Chihuahua puppies

Welcome to the home of Rising Sun Kennel

At Rising Sun our dogs are bred for soundness, type, temperament, and beauty. We are a small kennel located in beautiful northern Minnesota. We occasionally have Chihuahua puppies available.

Come in look around and relax. Don't forget to sign the guestbook as we would love to hear from you.

Our dogs are all members of our family, they warm our beds as well as our hearts. They take turns going to dog classes and participate in things like Conformation, Obedience, Agility, Rally, Canine Good Citizen.

I am a member of the Iron Range Dog Training Club and my dogs are American Kennel Club registered.

Our pups come with first shots, de-worming, dewclaws removed, vet check and health guarantee. In the near future they will all be micro chipped also.

We breed both coats and all colors and pattern, including Blue, Brindle, Chocolate, Merle, Spotted and solid.

All pet pups are sold on limited registration and if you want a pup for breeding or showing it must be discussed first so we can help you pick the best that we have.

We strive to breed to AKC standard and know that not all pups with be Champion material and that does not mean they can't participate in some of the other things we have mentioned above. So take your time and look around and above all enjoy you dogs, they can be so much fun if given half a chance.

I will be offering stud service to girls that are Vet checked and brucellosis tested free within one week of coming to my house for studding.

WHAT IS A BREEDER?

A Breeder (with a capital B) is one who thirsts for knowledge and

never really knows it all, one who wrestles with decisions of

conscience, convenience, and commitment.

A Breeder is one who sacrifices personal interests, finances, time,

friendships, fancy furniture and deep pile carpeting. She give up the

dreams of a long, luxurious cruise in favor of turning that all

important Show into this years "vacation".

The Breeder goes without sleep (but never without coffee) in hours

spent planning a breeding or watching anxiously over the birth

process, and afterwards, over every little sneeze, wiggle or cry.

The Breeder skips dinner parties because that litter is due and the babies

have to be fed at eight. She disregards birth fluids and puts mouth to

mouth to save a gasping newborn, literally blowing life into a tiny,

helpless creature that may be the culmination of a lifetime of dreams.

A Breeders lap is a marvelous place where generations of proud and

noble champions once snoozed.

A Breeders hands are strong and firm and

often soiled, but ever so gentle and sensitive to the thrusts of a puppy's wet nose.

A Breeders back and knees are usually arthritic from stooping, bending

and sitting in the birthing box, but are strong enough to enable the

Breeder to show the next choice pup to a Championship.

A Breeders shoulders are stooped and often heaped with abuse from

competitors, but they're wide enough to support the weight of a

thousand defeats and frustrations.

A Breeders arms are always able to wield a mop, support an armful of

puppies, or lend a helping hand to a newcomer.

A Breeders ears are wondrous things, sometimes red (from being talked

about) or strangely shaped (from being pressed against a phone

receiver), often deaf to criticism, yet always fine-tuned to the

whimper of a sick puppy.

A Breeders eyes are blurred from pedigree research and sometimes blind

to her own dog's faults, but they are never so keen to the

competitions faults and are always searching for the perfect specimen.

A Breeders brain is foggy on faces, but it can recall pedigrees faster

than an IBM computer. It is so full of knowledge that sometimes it

blows a fuse. It catalogs thousands of good boning, fine ears and

perfect heads and buries in the soul the failures and the one that

didn't turn out.

The Breeders heart is often broken, but it beats strongly with hope

everlasting and it's always in the right place"

Oh, yes, there are breeders and then, there are BREEDERS!!

Author Unknown

MERLE COLORING.... Demystified.

What is Merle?

Merle is a dilution gene, that lightens whatever coat color would otherwise have been. The lightening is not spread evenly over the coat, but leaves patches of undiluted color scattered over the dog's body.

The gene responsible for the merle actually encodes for a protein that aids in the passing of pigment up the hair shaft. With the presence of the Merle gene, some of the passage of the protein is disrupted, causing the variance in coloring of the hair shaft.

There are always two copies of any gene. If we call the Merle gene M and the non-Merle gene m, then any given dog can be mm, Mm, or MM. the mm dog does not carry the Merle gene in them so will not display any Merle coloring, or genetic ability to pass it on. The Mm carries the Merle coloring gene as half of its genetic makeup, so will show Merle coloring to varying degrees and carries the genetic ability to pass it on. The MM is considered a double Merle or homozygous Merle. This is where the concern can lie. If a double Merle displays mostly white characteristics, especially in the eye and ear area, they are usually born either blind or deaf or both. The reason for this is that in fetal development, the precursor cells for nerve and for pigment cells are one in the same. As the fetus develops, the precursor cells migrate from the spinal column of the embryo in the direction of the head, so a dog with fewer pigment cells on it's head (excessive white) will have a greater likelyhood of having fewer nerve cells associated with the sensory organs of the head (eyes & ears). The homozygous Merle does not always have health problems associated with the MM, but can be identified by excessive white present. There are perfectly healthy MM dogs, but it is risky to breed for homozygous Merles and should be left to professional breeders.

Merle color varieties:

The presence of the Merle gene on a black dog produces a Blue Merle, a more or less bluish gray coat dappled with black spots. Tan points - the tan spots over the eyes, on the sides of muzzle and on the legs - a tri colored dog, will still be there. The Merle gene does not act on the tan points.

Merle on a Chocolate coat coloring, will react similarly with the dappling and spots. There are many different shades of Chocolate, so make an interesting coat pattern.

The Sable coat coloring will produce a Sable Merle. This cross is less predictable than the Blue or Chocolate Merles and may range from an apparent solid Sable, often with a pinkish or orange cast to the coat, to something that looks like a rusty Blue Merle.

Merle can also acts on the black pigment of the iris of the eye just as it does on the coat. So often, merle dogs can have a part or all of the eye blue. This does not affect their vision.

Tweed:

There is a gene that modifies the Merle pattern, the "Tweed". Tweed is a dominant gene that only expresses itself in the presence of a Merle gene. The Tweed Merle has extremely varied Merle pigmentation. For example, a Blue Tweed will have black spots, charcoal spots, slate blue spots and light blue spots.... even dark brown spots. Red Tweed also exist, but are rare. The Tweed patterns are often remarkably regular and the result can be stunning.