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 she’s good with my goats and my kids, and always on the job. She’s also got that same steady temperament I see so often in Kangals, no nervous energy at all, self contained. I’ll start with a couple shots of her just after arriving at my place after a few days on the road with me and my 14 year old, this is her meeting two of my younger children for the first time… needless to say I trusted her implicitly by then, she’s a very sweet dog, she was a family dog in her first home.
below; Sevdi and Oz
The world belongs to a good looking dog that can dance
Could be love
But it’s not all roses
11 pups born on the coldest night of the year, a record breaking 5 degrees that night I heard the little shrieks of newborns not happy and went out to find she had some how dumped about 5 of them still wet from being born, out the opening of the dog house and into the snow. I put them back in and I went back inside. I don’t believe in helping. They all lived. The Kangal, as a breed, has not been babied, it has not been ruined; It is I’m sure the healthiest and most hardy of all that I work with.
Touchdown !
I have no excuse for showing this photo… except I love it :) My fascination with genetics baring the ultimate fruit :)
“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”, ” Boelbella” all from “Hope”
Bafana was an outside male I used; He was well put together as you can see. And I know he had good penn hip scores, for a Boerboel- .37 .37 because I made testing a condition of the agreement, despite being shown excellent hips scores out of S. Africa. In hindsight, I guess I never did trust the owner; but the dog was stable, confident.
The owner turned out to be the most twisted character I’ve yet to meet in the often strange drama I’ve come to refer to as “As the Boerboel Turns,” if not Dogdom on the whole. An individual, turns out, so bizarre I’m disinclined to type his name, cause I don’t want to be associated with it, even incidentally, even by search engine.
if ever I needed an excuse not to give a guy a dog (which was supposed to be the stud fee) his story surly provided it ( chuckle ) The truth however is, we were exchanging threats before I even knew his bio, cause he tried to con me. But it actually worked out to be a pretty good deal, for me. I expect I’m on a very short list of people that managed not to get Bleeped dealing with him. I got a nice litter out of it. Gratitude and or bullets remains all I have to offer in return.
The brindle below was named “Doc” out of “Night Train” and ” Blackwell’s Vegter” and dam to my “Hope”
“Doc” again
Doc again
Doc belonged to a gentleman by the name of Jerry Heater, who if memory serves, said she was the best he ever had, he also said she had exceptional penn hip scores.
Doc was bred to Blackwells Vegter with Penn hip scores in the .3’s if memory serves. A breeding repeated several times by the Kansahoma kabal and Blackwell kept and bred several bitches from it heavily.
” Night Train” sired ” Doc ” dam of “Hope” dam of ” Tall Water,” ” Agressa,” “BoelBella”
“Night Train” ( now deceased ) belonged to a breeder by the name of David Harris who basically built his kennel of him. John Blackwell the founder of the USBA, also used this dog very heavily. A lotta folks in a Boerboel centric circles of the Kansas/oklahoma region seem to think Mr. Harris walks on water, I know better. But what ever one might say about these two gentlemen nobody can deny they bring an extraordinary amount of dog experience and dog knowledge. And they saw fit to build on this dog, like no other. He’s probably the single most bred dog in USBA history.
Night train was purported to have Penn hip scores of .28 .28 which was the best score in Boerboels for a considerable period of time.
“Night Train” again below, The foundation stud of the Harris/Blackwell jugernaut
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 “Apache”
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” (center) as a pup with sister “Tallwater” on the left and sister ” Boelbella” on the right; you can see who’s ready for direction.
See the difference in the eye contact, just a subtile moment, but a good example
Below: Agressa all grown up
Agressa head shot
Agressa with two of her 1/2 Dogo sons ( see “Dobo” )
Agressa, like her sister Boellbella here, and like any dog I keep, is quite athletic
And they’re off
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, she’s makes sure it knows its place till its one of the group. In fact the only problem I have with her as a livestock Guardian is that she’s so protective of newborn kids if a mother steps away in that first day or two, she’s liable to post up next to that newborn, and she won’t even let its own mamma near it; which is a problem, so I do have to separate her from birthing does for the first few days.
Signature shot
I chose the photos below to demonstrate how she often positions herself strategically. Our pasture borders the edge of a vast wilderness, she knows from which direction predators will come, she always seems to position her self accordingly… even for a nap
From this angle you can see how close the woods are, viewer left. If trouble comes, it will be from there.
Tallwater again
One more
Built the way I like, not too low slung, more leg than many a Boerboel bitch. The male version of her from the same litter topped 30”s at the shoulder.
