KOBETAN DESIGNER MIX PUPPIES AVAILABLE
WE HAD A NEW LITTER OF KOBETANS BORN ON AUGUST 16th, that should be available to go to their new homes by mid to late October, once they are at least 8 weeks old and have their health certificates from our vet. We had several reservations for this litter and only males are now available. And although we do NOT take deposits on our puppies, families with reservations will have the opportunity to buy the puppy of their choice immediately after we have the health certificates and before we advertise individual puppies to the general public. And we will have pictures of these available puppies here once the puppies are about five to six weeks old.
Colors of the available male puppies are either platinums, silvers, creams, or champagnes, some with white markings on the head, chest and feet. And Kobetans have hair--not fur--and thus do not shed or have an odor. Their hair grows continously, and they do have a beard, and thus they will need frequent grooming.
Above is a picture of two of our Kobetan puppies, sent to us by their owner and shown in their home in Ocala, Florida at six months old. Their names are Tibby and Tucker, and they are a sister and brother from an earlier litter from the same parents as our new Kobetan litter. And Tibby and Tucker are almost twins, with their virtually identical pale apricot coats with white markings.
And above is one of our own Kobetan girls named Mitzi, and Mitzi is a solid platinum color with white markings. But Mitzi's platinum coloring is so light that her white markings hardly show at all. And while Mitzi has one bright blue eye and one brown eye, we do expect all of the puppies in this laest litter to have all brown eyes.
And to the right is a picture of Trixi, our apricot colored Kobetan girl with white markings, shown at five months old. But before contacting us about any of our puppies, we ask that you first read all of the information on this Puppy Page all of the way through to the end, and then read our Companion Dog Sale Contract webpage. (Closing the window of the Contract Page will return you to this spot on this page.) Sales of pets are highly regulated in Florida, and we abide by all county, state and national laws concerning the sale of our puppies.
We only sell companion dogs to the general public--not breeding dogs--and we only ask that buyers of our companion dogs treat the dog as a beloved house pet, and abide by what is agreed to in our contract. And we do collect and report 7% sales tax on all of our dog sales, and all puppy sales are in cash.
Also please see our Kobetan webpage about our Kobetan puppies, which webpage goes into much further detail about our adorable Kobetan designer mix. And Kobetans generally grow to between 18 and 30 pounds in size as adults, with the males being larger than the girls, and they do not shed so are somewhat hypoallergenic.
And Kobetans are an F1, first generation designer mix between two registered purebred dogs, with the dam being our AKC registered champagne colored Tibetan Terrier girl named Me-lah, shown just below.
And the sire of this upcoming Kobetan litter puppies is our handsome 26 pound, red and white American Cocker male named Beau--who was the sire of our last Kobetan litter. And all of our Kobetan puppies are registered with the American Canine Hybrid Club (ACHC).
We can be contacted about this upcoming litter at:
jolie.chiens@gmail.com
OUR LOCATION
WE ARE LOCATED NEAR CROSS CITY, FLORIDA--look to the upper left corner of the above map to find Cross City--which is on US Hwy 19, approximately 50 miles due West of Gainesville, Florida, and about 150 miles due North of the Tampa Bay area, and only 15 miles back from the Gulf Coast. And coming to Cross City from Central and South Florida is a straight drive up I-75, turning Northwest at Ocala onto US Hwy 27 at the Blitchton Road Exit 354, and onto a scenic, four-lane drive, first through the rolling hills of Marion County's horse country, and then through the Pure Water Wilderness area of Florida.
Unfortuntely we are no longer able to ship puppies or dogs via airplane, due to the recent rise in all costs involved--for the airline shipping cost itself, for new shipping crates, for an extra health certificate for the airlines, and for gasoline--plus all of the physical and mental aggravation that comes with dashing to the airport through all kinds of weather and traffic. However we have recently had some success with a ground pet transporter who is licensed and insured and who transports puppies all up and down the East Coast of the US. But all shipping arrangements, insurance and payments have to be made by the buyer.
OUR VISITOR POLICY
AT THE PRESENT TIME OUR KENNEL IS CLOSED TO ALL VISITORS, due to the prevalence of several different dog diseases here in Florida. There is rampant distemper in the Gainesville area, and this link discussing distemper in general will give you more information about this puppy and dog killer. Unfortunately the almost 70,000 college students residing in Gainesville are often not responsible pet keepers, and many of their animals are not spayed or neutered, and are not even vaccinated, and many pets are simply abandoned at the end of the school year. And it is estimated that there are about 40,000 feral cats living in Gaineville, which is less than 50 miles away from us.
And there is a newer variant of parvo which started in Italy about a decade ago that has now spread all over the US, and unfortunately not all of the puppy multi shots are effective against this newer parvo strain. So we use Intervet brand puppy shots, which our vet assures us have the highest titers against parvo of all multi puppy shots.
For more in-depth information please go to this website about parvo variants.
And all of Florida is still plagued by the canine influenza virus, which got its start in the large racing greyhound breeding kennels here in North Florida several years ago, and this virus has now spread all across the country, killing thousands of dogs, and there is no effective vaccine that prevents this virus, although there is a new vaccine that supposedly lessens its virulence. However we cannot guarantee against a virus that has no preventive vaccine, and suggest that puppy buyers contact their own vet about the new vaccine that supposedly lessens any symptoms. And the canine influenza virus has been estimated to be up to 10% fatal in pet dogs, but about 50% fatal in kennels, and we know of whole kennels in our area that have been virtually wiped out by this virus, especially back in 2004, when this virus first appeared in our area and our local vets had absolutely no idea about what they were dealing with.
And we have learned that a Las Vegas shelter recently killed over 1,000 dogs in their care, whether they showed symptoms or not, in order to try to stop the spread of this virus out into the community, and to also try to disinfect their facility. And in July of 2008 the animal shelter in Ocala, Florida had to close for a number of days in order to disinfect their facility--and in the process put down over 80 animals--due to the large number of diseases within their shelter. So obviously these shelters thought that there was a danger to their communities from these various diseases, to go to that extreme. And from what we personally know about the effects of the canine influenza virus on local private dog kennels, this virus is more deadly than the general public is being lead to believe, especially in places--like our kennel--where a group of dogs live closely together.
And we have also learned that in early February of 2008 a new disease emerged in shelters in the Miami/Dade area which kills dogs within 24 hours, and they die in a pool of blood, and shelter workers are calling this new disease "canine ebola".
Unfortunately due to the vegan-based, animal rights crusade against breeders, creating a shortage of puppies and smaller dogs here in the US, there are now many puppies being imported from huge commercial breeding facilities in both Mexico and South America. And some private shelters are even importing dogs from the Caribbean islands when they run out of small dogs and puppies to sell in the second hand dog market, rather than making greater efforts to place less desirable older and larger dogs, or even closing their facilities when they have no more shelter/rescue dogs to sell. So it is entirely possible that this is a new disease that has been recently brought into the Miami area from off-shore, and apparently this new disease is already rapidly spreading northward, as it has also been very recently found in Lee County, Florida shelters on the Gulf Coast.
And these germs and viruses can be carried on hands, clothing, shoes--and even on car tires. So for the protection of the dogs in our kennel we do deliver puppies to new owners at a convenient meeting place, usually in Cross City, Florida. We have both buyer and vet references, and we do endeavor to produce the healthiest puppies possible, and part of that effort requires that we protect our dogs from all known and emerging dog diseases. We hate to have to talk about these awful dog diseases when advertising our puppies, but we can't emphasize enough how dangerous some of these diseases are to kennels, and that this is why we can no longer open our kennel to visitors.
CONTACT INFORMATION
WE ARE LOCATED IN THE RURAL GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA area, near Cross City, Florida, just a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico. We can be contacted by E-mail at:
jolie.chiens@gmail.com
"Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other."
Carolyn Alexander
