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Current and Pending litters

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:29:00 -0700

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.

Going to new homes starting January 22nd 2012,

click here to see Dec/09 litter and parents penn hip scores

click on small photos below to see some short unedited video at 8wks.

:24 5:124:10

And for those of you bugging me for MORE video, this one below oughta

learn ya :) For the rest, you might skip it ( 6:57 )

4 wks

6 wks

8 wks

click here so see this litters dedicated photo album

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Announcements

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:11:00 -0700

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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

This is a proven pairing, I’m confident we get a lot of good dogs from this breeding, still have some very nice pups not spoken for !

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2. Pure Boerboels:

1 female pup available, born January 19th

from:

Mandela ( See Boerboel link ) is turning into about everything I could want in a Boerboel.

And

Tallwater ( See Boerboel link ) is my favorite Boerboel bitch, so, I’ll be keeping at least a pair, probably three. This is a breeding not to be missed.

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3. Finders Fee $300

For anyone that points me in the direction from which I ultimately acquire a Great Dane. I’m looking for something special, I don’t care where in the world it is, but please do have some reason to believe it’s a Dane of exceptional smarts, nerve, and courage our you’ll waste our time, yours and mine both.

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Possible/Pending litters

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:10:00 -0700

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

Oz Tamam

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:50:00 -0700

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 something to build on. More on him later, for now I just want to get some photos up.

Oz’s Penn hip ( exceptional also .28 .28 )

Oz at just over two.

2 years old

Ever wonder why dun with a black mask is the default color of so many creatures ?

Oz at 14 months

Oz under a year here, all arms and legs. The Boerboel is an honest 160lb. good looking bastard, that I never used cause he’s not even close to right temperamentally or mentally ( he’s retarded )

Every time I look at the photo below I’m reminded of the earnest scolding I got from a well educated and worldy Turk in Istanbul who was adamant that Kangals simply die if taken from their dry native Eastern Turkey region ( chuckle ) Urban Turks, turns out, often know even less about dogs than urban Americans, and spout all manner of proud and often foolish gibberish about their National dog the Kangal.

Below Oz risks sure death in one of the ponds in my woods

Oz at 8 months

5 months

Oz here at 5 months, witnessing his first kidding. Most people that deal in livestock guardians would scold me for even allowing a pup this age unfettered access to this, but I was willing to lose a kid to see for myself if there was any real truth to the claims. And sure enough, as rambunctious as was at that age with the big goats, all he wanted to do was lick this kid. He never needed teaching from an older dog or to be separated till he was older; that’s probably not a fair expectation to set, but it’s true of him. Now as an adult he’s the teacher and I rotate young dogs/pups into a pen with him and young kids, said young dogs and pups promptly get hammered by Oz if they even think about getting rough with the young goats.

Oz here around 10 weeks, shortly after we made it back.

Oz here at about 8 weeks, in Istanbul

8 wks again, with me in Istanbul, preparing for the final leg of our great adventure

Sevdi ( kangal )

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:45:00 -0700

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 :)

Immediate Ancestors: (photos)

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:34:49 -0700

“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

Boerboels: "Boelbella"

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:20:00 -0700

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”

Boerboels: "Agressa"

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:16:00 -0700

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

Boerboels: " Tallwater "

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:14:00 -0700

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.

Website is a job

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:47:00 -0700

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 that’s been the case for sometime now and I’m no closer to getting around to it then ever…. let’s just call it finished.

If you’re subject to trip on the occasional typo or misspelled word you’d better watch your step.

My Argentine Dogos

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:55:00 -0700

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. )

Negrecha mother of “Tyra Banks” by Dane ( Magic )

Negrecha mother of ”lefty” by Kangal ( Oz )

B.A.E.R tested

Penn hipped,

Below, Negrecha as an adolescent, under a year.

And one more at about 5 weeks

Dubbed Negro Culo, by yours truly, the F.C.I. felt compelled to pull rank and renamed him, sans my consent or knowledge, Negro “Lulo” ( chuckle)

By any name this Brother to Negrecha is the owner of the single best Penn hip score for a Dogo in the world last I checked.

Penn hip .27 .27

B.A.E.R. tested also.

Negro Culo aka Lulo, again at just about one year, below

This male was exceptionally athletic, one of the things I most prize in the Dogo, a hundred plus lbs. and giving up nothing by way of speed, power, or endurance.

And one more

Audacity Saga: Dam of Negrecha and Negro Culo, below

Saga was the dog with whom I returned from my 7 week Dogo trek in Argentina in 2006 after having her bred to “Attraction” below. And from whom I had 10 pups from which to choose for myself. She was a smart dog, but wary of strangers, not as outgoing as many Dogos, but a love junkie to be sure with her people, and an exceptional mother. like many of the Antares line, which is virtually indistinguishable from Garfunkel’s Audacity kennel as the two have been working together for decades, she’s was good size bitch, taller of frame than many lines, which I prefer.

Having realized that “los Medanos” lines were disproportionately represented in the states I wanted to bring back something else, something worthy but other than, something that could then be bred TO Los medanos lines. Those in the know on Dogos understand the merit of Maria Angelica’s Antares lines.

Below you can see the litter complete with Negro Culo’s defining mark; I was forewarned that Attraction might throw “spots” I didn’t care, I was sold on his temperament.

You can see Negrecha’s black ear in the photo below, it was clear to me early on she would be my female keeper, here she is enjoying the benefits of that status

Audacity Attraction: Sire of Negrecha and Negro Culo

This is the dog that made my decision for me; after traveling thousands of miles and looking at dozens of Dogos in Argentina. The single most impressive Dogo I’ve met in all my travels, physically and otherwise. The first thing one notices about Attraction is his size; easily 31 inches and at least 150 lbs. the second is his movement, as graceful and light on his feet as an athletic dog half that size. But the most impressive thing, for me, was his temperament, his intelligence, his nerve.

Albert Garfunkel ( owner of Audacity kennel ) has more champions in more countries than any other Dogo breeder in the world, I couldn’t care less. Attraction is the dog that accompanied his wife when she went out, in a place where car jackings are so common they have a “guard” sitting in a booth whose job is watch for vehicles who’s drivers are being forcibly controlled going in or out of these gaited communites, like Alberts, within which all live in small gaited compounds, walls within walls.

Attraction was the family guardian, the one they let roam their compound at night; but perhaps more importantly also the one that was out with their children and their friends during the day. And the only dog of many owned by Albert that he chose to do Schutzund work with.

I hesitate to repeat in a public forum some of what I know about this dog; But having met him, having looked in his eyes, I would say he belongs in that rarified class of dogs unimpressed with humanity. Not an aggressive dog mind you, not at all, just fearless.

Kango "Lefty" ( kangal x Dogo )

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:38:00 -0700

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 get ?

Mostly I’d say what we got was pleasant surprises. I kept one, “Lefty,” but I’ve gotten quite a bit of feedback from owners of his litter mates and the general picture is pretty consistent. Somehow in crossing two very serious, pretty hard, and relatively aggressive dogs….. we actually got something softer than either parent in many regards.

Who’d a thunk it ? Experienced dog crossers might. I’ve heard similar refrains with a whole slew of bandog/pit dog type crosses. It’s more art than science to be sure, but anecdotes do form patterns in numbers

But I’m going to concentrate on Lefty, because that’s what I know, first hand. And the biggest and most pleasant surprise with him is that he can be trusted as a stock guardian. I didn’t bill any of these dogs as such, nor would I, and I do crosses better suited to that end. But the fact remains with no particular training he has learned to leave my critters alone. That is a thing a Dogo really can’t be taught. If Lefty were one of Mendel’s Peas we might be tempted to say a Dogos prey drive is recessive to a Kangals lack there of, of course it’s not that simple. But for practical purposes it might as well be.

The other big surprise is he demonstrates a minimal amount of dog aggression. Given the relatively high amount of that in both parent breeds I was frankly a little concerned. Turns out Lefty, and from what I hear, his litter mates, are relative gentlemen of the Canine world. Those are the big surprises.

Here’s what’s not. He roams more than a Dogo, less than a Kangal. His coat is in between. His independence level is in between. His biddability seems to oscillate between both extremes. And he’s extremely smart, like both parents, even if his thinking is not quite like either, he is definitely a thinking dog.

Lefty is very, very good with all things small; children, puppies, goats kids etc. He seems to have gotten the protective thing from the kangal along with a healthy dose of self awareness ( won’t lick a toddler over like a dogo ) and the nurturing, licking tendency of the Dogo. I’ve witnessed Lefty dutifully clean the wound of a male dog “Mandela” between growls, as if to say hold still while I clean this, or I’m gonna kick your a$$.

Lefty does exhibit prey drive, more so than his Kangal father, in fact he goes a little crazy if I don’t let him get after anything that he suspects is lurking. Bottom line, he’s working for me here on and around my land, and he’s great out in public, I couldn’t ask for a whole lot more.

Physically he’s a very tall athletic looking dog, 30 plus inches at the shoulder, but not too heavy, with a beautiful light footed floating movement that would be better filmed then typed at ( video is on the to do list ) When people see him they think he’s some sort of Dane cross, and perhaps the best thing about him is… they’re wrong. Though he’s on the scale of a Dane, just minus any of the associated pitfalls

Olympic Quatros

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:38:00 -0700

( Germany/Argentina x Turkey/S. Africa )

Dane/Dogo x Kangal/Boerboel

aka

Kangoel x Dango =1/4 kangal 1/4 Boerboel 1/4 Dane 1/4 Dogo

aka

The Olympic Maxi-Melt

aka

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, but still quite athletic, and healthier than any purebred of comparable size. A family dog first.

The coats thus far have varied from short to a sort of mid length with a substantial undercoat. Colors from red and grey brindle to black with lots of deep red, brown, grey and all sorts of subtle differences.

I raised “Quatro uno” ( seen below) to about 10 months. He was a big jolly fellow really, very good natured, an everyman dog, dog park material. I’ve got a nine month old female here now also, she’s much the same, and the feedback I’ve gotten is pretty consistently similar regards the general temperament.

You can see some photos of a few examples below.

Photos of my female keeper coming soon.

Quatro-uno

8wks

Quatro uno 10 months

Below is “Ziggy” a Quatro from the 2010 litter ( photo album link below ) is also seen here at ten months, well over 30 inches at the shoulder already his owner says the vet expects him to reach 170 lbs. Stay tuned for a reference link from this owner. But I can tell you right now, Ziggy is a lover.

click Quatro litter to see 2010 litter ( see if you can spot ziggy )

click Current to see 2011 Quattro pups, available starting Mid April

Contact Info

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:10:00 -0700

Andrew Johnston

olympicdog@gmail.com

Three Six Zero—Three Seven Nine- Two Five Eight Four

Additional Dane x Dogo aka Dango aka Olympic Road Dog photos...

Sun, 30 May 2010 12:51:00 -0700

1 y.o. fresh of a hot fence reunion

cropped bro to Dangouno visiting

tail tucked after a 10k volt jolt

Dangotres w/sister Tryra Banks

Dangotres & Tyra banks growing up

Tyra Banks in the grass

Tyra Banks with Quatro pups in winter

Tyra w/ Quatro's ( sire ghengis )

Tyra Banks; big, black, beautiful

Additional Dane x Dogo aka Dango aka Olympic Road Dog photos including;

a cropped brother to Dangouno back for a visit and feeling abandoned by his owners and humbled by a hot fence.

Dango Tres: from Magic x Negrecha; a brindle male I kept from the third Dango breeding

Tyra Banks: Magic x Negrecha; Big, black, beautiful…. and not the brightest bitch on the yard.

These are some photos of my first Dane x Dogo keeper ”...

Sun, 30 May 2010 10:55:00 -0700

Dango uno 5 wks

Dango uno puppy

Dango uno puppy

Dango uno getting some grooming love

Dango uno one year old

Dango uno with my daughter

Dangouno with Sweet Kate

Dangouno around a year

Dangouno chasing Dantina adolescents

Dangouno w/ Sweet Kate

These are some photos of my first Dane x Dogo keeper ” Dangouno”

Great Danes

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:13:00 -0700

Great Danes 1 to 10 ( breed description )

My Danes

My Take on the Dane

South African Boerboels

Sun, 02 May 2010 22:40:58 -0700

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 Boerboels photos click below:

Bitches

“Tallwater” (photos)

“Agressa” R.I.P. (photos)

“Boelbella” (photos)

Their Immediate Ancestors ( photos )

Prospects:

“Mandela”: A strapping young male prospect from the well respected Gretchen Kennel weighing in at 90lbs at 5 months, 120 lbs at 8 months, and two heavy for me to lift up by 13 months as seen in the photo above at 29 inches at the shoulder. He moves remarkably well for such a massive dog.

He’s a lovable fellow really, steadfast, devoted and surprisingly protective for such a good natured dog, I’m quite pleased with him thus far and expect to use him extensively.

As some of you may have noted after returning from S. Africa in the winter of 2010/11 I announced that we would look to import a pregnant Boerboel. That was inspired by the hope to use a male named Nkosi that I found in Pretoria as the sire. Nkosi was very close to my ideal Boerboel, very tall 30 plus inches, very athletic, not too heavy, smart and very serious about being a protector. Mandela is the son of a Nkosi brother, which is one reason I bought him.

Unfortunately Nkosi was killed not too long after I left. But I was able to purchase the first two picks of his last litter and have them shipped over.

”Brickhouse”

and

” Spicylegs”

Photos soon. When they are of age, assuming either pans out, I will probably do a relatively tight breeding to Mandela, in the hope of producing dogs much Nkosi

Argentine Dogos

Sun, 02 May 2010 15:36:00 -0700

Dogos 1 to 10 ( breed description )

My Dogos ( Photos )

My take on Dogos ( History )