CURRENT AVAILABLE PUPPIES -- MALES ONLY -- $300 each
We have one litter--all males--available to reserve of our first generation F-1 Kobetan designer mix. These puppies were born on August 16th and will be able to go to their new homes in mid to late October, once they are at least 8 weeks old and have their health certificates from our vet. Colors are either platinums, silvers, creams, or champagnes, some with white markings, and some of these puppies will probably have darker, apricot colored ears.
Both the Tibetan Terrier dam--shown to the right--and the American Cocker sire are AKC registered, and the adult size range for these males should eventually be 18 to 30 pounds.
Please see our PUPPY PAGE for more information about this litter, and there is a link on our Puppy Page to our page where you can find out much more about our darling Kobetan designer mix.
We do not accept deposits and homes with reservations will be given first choice to buy one of these adorable puppies once they have their health certificates.
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.
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, which pages can lead to other webpages under the same topic.
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.
OUR DESIGNER MIXES
OUR DESIGNER MIX PAGE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT MIXES THAT WE BREED HERE, and has links to a webpage about each of our different mixes. And the picture shown to the right is of Tucker, who is an apricot Bologco boy, shown at about a year old, from one of our first Bologco litters.
And in the future we hope to do some three-breed mixes, seeking to widen the gene pool behind our mixes for more hybrid vigor--called heterosis. But we think that our planned three way mix will produce similar, very cute looking dogs like Tucker.
In the past we have only bred purebred dogs. But over the past decade or so we have become very concerned about the health of purebred dogs due to recessive genetic disease, to the point that we are now involved in trying to design adorable smaller pet and companion dogs with all of the predictable looks of the purebreds, but with much better heaalth.
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.
PHOTO GALLERIES
OUR PHOTO GALLERIES PAGE CONTAINS LINKS to pictures of our past and present breeding dogs, plus pictures that our puppy buyers have 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 ONLY CONTAINS LINKS TO TWO ARTICLE SO FAR. But we do have several articles that we have written over the years concerning dogs that we have not brought over yet from the old website--and again this section is a work in progress, and is designed to be added to over time. But there is 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 the other article is about the theory behind breeding designer dogs.
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.
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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