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SUNCATCHER'S SUZY Q
Our Suzy Q came to us from another Cocker breeder, and she has certainly turned into a beautiful dog. We listed her as a "Brown, White and Tan" on her papers, but her breeder thinks that she is actually a chocolate tri Roan. This girl might look serious in this picture, but when she is outside she is delightfully zany, running and jumping all over the dog yard in sheer exuberance for most of the day.
Suzy Q was eight weeks old when we got her, and she was absolutely adorable.
We were somewhat worried when we first got Suzy Q as to how our other dogs would accept her, but we shouldn't have worried about that at all. In this picture Darlin and her daughter Zelda are sleeping peacefully with the new little pup, all piled into one crate. Dogs like to sleep in crates, because they are naturally "denners," and they like close quarters that are protected. During the day we will leave crates open, and any dog inside the house will almost always wind up sleeping in a crate of their own accord.
Zelda especially loved to play with the new puppy.
Zelda wound up sleeping with Suzy Q quite a bit, but when one has a new puppy one should be prepared for a lot of shredded newspapers.
Zadda would play with Suzy Q also, but not as much as Zelda. And for some reason the dogs always like to hang out right by the computer, probably to be near us.
Once Suzy Q was a few weeks older she and Zelda loved to play outside too.
At ten weeks old Suzy Q had a beautiful profile and a gleaming chocolate coat.
And from the front one could see Suzy Q's head rapidly changing, as puppies grow tremendously during their first four months of life.
By twelve weeks old Suzy Q was playing regularly out in the dog yards.
Suzy Q, like Zadda, seems to sense when the camera is on her and she loves to strike a pose.
At 14 weeks Suzy Q's nose was beginning to lengthen.
By the time that Suzy Q was five months old she had changed considerably.
It's hard to get a picture of a dog with it's head up, unless someone holds it up, as they are always so busy sniffing everything. But this picture shows off Suzy Q's very nice little body at about five months old.
By the time that Suzy Q was seven months old she was starting to grow her coat out, and it's a very thick coat.
Now that Suzy Q is grown up one can see that she is really a Roan, with the roaning really showing up in her long hair on her sides.
And here is Suzy Q's other side.
Suzy Q now likes to hang out with the boys, and here she is with our ZuZu, our Blue Merle and white boy.
Another picture of Suzy Q and ZuZu together. This picture really shows the difference between Roaning (which is perhaps just heavy ticking) and a dog that is "clear" in its white areas, like ZuZu.
Suzy Q's first litter of five puppies was from our blue merle and white boy named ZuZu, but there were no Mereles in the litter. This picture shows the puppies at 24 days old, and there was a black and white girl, a buff and white girl--showing that Suzy Q carries buff recessively, as does ZuZu--two buff and white boys and a chocolate tri boy.
Suzy Q's second litter of four pups was from our Max, as Max does not carry buff, and there were two black tris, a sable and white, and our Leyza, who is a sable-merle and white girl with one blue eye. As this litter was born in late July, we totally clipped Suzy Q due to our intense Florida Summer heat. This litter is shown here at two weeks old.
Suzy Q's third and final litter was also from Max, and there were six puppies, including three blue merle tris, a sable-merle and white, and a black tri. This was an early March litter, so we left quite a bit of Suzy Q's coat for this litter, and this picture was taken when the litter was five days old.
Suzy Q definitely turned into a "glamour queen," and this closeup of her face really shows the effects of her chocolate dilution, which are her light nose and her light eyerims. Suzy Q had a silver and white littermate, and we know that she is carrying buff, so she might also be diluted on the Chinchilla, or C Locus, which lightens eye color. You may see more pictures of some of Suzy Q's puppies by going to Max's puppy page. And You may see Suzy Q's pedigree at Suzy Q's pedigree page.
Suzy Q has now been retired from breeding, after having three beautiful litters, and she is living in a great home in the Orlando area with Titan, who is a chocolate tri Springer male.
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