Female Papillons
Name: Galateya Sanshain Papilio “Sunshine”
Sire: Shik I Sharm Noble Neill
Dam: Bergenija Taurapilis
Color: e/Em RALY(2) At/At
COI: 2.33% calculated at 10 generations; incomplete past generation 9
Temperament: Affectionate, elegant, serious
OFA CHIC #: 170305
Pedigree, OFA, DNA
Sunshine comes from the kennel Sanshain Papilio in Belarus. She is a medium sized female with fine bone structure, an elegant long neck and thick fringing of the ears that can achieve considerable length if cared for. Although she maintains the classic dainty appearance of a Papillon, her legs, in particular her fore-limbs, are of a sturdier kind that I would like to see more of in future Papillon lines. Her paws are large, which i also like. Sunshine is a classic sable hound-tri with striking coloring. Her attitude is serious and she has excellent drive for the ball and natural retrieving ability. She is at rest until there is a ball around, then she is “on.” She has a unique tendency to guard any object I put down, like a sweatshirt or a suitcase, and a few puppies have inherited this trait. She has a very regal and calm demeanor as she has matured and is usually in some elegant looking pose gazing at the rest of the dogs making fools of themselves. If there is a dog in the house who has caused some trouble, it’s never Sunshine.
Chanty came to us from the Dark Ruby program in Italy belonging to breeder Matilde Chiofalo. Chanty is definitely not one of our “front and center” attention hogs, but prefers to be a little more independent and then sneak in time with us. For example, whenever I leave the house to do farm chores, Chanty figures out a way to sneak out the door before me so she can come along. This is no easy feat because she has to jump onto our kitchen counter and use it like a catwalk to bypass a baby gate that only works on about half of my dogs anyway. Once outside, Chanty harasses the goats. Chanty has a huge, high set plume of a tail and a beautiful petite face. She is what I call a “fake” black and white because she carries dominant black. Dominant black masks the A locus but a little bit of A locus color (in her case, brown) can bleed through around the eyes. A true black and white, in my opinion, is two recessive blacks where there is no bleeding through of color. Nevertheless, puppies from Chanty will have a 50% chance of being fake black and white too.
Kimchi, or ChiChi Gonzales, is out of our last Miko and Mochi breeding and has a huge personality that is a combination of both of her parents’. Everywhere she goes Kimchi acts as if she is just arriving at her own fabulous birthday party. She is spastic, unpredictable, full of joy, and a great jumper. Like her mother she is an excellent training dog with high motivation to “get it right.” Like her father she has done some idiotic things like get on our kitchen counter just to revenge poop.
Name: Sablewings Baby Meatloaf “The Loaf”
Sire: Krasota I Gratsia Gaudri
Dam: Monarch’s Red Medlar
Color: e/Em i/N RALY(1) AyAt
COI: 3.4% calculated at 10 generations
Temperament: Affectionate, playful, spastic, extremely intelligent
OFA CHIC #: 170175
Pedigree, OFA, DNA
The Loaf is out of our Tito and Peaches breeding from a litter. I did not pick her name… my husband did. I’m embarrassed to write it out here. She is what my husband calls a “man’s dog” and is very much like her mother, Peaches. She’s assertive, noisy, loves to eat, proud, not very elegant, and large and in charge. She has drop ears but has only produced erect eared puppies in her previous litter. We love her sweet face, pumpkin coloring, and bossy attitude. She does have the annoying habit of watching through the slits of our fence to see if anything moves, but that is The Loaf.
Wish inherited a nice blend of her father and mother’s personality; Miko and Tuike, respectively. The moment her mother Tuike arrived in the US she acted like she owned the place and Wish has much the same personality type. She has a good “off switch” in the house and rests in my lap, along with several other competitors, while I am working. Outside she loves to come along and do farm chores with a huge ball in her mouth. She has a very sound little structure and struts herself around like a thoroughbred horse, shaking her ball. As she has grown she has become an incredible gymnast and enjoys balancing herself on top of our useless baby gate, as shown below. Wish was a singleton in Tuike’s last litter and I was able to capture some touching moments between her and her mother, shown in the gallery below.
Retired (NOt available)
Name: Sablewings Blue Girl “Bubbles”
Sire: Krasota I Gratsia Gaudri
Dam: Monarch’s Red Medlar
Color: e/Em i/N RALY(1) At/At A(1)
COI: 0.52% calculated at 10 generations; incomplete past generation 8
Temperament: Affectionate, serious, excellent dog communication skills
OFA CHIC #: 174917
Pedigree, OFA, DNA
Bubbles is from our first Peaches and Tito breeding. She is a larger sized tri-color female and will have good fringes as she develops. Bubbles is what we call an excellent ‘training dog’ in that she has a natural instinct for defusing tensions in groups of dogs and she uses body language to show politeness and respect. She is very aware of other dogs’ body language and understands how to communicate back in a way that lowers other dogs’ tension or apprehension. For this reason she is excellent around other dogs, very young puppies, and children. She gets along with everybody and we use Bubbles to introduce our young puppies to adults. Bubbles also loves to tug on toys and chase balls. She is a solid tempered girl.
Name: Tuiscalo’s Sweet True Lies “Tuike”
Sire: Tempramentia Never Gonna Stop
Dam: Tuiscalo’s Quicksilver
Color: e/Em i/N RALY(1) Ay/At
COI: 2.51% calculated at 10 generations; incomplete past generation 8
Temperament: High prey drive, loves to cuddle, clinger
OFA CHIC #: 170173
Pedigree, OFA, DNA
Tuike comes from Tuiscalo’s Kennel in Finland. Tuike has a similar big dog attitude like Peaches and loves to tug on and destroy toys. She has a very fearless and outgoing mindset despite her small sized frame, which is exactly what I like to see in Papillons. Tuike JUMPS. This dog can JUMP. She is a flea trapped in a dog’s body. Tuike also exhibits high prey drive and likes to chase squirrels or other small unfortunate animals. She is quite affectionate and a “neck sleeper,” meaning one of us always wakes up with a neck spasm because Tuike was on top of it the whole night. She has a cute little compact body and nice tail carriage. She is very intelligent and needs to be busy so she is the reason there are toys all over my house.
Name: Monarch’s Red Medlar “Peaches”
Sire: Chisholm Chim Chim Cher-Oo
Dam: Monarch’s Lil Lambkin
COI: 3.96% calculated at 10 generations; incomplete past generation 9
Temperament: Sporty, playful, your husband’s favorite dog
Pedigree, OFA, DNA
Like our male Kiwi, Peaches comes from Nova Papillons in St. Marys, KS. Peaches is medium-boned and surprisingly well-muscled for a female Papillon. She has extremely intense food and tug drive and her training can be done with either. She has no ball drive. Peaches enjoys tugging and biting objects with great enthusiasm. She is confident and without fear towards anything and will fight for her toys and attack our larger dogs. She does not seem to comprehend how small she is, although she is built rather like a small truck. Like Kiwi she is very outgoing towards strangers and affectionate with us, but also likes her own space. Peaches has high energy in and out of the house and is fully able to entertain herself with a toy while everybody else is sleeping. She is a unique little dog with a huge personality. Men in particular seem to love her and she is my husband’s “heart dog.”
Name: Silvermorning’s Geisha “Mochi”
Sire: Silvermorning's Ulysses Charm Of Success
Dam: Silvermorning's The Heavenly Gift
COI: 6.33% calculated at 10 generations
Temperament: Affectionate, loves the lap, intelligent
OFA CHIC #: 143633
Pedigree, OFA, DNA
Mochi comes out of Silvermorning’s Kennel in CA and her bloodlines are based on the Lindatorp’s Kennel in Sweden. Mochi is petite in stature with a small, beautiful face and thick, luxurious coat. She is genetically a Phalène and homozygous for the drop-eared gene. Mochi has intense food drive that is enhanced by her natural focus on the handler; she will do any kind of training for food. She is extremely biddable and intelligent and needed very little work on engagement because of her handler focus. Mochi is a one-person dog and politely ignores other people. She has high enthusiasm for training and play and also loves to be a lap dog. Mochi is excellent around children and has a very calming presence. We frequently hear that she has soulful eyes.
