Takeia is dual registered as a UK Tamaskan Dog
and a Foundation Dog for the Aatu Tamaskan.
Takeia’s sire is Blustag River Rising @ J&J (Lobo). His sire is Jackal,
who is out of Oxbow Leva-Neve (Oskari), a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog. His dam is Polar Speed Pauline/Paulina, a purebred
Siberian Husky. Lobo is a Czech Wolfdog-Husky cross renamed as a UK Tamaskan Dog and registered with the TDR as a first
generation UK Tamaskan Dog.
Takeia’s
dam is Blustag Menominee Owl @ J&J (Woulf). Woulf is out of Redkite Anzara, a registered Utonagan, and Redkite
Wiyanna @ Blustag (Sylka), also out of Redkite dogs purchased by Blustag. Woulf is a purebred Utonagan out of Redkite
kennel, renamed as a UK Tamaskan Dog and registered with the TDR as a first generation UK Tamaskan Dog.
Takeia’s pedigree, therefore,
consists of Czech Wolfdog, Siberian Husky and Utonagan. We are also extremely confident that Takeia’s pedigree
does contain one wolfdog on her maternal grandfather's side, though it is several generations back. The legal
definition of a wolfdog stipulates that the wolf x domestic dog breeding must occur within the last 5 generations. Therefore,
at a worse case scenario, Takeia’s dam would be an F4 wolfdog, and Takeia a 5th generation wolfdog (F5). Therefore,
while Takeia does have wolf in her pedigree, it is sufficiently far enough down her lines to be of no practical or legal consequence,
making all of Takeia's progeny legally classified domestic dog. [However, it is more likely that the male wolfdog
in question is an F2 or F3, making Takeia also a legally classified dog.] I am grateful to never have had any behavioral
issues withTakeia.
Click
HERE for Takeia's expanded pedigree, reintegrating official registered names and kennel prefixes previously removed by the
TDR.
HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN THE LINES: Takeia's sire
(Lobo) was tested and shown by the OFA to have borderline hip dysplasia at 12 months of age, affecting several of his offspring.
Despite this knowledge, the Chairperson of the TDR allowed the first litter to be registered, as well as a second litter. Out of the first litter, Takeia has siblings with hip dysplasia, cataracts, Addison’s
and renal/kidney issues. The second litter by Lobo also has a confirmed case of hip dysplasia. The third litter was
not registered, and the health of any of these puppies is unknown.
Takeia passed her CERF in 2008 & 2009 and
has had no vision issues. She has passed her preliminary OFA hip test (12/08) and has received a good numerical score
from PennHIP. [She is the only J & J puppy to date known to have passed her hip testing (as a sister sent to a breeder in NC
has been shown to have 'moderate hip dysplasia", and a sister from the second litter sent to a potential breeder
has also been shown to have hip dysplasia at the age of 1 year).]
I rely more so on PennHIP, as it is a computer
reading analysis, whereas OFA is subject to human error, as the films must be read and interpreted by three vets. I
have heard of several stories where the same films were sent into OFA at separate times and the same films received different
OFA scores.
NOTE: Takeia is one dog who has
not done anything by the book. When we got her hips scored (12/2008), I
was expecting her to go into heat 2 months later (Feb 2009). However, she came
in at the end of December (2008). We took her x-rays on 12/2/08 (three weeks prior to her surprise early heat). As research
has shown, hormonal levels start to fluctuate two months before and remain in flux two months after a bitch's heat cycle
(or weaning) causing the hip joints to become more lax. According to our vet, Takeia would have more likely gotten
an OFA "good" if she had cycled normally. (She only had 4 months between cycles.)
