. Nancy O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 My Ben is a great grandson. Ditto him on the looks. He favors his grandsire on the top, Tony Diaz's Imp Roy, and a great grandsire on the bottom, who were both big hairy classically marked rose eared dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyO Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Rebecca, What is a "Rose" eared dog? Nancy O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workindogs Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I have a female, Zoe , 2x linebred to Wisp....a smooth coat. Maybe the white with freckles came from Wisp?? Nancy, how's Bea??? She's got some Wisp genetics too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workindogs Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Rebecca, Is "rose eared" a nicer term for hound ears?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyO Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Hi Elizabeth, Bea is doing great!She's a really nice pup. Very calm and self assured. I've gotten alot of really nice compliments about her at trials, ie her behavior, as she is only 4 months old. Then of course there is the person who refered to her as Beauty and the Bea...st. when she was playing with a pup named Beauty at a trial Bea is out of Elizabeth's Black and Zoe. Nancy O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Nancy and Elizabeth, A rose ear is an ear that folds back so that you can see the inside of the ear--many sighthounds have such ears. I've posted a link to an Irish wolfhound site. If you look at the dogs in the first picture, you'll see rose ears. http://www.irishwolfhounds.org/ Or, if you look at this greyhound rescue site, you can see that most of the dogs pictured have rose ears. http://www.storyfoundry.com/greyhound/index.cfm J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyO Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Julie, thanks for the information. Had never heard the term before. Nancy O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan's Mom Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I have a Wisp dog as well...Keegan goes back to Wisp. I don't see any resemblence though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workindogs Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Julie So now I know about rose ears....I think that is what my Mist might have?? Nancy Great to hear that Bea is doing well. I'd love a pic sometime. My Mitch pup is a moose.....a little bit of an awkward ugly duckling right now but I think he'll grow into himself eventually. He's already keen to work...Yikes! Luckily he doesn't fit through the field fence anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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