AVAILABLE PUPPIES, RETIRING ADULTS & UPCOMING LITTERS
We have a new litter of Kobetans available who were born on January 7th and turned 8 weeks old on March 4th. They have their health certificates, and all of these puppies are either apricot or champagne colors, all with white markings--some more than others. And the picture to the right is of one of these Kobetan puppies, shown at seven weeks old. Males are $200 and females are $250. Please see our PUPPY PAGE for more information and pictures of available puppies.
And we also have two young adult Cocker females that are free to a good home with no children, no other small pets like cats or house bunnies, and a fenced yard. Please look on our Puppy Page, below the available puppies, for more information about these two Cocker girls, and/or you can e-mail us for a copy of our adult adoption contract and for more pictures of both of these Cocker girls. And our e-mail address is at the bottom of every page on this website.
And all of our latest advertised Bologco puppies have now gone to their new homes. But we think that we have at least one--and possibly two--new Bologco litters that are due in mid-March, and they will be ready to go to their new homes in mid-May.
Expected colors and markings for these Bologco puppies include black masked sables, sable-merles, merle and tans--which will probably eventually dilute to merle and silvers--and black and tan and/or black and silvers. And there is also the possibility of lighter colors like platinums and apricots. We are taking reservations for these Bologco puppies, but a deposit is NOT required. And prices for all puppies except for the merles are half price, due to the current state of Florida's economy, at $200 for the males and $250 for the females.
WELCOME TO OUR HOME ON THE WEB!
WE ARE A SMALL DESIGNER DOG BREEDING KENNEL located in rural Northcentral Florida, very near the Gulf of Mexico. And our aim in breeding is to produce healthy, happy, smaller sized dogs with superb temperament that can fit in with their new families and become beloved pets and companions.
"Jolie Chien" means "pretty dog" in French--and although "Americanized," this kennel name does reflect our Cajun French heritage. And this name also reflects our endeavors to produce the best looking dogs possible, with gorgeous colors and markings, as the name roughly translates to "pretty dog."
And although we only breed designer mixed dogs now, we have been involved with purebred dogs for many years, with several breeds, including Afghans, Salukis, Borzoi, Shelties, and American Cockers, but we no longer show as we are "retired." And we breed our dogs in order to have very special companion pets for ourselves, as well as to provide special companion pets to others.
We are currently breeding two different designer mixes--Bologcos and Kobetans--but have plans to add other mixes in the future. And Luna, the champagne colored girl pictured across the top of this webpage--and Goobie, the cream boy pictured to the above left--are both examples of our Bologco designer mix that is made up of half Bichon Bolognese and half small American Cocker Spaniel. And both dogs live with their families here in Florida.
And our second designer mix is called Kobetans and they are half Tibetan Terrier and half American Cocker Spaniel. And SunCatcher's Ritzi Mitzi is a champagne colored Kobetan, shown above at five months old. And Mitzi is also a merle, and she has one gorgeous blue eye and one brown eye, both beautifully rimmed with very dark "Egyptian Eyes," with her very striking dark "eyeliner."
ABOUT THIS WEBSITE
WE HAVE ORGANIZED THIS WEBSITE to make it very easy to navigate in all browsers, as long as your screen is at least 800 pixels wide. And across the top and the bottom of every webpage there is a navigation bar that leads to the eight main webpages of this website. And you are currently on the Home page, and just below are descriptons of the other seven main pages of this website, with links. And further down on this Home page we describe in detail the two designer mixes that we are currently breeding, with lots more pictures of the dogs.
AVAILABLE PUPPIES
OUR PUPPY PAGE IS WHERE WE FEATURE ANY AVAILABLE PUPPIES, and we do try to have litters available throughout the year. And as we have no interest in breeding purebred dogs anymore, we only breed designer mixed companion dogs that are meant to go into homes as beloved house pets.
And by Florida law no puppy can leave our kennel until it is at least 8 weeks old, and has a health certificate issued by our vet. Our puppies also come with a worming and shot record, a four generation pedigree, and registration papers from the American Canine Hybrid Club.
We own a legal kennel here under all zoning, local, state, and national laws, and we have obtained all licenses, etc, that are required pertaining to our operation of the kennel. All of our dogs are regularly treated for all of the parasites that are so common here in Florida, and they receive all necessary shots and innoculations. And we do collect sales tax on all sales, as required by Florida law on all sales of pets.
The picture shown above left is of a litter of four Bologco puppies--all girls--whelped here in the Summer of 2008, and they all went to their new homes by the time that they were 9 weeks old.
And due to the time and expense involved, we can no longer ship puppies, and any puppy must be picked up here in our very rural area of Northcentral Florida, which is about an hour's drive due West from Gainesville, Florida, very near to the Gulf of Mexico. We also do not accept deposits, but will put a reservation on a puppy, and when it receives its health certificate from our vet the buyer will then have a few days to pick up the puppy before we begin advertising the puppy to the general public.
THE THEORY BEHIND DESIGNER MIXED DOGS
ON OUR THEORY PAGE WE DISCUSS AT A FAIRLY BASIC LEVEL the genetics involved in breeding both purebreds and designer mixes, and why we now feel that at this time breeding designer mixes from purebreds is better--both for us as pet breeders and for our puppy buyers.
We also go into some detail on this page about the pressures on animal breeders from the vegan animal extremist cult. But we are currently writing a separate article about the war on pet breeders--indeed all animal breeders--being perpetrated by the vegan based animal extremist cult, and when it is finished this article will be featured on our Articles Page, along with other articles that we have written about dogs over the years.
And the picture to the left is of a darling black Kobetan girl with white tuxedo markings that we have kept here for future breeding. This girl is shown at 11 weeks old, and her name is SunCatcher's Dixie Darlin.
OUR KENNEL
OUR KENNEL PAGE SHOWS MANY PICTURES OF OUR FACILITIES, and discusses in depth the way that we raise our puppies. And as we live in a very mild climate, both we and our dogs are able to spend a lot of time outdoors. And we've gone to considerable expense to build open but paved and roofed over dog kennels, with rounded igloo shaped dog houses, as this is the best type of kennel for our rather hot and humid climate, that is often prone to storms--just 24 miles back from the Gulf of Mexico. And we have constructed four different dog yards so that we can keep dogs together that belong together--and those that do not, apart.
Our six acre property is very heavy wooded, under magnificent ancient live oaks that are dripping in Spanish moss, with ferns and endangered orchids growing in their branches. And we have oriented the kennels so that the dogs can be in deep shade in the Summer but have access to Winter sun.
And although both we and the dogs spend a lot of our time outdoors, all of our litters are born inside of our home, and our puppies spend a lot of time indoors. But we also have separate puppy kennels where older puppies can get plenty or fresh air and lots of exercise, but are protected from the many wild life predators that live in this area.
And that's our handsome Beau shown above--our red and white American Cocker male--sitting in front of one of our spacious kennels that opens out into our largest dog yard. And Beau is the sire of all future Kobetan designer mixed litters here.
PHOTO GALLERIES
OUR PHOTO GALLERIES PAGE WILL EVENTUALLY CONTAIN LINKS to pictures of our past and present breeding dogs, plus pictures that our puppy buyers send to us as their own dogs grow up. And eventually this section will be the largest part of this website.
But we are just beginning work on this section of the website, so for now it is "under construction." It's not that we don't have a lot of pictures, as our first website for the kennel eventually had over 40 pages of pictures, and we now have well over 15,000 dog pictures taken over the years that we have owned dogs. But it will take us a good deal of time to edit and create these web pages--so for now we've left room for this section to grow. However, we do have a few pages of our Photo Galleries completed, so we invite you to check them out.
And the two cute little Bologco girls, shown with their owners to the above left, are black colored Cookie and merle and tan McKinley. And although these two Bolgoco girls live in two different states, they do get to visit with each other occasionally. And we do encourage puppy buyers to send us pictures, and we will include as many pictures as we can in this section of the website.
ARTICLES, CONTRACT, & DISCLAIMER
OUR ARTICLES PAGE WILL CONTAINS LINKS to various articles that we have written over the years concerning dogs. And again this section is a work in progress, and is designed to be added to over time. But we do have one article completed about leaving tails and dewclaws intact on dogs, with some gorgeous pictures of a black and white Cocker boy named Jester that we bred who has the most gorgeous, plumed, intact tail.
And we ask that before contacting us about a puppy that you read our Contract Page and our Disclaimer Page so that if we are discussing the purchase of a puppy, then we are all thinking "on the same page."
And this cute little black Bologco puppy with four white feet and a curled over tail is from our first litter of Bologcos here, back in 2007.
OUR BOLOGCO DESIGNER MIX
OUR BOLOCOGS COME IN MANY DIFFERENT COLORS AND MARKINGS, including silver, platinum, cream, champagne, and apricot in the lighter colors. And darker colors include solid blacks--usually with white tuxedo markings--black and silvers or black and tans; solid merles, or merle and silver, or merle and tan; black masked solid sables; and solid seals.
And all of our Bologcos are solid marked dogs, with no actual piebald markings--although almost all of them do have some small amount of white markings. And Dixie, a sable-merle girl--and Chloe, a silver pointed girl--are both Bologco girls, shown together to the above right. And we create our Bologco designer mixed litters using a Bichon Bolognese male and several small Cocker Spaniel dams. And both of these Bologco girls are beloved companion house pets in homes in St. Augustine, Florida.
And the Bologco coat is made up of hair--not fur--which grows continously, so this designer mix does need considerble grooming. However none of our designer mixes shed, and are thus somewhat hypoallergenic. And most dog allergies are to dog dander, and the more that a dog sheds then the more dander comes off of the dog too.
And the adorable Bologco boy with apricot colored ears, shown just above, is named Tucker. And Tucker lives with his family in Navarre, Florida--and he also lives with his younger Bologco sister named Ginny--making Tucker's family the first "two Bologco" home.
Our first designer mixed litters of Bologcos were produced here in 2007, and Bologcos are Mini-Poodle sized, and generally grow to weigh between 15 to 20 pounds, with quite a few of the females winding up under 15 pounds. And although we do not aim to breed toy sized dogs, some of our female Bologcos have turned out to be as small as 10 and 11 pounds.
And all of the Bologco colors and markings generally also have some type of white markings, such as small white patches on the chest and the chin, and either white tipped feet or totally white feet. And many times a Bologco has a "milk mouth," which is a ring of white around the nose which may be connected to a white blaze up the muzzle and forehead. But these white markings do not show up nearly as much in a very light colored Bologco, where the paler colors just blend together with the white markings.
And Cookie, a black Bologco girl with white tuxedo markings shown just above and to the right, lives with her family on a horse farm in Archer, Florida. And Cookie has some grey tones in her undercoat, which may indicate that she has a color gene that gradually grays out her coat over time, and/or she has a gray colored undercoat. And while some of our blacks stay totally black, some do eventually exhibit more of a two-toned effect, with a lighter silvery-gray undercoat close to the skin, and with a darker black overcoat.
And although the Bichon Bolognese sire of our Bologcos has a corded coat, our Bologco puppies have a small range of coat types, from slightly wavy to almost curly--although none of them have ever had a coat as curly as a Poodle coat. And the Bologcos have a longer body with rather short legs in comparison to their longer length. But this mix usually has sturdy little bodies, and they are quite lively and outgoing little dogs that are perfectly capable of playing with children or grandchildren, or going for a romp on the beach. But their shorter legs do not make them good candidates for running over long distances.
And the black and pale tan Bologco girl with white tuxedo markings, shown just below, is named Giovanna, and Giovanna lives with her family in Marietta, Georgia.
And the very exotically marked merle and tan girl--again with some white markings--shown just below--is named McKinley and she also lives with her family in Marietta, Georgia. McKinley has bi-colored eyes--one brown and one blue--and Giovanna and McKinley are littermates and they have play dates together.
We had our first litters of Bologcos here in 2007--and we are the first kennel to develop and name this mix. And we are just thrilled when buyers send us pictures of our puppies all grown up. And we have lots more pictures of many of our past puppies--both purebreds and our designer mixes--that will eventually be included in our Photo Gallery section. And our Bologco litters are registered with the American Canine Hybrid Club.
OUR KOBETAN DESIGNER MIX
SUNCATCHER'S RITZI MITZI--CALL NAME "MITZI"--shown above, is a pale platinum colored Kobetan girl with apricot tinged ears who is also a merle, but her champagne colored coat hides any merle markings. And the only sign of her merle genetics is her one blue eye, as her other eye is dark brown.
And Mitzi is an example of our newest designer mix that we began developing here in 2008. And Kobetans are a mix of Tibetan Terrier and American Cocker, which two breeds are generally the same size and have the same type of muzzles and bites, and dogs from this mix can grow up to be anywhere between 18 to 30 pounds.
And it's obvious from the pictures of the Kobetans that the Tibetan Terrier physical characteristics mostly dominate this designer mix. And this makes sense to us genetically, as most American Cocker conformation characteristics are recessive, even within the breed itself, except for the very long ears. And our first litter of Kobetans is still quite young yet, and we did keep three Kobetan girls--Mitzi, Dixie and Trixi--from our first litter, and we will keep updating their pictures here as they grow.
And although we had a wide range of colors in our first Kobetan litter from one of our merle and white American Cocker males--including the lighter colors like Mitzi--we also had merles and blacks in that first Kobetan litter, such as the black Kobetan girl with white tuxedo markings shown to the right named SunCatcher's Dixie Darlin. And all of our designer dogs always have beards--technically making them "griffons"--a term that was used in the past for any bearded dog, but which is now mostly applied to just a few breeds originating in Belgium and France.
But our later litters of Kobetans will be only in the lighter coat colors, from platinum to apricot. And unlike the slightly curly Bologco coat, the Kobetan coat is a straight coat. But like the Bologco coat, the Kobetan coat is made up hair, not fur, as it grows continously, so it is somewhat hypoallergenic. And our three Kobetan girls' coats are extremely silky and very easy to care for. And like the Tibetan Terrier side of this mix, we believe that the lighter colored Kobetans could exhibit color shifting, where the coat grows out a lighter color, but with a darker overcoat growing in when the dog is older. But so far this hasn't happened with our three Bologco girls.
And the pale champagne Kobetan girl shown above at poolside is yet another dog named Dixie who lives with her family in the Tampa Bay area, shown at about 15 weeks old. And this Kobetan girl is a beautiful, very pale champagne color with large, expressive dark brown eyes--and showing contrasting black "points"--which means a dark black nose and dark eyerims. And our Kobetans have lots of room in their muzzles to develop very good sized teeth, all set in a desirable scissor bite, as we do not like "squashed" muzzles in any dog, which can lead to not only bite problems, but to breathing and overheating problems too.
And the 11 week old Kobetan boy shown to the left is a silver color, with slightly darker ears.
As to temperament, compared to our Bologcos the Kobetans are a somewhat quieter mix, as the Bologco mix is really rather outgoing. And of course both of the breeds behind the Bologco mix come from working dogs who lived closely with people, and American Cockers were originally small gun dogs who were bred to work with any hunter, going out and about with lots of other dogs and people, hunting birds such as woodcocks. And American Cockers were bred to be very responsive to hand and voice signals.
Now the origins of the Tibetan Terriers are mostly shrouded in mystery, but it is thought that the breed was primarily used as a small herding dog on the steep and remote mountain slopes of Tibet, which usually required interacting with just a few people, but could require interacting with other herding dogs--and of course with the herd animals themselves. And herding dogs are quite used to making their own decisions out in the field, often away from the total direction of herders, in their mission to guard and protect. And one very unusual characteristic of the Tibetan Terrier is that they have very large feet for their body size, which would give them better traction on steep terraine.
And we do notice that the purebred Tibetan Terrier is of a more independent personality type than either the American Cocker or the Bichon Bolognese, although just as playful, and they certainly crave just as much attention and petting as any other dog. And both the purebred Tibetans and the Kobetan mix seem quite intelligent to us and very tuned into people's moods. And they have a very intelligent gleam in their eyes and they are very much "game players," although we've found our three Kobetan girls to be easily trained so far. And we find their intelligent "game playing" charming and engaging, but we do advise anyone with a Kobetan puppy to take it to an obedience classes just as soon as it has finished its series of puppy shots, and to work with the dog as it grows to make sure that it understands "who's the boss."
And our little black Kobetan girl with white tuxedo markings named Dixie,shown to the above right with her apricot and white sister named Trixi--also shown just below--is super friendly to both people and to other dogs. But as mentioned earlier, all future Koebtan litters will only be in the lighter colors--at least as long as we are only breeding the dogs that we have here now.
And neither our purebred Tibetan Terrier nor the Kobetan offspring seem very barky. And the purebred Tibetan Terriers were also thought to live in Tibetan monestaries with monks, which we imagine is a very quiet atmosphere. So the Kobetans seem to us to be a "quieter mix" than the Bologco mix--just not quite as brash acting--and they certainly do not respond well to any harsh treatment at all. And the term "terrier" should have never been given to the Tibetan Terrier pure breed, as they are NOT a terrier type of dog at all!
And as seen in the picture shown directly above of our Kobetan girl named Trixi, we keep the hair under both the eyes and the ears of both our Bologcos and our Kobetans clipped quite short so that there is no hair irritating their eyes, and also so that there is some air circulation to their ears, which helps lessens the incidence of ear infections.
At the present time these are our only two available designer mixes. But we are planning several more first generation (F1) designer mixes in the future, as well as a three way breed mix. So please come back to our home on the web in the future to see what's happening here.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
WE ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHCENTRAL FLORIDA AREA just a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico. We can be contacted by E-mail at:
jolie.chiens@gmail.com
"A dog wags his tail with his heart."
Martin Buxbaum