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WhiteFangs Orion's Belt O'Zion
aka Orion is a plush golden sable born 2/21/03 out of
the first Buffy/Grizz litter from New Zion Shilohs. He has been
raised in our home, as part of our family, sleeping next to my
bed at night. Orion has been a challenge, with his very stubborn,
independent nature. Although he is very loving to our family, and
loves to cuddle, he is also very protective of us. He doesn’t
like strangers coming into his home, something we have been working
to correct.
Orion
and I have been attending obedience classes, completing up
to the sub-novice level, and hope to continue obedience lessons,
and eventually, compete in obedience trials and Rally-O. Orion
also has huge prey drive. I’ve channeled this through
sheep herding lessons and competitions. He currently has his
first herding title under the American Herding Breed Association
(AHBA), the Herding Capability Test (HCT) and we are working
on his second title, the Junior Handling Dog (JHD). I
had originally planned on showing and breeding Orion. However,
his show career came to an end when he failed to hold his ears
erect. That’s how I became an expert at ear bracing.
But, no matter what I’ve tried, his ears haven’t
gone up. I was also planning on breeding Orion. However, he
didn’t meet our ISSR breed’s very strict breeding
guidelines. His hips are somewhat loose and he has a mild heart
murmur. Neither is indicative of serious health problems, but,
it was decided by Tina & So, he will be out pet Shiloh, we will continue with obedience and sheep herding, as I continue to train as an ISSR breeder, and look forward to my next addition, another male Shiloh who will hopefully become my foundation stud. |
| HEALTH
CERTIFICATONS OFA Elbows – normal #SLH-EL73M24-PI OFA Thyroid – normal #SLH-TH56/24M-PI OFA Cardiac – normal #SLH-CA93/13M-P-PI-ECHO (With mild heart murmur) OFA Hips – Mild HD due to subluxation left hip PennHIP – left hip 0.50, right hip 0.52 |
