More Boys

I'm still looking at boys for the lady. Instead of cutting down the possibilities as I should be, I'm increasing them, with two more joining the list for further consideration. 

Darius is an import from Canada, a lovely lad who I first saw as a puppy at the Sieger of 24, he took my eye. I then saw him at a regional at the end of the year, I remember commenting that he'd be one to watch. Sadly I haven't seen him since, but I've seen videos and photos, and he looks great. To my eye his proportions are on the limit of length to height ratio, but I've never had shortness in this line and Siska herself has the length to accommodate him. Darius has not yet been proven and that would be a major factor for me to consider as I'd needed to travel over 170 miles (one way) to use him. 

Reno is a French import, a Champion male who is one of the top winning males in the country. I'm not sure how many CC's he has, but he's been the Best Male at Crufts 2 years in a row. He now has a lot of very promising progeny starting to hit the show ring and though I had my reason for not considering him sooner, I honestly am rethinking my decisions, what I think could suit Siska has now changed. Reno is 63CMS, so actually bang on the correct size for a male, though my preference would be for a male with slightly more length of foreleg, what suits Siska could be different to my preference. Louis was just under 62CMS and Nico 63.5CMS, Zeus is about that height too. Considering Meerah, maybe a dog with shorter length of foreleg could be the best call for Siska? But as we've said before we throw the best ingredients we can into the pot and hope it works. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Genetics likes to throw a curveball into the mix to keep us guessing. 

I've watched Reno grow from a young dog in the show ring and bloom into a top quality adult, he's not perfect, find me a dog that is? But one thing that I would say about him, his character is faultless, which of course is a huge consideration as most of our litters become pets. The prices of the stud dogs I'm considering vary from £500 to £850, to be honest that is not a game changer, but sadly distance may have to be. As I've said Darius is over 170 Miles away and Benzes is in Suffolk (300+ miles). Wally is the closest near Liverpool, and Reno is a very do-able 145 miles. I wonder what thoughts I'll have about it all by next week? LOL

The male photos are of Louis and Nico, and of course it's Siska at the top.