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December 29, 2011 -- With Christmas now past, we finally had time to update with week 4 pictures. There are also some cute videos! Happy New Year, everyone!

December 6, 2011 -- All went well last night with no rest but smiles everywhere as these sweet seven thrive.

December 5, 2011 -- One male died in the night. Tulip appears to have lain on top of the little guy, while she and I dozed off in a stupor. That won't happen again! I'll be afraid to shut my eyes! I took all the pups to my vet just to be safe, and all are very healthy, even the poor male who was thoroughly examined just to be sure.

December 4, 2011 -- The pups are born in a quick and easy delivery of just four hours. There are 5 males and 3 females, all doing well and nursing like champs.

November 28, 2011 -- The x-rays show that we have 8 puppies aboard! One more week to go!

November 27, 2011 -- Chess becomes a Dutch Champion!! He has always been Tulip's Champion. . .

November 2, 2011 -- We are expecting!!! Tulip has defeated all odds and there are at least five pups in the ultrasound! Chess, you are da man!!!

October 26, 2011 -- Tulip has an "early pregnancy" test with relaxin and . . . results are negative. Boo hoo! But keep the faith, as we still believe she is pregnant. We wil wait another week and do an ultrasound.

October 5, 2011 -- Tulip has a transcervical insemination with sperm that has finally arrived! Lee met the FedEx truck at the depot and rushed it to the very cooperative vet, Cindy Pratt, in Hyde Park, VT. The sperm are still chilled, in spite of the delay, but there are only 5% still motile. In spite of the very likelihood of success, we agree to give it a try. All candles are lit.

October 4, 2011 -- A very long day on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean!! Where is the sperm? Did it leave Holland? There is no tracking information available on FedEx and René and Lee are going crazy!!!

October 3, 2011 -- Chess visits the vet in Holland for his collection,bright and early! All goes well and the vet collects 555 million sperm. Hey, we only need a few to be successful.

September 15, 2011 -- Tulip receives Breeders Advisory permission from the Ameri-Can Stabyhoun Association to breed with Chess. Lee has already spoken with the owners of Chess during her visit to the EuroDog Show in Leeuwarden, NL. They are excited and ready to go. Chess won BOB at the EuroDog Show and no one was happier than Fryske Point!

August 20, 2011 -- Fryske Point receives word that the Breeders Advisory in Holland, the FAC, has cleared the match of Chess fan'e Twellegeaster Bourren and Tulip, Sante Yfke fân Bûten Út.

Chess fan'e Twellegeaster Bourren

ABOUT FRYSKE POINT

Fryske Point Stabyhoun is dedicated to sound breeding practices and the preservation of the Stabyhoun breed. We have two females living with us and going wherever we travel. Our first Staby is named Fryske Point Worth Repeating with the call name of “Echo”. She came into our lives in May of 2004 and has been our guide to owning a Stabyhoun!

Fryske Point is a charter member of a North American breed club called the Ameri-Can Stabyhoun Association (ASA). We believe in doing intensive puppy rearing, working with them from day 3 with the Super Dog Treatment (http://www.breedingbetterdogs.com/achiever.html). Then at 7 1/2 to 8 weeks, we do the Volhard P.A.T. evaluation (http://www.volhard.com/puppy/pat.htm) along with the PAWS Working Dog Evaluation (http://www.malinut.com/ref/write/paws/). We use Pat Hastings evaluation of puppy structure (http://dogfolk.com/thehastings.htm) as our guide in the tough job of evaluating puppies.

We are located in Bluffton, South Carolina, but most of our summers are spent in the Adirondack Park on Chazy Lake in upper NY State.

OUR MISSION

At Fryske Point, our goal is to preserve, protect and promote the health, character, appearance, and general well being of the Stabyhoun, as well as its natural working ability and other unique characteristics of the breed.

We adhere to the Code of Ethics of the Ameri-Can Stabyhoun Association, the only North American “fledgling” of the Dutch Stabij- and Wetterhoun Association. As such, we breed only those Stabyhouns that conform to the official Dutch breed standard as adopted by the Federation Cynologique Internationale, hereafter referred to as the FCI and accepted by the ASA. Our Stabys are evaluated against this Dutch standard by certified Dutch Judges for the breed, flown over to North America for that specific purpose.

In addition to the phenotype evaluation, we also have the hips and elbows certified by an approved agency to guard against the incurrence of dysplasia. The breeds known health issues of epilepsy, elbow dysplasia, hip dysplasia, heart disease, and neurological problems are still relatively low percentages within the population. Still, we believe in adhering to strict rules in using possible carriers to diminish these occurences.

BREEDING FOR THE FUTURE

At Fryske Point, we believe in breeding only the finest temperaments, as having a best friend and a devoted pet should be the number one goal for any owner. While maintaining and building our lines is an important goal, we take pride in our dogs as intelligent, and responsive working dogs as well. We want our dogs to be used in the field, or obedience and agility trials whenever possible, to maintain the original working abilities of the Stabyhoun breed. Temperament is an essential part of this working ability and we start work with our pups from the minute they can walk. From 2 weeks of age, we start to build a strong and confident dog with proper socialization of the litter.

CONTACT

Please contact us for further information about Fryske Point.

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+1 (843) 757-5577
+1 (843) 368-5864

Address: 53 Pine View Dr., Bluffton, SC 29910