July 2011
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September 2010
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Current and Pending litters
CURRENT:
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1. Pure Kangals: Oz x Sevdi
(9) five females, four males
click November 22nd 2011 to see current litters photo album.
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Announcements
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1. Pure Kangal pups
Oz x Sevdi (9) pups, 5 female 4 male, born 11/24/2011
see Kangal link for more info, photos of past litters, etc
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Possible/Pending litters
1. Pure U.K.C. registered Turkish Kangal pups: Oz x Sevdi
click the word ” Kangal” on the left for more info/photos etc on these two. This is a repeat breeding pairing two proven working dogs with what I suspect is the best pair of Penn hip scores in the nation, and quite possibly the world.
Due November 21, 2011
Accepting deposits now, going to new homes around January 21/ 2012
June 2010
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Oz Tamam
This is my favorite Dog !
Need I say more ?
I Love this f&^%ing dog !
Smartest, bravest, best nerves out here. He’s the only dog out here I won’t go to make a point with empty handed, and he’s the gentlest and most graceful around young kids, two or four legged; a lotta heart, a lotta grace… equals class.
He’s something special, he’s...
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Sevdi ( kangal )
Sevdi’s Penn Hip ( .27 .27 ) I don’t think anybody in the world can put to better scores together than her and Oz ( .28 .28 )
The most striking thing about Sevdi for me is the way she moves, talk about floating, she’ll be the first dog I shoot video of. She came to me as an adult, so I don’t have quite the same bond or knowledge, as I would a dog I raised; but...
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Immediate Ancestors: (photos)
“Hope” mother of my current three “Tallwater, Agressa, Boelbella”
Hope was a pretty good bitch; tough, smart, protective, and eager to please.
She, like her daughters, was constantly looking you in the eye
Hope, just under a year here, with one of my sons
“Dopper Bafana” Sire of ” Tall Water”, ” Agressa”, ”...
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Boerboels: "Boelbella"
Daughter of ”Hope”
Boelbella’s OFA
“Boelbella” is the most athletic of three athletic sisters, you would be hard pressed to find a dog this size that move as well as she, I really need to get some video to do her justice. As eager to please as all three, if not quite as quick to understand as Agressa.
Boelbella here getting ready to make some pups with...
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Boerboels: "Agressa"
Daughter to “Hope”
Agressa’s OFA
Agressa is the smartest of “Hope’s” three daughters, the alpha of her litter, the natural leader. She’s the type of dog that has always got her eyes trained on yours; she’s a thinking dog. If i’m going on a trip and I want to take a boerboel, she’s the one.
Below you see” Agressa”...
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Boerboels: " Tallwater "
Tallwater is the largest framed of “Hope’s” three daughters, and for whatever reasons, has always had a strong bond with the goats; which upon realizing, I encouraged. Her mother could refrain from killing goats, and the sisters also. But Tall Water actually likes them, has relationships, favorites, even keeps the peace amongst them.
If I bring a new goat into the herd,...
Website is a job
A couple things to consider
A. The format is for blogs, but a blog it is not, pay no attention to the dates attached to the posts themselves, that doesn’t tell you anything except how long I’ve had a website.
B. Navigation is best done by using the headings on the reader left, scrolling will only confuse you.
C. I realize copy editing is in order… but given...
My Argentine Dogos
Scroll down for a quick photo trip through my Dogo’s with links to their progeny and B.A.E.R. and Penn hip tests.
Negrecha…. the bomb, at around 2 years of age here
The only remaining dog from all below, she’s my keeper. Negrecha is brave, smart, tough as nails, and an exceptional mother like Saga before her.
100 lb. female ( that would be 120-130 breeders lbs. )
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Kango "Lefty" ( kangal x Dogo )
Aka “The olympic Schizophrenic”
Lefty below hanging out with a newborn goat kid,
Lefty’s photo album
Lefty’s fellow KANGO litter-mates album
So, now that we’ve done it, we’ve thanked the president of the the Kangal Dog Club of America for his inspiration, and expressed our heart felt disregard to the Kangal and Dogo purists everywhere… what did we...
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Olympic Quatros
( Germany/Argentina x Turkey/S. Africa )
Dane/Dogo x Kangal/Boerboel
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Kangoel x Dango =1/4 kangal 1/4 Boerboel 1/4 Dane 1/4 Dogo
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The Olympic Maxi-Melt
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Ghengis Afrikracker x Tyra Banks
This is the softest combination on the menu at the moment, for those who want a big dog, but might be a little hesitant to entertain some of the less gentrified breeds. Very large of frame,...
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Contact Info
Andrew Johnston
olympicdog@gmail.com
Three Six Zero—Three Seven Nine- Two Five Eight Four
May 2010
8 posts
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Great Danes
Great Danes 1 to 10 ( breed description )
My Danes
My Take on the Dane
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South African Boerboels
aka South African Mastiff
Boerboels 1 to 10 (breed description)
to see more photos or our last Pure Boerboel pups click here
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Current Adult...
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Argentine Dogos
Dogos 1 to 10 ( breed description )
My Dogos ( Photos )
My take on Dogos ( History )
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Turkish Kangals
Kangals 1 to 10 ( breed description )
My kangals:
Oz Tamam
Sevdi
Current litter born 11/22/11 departing 1/22/12 can be seen in
“current litters ” from headings on left side, more photos coming soon
Accepting deposits now.
My take on Kangals
Photo album of previous litter + penn hips scores
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Cross options ( past, present, future )
Legend:
* = Have done it, click cross for photos and info
? = Would like to do it, please contact if interested.
! = Will do it, get your deposit in early.
$ = Available now, or shortly
F1:
BOERBOEL X KANGAL * ! $
AKA The Olympic KANGOEL
”TALLWATER” bred to ” OZ ” 5/20/11
BOERBOEL X DANE *
DANE X DOGO *
AKA The Olympic DANGO
This will be a...
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THE WORD OF DOG ( text )
Essays
Dogs In The World ( historically )
Dogs In America
Choosing a Breed
Choosing a Breeder
Dogs and the Net
The Rare Breed Story ( a canine fable )
Other Text
Dog Directions ( mine )
Breeds as Ingredients
April 2010
28 posts
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Adult Dogs and older pups for sale/trade
Scroll down for photos, and current options.
As a breeder I almost always keep a pup or two from every litter, to study, to evaluate, despite knowing there are only so many slots to fill and most will be raised only to be parted with later. There is no other way to be sure which ones I ultimately want, pups are placed too soon to truly know. Those that remain are usually my picks of...
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Site Info (Structure & Philosophy)
If you’re subject to trip over punctuation and spelling, you may need to watch your step it’s still a job site.
Navigating the site is best achieved by using the headings on the left side. Scrolling is not recommended ! we have used a Blog template, but a blog it most certainly is not, pages will be updated, dates will not change.
Philosophically:
The primary...
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About OlympicDogs
Olympicdogs is firstly a geographic reference. We are located on the Olympic Peninsula in North Western Washington State, within sight of the Puget Sound and with our back to the foothills of the Olympic National Forest at a place called Discovery Bay. Roughly 45 miles, as the crow flies or the boat sails, from Seattle Washington.
And despite the fact the word Olympic carries little...
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Overview ( a summary )
I think the two biggest problems in purebred dogs can be reduced to:
A. Lack of meaningful selection pressure
B. Inbreeding
The core of my philosophy is avoiding that one-two punch and dogs/breeds that have not. If you’re looking for the take home message from the cliff notes, you’re done.
What follows is a rough ride through my reasoning, containing links to specific...
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Boerboels 1 to 10
My Take on the Boerboel:
There is a written standard, or three, out there. Setting aside the dubious value of visual standards on the whole, they will be of limited value, as the breed is rather phenotypically diverse (they look different). The easiest way to get a visual feel for the breed is probably to google image it.
The Boerboel has been the subject of such hype it’s difficult to...
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Kangal 1 to 10
General Temperament:
Low prey drive, but highly protective, their job is to let you know if anything is out there. The Kangal is an independent, regal, self contained sort. Possessed of an almost lupine sort of grace and a primal intelligence I find lacking in less independent bully breeds. They offer a gentle stability around young kids, of two or four legs. Nothing neurotic in these...
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Kangal History
Kangals
In a perhaps telling twist, the most ancient of breeds I work with may have the least to choose from by way of written history. A breed that’s purported to have been around for thousands of years, sitting as Turkey does at the geographical cross roads of the world, that history might be quite busy and all but impossible to document anyway. Or perhaps, as a true land race...
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Argentine Dogo 1 to 10
Breed description
As mastiffs go I believe the heart of an Argentine Dogo is unparalleled. These dogs are as unlikely to be deterred by pain as any close to their size. And that heart beats in an extremely athletic body, that can cover ground, in a sprint or all day. Steered by a nose that can track, and backed up by jaws as capable as any in the world of dogs. Truly an impressive...
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Great Dane 1 to 10 (Breed description)
General Temperament:
The vast Majority of today’s so called “gentle giants” are just big dopes. Mild tempered beasts, all but harmless, excepting those so week nerved they become fear biters. Quite often cowardly, and not really fit for more than couch warmers and yard ornaments. They do love their people, they do stick around, they are generally pretty easy to handle. Obviously they are not...
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Defending the Cross
PUREBRED CROSSES
The crossing of breeds is such a controversial issue it seems appropriate I spend some time addressing my perspective, in print, for the record. To the degree that creates some redundancy with sections like ” An overview, ” I hope you will endure. Given the assumption few will read the whole site, it’s more important that each post stand alone. At the...
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Breeds As Ingredients
The truth is there are far too many breeds that interest me to limit myself to one or even two, so I have no intention of doing so. But I have, of necessity, spent years narrowing my choices to a manageable number of purebreds; Boerboels, Dogos, Kangals. And and a couple basic long term divisions for crosses; low prey drive ( the Olympic Farm dogs ) and high, ( the Olympic Road dogs ).
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Kangal x Boerboel
Livestock Guardian X Family/Farm Guardian
AKA The Olympic Farm dog
Ghengis Afrikracker: my Kangal x Boerboel keeper from Oz and Tallwater
click the link above to see an example of this cross in Ghengis.
This is a cross I expect to be a regular on the Olympicdogs Menu. A pure livestock guardian may be best for some applications involving vast expanses of terrain, bitter cold, huge flocks,...
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Kangal x Dogo
Click here on Oz x Negrecha to see pups from this breeding or Kango Lefty to see how my keeper turned out.
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THE KANGO
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THE OLYMPIC SCHIZOPHRENIC
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THE OLYMPIC BI-POLAR
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THE OLYMPIC PARADOX
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THE SUEDRIC
That last title reminds me that I should give proper respect to the president of the KDCA ( kangal dog club of America ) Cedric Giraud ( simply suedric to those that...
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Dogo x Boerboel
aka the
DOBO
Dobo the Dogo x Boerboel
These are two of the less gentrified “mastiffs” left on earth. So it does stand to reason that whatever you get, it will be a lot of dog. The major difference in these two temperamentally is that the dogo, as a hunting dog, posses extreme prey drive and the boerboel as a farm dog posses a far more manageable amount. That said there are people using...
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Dane x Dogo
DANGOs
Photos of Dangouno
Photos of other Dango’s
Dango’s aka The Olympic Road Dog
This is a cross that I expect to be a regular on the menu as soon as I find the right Dane. That said I’ve done it several times with the best Dane I could find already. I have adults here on the ranch to see, and others in the surrounding area. For those who want a Dane; but not the dumb,...
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Dogs in the World ( the big picture )
Let’s start with the big picture, the context. After all it’s been some time since the likely parasitic relationship between cave men and wolves somehow became something more. But ever since those first cave dwellers began to lure wolves with food, or that first injured wolf, or pack-less cub, was obliged to accept human help; man has been shaping the creation of dogs, consciously or otherwise,...
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Choosing A Breed
That’s the fun part really; I like it anyway. Which is why I’ve considered all of Dogdom and may continue to try different breeds, which is ultimately the only way to know them. I do believe it’s important to be clear about what one wants and doesn’t want in a dog however; and not to kid yourself about the basic nature of a breed. Often the tendency is to underestimate the heritable, the...
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Choosing A Breeder
Again this is for the general public, those not already immersed in dogs. Deciding whom your going to buy your pup from is perhaps the most important, and often times most difficult, aspect of acquiring a dog as even the dumbest humans are capable of far greater artifice than the smartest canines.
Consider this: all it has ever taken to become a “breeder” is the possession of two dogs at...
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Dogs and The Net
Frankly, the content of most dog related forums is enough to make me question the wisdom of the first amendment. There is, it seems, a tendency for people to think their; opinions, perceptions, experience, questions, have some inherent merit now that they can be put in print for all the world to see….. as if all the world might be reading ?
By the same token be well aware that...
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Dog Directions
Where am I going with this ?
To some extant that remains to be seen, even by me. I’ve been at the helm of enough creative endeavors by now to know that the ending need not be scripted for the journey to begin. As it did a decade before I got around to a web site.
The educational curve never stops, the sifting through breeds, the searching and breeding for the best examples of a breed,...
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The Rare Breed Story
A canine fable
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a breed of dog created to serve a purpose. This breed was forged of necessity in a harshly competitive environment, to help the people that used them survive. Most were culled, only the best were allowed to live, because more were born then were needed. The men and women of this culture did not confuse their dogs with...
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Frequently Asked Questions
F.A.Q.
1. ” How do you determine picks, prices, deposits? ”
see picks, prices, deposits for more info
2. “Do you offer written guarantees ?”
Yes, and I’m not opposed to writing them to suit a persons concerns. Contact me directly
3. “Do you ship ?”
Yes we can, see shipping for details
4. “Do you have all the dogs you list on site ?”
No, many are long...
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Weights and Measures
How big are your dogs ?
Rarely have so many seen fit to answer falsely such an insignificant question. Take it from someone well traveled in dogs, the simple sad truth about this question is the answer is almost always a lie. So often in fact that much of the publics eye-o-meters are permanently disoriented
Personally I don’t care to lie, nor do I care to be the only person telling...
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Health Testing
Is a good thing. In a perfect world breeders would do every relevant test on every dog and publicly post the results. In this world, one almost never finds that. But to the extant one does, I think it’s a fair expectation that you should pay more for your dog. As the breeder has paid more to try and produce a healthy one.
Every breed is affected to one degree or another with...
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Shipping
We can ship to most anywhere. All U.S. bound flights depart Seattle/Tacoma international airport. Destinations in Canada are more economically served departing Victoria B.C. As a general rule we can get a young pup anywhere in North America for $350 to $450 hundred dollars total; including, crate, vet visit, health cert, and travel expenses. The best deal is two pups in one crate which...
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Picks, Prices, Deposits
Picks
Many a breeder will pitch you the notion they will match you with the pup that suits you. While there is some validity to that approach, as they should have been observing the pups for longer than you, and should know better what they are looking at anyway. It does ask you to place your complete faith in them. It asks you to believe they will not put someone they know better, or care...
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Link/Source page
Genetics/ Breeding
http://www.canine-genetics.com/
( this link above is recommended as a gateway on the topic )
http://www.netpets.com/dogs/healthspa/bragg.html
http://www.ashgi.org/articles/breeding_incest.htm
http://saluqi.home.netcom.com/belkin.htm
http://siriusdog.com/articles/genetic-health-dogs-bragg.htm
General Care/Training
http://www.webcanine.com/
( By dog...