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Cilgwri Litters

Although having been in the bloodhound breed for over 15 years we have only had 3 litters. This is actually not untypical of small scale breeders like ourselves and there are a number of really good reasons for this.

Remember Bloodhounds grow from adorable babies into adorable giants very quickly.

This is Polly at 9 weeks and Tucker at around 14 months and weighing 66 kilos!

  • Firstly bloodhounds can be difficult to mate and too get a litter from (this was our early problem)

  • Secondly we always want to keep at least one puppy from each litter so we need to have the space as they all live indoors with us.

  • And finally we aren't in the 'puppy farming business' so are very selective about who we mate and to whom. We have always bred for health and temperament and will continue this policy into the future. (see health note below)

Our three litters are as below with the hounds we kept shown in Blue.

Litters on the way

As at 24th November we have a potential litter on the way. This is a mating (AI) between our Strudel and the most beautiful dog from Norway Ch Igenium Foenix.

For details on Strudel and Foenix click here

Phoebe's Children
Grace's Children
Born 17th January 2003
Born 17th December 2003
Born 23rd June 2005
Compo (Deceased)
Ellie-May
Hedge
Chrissie
Scooby Doo
Strudel
Lucy
Igor
Phoebe (Deceased)
Dexter
Ruby
Annie (Germany)
Thorin (Holland)
Lilly
Mary (Sweden)
Lola
Rosie
Sirius
Keano
Haver
Dusty
Chrissie
Sampson (Denmark) (Deceased)
Hector
 
Paula (Malta)
Slobber (Deceased)
 
Stanley (Austria)
Hubert (Russia)

Health and Epilepsy

When Phoebe had her litter in 2003 we had taken every care that we thought possible to breed a healthy litter, particularly to keep away from known epilepsy lines. Compo (Cilgwri Uncomplicated) started to have fits in early 2004 and these got progressively worse and worse until he went into multiple fitting in November 2004 which we could not bring him back from. In the same period his brother in Malta - Slobber - had developed Sandfly Fever (A very very nasty illness) he with the 110% support of his owners fought this illness gallantly although he also started to have fits and then sadly died.

10 Days after Compo's death his mother Phoebe also started to have fits and whilst this is largely under control with medication she still has occasional episodes some worse than others.

We then heard that Hector (Cilgwri Unbeatable) was also having fits. Luckily like his mother these seem to be under control with his drug regime.

Firstly we must say that a hound fitting with epilepsy is not a nice sight, it is soul destroying to watch your hound struggle and we would like to thank our puppy owners who have given so much to look after their hounds.

Secondly we want to say that if you want to buy a bloodhound try and investigate the epilepsy lines as far back as you can go - this is the main reason we took our Grace to Vienna for a mating going as far from known epilepsy lines as we could. But a word of caution..

    • We know about our epileptic litter as we keep in very close touch with all our puppy owners who have become close friends, so we know about any problems that they may have and can work with them on the right management approach. Not all breeders have such close relationships and don't always hear of (or frankly are interested in) problems.
    • Equally importantly all our puppies live in the homes with their owners so any unusual behaviour will be seen. Hounds that are kept outside or in a 'pack' situation may not be noticed having a fit (they can happen quickly and be over in less than 1 minute)

If in any doubt about Epilepsy please contact us and we will be more than happy to offer advise and support. Also see link to our notes on Epilepsy.

 

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