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Litter Ten — 11.02.05

Gr Ch Ourgang Hell For Leather x Ch Ourgang Misguided Angel

L2 HGA Clear, HC Clear by Parentage

I wanted to do this litter as Basty has what Angel is lacking and vice versa, he has more bone, substance and the head shape I like, she has a better front, topline and agility plus the benefit of line breeding or rather family breeding. The second reason is that I have this Grand Champion dog sitting at home and I have never been able to use him. He was eight then and if I had waited for another generation he would be eleven before I first used him.

 

These pups were important as they mean many things – the first Stafford I will be exporting, Staffords for old friends who have lost their first Stafford they got from me and one to go on with for a newer friend, all of the homes had special meaning and I found out what a small world it is for the one family I did not know who bought one — workmate’s husband’s co-worker who coincidently got my name from the Burke’s Backyard website.

 

This litter was not as successful as I had hoped, two were born with Cleft palates, Hair lips & screw tails and were put down at birth. A third pup also had a screw tail but as that does not affect their life as a pet he remained in the litter and “Nero” has turned out to be one of the most character filled male Stafford I have ever known. Two of the remaining five ended up slightly overshot, I had hoped their mouths would come back with some growth spurts and the girl has (much to my surprise considering she was overshot from Day 1) while the boy who didn't go over til 6wks was still slightly overshot at 9 months so time will tell with his mouth . This left the two red girls for show homes only.

 

One of those red girls is “CJ” Ourgang Been Round the Block who after a short stay in Australia broke my heart and was sent to New Zealand to a very special home with Lara Francis, co-owned with her friend & mine Kelly Curtis of Bigblock fame. I truly hope that she continues on with her show career as well as she started it over here in Australia and that she turns out to be everything Lara & Kelly hope for. “Rosie” Ourgang Red Terra is the other red girl who has gone to Maria Hayes who owns her uncle “Harry” Ourgang Harry Potter, Maria has high hopes for her as well so fingers crossed they both turn out.

5wks

 

9mths

Ourgang Guided Missile “Nero”

Kevin & Debbie Cross

 

Nero is the cheeky boy of Kevin & Debbie Cross who had owned one from my second litter - ‘Wolf’. Wolfie had passed away the year before and they wanted another boy to fill the spot as ‘Heady’, their older black girl was very lonely. They were very excited when he was born and thought he was very special and that he is—character plus!

 

When Nero was born I was almost tempted to keep him, he was stunning, it wasn't until the next day that I realised that he only had half a tail so there went his show career. Still you don't need a full tail to be beautiful and he is still a lovely dog regardless and one of the most cheeky intelligent male Staffords I have bred. We look forward to his progress & I love hearing the cheeky stories about him though killing snakes at 3 mths of age is a bit much!

Ourgang Hell N High Water “Taz”

Don & Chris Forster (Ourtanelle)

 

Taz is the Basty of the litter, he is so much like his father it is not funny, not necessarily in looks (though he is similar) but his personality is Basty all over, goes with the flow and is happy just to join in as long as he is getting some of the attention. I thought he would be perfect for Don & Chris as they have a menagerie of animals and I knew they needed the right temperament to get on with them all. They had recently lost Flash from my 4th litter and he was just the one to fill the gap we thought.

 

Unfortunately things do not always turn out as you hope and he was slightly overshot at 9mths when I last saw him. He also only had one ball come down however so he has had to be desexed. This has been disappointing for Don & Chris as they had been hoping to breed from him.

3.5wks

Taz chilling out

^ 8wks, below: 9mths

 

Ourgang Been Round ThBlock “CJ”

Lara Francis & Kelly Curtis (Bigblock)

 

‘CJ’ has her own page elsewhere in the website, she is one of the special ones and has a special task to do—which is add to the New Zealand staffords and prove to the Kiwi world how wonderful she is. We already know that as regardless of how she turns out we think she is wonderful.

Ourgang Red Terra “Rosie”

Maria Hayes (Roharn)

 

Rosie has gone to live with her uncle ‘Harry’ in Canberra with the Hayes family. She is the only other one who will be shown from this litter and she has the body to do well. Her head is not her strongest point but her sound square body, beautiful pigmentation and movement should take her far, gaining her Opp Junior in Show in Canberra!

 

Maria is just happy to have another Stafford in the household and has vowed that Rosie will not be as noisy or as naughty as her uncle at the shows (just eats shoes at home). Though Maria has only been able to take Rosie to a couple of shows due to work commitments she plans to do more in the future. Rosie is the most glorious red and should turn out well. Her first litter is due soon to Freddie

Ourgang Dark Angel “Daisy”

Joe & Rosie Dahdah

 

Daisy was originally going to be the one who was going to New Zealand as Kelly kept saying that she really liked the black one. Her only misfortune was that she was overshot right from the start and I just didn't think it would come back enough to be show worthy, time will tell.

 

Joe & Rosie are extremely glad that this is the case as they think she is perfect! It is quite funny, they contacted me through the Burkes Backyard website and later we found out that it IS a small world as Joe works with one of my work colleagues’ husbands and we discovered this when he was bragging about getting his new puppy soon from a Stafford breeder at Wilberforce. Kerrie put two and two together and realised it was me!

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Litter 8      Litter 9      Litter 11       Litter 12        Litter 13

7 mths